2026-27 Transfer Portal News

HawksGoneWild1 · May 7, 2026

hawkbr said:
I understand your point, i also wish Iowa had as many elite players as possible, but I think 5-stars /McDAAs status is important to a certain extent, it's not an absolute truth. In the 2025 class, Ava Heiden was ranked 4 stars and #42, but she's much better than Kate Koval (#5). Chit Chat (#49) is certainly better than 5-star Avary Cain (#26) and perhaps even better than Kayleigh Heckel (#13) and the 4-star Dani Carnegie (#29) is much better than 5-star Avery Howell (#14) and Imari Berry (#19). If the 2025 class were reranked based on how each player plays today, Iowa would have four 5-star players. And I think that matters more than HS ranking status: the level that each player today.

That's not how the stat works in McDAA counts. They are for stats where players have actually played in a MCDAA game.

I actually gave DC a bonus playing along with AH to be worth 1 McDAA together. So I even fudged it in our case. In a real stats case neither DC or AH qualify as a McDAA. We really have a big fat zero for them.

That being said it may be by your method of reranking that the last 10 winners may have had 8.1 McDAAs or they could have 5.1 McDAAs. No one in their right mind is going back 10 years and reranking coz the stat is based solely on if you played IN a McDAA.

Don't get me wrong, I understand what you mean. However, every fan is biased in their own team player rankings after X years. No way could you ever settle on rerankings between them. Unless some independent body did it and I don't know of such an outfit that does.

It's just the nature of the beast. Sometimes you get what you expect out of them and sometimes you don't. The whole key of the # of McDAAs is they are used as indicators and they won't ever settle a score.

whynot? · May 7, 2026

IowaCityLit said:
Hey I know you’re Taylor’s dad and the prospect of Journey starting at the 3 means TS isn’t starting, but Journey is a legit option at the 3. More size. Should be a great competition!

O boy, here we go again!

hawkbr · May 7, 2026

Kachine Alexander has an opinion on Iowa's starting lineup that's hard to disagree [56:20]. She thinks Amari Whiting will start because whoever plays at the 3 needs to defend the opposing team's best guard, like Kylie did, and Amari is probably our best defensive guard with 2 steals per game. And that Houston couldn't start at the 3 because she can't defend a PG or SG who is the best player on the other side. And Stremlow isn't our best defender for to do what Kilye did [defend the best rival guard / wing], but she's great and versatile and will play many minutes at the 1-3 coming off the bench. And later on Kash says that Houston probably will start at the 4, unless Woliczko is that kind of 5-star recruit with immediate impact and that becomes very clear in practice.

citizenHawk1 · May 7, 2026

hawkbr said:
Kachine Alexander has an opinion on Iowa's starting lineup that's hard to disagree [56:20]. She thinks Amari Whiting will start because whoever plays at the 3 needs to defend the opposing team's best guard, like Kylie did, and Amari is probably our best defensive guard with 2 steals per game. And that Houston couldn't start at the 3 because she can't defend a PG or SG who is the best player on the other side. And Stremlow isn't our best defender for to do what Kilye did [defend the best rival guard / wing], but she's great and versatile and will play many minutes at the 1-3 coming off the bench. And later on Kash says that Houston probably will start at the 4, unless Woliczko is that kind of 5-star recruit with immediate impact and that becomes very clear in practice.

Sounds right to me. Whiting has started every game in her career. Stremlow will get her minutes behind 1,2,3. Journey will get hers at 3,4.

*Wild card is what happens if Faison (etc.) shows up and raises eyebrows.

hawkbr · May 7, 2026

HawksGoneWild1 said:
That's not how the stat works in McDAA counts. They are for stats where players have actually played in a MCDAA game.

I actually gave DC a bonus playing along with AH to be worth 1 McDAA together. So I even fudged it in our case. In a real stats case neither DC or AH qualify as a McDAA. We really have a big fat zero for them.

