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Recruiting Players: 8 Years of Rankings (2 Years Prior to Clark, The 4 Clark Years & 2 Years After Clark)

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The purpose of this exercise is 3 fold:
1) Had a problem properly evaluating player rankings from one site to another. It was frustrating trying to get a good handle on some players. Ex: Teagan Mallegni was rated 29 on one site and not rated on another site of 150 players. Makes you scratch your head. I decided to figure the avg between all sites for a composite ranking for each player and then sort on the composite ranking for best rated players on a team.
2) Wanted to see how the Clark effect played out for Bluder/Jan. Hence, why I needed to create the composite ranking to compare one season to the next.
3) Wanted to see if you could get an inkling of where the team might end up in the NCAA tournament based on the teams avg player ranking or if there was another metric that could be used as a gauge on how good a team is projected to be. Most likely impossible, but it's nice to see the progress these coaches have made recently.

NOTE: Updated rankings as of 1/21/25.

There will be 8 additional postings (1 for each year). Easier to manage updates.
The first season will be Megan Gustafson's last season of ''18-'19.

Each grid contains the following columns:
Player Team Rank, Name, 8 Ranking Sites (1 col ea), MISC, LOW, Avg Rank

8 Ranking Sites Column Abbr:
ASGR = ASGR Basketball
PN = Prospect Nation
JRAS = Jr All Star
ESPN
TSB = Top Spot Basketball
247S = 247 Sports
BSBB = Blue Star Basketball
ON3 = On3

MISC = A special ranking column created to handle special cases. This acts like a 9th ranking site for the Avg Ranking column.
1) A player that's NOT ranked on any of the sites. BSBB was used because it had the most ranked players and it went back to 2015.
2) Players rated higher than their current ranking. This happens a lot to injured players when they were rated higher and then after the injury their ranking went down to non-playing time.

LOW = Lowest ranking from all 9 possible rankings (including MISC column).

This is NOT a perfect system. However, it's the best way I could figure out how to compare a team against other teams and their NCAA tournament results based on their Avg Player Ranking or the # of players w/ESPN rankings.

The year prior to Clark's Frosh year is the worst ranked team of all 8 seasons.

Also, wanted to see if the Clark Effect uped our recruiting efforts and by how much if any.

There's definitely MAJOR progress in rankings and depth since Clark came on board.

Bluder gradually started washing out all the over Top 100 recruits into Top 100 and under we have now. On average, there's an increase of almost 100 positions per player since CCs 1st year. The avg rank went from 166.58 down to 67.13.

It will be interesting to see if Jan can keep this momentum going and add even higher ranked recruits in the future.
The next 4 seasons will most likely be pivotal in whether we retain a whole team of Top 100 recruits or regress into the past.

I'm open to suggestions to make the rankings better or more fair.

This Year's Summary:
There has been ~ a correlation between the number of Top 100 ESPN players and how you did in NCAA Tournament with Lisa as HC.
However, this year will likely break that trend unless we have a couple more players have breakout years besides our expected top players.
Ava Heiden and Teagan Mallegni are 2 of the top 3 highest rated on this year's team and they could be the two additional stars needed now to help ascend the women's future even higher.

Past, Present and Future Summary Results:
'18-'19 - 6 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 172.85 (Elite 8 - w/Gustafson)
‘19-‘20 - 4 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 182.50 (Round of 32 - Pre-Caitlin)
‘20-‘21 - 2 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 166.58 (Round of 32 - w/Clark)
‘21-‘22 - 5 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 126.28 (Sweet 16 - w/Clark)
‘22-‘23 - 8 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 122.06 (Natty game - w/Clark)
‘23-'24 - 8 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 111.61 (Natty game - w/Clark)
‘24-'25 - 10 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 77.66 (? - Post-Caitlin)
‘25-'26 - 11 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 67.13 (? - Post-Caitlin)

You can change the year within the URL link to view different years for that site except for #5 which is Top Spot Basketball. Couldn't find a website page listing for them as it seems it only comes from screenshot images.
Class of 2025 Rankings:

Notes:
ASGR 1st year of rankings came out in 2024.
JRAS 1st year of rankings came out in 2021.
TSB since it's screenshot images and not a searchable website, it's hard to tell the 1st for it. Only found year 2025.
247S 1st year of rankings came out in 2024.
ON3 1st year of rankings came out in 2025.
The other 3 ranking sties were in existence from at least the '18-'19 season (1st year of this exercise) or before it.

