AOG started the season pretty well and I'm guessing the practices dictated around that.
Maybe AH simply wasn't getting the reps with the starters?
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Maybe AH simply wasn't getting the reps with the starters?
Actually AH was set to start the season opener, but was sick the week before and missed alot of practices....she had AOG beat out before then.....then AOG got hot played well early on ....
This. Lucy’s own 4-17 shooting and 7 turnover game comes immediately to mind…
Regarding Delaney Gibb: I don’t remember anyone mentioning her assist-to-turnover ratio. She had 124 assists to 134 turnovers = .93 ratio. In fact, looking at ESPN’s NCAA women’s basketball stats, out of the 3,130 women playing D1 basketball this year only five had more turnovers per game than Gibb, who averaged 4.5/game. She had 12 (!) against West Virginia. She has nice offensive numbers but the turnovers look like a problem.
Thing is, Iowa actually has a worse problem than that. Right now Guyton is the only point guard with experience on roster and she has 33 assists and 45 turnovers for a 0.73 ratio.
Stremlow is better: 66 assists, 52 turnovers, 1.27 ratio, but nothing to write home about.
No idea if Iowa will be interested in Gibb or another transfer PG. But if they aren't that means someone on roster or Deal will have to be the primary PG.
You are correct on that ratio.
Now to Braydon's point.
You can sort on GmSc column in the links below. This is the quickest way I know to do an initial eval on a player and the team's they played against or against other players to compare. Maybe someone else has a better website that compares players? If they do, I'd like to hear about it. Usually they are membership based. Suspect HerHoopStats has something better than this at a cost.
Gibb's avg GmSr of 11.4 is just above avg of 10. Amari Whiting (guard) was Gibb's teammate who is in the portal now and her score is 7.6.
Delaney Gibb 2024-25 Game Log | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
2024-25 Game Log for Delaney Gibb
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Btw, the GmSc column was hidden on my computer and I had to move the scroll bar to the right to view the last column.
Now compare that to our team today and the team for next season. This comes down to how much of a gamble do you want to place on two knowns and their off season development (Guyton/Stremlow) and one unknown (Deal)?
If Gibb comes available and at a reasonable price, then it may be worth it to try to bring her on board. Of course, this goes without saying that Gibb will need to be evaled against other guards and their strengths/weaknesses/price in the portal. We're just using Gibb as a reasonable example in this comparison.
Lucy's avg GmSr avg is 12. CC's last year was 24.6. CCs avg 4 scores were 19.6, 20.7, 22.8 and 24.6.
Lucy Olsen 2024-25 Game Log | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
2024-25 Game Log for Lucy Olsen
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Stremlow's avg GmSr is 2.3.
Taylor Stremlow 2024-25 Game Log | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
2024-25 Game Log for Taylor Stremlow
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Guyton's avg GmSr is 2.0.
Aaliyah Guyton 2024-25 Game Log | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
2024-25 Game Log for Aaliyah Guyton
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So we can see Lucy is a reasonable benchmark to eval Gibb or any other portal player at her position. Plus, we had terrible TO problems early and mid season. Maybe our changes later in the season could help Gibb lower her AST/TO ratio also?
Thinking this may be another possibility other than Gibb. If we can't get the big splash like we got in Lucy, we need a last resort concept to turn towards. Meaning we want to get someone who would love to come to Iowa to be a part of the player hoopla and at the same time expect no starting role except to earn it. This player needs to be somewhat close to Lucy's avg GmSr than to Gutyon/Stremlow avg GmSr for a reasonable to low cost with major ball handling skills. This would be like an insurance policy concept if we can't pull in another Lucy or better.
Currently I'm not pro or con on Gibb. I just know she is worth more eval and that comes with comparing her against other portal players. This would start at the best bang for the buck without breaking the bank and then dropping down in increments until you reach your bottom ins policy as a last resort to cover a good part of Lucy's position in the portal.
Thinking if all else fails, Addie Deal could be considered an acceptable ins policy already if you can't get it from the portal. Don't think we go into collapse mode if we can't find a comparable replacement for Lucy. I may be wrong, but don't think we are in total desperation that we have to out bid everyone to replace this piece. Putting our NIL at risk of pulling in another position or two. Diligently try, but don't act desperate over it. Meaning we're in a better position now with the incoming '25 class and losing Lucy than we were when we lost CC with its incoming '24 frosh class.
The other thing is Gibb is a LDS member playing at a LDS program. Have no idea about any of their/her strict customs that may interfere with it at a non-LDS program.
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