That being said it may be by your method of reranking that the last 10 winners may have had 8.1 McDAAs or they could have 5.1 McDAAs. No one in their right mind is going back 10 years and reranking coz the stat is based solely on if you played IN a McDAA.

Don't get me wrong, I understand what you mean. However, every fan is biased in their own team player rankings after X years. No way could you ever settle on rerankings between them. Unless some independent body did it and I don't know of such an outfit that does.

It's just the nature of the beast. Sometimes you get what you expect out of them and sometimes you don't. The whole key of the # of McDAAs is they are used as indicators and they won't ever settle a score.

I'm not proposing any method or a real reclassification of the recruitment ranking. I'm just talking about the real world, where two 4-star players like Dani Carnegie and Ava Heiden are All SEC First Team / All BIG First Team and are much more valuable than dozens of players were 5-stars recruits who played McDAAG, and today they don't even come close to that level.. I wouldn't trade 4-stars Chit Chat, Dani Carnegie, and Ava Heiden for 5-stars and McDAAs like Kayleigh Heckel, Imari Berry, and Kate Koval. What I'm saying is that 5-star and McDAA status is relative and it doesn't make much sense to use HS status for College players in sophmore, junior or senior year because we have 5-stars who don't play like a 5-stars players and 4-stars who are better than most of the 5-stars. What matters is what each of them did in their college career and how they play today, and the fact that they played in the McDAAG is worthless if they don't play in College like played in HS.

Jonesy5960 · May 8, 2026

hawkbr said:
I'm not proposing any method or a real reclassification of the recruitment ranking. I'm just talking about the real world, where two 4-star players like Dani Carnegie and Ava Heiden are All SEC First Team / All BIG First Team and are much more valuable than dozens of players were 5-stars recruits who played McDAAG, and today they don't even come close to that level.. I wouldn't trade 4-stars Chit Chat, Dani Carnegie, and Ava Heiden for 5-stars and McDAAs like Kayleigh Heckel, Imari Berry, and Kate Koval. What I'm saying is that 5-star and McDAA status is relative and it doesn't make much sense to use HS status for College players in sophmore, junior or senior year because we have 5-stars who don't play like a 5-stars players and 4-stars who are better than most of the 5-stars. What matters is what each of them did in their college career and how they play today, and the fact that they played in the McDAAG is worthless if they don't play in College like played in HS.

Yeah. I don't understand valuing stars over performance at all. As the only 5 star on the team, Addie was the most overcompensated player on the team this year. Even in her own freshman class 4 star Journey far surpassed her contributions, and every non 5 star guard that Iowa brought in from the portal this year is probably an upgrade. I hope McKenna comes in and kills it right away, but a lot of 5 stars never live up to the hype.

nu2u · May 8, 2026

hawkbr said:
Kachine Alexander has an opinion on Iowa's starting lineup that's hard to disagree [56:20]. She thinks Amari Whiting will start because whoever plays at the 3 needs to defend the opposing team's best guard, like Kylie did, and Amari is probably our best defensive guard with 2 steals per game. And that Houston couldn't start at the 3 because she can't defend a PG or SG who is the best player on the other side. And Stremlow isn't our best defender for to do what Kilye did [defend the best rival guard / wing], but she's great and versatile and will play many minutes at the 1-3 coming off the bench. And later on Kash says that Houston probably will start at the 4, unless Woliczko is that kind of 5-star recruit with immediate impact and that becomes very clear in practice.

Someone needs to fill that “stopper” role. It is a VIP assignment. Feuerbach, and Marshall before her, were key to Iowa’s success the past several seasons. I’m pretty sure this is near the top of Jensen’s list for the ‘26-27 season.

