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[Bunsen82]

It's a good core, no doubt, but betting 100% that no injuries will happen is totally unrealistic. Last season, six players were injured. We hope these eight players on our shortlist will all be healthy, but we have to be prepared for the "what if..." scenario in every position, which is why depth is important. Besides injuries, there are other situations we need to be prepared for and have options on the bench to solve. Players aren't always having a good day, or one or more might to made five fouls, and that could happen in a crucial R32 game again. In those moments, we need good options to come off the bench and decide a match. It can also happen that someone underperforms (Deal and Rodriguez), and we don't have the option of signing during the season. For all these reasons, depth with quality is very important. And there's no reason for a top 10 money team like Iowa to take that kind of risk. That's ok?

Who’s betting they have no injuries? It’s a give and take with the recruits. As I have said before patient. I figured we would fill the spots in week 2-4. We are right on track.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

I'm 100% sure Iowa will not start next season with 8 players. If the impossible happened and Iowa couldn't get any more players from the portal or high school or internationally, they would add 3 walk-ons.

 

[iThinkiWill]

40% of the portal has signed, and most of difference makers are signed. If Iowa cannot secure Faison, which is not a tall task, that begins to lead one to believe that Iowa is an acquired taste and not a serious destination location.. Minnesota and Illinois may be passing Iowa. People can talk fan support, sellouts, Caitlin and final 4 all you want, its not translating right now, MW has to rebound like Hannah, Carnagie may become the next Lucy, Whiting is the new Feuerbach, McCabe has not been replaced, and Levin / Mallegni could have provided bench roles as good or better than what we will bring in late mid-late May. Who is the next Affolter? The bench is leaving.

Lucy a success, Molly a good add. Chat came with the assistant as did Carnagie. Rodriguez a big bust. Top HS recruits went elsewhere.

There is something going on here for a team finishing 2nd in the BIG, great fan support, but the fish aren't biting.

All I would tell you is be patient and have faith. I also believe there is something going on here but I believe it is something good. I can not say that anything is for sure, or how soon it will be revealed, but I do have a good feeling about it and it will all likely play out by early June. At least that is what I am hoping.

Regarding your position by position analysis, I think the reality is a bit more nuanced than what your analysis purports. Regardless, I think it’s safe to say that we should be able to evaluate the positions better when the final roster is set which could evolve over the next few weeks.

 

[Omahawk57]

All I would tell you is be patient and have faith. I also believe there is something going on here but I believe it is something good. I can not say that anything is for sure, or how soon it will be revealed, but I do have a good feeling about it and it will all likely play out by early June. At least that is what I am hoping.

Regarding your position by position analysis, I think the reality is a bit more nuanced than what your analysis purports. Regardless, I think it’s safe to say that we should be able to evaluate the positions better when the final roster is set which could evolve over the next few weeks.

I hope you are correct, but hope is not the best plan of action. Faith...., well I guess we will see. Clearly, top programs are adding players and Iowa is seldom mentioned. The word culture is a strong one, fan support is nice, but even programs with empty seats are signing players and we failed to save bench players with this culture.

 

[Omahawk57]

I'll say it again. The top 8 players are going to play 95% of the minutes like they do on pretty much every team. They signed 2 excellent players from the portal already that will be part of that rotation. I agree with you that they still need a few depth pieces. They're going to sign a few more players, but the players they get going forward aren't going to be nearly as important as those first 8 and according to sources there are still over 1,000 players looking for a home. I don't know that Iowa is a top 10 money team, but they will for sure be a top 10 preseason team, likely in the top 8.

What is Ava is out for 6 games? or Carnagie? Can anyone else score? What if Chat is out for 15 games? You remember years past with Goodman and the UNI girl both out with season ending knees. Before that Feuerbach, and before that others. McCabe last year. Molly? Look at the Indiana Fever last year. Mallegni missed numerous games after playing game 1. Depending on the same 8 players there every game is not realistic and an excuse at this point. This roster has weak spots and is no better overall than last year. People are assuming MW comes in an replaces Hannah's double doubles and scores 15 or more a game. How did that go with Deal?

