When did I insult you? Like you bringing up what Clark did as a 16yr old high school player meant anything. She said herself she had to learn empathy, ad how to make her team mates better. Just consider one thing. If Clark joined another decent team would there have been more of a chance of her leading them to the final 4, or would Iowa have a had a better chance of getting there without her, and some other All conference player. The answer is simple and undeniable.....
Iowa WBB 2025 Recruiting Thread
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Stremlow is a Syd Affholter she's not a point guard.
He went on my ignorant list long ago.
That's strange, because Taylor was recruited as a point guard and played that position most of the last season. Good court awareness for a freshman, decent shooter. As with all things, time will tell.
Seriously, issuing an opinion without the supporting argument isn't very valuable, unless the opinion is self-evident, and most people see it without being told.
She can play the point and has this past year, and for the most part looked good doing it.
Oh, NO my loss..... lolol..So if everyone doesn't agree with some of the misinformed stuff people post here, like all those games CC22 played with Megan Gus, then they must be ignorant for not being another of the sheep. Some of you guys should just start up your own chat room so everybody shares the same nonsense...
stremlow is a bette passer already than Syd, similar defense mentality. Ball securiyt and knowing when not to pass is an issue for her. I would point out that a large percentage of WOW plays involved Stremlow.
She is a hell of a passer and i love her energy.
Fortunately, those are both skills that can be improved through playing experience and good coaching. More WOW plays to come.
The Nike Hoop Summit was over the weekend. Some former Iowa targets on the roster, with Emilee Skinner playing well for the winning US squad. With McDonald's AA game and Hoop Summit in the rearview, we may get some 2025 rankings updates soon.
US Box Score
US Box Score
| Starters | MIN | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3PT% | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | +/- | PTS |
| Jas Davidson | 31 | 7--18 | 38.89 | 2--6 | 33.33 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 |
| Madison Francis | 11 | 1--2 | 50 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sienna Betts | 23 | 8--14 | 57.14 | 0-0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 |
| Emilee Skinner | 21 | 5--7 | 71.43 | 1--2 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| Aaliyah Chavez | 29 | 4--11 | 36.36 | 2--7 | 28.57 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 |
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| Bench | MIN | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3PT% | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | +/- | PTS |
| Aaliyah Crump | 17 | 4--7 | 57.14 | 3--5 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 11 |
| Hailee Swain | 16 | 1--6 | 16.67 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Alexa Eschmeyer | 6 | 1--2 | 50 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -17 | 4 |
| ZaKiyah Johnson | 18 | 1--4 | 25 | 1--3 | 33.33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 5 |
| Grace Knox | 13 | 1--2 | 50 | 0-0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| Jordan Speiser | 3 | 1--1 | 100 | 1--1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D Alexander | 7 | 1--3 | 33.33 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 2 |
| Total | - | 35-77 | 45.45 | 10--25 | 40 | 46 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 15 | | 90 |
New ESPN rankings
Deal down to 23
Hays down to 71
Houston unranked
Deal down to 23
Hays down to 71
Houston unranked
2025 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings - espnW 100 - ESPN
Get the inside scoop on the top ranked high school girls' basketball players. In-depth player briefings, film and more on ESPNHS.com.
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Are you surprised that ESecPN would down grade Big Ten recruits.New ESPN rankings
Deal down to 23
Hays down to 71
Houston unranked
2025 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings - espnW 100 - ESPN
Get the inside scoop on the top ranked high school girls' basketball players. In-depth player briefings, film and more on ESPNHS.com.www.espn.com
Not a surprise to see Deal drop after the McD scrimmage and all-star game, and not a surprise to see Houston exit the rankings. The Hays ranking, the # 2 post, but only # 71 in the top 100, is still an oddity. Compared to recent previous classes, and the next two future classes, the consensus view is that the 2025 post class is very weak. ESPN ranks only 3 posts in the '25 class in the top 100, none in the top 60. That is very unusual. If Layla Hays were in the '26 class, with 6 posts currently ranked in the top 50, you wonder if her ranking would be even lower.
| ESPN Post | | Recruiting | Rankings 2023-27 | |
| | | |||
| 2023 | | 2024 | | 2026 |
Rank | Player | Rank | Player | Rank | Player |
4 | Ciera Toomey | 5 | Kateryna Koval | 3 | Olivia Vukosa |
7 | Aalyah Del Rosario | 28 | Adhel Tac | 17 | Lilly Williams |
14 | Breya Cunningham | 31 | Me'Arah O'Neal | 30 | Emilia Krstevski |
22 | Essence Cody | 32 | Blanca Thomas | 32 | Cydnee Bryant |
32 | Amanda Muse | 42 | Ava Heiden | 40 | Taylor Sofilkanich |
36 | Letycia Vasconcelos | 79 | Jordan Thomas | 42 | Ayo Mofopefoluwa |
48 | Quanirah Cherry-Montague | | | | |
55 | Mallory Collier | | 2025 | | 2027 |
57 | Audi Crooks | Rank | Player | Rank | Player |
87 | Naomi Jones | 63 | Avery Gordon | 4 | Caroline Bradley |
90 | Rylee Grays | 71 | Layla Hays | 13 | Jayla Forbes |
95 | Clara Strack | 75 | Gandy Malou-Mamel | 15 | Khalia Hartwell |
| | | | 20 | Harper Dunn |
Frankly the 2023 class also shows how worthless rankings can be. 12 posts and Crooks has far and away had the best career to date. Besides Crooks, only Cunningham, Cody, and Strack have averaged double digit scoring in a season. Many of the others barely play.
Agree on how bad the post recruiting rankings have been. When the ‘25 post rankings first started to come out, I thought they might be ranking the ‘25 posts low in reaction to how bad their post rankings have been. But then the ‘26 and ‘27 classes have numerous high-ranked posts, so I don’t know what to think, other than the ‘25 post class is the odd recruiting-rank class. Very interested to see Hays over the next 2-3 years, given her very good (perhaps not elite) offer list.
I was just thinking about that same thing, and I bet if you ran a regression analysis, one of the strongest relationships to the number of stars is distance to the nearest metro area or distance to a moderate-major airport. Metro areas should have more 5 stars in total, sure, but that doesn't mean they should, or shouldn't, per capita have a stronger correlation to star rating than recruits in relatively more rural areas. Of course, the data could state that the opposite is the case.
Throw that data in with a type of rankings accuracy model, and you have yourself a baseline for inherent error in rankings due to geographical location. (Yes I know, no one cares, but I'm also posting this so i can find it later and remind myself)