Tom Paris · May 8, 2026

hawkbr said:
Kachine Alexander has an opinion on Iowa's starting lineup that's hard to disagree [56:20]. She thinks Amari Whiting will start because whoever plays at the 3 needs to defend the opposing team's best guard, like Kylie did, and Amari is probably our best defensive guard with 2 steals per game. And that Houston couldn't start at the 3 because she can't defend a PG or SG who is the best player on the other side. And Stremlow isn't our best defender for to do what Kilye did [defend the best rival guard / wing], but she's great and versatile and will play many minutes at the 1-3 coming off the bench. And later on Kash says that Houston probably will start at the 4, unless Woliczko is that kind of 5-star recruit with immediate impact and that becomes very clear in practice.

I think Whiting starts also.

Tom Paris · May 8, 2026

Jonesy5960 said:
Yeah. I don't understand valuing stars over performance at all. As the only 5 star on the team, Addie was the most overcompensated player on the team this year. Even in her own freshman class 4 star Journey far surpassed her contributions, and every non 5 star guard that Iowa brought in from the portal this year is probably an upgrade. I hope McKenna comes in and kills it right away, but a lot of 5 stars never live up to the hype.

In my limited viewing of Deal and McKenna in their all-star games - I remember watching Deal and thinking that maybe the reason she wasn't showing much was because her teammates were dominating shots and she's a 5 star for a reason. Watching Wolizco, I thought that she looked like a consistent impact player every time she was on the floor. Journey is going to have a tough time beating her out, especially for an entire season being coached by JJ.

huntinghawk · May 8, 2026

B Samuell said:
Your a troll!!!

Check out the trolls posts on the other forums. Nothing but trashing athletes.

Jonesy5960 · May 8, 2026

Tom Paris said:
In my limited viewing of Deal and McKenna in their all-star games - I remember watching Deal and thinking that maybe she wasn't showing much was because her teammates were dominating shots and she's a 5 star for a reason. Watching Wolizco, I thought that she looked like a consistent impact player every time she was on the floor. Journey is going to have a tough time beating her out, especially for an entire season being coached by JJ.

Maybe? Journey was very good as a freshman. I expect she'll be even better as a sophomore. McKenna will have to be very very good as a freshman to supplant her. That's a good problem to have in my opinion if that were to come to fruition. This past year we had a dramatic drop off past the first 6 players with Journey being the only consistent contributor off the bench. You never know about injuries, but even with a few players to add, next year's team already has a better starting 5 and more known quality depth than this year's team had at every position with the lone possible exception at the 4, particularly offensively.

Scott559 · May 8, 2026

Tom Paris said:
In my limited viewing of Deal and McKenna in their all-star games - I remember watching Deal and thinking that maybe she wasn't showing much was because her teammates were dominating shots and she's a 5 star for a reason. Watching Wolizco, I thought that she looked like a consistent impact player every time she was on the floor. Journey is going to have a tough time beating her out, especially for an entire season being coached by JJ.

I don’t know if McKenna will start day one but in the past few seasons she excelled playing against the top H.S. talent in the Country in All Star games and while vying for spots on the USA national teams. Different coaching staffs, Different styles of play and McKenna earned starting roles. Not a knock on Addie at all but McKenna is on a different level. The best thing was she put up really nice stats while fully embracing the team first aspect.

Tom Paris · May 8, 2026

Jonesy5960 said:
Maybe? Journey was very good as a freshman. I expect she'll be even better as a sophomore. McKenna will have to be very very good as a freshman to supplant her. That's a good problem to have in my opinion if that were to come to fruition. This past year we had a dramatic drop off past the first 6 players with Journey being the only consistent contributor off the bench. You never know about injuries, but even with a few players to add, next year's team already has a better starting 5 and more known quality depth than this year's team had at every position with the lone possible exception at the 4, particularly offensively.

I predict McKenna will be very very good and win the 4 spot.

hawkbr · May 8, 2026

Jonesy5960 said:
Yeah. I don't understand valuing stars over performance at all. As the only 5 star on the team, Addie was the most overcompensated player on the team this year. Even in her own freshman class 4 star Journey far surpassed her contributions, and every non 5 star guard that Iowa brought in from the portal this year is probably an upgrade. I hope McKenna comes in and kills it right away, but a lot of 5 stars never live up to the hype.

