IOWA CITY - Josh Oglesby eats breakfast now and has gained 18 pounds since classes began at the University of Iowa, so that's a big change.

Here's another: Oglesby could become a point guard with the Hawkeyes after starring as a shooting guard at Cedar Rapids Washington.

Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said he's thinking about giving Oglesby a shot at the position this season.

"A little bit, yeah. I feel like he can play point," McCaffery said Thursday afternoon during media day activities at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

"I don't want to take him too far away from his strength, which is obviously shooting the ball and playing from the wing position," he said. "But I would play him there. I'm very comfortable with him there."

Oglesby didn't have to handle the ball a great deal in high school because Washington had Wes Washpun, one of the top point guards in the state. McCaffery made a late pitch for Washpun last season, but Washpun chose Tennessee instead.

Ironically, Oglesby could be the former Warrior who supports Bryce Cartwright at point guard this season. Devyn Marble served as Iowa's No. 2 point guard for much of last season behind Cartwright, but McCaffery apparently has other plans.

"Coach McCaffery said that he doesn't want Marble playing the point," Oglesby offered. "He says that Marble is getting to the hole real well in practice, he's creating his shot and he says he wants Marble on the wing."

Oglesby, 6-foot-5, led the state in 3-pointers last season with 87 and can be a deadly outside shooter, but he's willing to do whatever McCaffery wants.

"If he puts me at point, I know that's what position he thinks I fit best in and what I'm going to succeed in," Oglesby said. "I'm not going to tell him no when he tells me to go in and play point. I'm going to do my best.

"Yeah, it's exciting and intriguing," Oglesby added, "but I'd rather play the wing than the point."

Either way, he plans to keep eating breakfast. That wasn't part of his routine in high school, and it's one of the reasons he's jumped from 184 pounds to 202 in just five weeks.

"I'd basically roll out of bed and go to school," he admitted. "I was so lazy. I'd set my alarm and then hit snooze until I really had to get up.

"The biggest thing to putting on weight is eating breakfast. I'm eating breakfast every morning now. I'm eating about five or six meals a day.

"And weightlifting here is way different than it was in high school," he said. "They push you."

He's bigger, but figures he's still not big enough.

"I can tell that I'm still a little skinny dude," he said. "I can't really tell that big of a difference, because all the other guys are so physical and tough.

"I'm sure if I went back to high school and played I'm sure I'd feel a big difference, but I'm going to have to keep getting stronger and keep adding on weight."

Oglesby averaged 21.2 points and 7 rebounds last year for Washington. He knows he'll have to make adjustments in college, but feels comfortable so far.

"The game itself is way more physical and way quicker," he said. "(But) I don't feel like it's that big of a difference. The first couple of weeks were way different, but it's still just basketball."

Oglesby got kidded Thursday because his name was misspelled on the back of his jersey. It said "Ogelsby" instead of "Oglesby," so his teammates and reporters had fun with that.

"I'm sure they'll get something corrected, hopefully," he said. "The season is right around the corner."