EDIT (1/21/25):
Later after compiling this list I found a backdoor to a full list of the top 400 on BSBB.
All years have been updated with the latest rankings now.
Here is the first year (2015) used in this exercise. Change the YearOfGraduation=YYYY to the year desired.
 
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Rk'18-'19 PlayerYearASGRPNJRASESPNTSB247SBSBBON3MISCLOWAvg Rank
1​
Kathleen Doyle
2016​
88​
97​
20​
20​
68.33​
2​
Amanda Ollinger
2016​
40​
87​
78​
40​
68.33​
3​
Tania Davis
2015​
102​
36​
69​
36​
69.00​
4​
Megan Gustafson
2015​
84​
80​
80​
82.00​
5​
Hannah Stewart
2015​
82​
82​
82.00​
6​
Alexis Sevillian
2016​
154​
90​
90​
122.00​
7​
Mackenzie Meyer
2016​
182​
79​
117​
79​
126.00​
8​
Monika Czinano
2018​
180​
244​
180​
212.00​
9​
Logan Cook
2018​
212​
212​
212.00​
10​
Tomi Taiwo
2018​
193​
268​
193​
230.50​
11​
Zion Sanders
2017​
401​
401​
401.00​
12​
Paula Valino Ramos
2016​
401​
401​
401.00​
AVG
151.17​
172.85​
NCAA Tournament:Elite 8

Notes:
Zion Sanders did not make the 400 players listed on BSBB for 2017 so I gave her 401.
Paula Valino Ramos did not make the 400 players listed on BSBB for 2016 so I gave her 401.
 
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Rk'19-'20 PlayerYearASGRPNJRASESPNTSB247SBSBBON3MISCLOWAvg Rank
1​
Kathleen Doyle
2016​
88​
97​
20​
20​
68.33​
2​
Amanda Ollinger
2016​
40​
87​
78​
40​
68.33​
3​
McKenna Warnock
2019​
52​
84​
114​
52​
83.33​
4​
Kate Martin
2019​
94​
94​
94.00​
5​
Alexis Sevillian
2016​
154​
90​
90​
122.00​
6​
Mackenzie Meyer
2016​
182​
79​
117​
79​
126.00​
7​
Gabbie Marshall
2019​
158​
158​
158.00​
8​
Megan Meyer
2019​
196​
196​
196.00​
9​
Monika Czinano
2018​
180​
244​
180​
212.00​
10​
Logan Cook
2018​
212​
212​
212.00​
11​
Tomi Taiwo
2018​
193​
268​
193​
230.50​
12​
Zion Sanders
2017​
401​
401​
401.00​
13​
Paula Valino Ramos
2016​
401​
401​
401.00​
AVG
162.77​
182.50​
NCAA Tournament:Round of 32

Notes:
Kate Martin was rated #94 at her high. Found that here: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/thre...etball-recruiting-thread.397491/post-11155185
Zion Sanders did not make the 400 players listed on BSBB for 2017 so I gave her 401.
Paula Valino Ramos did not make the 400 players listed on BSBB for 2016 so I gave her 401.
 
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Rk'20-'21 PlayerYearASGRPNJRASESPNTSB247SBSBBON3MISCLOWAvg Rank
1​
Caitlin Clark
2020​
7​
4​
6​
4​
5.67​
2​
McKenna Warnock
2019​
52​
84​
114​
52​
83.33​
3​
Kate Martin
2019​
94​
94​
94.00​
4​
Lauren Jensen
2020​
107​
107​
107.00​
5​
Alexis Sevillian
2016​
154​
90​
90​
122.00​
6​
Gabbie Marshall
2019​
158​
158​
158.00​
7​
Shateah Wetering
2020​
159​
159​
159.00​
8​
Sharon Goodman
2020​
185​
185​
185.00​
10​
Megan Meyer
2019​
196​
196​
196.00​
11​
Monika Czinano
2018​
180​
244​
180​
212.00​
12​
Logan Cook
2018​
212​
212​
212.00​
13​
Tomi Taiwo
2018​
193​
268​
193​
230.50​
9​
Zion Sanders
2017​
401​
401​
401.00​
AVG
156.23​
166.58​
NCAA Tournament:Round of 32

Notes:
Zion Sanders did not make the 400 players listed on BSBB for 2017 so I gave her 401.
 