The recruitment ranking is a good compass for recruiting. A 5-star recruit is still more likely to excel in College than a 4-star recruit, even if not all 5-star recruit have an immediate impact. However, when they are in their sophomore, junior, or senior year in College, the 5-star status and having played in the McDAAG are worthless if they aren't playng in top players level.

Jonesy5960 · May 8, 2026

Tom Paris said:
I predict McKenna will be very very good and win the 4 spot.

What was your Deal prediction

?

o_AMAYS · May 8, 2026

hawkbr said:
I understand your point, i also wish Iowa had as many elite players as possible, but I think 5-stars /McDAAs status is important to a certain extent, it's not an absolute truth. . . .

HawksGoneWild1 said:
That's not how the stat works in McDAA counts. They are for stats where players have actually played in a MCDAA game.

I actually gave DC a bonus playing along with AH to be worth 1 McDAA together. So I even fudged it in our case. In a real stats case neither DC or AH qualify as a McDAA. We really have a big fat zero for them.

Even with NIL free agency, the importance of recruiting McDonald's AAs is hard to overstate, if you want to win a national championship. This year, the national championship game featured 14 McDonald's AAs, 6 for UCLA and 8 for South Carolina (UCLA had another McDonald's AA who missed the season w/ injury). Semi-final loser Texas started 5 McDonald's AAs, and played 2 more, and semi-final loser UConn played 6 McDonald's AAs and had 3 more on the bench or out with injury.

The last 10 tournaments, every team to win the national championship had at least 3 McDonald's AAs, with the average being over 6.

With USC and UCLA greatly expanding the Big Ten's supply of McDonald's AAs, multiple McDonald's AAs may be necessary to win a Big Ten Championship. USC won the 2025 regular season with 4 McDonald's AA starters, and 3 more that played, with 1 mostly out with injury. UCLA won the Big Ten Tourney last year with 4 McDonald's AA starters, and 3 more on the bench, including the BIG 6th Player of the Year. This year, UCLA swept the BIG Regular Season & Tourney with 3 McDonald's AA starters, and 3 more that played, including the BIG 6th Player of the Year.

Next year, assuming Stanford transfer Courtney Ogden slides into the Michigan starting lineup, Michigan will start 3 McDonald's AAs, with a 4th off the bench. That would be the first time, I believe, that a traditional Big Ten team has had 4 playing McDonald's AAs on the same team. Will be interesting to see what Michigan can do with that.

hawkbr · May 8, 2026

o_AMAYS said:
Even with NIL free agency, the importance of recruiting McDonald's AAs is hard to overstate, if you want to win a national championship. This year, the national championship game featured 14 McDonald's AAs, 6 for UCLA and 8 for South Carolina (UCLA had another McDonald's AA who missed the season w/ injury). Semi-final loser Texas started 5 McDonald's AAs, and played 2 more, and semi-final loser UConn played 6 McDonald's AAs and had 3 more on the bench or out with injury.

The last 10 tournaments, every team to win the national championship had at least 3 McDonald's AAs, with the average being over 6.

With USC and UCLA greatly expanding the Big Ten's supply of McDonald's AAs, multiple McDonald's AAs may be necessary to win a Big Ten Championship. USC won the 2025 regular season with 4 McDonald's AA starters, and 3 more that played, with 1 mostly out with injury. UCLA won the Big Ten Tourney last year with 4 McDonald's AA starters, and 3 more on the bench, including the BIG 6th Player of the Year. This year, UCLA swept the BIG Regular Season & Tourney with 3 McDonald's AA starters, and 3 more that played, including the BIG 6th Player of the Year.

Next year, assuming Stanford transfer Courtney Ogden slides into the Michigan starting lineup, Michigan will start 3 McDonald's AAs, with a 4th off the bench. That would be the first time, I believe, that a traditional Big Ten team has had 4 playing McDonald's AAs on the same team. Will be interesting to see what Michigan can do with that.

