Former Siena recruit Melsahn Basabe has just tweeted that he has signed on with former Siena coach Fran McCaffery at Iowa.

Here is the tweet:

It's Official... Im an Iowa Hawkeye now

The subtraction of Fran McCaffery as the Siena coach probably affects the Saints' players the most.

Junior Ryan Rossiter, who was given the reigns to the team by McCaffery after the loss to Purdue said that the team has been talking with Trenity Burdine and Melsahn Basabe, the two players who have signed National Letters of Intent to play for Siena next season.

“We’ll all be in touch with them,” Rossiter said. “They’re two great kids and we don’t want to lose them.”

Siena received their second letter of intent from Melsahn Basabe, a 6-foot-7 forward from Glen Cove, N.Y.

Basabe will join Trenity Burdine, a 6-6 swingman from Reading, Pa., as the first two Saints commites for the 2010-11 season.

Siena still has one scholarship left for next year.

The Siena College men’s basketball team received their second oral commitment for the 2010-11 season when St. Mark’s (Mass.) forward Melsahn Basabe committed to play for coach Fran McCaffery.

The 6-foot-7 Basabe, who is originally from Long Island, joins Reading Pa. native Trenity Burdine, who is 6-6, as the first two recruits for the 2010-11 year.

Basabe plays for St. Mark’s School is Southborough, Mass., but played AAU basketball for the New York Gauchos.

Basabe picked Siena over Drexel and Virginia Commonwealth, but bigger schools from the Big East were starting to show interest and some had even made scholarship offers.

Siena still has one scholarship for that season to give out.