 

[The Big Z]

What is Ava is out for 6 games? or Carnagie? Can anyone else score? What if Chat is out for 15 games? You remember years past with Goodman and the UNI girl both out with season ending knees. Before that Feuerbach, and before that others. McCabe last year. Molly? Look at the Indiana Fever last year. Mallegni missed numerous games after playing game 1. Depending on the same 8 players there every game is not realistic and an excuse at this point. This roster has weak spots and is no better overall than last year. People are assuming MW comes in a replaces Hannah's double doubles and scores 15 or more a game. How did that go with Deal?

I think there is a little ptsd from the Addie Deal situation. I was the number 1 Hannah supporter the last years (1 of 4 players ever to score 1500 pts and grab 900 rebounds) great athlete and really good defender. And I agree it’s going to be hard to replace her with a true Frosh. But we have made a huge improvement in the backcourt, grabbing an all conference player from the best league, the SEC. Backcourt will be way more athletic and better offensively. And, Houston was very good in her 10-15 minutes a game last year. She is very mature in her game and only going to get better. Most teams are in trouble if they lose their best player. If UCLA lost Betts they were not winning their best natty. USC lost Juju and were an 8 or 9 seed. Nobody but maybe UConn or S Carolina can replace that. We are going to get 4 more players. It’s simple as that. There’s still 1000 players out there. One or 2 of them might surprise you.

 

[iThinkiWill]

I hope you are correct, but hope is not the best plan of action. Faith...., well I guess we will see. Clearly, top programs are adding players and Iowa is seldom mentioned. The word culture is a strong one, fan support is nice, but even programs with empty seats are signing players and we failed to save bench players with this culture.

I believe that hope is not intended as a plan of action when one does not have any control over the situation. It is only a recourse that is an alternative to worrying (which is also not a plan of action). Replacing expectations with hope is what I do and it suits me well.

I also search for clues that can enlighten me on the potential positive possibilities that make sense and they are giving me high hopes. I see many promising clues so I hope, and I think everyone else should also. It doesn’t hurt and is better than the alternative.

 

[Omahawk57]

I think there is a little ptsd from the Addie Deal situation. I was the number 1 Hannah supporter the last years (1 of 4 players ever to score 1500 pts and grab 900 rebounds) great athlete and really good defender. And I agree it’s going to be hard to replace her with a true Frosh. But we have made a huge improvement in the backcourt, grabbing an all conference player from the best league, the SEC. Backcourt will be way more athletic and better offensively. And, Houston was very good in her 10-15 minutes a game last year. She is very mature in her game and only going to get better. Most teams are in trouble if they lose their best player. If UCLA lost Betts they were not winning their best natty. USC lost Juju and were an 8 or 9 seed. Nobody but maybe UConn or S Carolina can replace that. We are going to get 4 more players. It’s simple as that. There’s still 1000 players out there. One or 2 of them might surprise you.

I hope so, but if you want to be elite 8 consistently, you either need a Caitlin Clark or solid talent on the bench, and if you lose any, the ability to reload. Other than 2 years of CC, and the MG year, Iowa is not showing that nor are they viewed as a program people see in that kind of class. We are "Indiana ish", maybe Ohio State class. Far from the top 8 programs and even other SEC teams.

 

[hawkbr]

McCowan pursuit appears to be done and over with. The Georgia kid I thought might be wrapped up by now or very soon. Word is there is a shooting guard from one of the Florida schools interested, but intel says it could come down to Iowa and another Big10 school. Lastly, Iowa could take another big, from mid major ranks, who would be more in line with a spot, say 9-10 or higher on the depth chart.

Is this the girl from Florida school?

She's followed by Taylor Stremlow, Journey Houston, Layla Hays, follows the girls back and following Iowa WBB profile.



Jelena Bulajic, a European player from Montenegro, is a USF freshman. 4.7 PPG at 16 MPG. Best game of the season: 15 points (5/7 - 3 points) against UTSA.

Jelena Bulajic - South Florida Bulls Guard - ESPN

View the profile of South Florida Bulls Guard Jelena Bulajic on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.

www.espn.com

She also has good experience in Europe. 21 PPG at the Eurobasket U18 2024 (All Team). 16 PPG Eurobasket U18 2025.

 

[Hawk-Cub]

What if our 9th and 10th players are Hannah Stuelke and Taylor McCabe?

don't know how the 5 yrs to play 5 yrs shakes out here next month, but could that be a possibility?

This was discussed on the Locked On Hawkeyes podcast yesterday. Would McCabe even be ready to go before late in the season if this was even a possibility? This would be great but I am not too optimistic about it.