The main point of my comment is: being a 5-star recruit or having played in the McDAAG isn't synonymous of impactful College player. Obviously, out of the 24 players who play in the McDAAG every year, some will be very good, but many will not. Each case is a case.

When we're talking about junior or senior players, I don't see any reason to give importance to 5-star, 4-star, McDAAG or non-McDAAG status if we can simply look at the statistics of what they did in college in their sophomore year and freshman year, which is much more relevant, current, and objective information than HS status.

Dani Carnegie and Ava Heiden were not considered 5-star recruits and did not play in the McDAAG in the class of 2024, but they are All SEC First Team and All Big First Team, which means they are better than most 5-star recruits from all classes who play in college, which is something much more valuable and difficult to achieve than a 5-star status or a spot in the McDAAG.

Tom Paris · May 8, 2026

Jonesy5960 said:
What was your Deal prediction ?

Jonesy5960 · May 8, 2026

Tom Paris said:

Just trying to understand how much weight I should give to your predictive skills.

o_AMAYS · May 8, 2026

hawkbr said:
The main point of my comment is: being a 5-star recruit or having played in the McDAAG isn't synonymous of impactful College player. Obviously, out of the 24 players who play in the McDAAG every year, some will be very good, but many will not. Each case is a case.

When we're talking about junior or senior players, I don't see any reason to give importance to 5-star, 4-star, McDAAG or non-McDAAG status if we can simply look at the statistics of what they did in college in their sophomore year and freshman year, which is much more relevant, current, and objective information than HS status.

Dani Carnegie and Ava Heiden were not considered 5-star recruits and did not play in the McDAAG in the class of 2025, but they are All SEC First Team and All Big First Team, which means they are better than most 5-star recruits from all classes who play in college, which is something much more valuable and difficult to achieve than a 5-star status or a spot in the McDAAG.

Agree with much of what you said.

I also think that McDonald's AA status, high school recruiting rank and high school USA basketball experience linger in importance in WBB given earlier female maturation. Those things tend to tell you something about the ceiling of players. With the notable exception of posts/centers, the track record of the McDonald's and USA Basketball selectors, and the recruit rankers, is pretty good, especially the USA Basketball selectors. The last 3 years, all 15 of the 1st-Team AP All-American selections were McDonald's AAs, and 10 of the 15 2nd-Team AA selections were McDonald's AAs (1 was a foreign player ineligible for McDonald's AA selection). Since 2006, when the first McDonald's AA class were seniors, every player to be consensus National Player of the Year has been a McDonald's AA, except one: Megan Gustafson.

CleteyColgate · May 8, 2026

90% of the Iowa fan base said Addie would start game one on.

33% of the Iowa fan base assumed Addie would be Iowa's leading scorer

Most fans were wrong. Most fans are ok being wrong making the same prediction next year.

Don't @ me about showing my work or proving my math.

hawkbr · May 8, 2026

o_AMAYS said:
Agree with much of what you said.

I also think that McDonald's AA status, high school recruiting rank and high school USA basketball experience linger in importance in WBB given earlier female maturation. Those things tend to tell you something about the ceiling of players. With the notable exception of posts/centers, the track record of the McDonald's and USA Basketball selectors, and the recruit rankers, is pretty good, especially the USA Basketball selectors. The last 3 years, all 15 of the 1st-Team AP All-American selections were McDonald's AAs, and 10 of the 15 2nd-Team AA selections were McDonald's AAs (1 was a foreign player ineligible for McDonald's AA selection). Since 2006, when the first McDonald's AA class were seniors, every player to be consensus National Player of the Year has been a McDonald's AA, except one: Megan Gustafson.