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Rk'21-'22 PlayerYearASGRPNJRASESPNTSB247SBSBBON3MISCLOWAvg Rank
1​
Caitlin Clark
2020​
7​
4​
6​
4​
5.67​
2​
AJ Ediger
2021​
50​
83​
39​
63​
39​
58.75​
3​
Sydney Affolter
2021​
48​
78​
97​
48​
74.33​
4​
Kylie Feuerbach
2020​
53​
71​
117​
53​
80.33​
5​
McKenna Warnock
2019​
52​
84​
114​
52​
83.33​
6​
Addison O'Grady
2021​
147​
70​
92​
46​
46​
88.75​
7​
Kate Martin
2019​
94​
94​
94.00​
8​
Gabbie Marshall
2019​
158​
158​
158.00​
9​
Shateah Wetering
2020​
159​
159​
159.00​
10​
Sharon Goodman
2020​
185​
185​
185.00​
11​
Monika Czinano
2018​
180​
244​
180​
212.00​
12​
Logan Cook
2018​
212​
212​
212.00​
13​
Tomi Taiwo
2018​
193​
268​
193​
230.50​
AVG
109.46​
126.28​
NCAA Tournament:Sweet 16

Notes:
All players had at least one rating site rate them.
 
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Rk'22-'23 PlayerYearASGRPNJRASESPNTSB247SBSBBON3MISCLOWAvg Rank
1​
Caitlin Clark
2020​
7​
4​
6​
4​
5.67​
2​
Hannah Stuelke
2022​
67​
44​
45​
65​
39​
39​
52.00​
3​
AJ Ediger
2021​
50​
83​
39​
63​
39​
58.75​
4​
Jada Gyamfi
2022​
71​
70​
76​
74​
70​
72.75​
5​
Sydney Affolter
2021​
48​
78​
97​
48​
74.33​
6​
Kylie Feuerbach
2020​
53​
71​
117​
53​
80.33​
7​
McKenna Warnock
2019​
52​
84​
114​
52​
83.33​
8​
Addison O'Grady
2021​
147​
70​
92​
46​
46​
88.75​
9​
Kate Martin
2019​
94​
94​
94.00​
10​
Taylor McCabe
2022​
114​
94​
89​
127​
89​
106.00​
11​
Gabbie Marshall
2019​
158​
158​
158.00​
12​
Shateah Wetering
2020​
159​
159​
159.00​
13​
Sharon Goodman
2020​
185​
185​
185.00​
14​
Monika Czinano
2018​
180​
244​
180​
212.00​
15​
Molly Davis
2019​
401​
401​
401.00​
AVG
107.80​
122.06​
NCAA Tournament:Natty Game

Notes:
Hannah Stuelke was rated #39 at her high. Found that here: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/thre...ing-offer-commitment-list.366940/post-9245382
Molly Davis did not make the 400 players listed on BSBB in 2017 for Central Michigan so I gave her 401.
 
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Rk'23-'24 PlayerYearASGRPNJRASESPNTSB247SBSBBON3MISCLOWAvg Rank
1​
Caitlin Clark
2020​
7​
4​
6​
4​
5.67​
2​
Hannah Stuelke
2022​
67​
44​
45​
65​
39​
39​
52.00​
3​
AJ Ediger
2021​
50​
83​
39​
63​
39​
58.75​
4​
Jada Gyamfi
2022​
71​
70​
76​
74​
70​
72.75​
5​
Sydney Affolter
2021​
48​
78​
97​
48​
74.33​
6​
Kylie Feuerbach
2020​
53​
71​
117​
53​
80.33​
7​
Ava Jones
2023​
84​
84​
84.00​
8​
Addison O'Grady
2021​
147​
70​
92​
46​
46​
88.75​
9​
Kate Martin
2019​
94​
94​
94.00​
10​
Kennise Johnson
2023​
105​
99​
99​
102.00​
11​
Taylor McCabe
2022​
114​
94​
89​
127​
89​
106.00​
12​
Gabbie Marshall
2019​
158​
158​
158.00​
13​
Sharon Goodman
2020​
185​
185​
185.00​
14​
Molly Davis
2019​
401​
401​
401.00​
AVG
100.64​
111.61​
NCAA Tournament:Natty Game

