I understand that ticket sales do matter. My point was ( at least my understanding was) Iowa is allocating more rev share $$ to women's basketball then many of their peers. No doubt, trying to continue trying to push that ball up the hill from the CC22 years, and not let it roll back down. As for available $ I believe MW will be taking up pretty much all of what Deal was getting. The numbers being thrown around here were 8-900,000 I believe. I'd also imagine that Ava will be getting a significant bump, or at least you'd not be surprised to see that happen as well.Whose expectations have changed? Beth's, the fans? The expectations are changing because we had success and now if any volatility occurs we will burn it down?
We have based our programs on consistency like Pittsburg Steelers. Having consistent quality coaching and messaging is your best opportunity for consistent success. Iowa fires coaches at one of the lowest rates of any college.
The budget comes from ticket sales - $3.5 million is what Iowa did for wbb in 2023/2024. This is 2 million more than most schools By all accounts those numbers are slightly up. You then add in the revenue share component. The B1G gives out the highest amount of any conference. The hawkeyes are also one of the more popular teams due to Caitlin so they have had more donations and more money into the collective tagged for WBB.
So in the big picture Iowa WBB does have a financial tailwind that should allow it to continue to be competitive in recruiting top talent to Iowa, and filling in any holes in the portal. If my accountant math still works we were willing to give approximately 1 million to Bjorn, we were at about 1 million a year on Deal, 300k on Rodriguez. We have nearly $2.5 million in rough calculations to use in the portal or for recruits next year.