It seems we're talking about different things. I'm not saying that no McDAAG will be top player. I'm saying that not all of them will be, and that's why McDAAG status alone isn't very relevant when we're talking about players on the Transfer Portal who already have a college career. What they did or didn't do in their freshman and sophomore years is much more relevant. Going back to the 2024 class for a objetive example: the 4-star recruit and non-McDAAG Ava Heiden (#42 in the 2024 class) is the best big in the class and she's much better and has a higher probability of being an All-American than the 5-star recruit and McDAAG starter Kate Koval (#5 in the 2024 class). A clear example showing that College performance is more important than high school recruitment rankings.

Zach Jump · May 8, 2026

o_AMAYS said:
That would be the first time, I believe, that a traditional Big Ten team has had 4 playing McDonald's AAs on the same team.

If McDonald's did girls All-Americans in 1994...Iowa would have probably had 6 in one recruiting class.

Tom Paris · May 8, 2026

Jonesy5960 said:
Just trying to understand how much weight I should give to your predictive skills.

Because 5 star I figured she would play behind Kylie but take more of her minutes. Like I said above, MaKenna looks more like an impact player than Addie did, despite me being influenced by her offers when I watched her in all star games. She didn’t flash, but I blamed her teammates…in my head. Wolizco makes an impact and it’s what she does with or without the ball. It was pretty early in the season when I tempered my thoughts about Deal. Throw her on Iowa’s roster, without transfers, and I don’t think she starts until senior year at best.

citizenHawk1 · May 8, 2026

I try to shy away from taking much out of those high school all-star games. Nobody seems to play very physical or box out, but also nobody really looks to make a good assist. Just seems like you can't really know until you know.

hawkbr · May 8, 2026

Tom Paris said:
Because 5 star I figured she would play behind Kylie but take more of her minutes. Like I said above, MaKenna looks more like an impact player than Addie did, despite me being influenced by her offers when I watched her in all star games. She didn’t flash, but I blamed her teammates…in my head. Wolizco makes an impact and it’s what she does with or without the ball. It was pretty early in the season when I tempered my thoughts about Deal. Throw her on Iowa’s roster, without transfers, and I don’t think she starts until senior year at best.

It's different levels of 5-star recruits. Woliczko played for the USA Team twice, was a starting player twice, won two gold medals, and was named to the All-Star Team twice (U16 Americup - U17 World Cup).

Nothing is guaranteed, and it won't be easy to surpass Journey Houston for the starting spot, but being named the best U17 PF in the world, the best PF in High School, and win two gold medals with the USA Team shows the level she can reach. Addie Deal was a 5-star recruit, but she didn't have all of that which Woliczko has.

NORTHSTAR · May 8, 2026

Zach Jump said:
What is with the initials?

That was my first thought. He writes this nice long post, and yet cannot take a few seconds more to post their names. I know most, but some that don't follow along regularly would have no idea.

NORTHSTAR · May 8, 2026

I will say this on my behalf, I'm a big Taylor Stremlow fan for a number of reasons, and no relation or next door neighbor.

Tom Paris · May 8, 2026

hawkbr said:
It's different levels of 5-star recruits. Woliczko played for the USA Team twice, was a starting player twice, won two gold medals, and was named to the All-Star Team twice (U16 Americup - U17 World Cup).

Nothing is guaranteed, and it won't be easy to surpass Journey Houston for the starting spot, but being named the best U17 PF in the world, the best PF in High School, and win two gold medals with the USA Team shows the level she can reach. Addie Deal was a 5-star recruit, but she didn't have all of that which Woliczko has.

Totally agree.

Kceasthawk@77 · May 8, 2026

hawkbr said:
Jan said about the Portal signings: "I hope to have a couple more added next week."

And at the end of the video she said she's looking for few more bodies: "I'm hoping maybe a point guard and then a wing of any sort."

And about signing a big, she said: "They're hard to get with that depth."

This year "really vetting". In other words we can't afford another Erod addition this year.....

Kceasthawk@77 · May 8, 2026

Jonesy5960 said:
Yeah. I don't understand valuing stars over performance at all. As the only 5 star on the team, Addie was the most overcompensated player on the team this year. Even in her own freshman class 4 star Journey far surpassed her contributions, and every non 5 star guard that Iowa brought in from the portal this year is probably an upgrade. I hope McKenna comes in and kills it right away, but a lot of 5 stars never live up to the hype.