 

[hawkbr]

This was discussed on the Locked On Hawkeyes podcast yesterday. Would McCabe even be ready to go before late in the season if this was even a possibility? This would be great but I am not too optimistic about it.

The news circulating is that the 5-year eligibility rule will not be retroactive, meaning that those who graduated in 2026 will not be entitled to an additional year. The new rule will only apply to graduates from 2027 onwards.

 

[herkhatescy2]

What is Ava is out for 6 games? or Carnagie? Can anyone else score? What if Chat is out for 15 games? You remember years past with Goodman and the UNI girl both out with season ending knees. Before that Feuerbach, and before that others. McCabe last year. Molly? Look at the Indiana Fever last year. Mallegni missed numerous games after playing game 1. Depending on the same 8 players there every game is not realistic and an excuse at this point. This roster has weak spots and is no better overall than last year. People are assuming MW comes in an replaces Hannah's double doubles and scores 15 or more a game. How did that go with Deal?

What if?

 

[Old_wrestling_fan2]

What is Ava is out for 6 games? or Carnagie? Can anyone else score? What if Chat is out for 15 games? You remember years past with Goodman and the UNI girl both out with season ending knees. Before that Feuerbach, and before that others. McCabe last year. Molly? Look at the Indiana Fever last year. Mallegni missed numerous games after playing game 1. Depending on the same 8 players there every game is not realistic and an excuse at this point. This roster has weak spots and is no better overall than last year. People are assuming MW comes in an replaces Hannah's double doubles and scores 15 or more a game. How did that go with Deal?

If your big dogs get hurt and miss significant time then your results are likely going to be impacted. See USC without Juju, etc. No coach is going to have a replacement for Ava on the bench for a just in case moment.

 

[iThinkiWill]

What is Ava is out for 6 games? or Carnagie? Can anyone else score? What if Chat is out for 15 games? You remember years past with Goodman and the UNI girl both out with season ending knees. Before that Feuerbach, and before that others. McCabe last year. Molly? Look at the Indiana Fever last year. Mallegni missed numerous games after playing game 1. Depending on the same 8 players there every game is not realistic and an excuse at this point. This roster has weak spots and is no better overall than last year. People are assuming MW comes in a replaces Hannah's double doubles and scores 15 or more a game. How did that go with Deal?

Injuries are hypothetical but ultimately inevitable. Yet there is nothing we as fans can do about them. Worrying about them is not a plan of action. Hope, while also not a plan of action, is a better recourse. It eliminates the stress.

If Ava or Chit Chat are injured, no single player currently on roster will be able to completely replace them. The same is true [perhaps] to a lesser extent, for the rest of the starters and regular bench rotation players. Multiple injuries, especially simultaneous, are just worst case scenarios. The solution is for everyone else, including the bench, to “up their game” to make up the difference. Still it is unreasonable to expect the team to continue without some negative impact.

Typically in practice (not theory), the result is that the regular rotation bench gets shorter and their minutes increase. Typically the deeper bench has a lesser role. The point of this is that it is the quality of the short bench depth and not the length of, or quantity of the bench depth that is most important in minimizing the negative impact of injuries.

Finally, I believe that there is very good reason to believe that JJ and staff will add quality depth to the roster. At least there is some hope.

 

[Skydog0784a!]

Is this the girl from Florida school?

She's followed by Taylor Stremlow, Journey Houston, Layla Hays, follows the girls back and following Iowa WBB profile.



Jelena Bulajic, a European player from Montenegro, is a USF freshman. 4.7 PPG at 16 MPG. Best game of the season: 15 points (5/7 - 3 points) against UTSA.

Jelena Bulajic - South Florida Bulls Guard - ESPN

View the profile of South Florida Bulls Guard Jelena Bulajic on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.

www.espn.com

She also has good experience in Europe. 21 PPG at the Eurobasket U18 2024 (All Team). 16 PPG Eurobasket U18 2025.

That would align with a rumor that we are actively working with, and there is mutual interest, in a European player.

Good find, I suspect you’re right.

 

[yasqueen2026]

What is Ava is out for 6 games? or Carnagie? Can anyone else score? What if Chat is out for 15 games?

In this scenario you're just going to have to pop a Xanax, look to next season, and move on with your life. There are other things in the world to put on the TV besides Iowa Women's Basketball. I recommend Bob's Burgers.

