Every year is a huge year. Was 2nd place in the league starting 4 Sophomores not good this year? Would you say she had a poor season?
Callie Levin entering the portal
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How has she performed against the best teams post season? 2 blow outs and early exists from the tourney. It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
Yep, made the semi Sweet 32!!!!
I was hoping that was the "floor".
Might be the "ceiling"?
Two years in a row.
Which teams beat UCLA, UConn and Texas this year? Its a pretty small group. You know what else is a small group - a team that beat Michigan twice.
Nah, just expect a little more from a program that supposedly is top ten in the country from a financial resources standpoint.
Teams in that category don't get beat by 50+ points.
Your not a real fan, all you do is say negative things things about Iowa!?
USC got beat by 40
Notre Dame got beat by 38
Oklahoma got beat by 34
Ohio St got by 32
Duke got beat by 30
Tennessee got beat by 30
Vanderbilt got beat by 30
TCU got beat by 26
There are a lot of teams that spent just as much on their rosters, if not more than Iowa that all had pretty rough blowouts.
There's a pretty big gap between the Top 4 schools and everyone else.
15 of them were when Levin and Mallegni were playing against Kneepkens, Dugalic etc.Not seeing a team on your list that got beat by 50+!
It shows you one thing, Iowa needs 5 stars as deep bench players!
No one, absolutely no one, gives two shiits who was on the floor at the end of games.
I guarantee you the B1G announcing crew and post game analysts never mentioned it.
Now...there may have been some friction between the UCLA HC and Jensen that prompted the Bruin starters to be in longer or simply that they had a deeper bench?
The NCAA basketball tournament is a continual one and done scenario. The better team does not always win and upsets aren't uncommon. In a 5 game series, Iowa wins that Virginia matchup every time.
Las Vegas Aces have more money to spend on players than any other team in the WNBA with that shady Vegas Tourism Agency $$. They also have A'ja Wilson.
They got beat by 50+ pts this year
Then went and won it all. Good teams can be beat by 50+ pts
It's not fun. It's not pretty. But it happens.
Hell, if Vic kept all his starters out there instead of putting walk-ons on the floor against Michigan--who were ridiculously playing their starting 5 down almost 40 with under 1.5 minutes to go --Texas could have been beat Michigan by 50.
I am sure it was hard on Callie to make this call. I am sure she has known Lisa Bluder, who I believe still lives in Solon, for a while.
Her dreams of playing for the Hawkeyes is tough to walk away from.
Her dreams of playing for the Hawkeyes is tough to walk away from.
She just wants to play. Loyalty has nothing to do with it. Can't hardly blame her.
God wanted you to be a hawk but you would nt listen ..
It used to be the case where players like Levin could bide their time and have their season. McCabe was probably the last of that era. With the portal, bench players will almost always be bench players unless they trade down a step. Don't blame Levin one bit. This, of course, makes it difficult for teams trying to level up to hang on to good bench players.
I agree with you but I’m 66 years old and when I commit to something I generally saw it thru.
??????? EVERYTIME? We played them once and lost, but your saying if we played them FIVE times we'd win them all? Okay then....
In a 5 game series you only need to win 3. Try to keep up.
Perhaps.
But Iowa WBB is now the answer to a trivia question..."What was the biggest upset of the 2026 WBB tournament"?
Thing is, Virginia tried to give that game away and still won.
Then get beat out next round.
I'll never understand that new math.
The 27 wins don't matter? And several of those against ranked teams? You don't get a chance to "finish" in the NCAA Tournament without having a very good year. You seem to have forgotten Jan also was a nominee for National Coach of the Year...
I see. So it's only that magic # that can qualify as a beat down. 30-40 pt losses are considered close games. I get it now.Not seeing a team on your list that got beat by 50+!
I'm just using the examples he/she mentioned, although it's tough finding top 25 teams that got azz kicked by 52+.
Couldn't she grow her game and increase her minutes?
The opportunity to improve MORE than your teammates is always going to be there. There's just going to me more competition with transfers with immediate eligibility.
The sticking around for playing time as a senior didn't always work out before.... if you aren't improving and can't beat out younger players than join the team... You ride the bench for 4 years.
I'd sure love to think that, but money and contract agreements warp everything. Do you read these threads and find patience? It's crazy, and ruining the sport, but that's pretty much all college athletics right now.
I think the second part of this might be players playing year round, training, getting recruited at 14-15 years old. Many might near their ceiling at a much younger age than they used to, and improvements forward might only come in smaller increments.
Agents get involved and muck everything up.
Can you imagine trying to coach when every move you make could break your roster? Until they start putting in some real contracts and guardrails, it's only going to get worse.
I agree 100% with your comments especially the first two. Agents are ruthless and not to be trusted (always exceptions) IMO.