Never saw Deal play in high school, so I for one relied on the hype. We've been able to see quite a bit of MW's work and she'll be hard to keep on the bench from my untrained eye. She's a fierce and athletic rebounder, excellent passer, and can shoot and score effectively from all three levels. We don't now, nor for sometime have we had a player with her overall skill set from the wing.

Jonesy5960 · May 8, 2026

Kceasthawk@77 said:
Never saw Deal play in high school, so I for one relied on the hype. We've been able to see quite a bit of MW's work and she'll be hard to keep on the bench from my untrained eye. She's a fierce and athletic rebounder, excellent passer, and can shoot and score effectively from all three levels. We don't now, nor for sometime have we had a player with her overall skill set from the wing.

I think she'll play the 4 no?

herkhatescy2 · May 8, 2026

Tsawvell55 said:
To anyone out there that knows of another site affiliated to Iowa sports this one is insufferable anymore. Can’t stay on topic, name calling, it’s getting worse. Appreciate any info.

Hope you find one.

hawkod · May 8, 2026

My immediate reactions from watching McDonald's /All-Star games of Addie and McKenna:
Addie: HMMM....
McKenna: Why don't they pass her the ball?

Addie could turn into a gem for Wisky.
McKenna's pedigree is way more level-headed and grounded: Dad's been a college coach and now an administrator for the WCC. I don't see her not succeeding.

IowaCityLit · May 8, 2026

Jonesy5960 said:
What was your Deal prediction ?

Stop stressing. TS isn’t competing for the 4.

I predict the starting lineup to include Journey at 3. TS really wasn’t JJs choice to start at beginning of season or after TM went down. JJ is thinking how to max talent. But I think TS will be really valuable coming off the bench.

CRHAWK · May 8, 2026

Jonesy5960 said:
What was your Deal prediction ?

There's a massive difference in talent level between the number 23 player in the country and the number 7 player. It's reasonable to expect that McKenna makes a big impact on her freshmen year

IowaCityLit · May 8, 2026

CRHAWK said:
There's a massive difference in talent level between the number 23 player in the country and the number 7 player. It's reasonable to expect that McKenna makes a big impact on her freshmen year

Strawman Jonesy is afraid his daughter won’t start. His disparaging Deal comments have always been self-serving.

91hawki · May 8, 2026

Regarding Deal

the McDonald’s games are selfish, show case games. So when she didn’t show much in that game, I didn’t really care

when her freshman year began, I was surprised with her lack of athleticism and ball handling skills. For someone who was reportedly always wanting to have the ball in her hands, her dribble is way too high and prone to turnovers

will be interesting to see how she performs the next couple of years

Anon1750875978 · Saturday at 8:03 AM

91hawki said:
Regarding Deal

the McDonald’s games are selfish, show case games. So when she didn’t show much in that game, I didn’t really care

when her freshman year began, I was surprised with her lack of athleticism and ball handling skills. For someone who was reportedly always wanting to have the ball in her hands, her dribble is way too high and prone to turnovers

will be interesting to see how she performs the next couple of years

Apparently the coaches didn't notice that.

fish1hawk · Saturday at 8:25 AM

IowaCityLit said:
Stop stressing. TS isn’t competing for the 4.

I predict the starting lineup to include Journey at 3. TS really wasn’t JJs choice to start at beginning of season or after TM went down. JJ is thinking how to max talent. But I think TS will be really valuable coming off the bench.

Personally, if We play more 4 out on offense I think advantage Stremlow. I like her a lot. you are a threat for 3 pointer or drive on tight coverage. Stremlow is a very good ball handler, took the point when Chat was injured or ill. Her resume at the 3 point line, ball handling, ability to drive and assists is much more established. It would huge if Journey could reach that level. All would play a lot.

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