 

[Gonzo_Bloor]

Which women’s basketball transfers found the best fits? Ranking the top 20 best moves

Chantel Jennings ranks the portal's best fits: Jordan Lee from Texas to South Carolina, Audi Crooks from Iowa State to OK State and more.

www.nytimes.com

Awesome job by JJ and coaches to land Carnegie, 1st team All-SEC players don't come easy.

 

[The Big Z]

In this scenario you're just going to have to pop a Xanax, look to next season, and move on with your life. There are other things in the world to put on the TV besides Iowa Women's Basketball. I recommend Bob's Burgers.

In this scenario you're just going to have to pop a Xanax, look to next season, and move on with your life. There are other things in the world to put on the TV besides Iowa Women's Basketball. I recommend Bob's Burgers.

Solid. Can never go wrong with Bob's Burgers.

 

[hawkbr]

That would align with a rumor that we are actively working with, and there is mutual interest, in a European player.

Good find, I suspect you’re right.

Where did this rumor about mutual interest in a european player?

 

[Jonesy5960]

What is Ava is out for 6 games? or Carnagie? Can anyone else score? What if Chat is out for 15 games? You remember years past with Goodman and the UNI girl both out with season ending knees. Before that Feuerbach, and before that others. McCabe last year. Molly? Look at the Indiana Fever last year. Mallegni missed numerous games after playing game 1. Depending on the same 8 players there every game is not realistic and an excuse at this point. This roster has weak spots and is no better overall than last year. People are assuming MW comes in an replaces Hannah's double doubles and scores 15 or more a game. How did that go with Deal?

Look. Major injuries to star players are going to derail any team. Nobody can plug in replacements for star players. Do you think UCLA would have won a championship if Betts or any of their starters went down? I think they scored every single point in the final four.

Stating that this roster is no better than the one that started this year is just crazy talk. Just the amount of returning production alone from underclassmen makes this a better team. Do you not believe that Ava, CCW, Journey, Stremlow, and Hays who all have at least 2 years of eligibility remaining are going to be better players next year? Experience is important. UCLA's 6 top players were ALL seniors.

Iowa needed guards and got 2 very good ones. No offense to Kylie, but she was disastrous at the offensive end of the floor and she was replaced by Carnegie, a first team SEC player who also has 2 years remaining and ESPN had as the number 3 ranked player in the portal. She will make everyone around her better. Whiting was ranked the number 38 player by USA Today. The only Iowa player that Iowa lost this year that would have sniffed the top 50 was Hanna. The only Iowa transfer out that ranked in that same list of 110 players was Addie at 72. None of the others are mentioned and KF wouldn't have been either had she been a transfer player. Again, there are over 1,000 players still available.

Down low Hanna was an excellent defender and rebounder, but she was not a great fit with Ava. Her lack of any range whatsoever impacted Ava's production inside and her FT shooting was atrocious in the tournament. Mckenna will likely have some growing pains, but she's a top 5 prospect with better range along with Journey who filled in admirably behind Hanna last year. Both are a much better fit with Ava who I think will explode offensively next year.

From what we know today, the biggest question mark in the 2 deep lineup today is how much improvement we see from Hays. If she can make a decent jump her sophomore year she becomes a more serviceable backup to Ava. If not, then whomever they bring in as a reserve forward becomes a more important factor.

 

[Torgeroni]

Which women’s basketball transfers found the best fits? Ranking the top 20 best moves

Chantel Jennings ranks the portal's best fits: Jordan Lee from Texas to South Carolina, Audi Crooks from Iowa State to OK State and more.

www.nytimes.com

Awesome job by JJ and coaches to land Carnegie, 1st team All-SEC players don't come easy.

From the link:

5. Dani Carnegie, sophomore guard​

Iowa (from Georgia)​

Key stats: 17.8 PPG, 3.2 APG, 5.3 RPG, 1.4 SPG

Last season — when Carnegie was at Georgia and Chit Chat Wright was at Iowa — was the first time since the two were in sixth grade that they hadn’t played on a team together. So their reunion in Iowa City will be like a return to normal for both. Wright started 31 games in 2025-26 for the Hawkeyes, thriving in their system, and though Iowa lost Addie Deal as a transfer, plenty of talent returns with a rising junior core of Wright, Carnegie, Ava Heiden and Taylor Stremlow.

