Iowa WBB 2024 Recruiting Thread

[AMAYS]

Surprised we made the Top 10. We could easily get knocked out after a few more of the Top 20 kids sign.

Currently 4th among next year's BIG schools, with UCLA, USC, IU, MSU, Ohio State and MD all listed by ESPN as still in the running for top 30 prospects:

1. Sarah Strong (UConn, LSU, North Carolina, UCLA, South Carolina)
2. Joyce Edwards (South Carolina, LSU, Texas A&M, Clemson, Stanford, Maryland, USC)
3. Jaloni Cambridge (Ohio State, Florida, LSU, Baylor)
5. Kennedy Smith (USC, UCLA, Duke, South Carolina, Louisville)
10. Mikayla Blakes (Vanderbilt, Stanford, Indiana, UCLA)
19. Arianna Roberson (UConn, Duke, Utah, USC)
21. Mackenly Randolph (Notre Dame, Michigan State, Louisville)
22. Kiyomi McMiller (Temple, Ole Miss, James Madison, UCF, Florida State, Rutgers, George Mason, Louisville)
27. Kayleigh Heckel (USC, Tennessee, Stanford, Alabama)
28. Britt Prince (Indiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Iowa State, Creighton)

Really hoping IU doesn't pull the double and get Blakes and Prince. If Prince was going to Nebraska, seems like she would have announced by now. Also hoping that Prince doesn't pick the Clones.

 

[AMAYS]

Also, Mallegni shared an Insta post from AGSR that has her (final, I think) national rank as #37. I googled AGSR national rankings for 2024 and you can only see the top 30 without paying.

ASGR's early 2024 rankings were done by Bret McCormick, who was with ASGR for a long time. He left ASGR, I believe in late 2022, and not sure if ASGR updated their rankings since his departure. Since then, ASGR has partnered with HoopseenW, and HoopseenW has their own rankings. HoopseenW's 2023 rankings were quite different than ASGR's last publicly-available 2023 rankings. Don't know what to make of HoopseenW. The old ASGR had a long track record, which gave them some credibility.

Hoopseenw

hoopseenw.com

 

[AMAYS]

Also, Mallegni shared an Insta post from AGSR that has her (final, I think) national rank as #37. I googled AGSR national rankings for 2024 and you can only see the top 30 without paying. Looks like none of our other recruits are in the top 40 (since I can see the Top 30 on their site and 30-40 on her Instagram post).

Found the updated ASGR rankings, 1-48. Ava Heiden is 43, and Mallegni is 37, as you indicated.

 

[BraydonRoberts5]

Prince just committed to Nebraska.

 

[AMAYS]

Prince just committed to Nebraska.

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Better than IU or ISU.

 

[anon_salmfilsntd0b]

Prince just committed to Nebraska.

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I’m happy for Nebraska but I think there is a less than zero chance Amy Williams gets fired in the next couple of years. She has got to make some magic happen…I’m also not too worried about this being an immediate risk to us. If Williams couldn’t do much with Jaz Shelley, I wouldn’t expect her to be able to do much more than Prince.

 

[elipse]

Lmao most people would probably rather live in Minneapolis or Lincoln than Iowa City tho.

Spent a lot of time in Lincoln for work. It’s horrible. The DT is dead. It makes Iowa City look like Austin.

 

[anon_salmfilsntd0b]

Spent a lot of time in Lincoln for work. It’s horrible. The DT is dead. It makes Iowa City look like Austin.

Is this from 2022? Let’s talk about UNL Wbb or Prince or something more interesting. Do you think she can save their program from terminal mediocrity? Tbh I’m a low key Nebraska fan so I want them to be a good team. A good B1G means a good SoS. I also love that we’ve beaten them like 7 games in a row lol. I feel the same way about Indiana.

In any case, UNL fans deserve better than 2 tourney appearances in 7 years.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

Is her mom an assistant coach at Nebraska?

