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Or that you say the sky is falling and MW is backing out of her commitment.
Iowa has lost some xfer outs in the past several years. Guyton last year for a recent one. Who, as near as I can tell, did not improve her playing time with the Illini this year.
Unfortunately, I think you are right. All this noise about getting 5 stars, etc, etc...skip it. Just buy the better sophomores.
And Hannah smiles too much.
Point guard I mean. Iowa only has one true PG. Stemlow is more of a shooting guard.
Not many were sad to see Guyton go though. Her Dad was a pain in the *** on social media and you sort of knew mid season she was going to leave.
Ahh.. Stremlow was the backup point guard during CCW's absence and filled in admirably. Iowa definitely needs more guards from the portal however. I'm thinking/hoping they can do much better than the players that they've lost which were pretty underwhelming.
At the least you have to play them a good amount of minutes or be ok when they leave...rinse and repeat
True, but I am only saying that there have been some xfer outs, even that one from just last year. There have been a few others too, the names escape me, but the theme was "more playing time elsewhere".
I never really viewed her as "goofing" around. I thought she was an incredibly positive bench player that always seemed to be encouraging others. I guess she could have just pouted and stayed sitting whenever anything good happened?
It's the equivalent of "donating" to a pro sports franchise.
From what I saw on the court, Levin has more athleticism and upside than Deal. But Deal got the playing time because she came in as a 5-star with all the hoopla. She flamed out and is moving on. I have no idea, of course, of what the coaching staff told Callie, but I would have told her she would be given every opportunity to earn the guard spot opposite Chit-Chat.
That's exactly how I would describe the loss of Deal. Levin, OTOH, is far more athletic and, IMHO, has a very high ceiling. Of course, I'm simply judging by what I see on the court, not by somebody's star service. I've been evaluating athletes for a while, and I trust my eyes.
Uh, no thanks.
And as you may know, Nielsen recently named the Iowa Hawkeyes THE most popular women's basketball team in the entire country, based on TV viewership and social media. Literally no one else in the country can match the Iowa program. (South Carolina was #2, BTW.)
Did you notice that Wisconsin's men's team, the only squad to beat Michigan in conference play and that also beat Purdue and Illinois, lost in the first round of the NCAA tourney to something called High Point. Do you think that loss is going to cause players to ignore Wisconsin?
Meetings are happening, yes Easier to talk of bringing them in than being successful doing it. Is Levin not motivated and capable of developing? Maybe. Jan is partly in this situation because she whiffed on high school recruits with only one coming. As of now, she has a roster of 8. All indications are that that figure will drop. Iowa is not a "destination" school. Chances of her getting productive upgrades that deep are poor. She will need about 6-7 minimum. Good luck. Might just find we are swapping player versus developing them. Deal was recruited heavily. Hard to understand we may not have had a plan for her an her parents on playing time and style.
That coaching staff has built up their credibility over a very long time.
The story was that Levin's dad lobbied Bluder hard for an offer.
I can see that. They both lived in Solon. Makes sense.
Teams are having multiple transfers out. Having the number Iowa has had in the last 6 years is ridiculously low.