 

[HawksGoneWild1]

Injuries are hypothetical but ultimately inevitable. Yet there is nothing we as fans can do about them. Worrying about them is not a plan of action. Hope, while also not a plan of action, is a better recourse. It eliminates the stress.

If Ava or Chit Chat are injured, no single player currently on roster will be able to completely replace them. The same is true [perhaps] to a lesser extent, for the rest of the starters and regular bench rotation players. Multiple injuries, especially simultaneous, are just worst case scenarios. The solution is for everyone else, including the bench, to “up their game” to make up the difference. Still it is unreasonable to expect the team to continue without some negative impact.

Typically in practice (not theory), the result is that the regular rotation bench gets shorter and their minutes increase. Typically the deeper bench has a lesser role. The point of this is that it is the quality of the short bench depth and not the length of, or quantity of the bench depth that is most important in minimizing the negative impact of injuries.

Finally, I believe that there is very good reason to believe that JJ and staff will add quality depth to the roster. At least there is some hope.

Give me your definition of staff will add quality depth to the roster. Especially in light of Jocelyn Faison #s that was tapped next in line after DC, AW and some misses. Example: Avg bench pts/mins vs avg mop up mins in Big Ten play. Do you expect them to be mid-major or P4 players?

After the AW commit, NIL #s and add quality depth are having a hard time agreeing with each other so far.

Afaict from AW's Top 50/25 games, she's most likely a bench player from her off #s. Plus, her def #s more closely match Strem than Kylie,

Noticed references to Jelena Bulajic. Would she be considered one of your quality depth pieces?
You're usually looking for SC-EFF of >=1.2.

Jelena Bulajic Career Stats - NCAAW - ESPN

Complete career NCAAW stats for the South Florida Bulls Guard Jelena Bulajic on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.

www.espn.com

Sports-Reference Stats:
See more TOVs than ASTs.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Jelena-Bulajic-1/gamelog/2026

Torvik Top 50 Stats:
Not a whole lot of green colored columns here.

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Realize this is going to be a bench player, but I'm trying to figure out what's a quality depth player for us?

Maybe I should ask it in another way. Who should these quality bench players be better than the players we lost to the portal?

 

[Scott559]

Give me your definition of staff will add quality depth to the roster. Especially in light of Jocelyn Faison #s that was tapped next in line after DC, AW and some misses. Example: Avg bench pts/mins vs avg mop up mins in Big Ten play. Do you expect them to be mid-major or P4 players?

After the AW commit, NIL #s and add quality depth are having a hard time agreeing with each other so far.

Afaict from AW's Top 50/25 games, she's most likely a bench player from her off #s. Plus, her def #s more closely match Strem than Kylie,

Noticed references to Jelena Bulajic. Would she be considered one of your quality depth pieces?
You're usually looking for SC-EFF of >=1.2.

Jelena Bulajic Career Stats - NCAAW - ESPN

Complete career NCAAW stats for the South Florida Bulls Guard Jelena Bulajic on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.

www.espn.com

Sports-Reference Stats:
See more TOVs than ASTs.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Jelena-Bulajic-1/gamelog/2026

Torvik Top 50 Stats:
Not a whole lot of green colored columns here.

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Realize this is going to be a bench player, but I'm trying to figure out what's a quality depth player for us?

Maybe I should ask it in another way. Who should these quality bench players be better than the players we lost to the portal?

Really you have to look at the overall roster, losing Deal, Is Whiting/Stremlow an upgrade.I think so. So now we are left with replacing Mallegni, Johnson and Levin. Would Bulajic be a decent replacement for Levin? Bulajic has played one year Levin 2. Seems like a tradeoff with Hopefully Bulajic having room to grow. Kinda wait and see on Teagans replacement. Not sure Johnson would have rated a quality depth piece.

 

[Skydog0784a!]

Where did this rumor about mutual interest in a european player?

In talking with a couple of people in IC - CR area that follow IA MBB and WBB pretty closely. They’re not really connected (I’d take Kyle’s and Hawkbuck’s sources over theirs for instance) - far from concrete. It may be off base, just what they heard and told me is all.

 

[Hawkeye_Miguel]

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

That would align with a rumor that we are actively working with, and there is mutual interest, in a European player.

Good find, I suspect you’re right.