 

[9and4]

Is her mom an assistant coach at Nebraska?

Not yet, at least. She's the head coach at Elkhorn North, just outside of Omaha. Britt is on her team, and they have won the last three Class B state titles. Will be moving up to Class A soon to play the Lincoln and Omaha schools. Britt is also close friends with Amy Williams' daughter, Kennadi, who will also play for the Huskers.

Who knows? We might be better than average for a change.

 

[omahawki]

Highly expect her Mom to be named a special assistant coach or some other relatively weak part of the Nebraska Womens team. Prince would have fit better at several other programs so this is a bit surprising given her talent I truly thought 1 of the incoming west coast B1G teams had her.

 

[anon_salmfilsntd0b]

Highly expect her Mom to be named a special assistant coach or some other relatively weak part of the Nebraska Womens team. Prince would have fit better at several other programs so this is a bit surprising given her talent I truly thought 1 of the incoming west coast B1G teams had her.

Apparently her #2 choice was Indiana.

 

[AMAYS]

Circling back to the recent ESPN/Hoopgurlz Recruiting updates, the 4 Iowa '24 recruits in the Hoopgurlz top 100 are among the 31 BIG signees on the list. Comparing just those 31 BIG signees, the Iowa recruits are # 16, # 23, #27 and #30 among the BIG signees.

Year	Name	School	Hoopgurlz
2024​	Jaloni Cambridge	OSU	2​
2024​	Syla Swords	Michigan	4​
2024​	Kennedy Smith	USC	6​
2024​	Kayleigh Heckel	USC	13​
2024​	Avery Howell	USC	18​
2024​	Kendall Dudley	UCLA	19​
2024​	Olivia Olson	Michigan	20​
2024​	Berry Wallace	Illinois	22​
2024​	Britt Prince	Neb.	25​
2024​	Avary Cain	UCLA	26​
2024​	Kiyomi McMiller	RU	27​
2024​	Zania Socka-Nguemen	UCLA	30​
2024​	Katie Fiso	Oregon	34​
2024​	Kyndal Walker	MD	35​
2024​	Devin Coppinger	Washington	39​
2024​	Ava Heiden	Iowa	42​
2024​	Breanna Williams	MD	45​
2024​	Vivian Iwuchukwu	USC	47​
2024​	Ava Watson	OSU	52​
2024​	Rian Forestier	USC	54​
2024​	Xamiya Walton	NW	55​
2024​	Jordyn Poole	Purdue	57​
2024​	Aaliyah Guyton	Iowa	58​
2024​	Faith Wiseman	IU	61​
2024​	Juliann Woodard	MSU	62​
2024​	McKenna Johnson	MN	63​
2024​	Teagan Mallegni	Iowa	65​
2024​	Laura Williams	USC	92​
2024​	Sinai Douglas	MSU	93​
2024​	Taylor Stremlow	Iowa	94​
2024​	Ella Hobbs	OSU	95​

 

[anon_salmfilsntd0b]

Levin in a boot.

 

[Scott559]

Levin in a boot.

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Stress fracture.

 

[1IHawk]

Stress fracture.

What bone and type of break is it? Had a jones break of the 5th metatarsal once and that takes a long time.

 

[MitchLL]

Highly expect her Mom to be named a special assistant coach or some other relatively weak part of the Nebraska Womens team. Prince would have fit better at several other programs so this is a bit surprising given her talent I truly thought 1 of the incoming west coast B1G teams had her.

I fully expect once the lawsuit against the HC of Nebby WBB advances, that Williams will be terminated.

 

[Scott559]

What bone and type of break is it? Had a jones break of the 5th metatarsal once and that takes a long time.

I don’t know.

 

[ZachJump]

I fully expect once the lawsuit against the HC of Nebby WBB advances, that Williams will be terminated.

They signed her to an extension well after the lawsuit was brought.

