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Hawkeye Women’s BBall Season 2023-2024
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JFC. I have to say that as much as I may enjoy gossip, I have to agree with everyone here who wants to keep this and other threads strictly to the discussion of basketball. I’m saying this as a married boomer lesbian who has been around the block more than a few times. Please just stop. Most people don’t give a shit and really just want to discuss basketball. If you want to discuss the personal lives of the team members, start a separate thread and I’ll be very happy to follow.
P.s. For anyone who is offended, religiously opposed, etc., to who I am, please block me. I’m happy to do the same. And since I’m here and saying we just want to talk bball, please stop with the misogynistic shit, too. I don’t give a **** about which player is hot, etc. 🤷🏻♀️
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Girl come correct, this is not gossip, this is information that was willingly and enthusiastically shared with the public as a celebration. Please save your small town pearl-clutching for another bitch bc I am not the one.
Besides, if it’s ACTUAL secondhand gossip you want, check out this Reddit thread on LSU’s summer practices.
Top comment is as interesting as it is predictable:
“I'm pretty familiar with LSU's program. 9 out of the 12 players have essentially been there since late June and have participated in classes, Weight room/conditioning with some scrimmages and individual work (including Flaujae). The only 3 who haven't been there have been Morrow, HVL and Reese. Morrow is now on campus but I heard there was a family matter previously so she showed up later. HVL is currently wrapping up the 3 v 3 stuff before heading to LSU but has been in a gym all summer.
Reese seems to be traveling a different city every other day. Her not being with the team all summer isn't a great look to me for the supposed team leader and how she looked in the FIBA games. If Flaujae can be back with the team working hard with the underclassmen and doing her NIL/projects on weekends, so can Reese... buts thats just me. I just think she will go into fall camp kind of behind the ball catching up.”
The r/NCAAW sub-reddit is a great place for WBB intel and analysis. Lots of people with insight into other programs as well as a couple NCAA officials who can settle disagreements or what not. Very respectful and very inclusive, unlike the Twitter WBB scene. Iowa fans are very well represented there as well, only UConn has more fans. South Carolina fans had to eat so much crow after the Final Four lol but they are believers now. Maybe bc they hate LSU like more than they hate us lol.
In all fairness, some LSU fans are now just as toxic as SC fans were this time last year but generally the community keeps homers in check with downvotes. Lots of Indiana fans as well, their popularity surged this year.
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Really like that 3 from the top of the key by Kate off the catch/shoot.
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KJE is listed as 0 on the roster... I dont remember seeing where she picked a number? https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/wbball/roster/
Very few people give two F's who people prefer to "date" so stop trying to make it into something it's not. And yes, when you spend a lot of time with someone there will always be the chance it goes to the next level. What is being said and not really comprehended, is very often that can end badly. It's tough enough when a break up happens and one member of the team struggles. When on the same team, now you have two. Often sides will be taken. Not sure how you can't understand how a situation like this can be bad for a team.
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The bracket for the Thanksgiving tournament has been released. Iowa plays Purdue-Fort Wayne. Second round will be Delaware or Florida Gulf Coast.
Ft Myers,Florida luckily where my sister and brother in law live. I will be there
Hate to say it but it doesn’t even look like her, disappointing.
It rivals the first edition of Cristiano Ronaldo's sculpture 
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Our non-conference schedule finally dropped a few hours ago!
Oct 15 vs DePaul (#62) (exh in Kinnick)
Oct 22 vs Clarke (N/A) (exh)
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Nov 6 vs FDU (#137)
Nov 9 vs Virginia Tech (#7) (neutral court game in North Carolina)
Nov 12 @ UNI (#64)
Nov 16 vs KSU (#58)
Nov 19 vs Drake (#51)
Nov 24 Purdue Fort Wayne (#243) (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Nov 25 FGCU/Delaware (#37/#182)(Gulf Coast Showcase)
Nov 26 likely either North Carolina (#24) or KSU again (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Dec 2 vs Bowling Green (#67)
Dec 6 @ ISU (#15)
Dec 16 vs Cleveland State (#69) (in Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines)
Dec 21 vs Loyola Chicago (#270)
Edited to add last year's NET rankings. Only 2-3 games are pure "cupcakes" I would say. The rest is what I'd call a typical Iowa schedule consisting of the in-state rivalry games, a few quality P5 opponents, and a few games against solid mid-majors.
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Man, a down Iowa State really brings this nonconference strength of schedule down some; having them be top 15 the past number of years helped the SOS a considerable amount. Hopefully Iowa will meet North Carolina in the GCS final.Women's Basketball
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Our non-conference schedule finally dropped a few hours ago!
Oct 15 vs DePaul (exh at Kinnick)
Oct 22 vs Clarke (exh)
Nov 6 vs FDU
Nov 9 vs Virginia Tech (neutral court game in North Carolina)
Nov 12 @ UNI
Nov 16 vs KSU
Nov 19 vs Drake
Nov 24 Purdue Fort Wayne (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Nov 25 FGCU/Delaware (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Nov 26 likely either North Carolina or KSU again (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Dec 2 vs Bowling Green
Dec 6 @ ISU
Dec 16 vs Cleveland State
Dec 21 vs Loyola Chicago
Even if ISU has a down year by their recent standards, a win in Ames (a big if...) would likely still be a quad 1 victory for us. But you're totally right, it won't be a ranked matchup like we've grown used to the past few years.
New bracketology out by Charlie Creme at ESPN. Big Ten seeds: OSU # 1, Iowa # 2, IU # 3, MD # 4, Illinois # 7, Nebraska # 7, Michigan # 8, Purdue #11/play-in (also UCLA # 1, USC # 5, Washington # 8).
Women's Bracketology: South Carolina, USC, UConn and Notre Dame start as 1-seeds
The 2025 bracket will look different with the Pac-12 mostly gone and the ACC (18 teams), Big Ten (18), Big 12 (18) and SEC (16) bigger than ever.
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Based on their top-10 recruiting class and significant transfers if they find chemistry, I wouldn't be surprised to see them rated early on.
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I’ll be very surprised to see them rated early on.
Not surprised at all. Brand new roster.
Carryover 2 starters, Ryan 5'8" G, Diew 6'2", reserves Zinargo 6'4" F, Dawkins 5.6" G
Killer recruiting class.
4" 6'3'" and growing athletic G/F (TX), *4 6'2" F (KS), 4" 6'3" F/C Audie Crooks (IA), (3) 3* G (IA)
6'5" mid major 1st Team all-conference transfer.
(2) time Division II All America NCAA shooting guard.
LSU 6.2" transfer - eligible next year.
Won't compete at Iowa's level (yet) but the video I've seen on the TX gal, Jaylnn Bristow is awesome. She is taller and lighter, looks a bit more athletic than Hannah. She won't win a shoving match but I'd be surprised not to see her take ball off the rim. She's not rated as high as the recruit from KS (Addy Brown). Have to see it. They say she is still growing and extremely agile.
Can't wait for the Hannah/Bristow matchups. This 6'5" transfer from Sacramento State is question mark having not played in a Power 5 conference. Crooks is a ? in my opinion. Her height worked in HS and AAU but this is the big leagues.
Not too much to complain about in the conference schedule released today. 5 weekend conference home games (3 Sat.; 2 Sun.). Only real negative is a Feb. trip to Maryland. Maryland's home conference losses typically come early in the season, or not at all, and the Terps have lost 1 Feb. home conference game since joining the BIG in 2014-15.
WNBA mock draft: Is Caitlin Clark the No. 1 pick if she declares?
We won't know which players will declare for the 2024 draft until April. And the lottery still needs to be held. But what might the first round look like?