Why do you guys have to spill the beans? Now schools like Iowa State, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Minnesota are going to hound the said player and throw a ton of money on her. Iowa has been hush hush precisely because of this

 

[Bunsen82]

Faison is a very nice depth piece with some upside . . . you worry worts can stop chewing your finger nails off. Up to 9 - 2-3 to go.

 

[hawkbr]

"delayed, but never denied." The A'ja Wilson quote than made Caitlin Clark to receive online hate? What a peculiar choice for a announce a commitment to Iowa. lol

 

[Jonesy5960]

Faison is a very nice depth piece with some upside . . . you worry worts can stop chewing your finger nails off. Up to 9 - 2-3 to go.

Exactly. Although I wonder if a group of these posters aren't secretly hoping that the program fails. At least in terms of the program under Jensen.

 

[Rpm.3185]

I hope so, but if you want to be elite 8 consistently, you either need a Caitlin Clark or solid talent on the bench, and if you lose any, the ability to reload. Other than 2 years of CC, and the MG year, Iowa is not showing that nor are they viewed as a program people see in that kind of class. We are "Indiana ish", maybe Ohio State class. Far from the top 8 programs and even other SEC teams.

Take a min and just breathe. It's gonna be ok. You're literally inventing strawman scenarios to upset yourself

Also no one other than UConn and SC is consistently in the Elite 8 (and the latter only for 6 years), so maybe slow your roll

 

[Scott559]

Exactly. Although I wonder if a group of these posters aren't secretly hoping that the program fails. At least in terms of the program under Jensen.

I can think of one for sure.

 

[Rpm.3185]

"delayed, but never denied." The A'ja Wilson quote than made Caitlin Clark to receive online hate? What a peculiar choice for a announce a commitment to Iowa. lol

Do not even start with that kind of BS

 

[Jonesy5960]

I can think of one for sure.

Well one of them said he's leaving so there's hopefully one less we'll have to listen to.

 

[Bunsen82]

Exactly. Although I wonder if a group of these posters aren't secretly hoping that the program fails. At least in terms of the program under Jensen.

There is 2-3 that seem to be the issue. I have 1 on ignore and 1 is currently on a watch list to join him.

 

[Anon1750875978]

Exactly. Although I wonder if a group of these posters aren't secretly hoping that the program fails. At least in terms of the program under Jensen.

Seeing weaknesses and "chinks in the armor" is not hoping the program fails.

Amazing POV.

Carry on.

 

[Omahawk57]

Take a min and just breathe. It's gonna be ok. You're literally inventing strawman scenarios to upset yourself

Also no one other than UConn and SC is consistently in the Elite 8 (and the latter only for 6 years), so maybe slow your roll

I breath just fine and I dont need advice from a bunch of daily posters that get butt hurt over observations. I support this program just fine. Shut up and post what you want and quit being dad to others

 

[Bunsen82]

I breath just fine and I dont need advice from a bunch of daily posters that get butt hurt over observations. I support this program just fine. Shut up and post what you want and quit being dad to others

We aren't the ones with our butt hurt . . . you are the one with the hemorrhoids of us having 8 and now 9 roster players. You had no less than 4 posts complaining about it in the last 48 hours. There is no reason to get as constipated as you have when they have ample time and ability to fill out the rest of the roster.

 

[hawkbr]

"It’s possible that Faison is able to come in and earn minutes as the back end of the Hawkeyes rotation, but don’t rule out another addition to the backcourt. Western Illinois transfer Raegan McCowan is still uncommitted and while Iowa isn’t the favorite, they are still in the mix. It would also make sense to try to add another shooter to the roster if the right name emerged"

Good to know we're still in the running for McCowan. I thought Iowa was out. Curious to see who the favorite is.

Iowa WBB Portal Checklist: Breaking Down Every Position Need

For quite some time, it seemed like the Iowa Women’s Basketball program might be immune to departures through the transfer portal. However, as we’ve found out, no program can run from the portal. Eventually there will be losses and they’ve hit the Hawkeyes this season, with five players entering...

www.on3.com

 

[Manfredi]

The irony in this thread....

 

[Jonesy5960]

I hope so, but if you want to be elite 8 consistently, you either need a Caitlin Clark or solid talent on the bench, and if you lose any, the ability to reload. Other than 2 years of CC, and the MG year, Iowa is not showing that nor are they viewed as a program people see in that kind of class. We are "Indiana ish", maybe Ohio State class. Far from the top 8 programs and even other SEC teams.

Really a bad take.