 

[SunzOutGunzOut]

Heiden article

 

[GunnerHawk]

Heiden article

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Great read. Amazing she will be heading to Iowa a day after graduation. The young lady in committed to being the best she can be.

 

[HIWILLE]

Sorry, not much of a notice but I understand NBC’s today show 7:30 AM CC.

 

[Rocket_Fran]

They signed her to an extension well after the lawsuit was brought

Did they have a choice? Have that hang over the recruiting or extend her to demonstrate confidence with ability to fire for cause in the worst case scenario?

 

[hawkod]

Levin in a boot.

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[ZachJump]

Did they have a choice? Have that hang over the recruiting or extend her to demonstrate confidence with ability to fire for cause in the worst case scenario?

Plenty of choice. If they planned on moving on from her they would have just moved on. The lawsuit was already in full swing at the point of her signing an extension. If they really thought that they were going to dump her than they would have just done so.

Ya think they would wait four months and try to start over with a new coach a few days before the season starts?

 

[omahawki]

I fully expect once the lawsuit against the HC of Nebby WBB advances, that Williams will be terminated.

Ann Prince did retire from Elkhorn North. So it's possible for my prediction to be true. Maybe she will just retire to follow Britt's college career, but it would not surprise me if she was named some bogus coach and Williams got Britt to commit by telling Mom we have a spot for you.

 

[AMAYS]

2024 women's college basketball recruiting rankings: Final top 25 classes

We break down the final top 25 recruiting classes in women's basketball this season.

www.espn.com

Final ESPN 2024 class rankings, Iowa 13th, 5th in the BIG.

1. USC
4. UCLA
8. Michigan
10. Ohio State
13. Iowa
14. Washington
20. Maryland
21. Oregon
23. Michigan State

Hope Iowa can hold on to its '24 class, including Guyton, who ESPN describes, in part, as: "a combo guard with a reputation for scoring the ball, but do not let that overshadow her abilities as a point guard. She is solid in the pick-and-roll and proved this summer that she can make others better. Defensively, she is very solid -- always in stance and does a nice job of keeping the ball in front and understanding help rotation."

 

[GunnerHawk]

Jan said today that all committed players were sticking with Iowa because of their culture.

 

[anon_salmfilsntd0b]

Not sure if this was posted anywhere here, but Guyton was the runner up for Ms. Illinois Basketball. For some reason I thought Amaiah Hargrove was a shoe-in for this (I really dont know why lol) and didn’t rly think about it again.

 

[JEDN]

Even more remarkable as Guyton missed much of the season due to herACL injury.

 

[BHoppy]

Even more remarkable as Guyton missed much of the season due to herACL injury.

Here is an article on her reaction to Bluder's retiring and her dad's thoughts.

https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports...ens-basketball-coach-lisa-bluder/73677563007/

“My reaction was probably just like everybody else’s,” Guyton said. “I was shocked.”

The all-state guard was reassured by a phone call with Bluder shortly after the announcement: Associate head coach Jan Jensen would take over the Hawkeyes, reaffirming Guyton’s commitment to a program coming off back-to-back national title game appearances.

“I have a great relationship with (Jensen),” Guyton said. “… In the end, I did commit to the entire staff, so it did bring some comfort to me. I felt a little bit relieved, knowing that coach Jensen would be stepping up.

“(Bluder retiring) was shocking, but at the end of the day, I’m trying to look at it from a good perspective, a positive perspective and I’m going to try and get as healthy as I can to play for the next head coach.”


Aaliyah’s dad, A.J. Guyton, says he felt some initial uncertainty about what the future would hold with Iowa, but that worry quickly dissipated.

“Obviously, once we heard the news, your mind goes to that process,” he said. “Once we learned probably like 20 minutes later that coach Jensen would be taking over and nothing would change mostly, I think Aaliyah was very comfortable with playing for coach Jensen, as well. There’s no need to transfer or move anywhere else.

 

[SunzOutGunzOut]