Notes:
Kennise Johnson was rated #99 at her high. Found that here: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/thre...etball-recruiting-thread.397491/post-10682553
Molly Davis did not make the 400 players listed on BSBB in 2017 for Central Michigan so I gave her 401.
 
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Rk'24-'25 PlayerYearASGRPNJRASESPNTSB247SBSBBON3MISCLOWAvg Rank
1​
Ava Heiden
2024​
50​
65​
35​
42​
38​
32​
32​
43.67​
2​
Hannah Stuelke
2022​
67​
44​
45​
65​
39​
39​
52.00​
3​
Teagan Mallegni
2024​
29​
67​
65​
77​
27​
27​
53.00​
4​
AJ Ediger
2021​
50​
83​
39​
63​
39​
58.75​
5​
Aaliyah Guyton
2024​
70​
63​
58​
55​
55​
61.50​
6​
Jada Gyamfi
2022​
71​
70​
76​
74​
70​
72.75​
7​
Sydney Affolter
2021​
48​
78​
97​
48​
74.33​
8​
Taylor Stremlow
2024​
89​
51​
81​
94​
87​
47​
47​
74.83​
9​
Kylie Feuerbach
2020​
53​
71​
117​
53​
80.33​
10​
Addison O'Grady
2021​
147​
70​
92​
46​
46​
88.75​
11​
Lucy Olsen
2021​
100​
100​
100.00​
12​
Kennise Johnson
2023​
105​
99​
99​
102.00​
13​
Taylor McCabe
2022​
114​
94​
89​
127​
89​
106.00​
14​
Callie Levin
2024​
136​
100​
122​
100​
119.33​
AVG
60.29​
77.66​
NCAA Tournament:?

Notes:
Ava Heiden was rated #32 at her high. Found that here: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/iowa-wbb-class-of-2025-top-targets

Teagan Mallegni was rated #27 at her high. Found that here: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/thre...etball-recruiting-thread.397491/post-11919001

Taylor Stremlow was rated #47 at her high. Found that here: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/thre...etball-recruiting-thread.397491/post-10838424

Lucy Olsen - Didn't have a ranking. Which we all know now Lucy was undervalued.
When I was researching Lucy's ranking, I found out she was Miss Basketball in PA in 2021.
So we can make a minimum case that Lucy Olsen could be rated like Callie Levin which she was IA Miss BB. For this exercise, since she is a transfer in it's a realistic rating to put on her at #100.
 
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Rk'25-'26 PlayerYearASGRPNJRASESPNTSB247SBSBBON3MISCLOWAvg Rank
1​
Addie Deal
2025​
17​
8​
22​
18​
5​
9​
25​
14​
2​
2​
13.33​
2​
Ava Heiden
2024​
50​
65​
35​
42​
38​
32​
32​
43.67​
3​
Layla Hays
2025​
24​
51​
49​
70​
62​
21​
21​
46.17​
4​
Journey Houston
2025​
40​
31​
61​
85​
24​
79​
43​
19​
19​
47.75​
5​
Hannah Stuelke
2022​
67​
44​
45​
65​
39​
39​
52.00​
6​
Teagan Mallegni
2024​
29​
67​
65​
77​
27​
27​
53.00​
7​
Aaliyah Guyton
2024​
70​
63​
58​
55​
55​
61.50​
8​
Jada Gyamfi
2022​
71​
70​
76​
74​
70​
72.75​
9​
Taylor Stremlow
2024​
89​
51​
81​
94​
87​
47​
47​
74.83​
10​
Kylie Feuerbach*
2020​
53​
71​
117​
53​
80.33​
11​
Kennise Johnson
2023​
105​
99​
99​
102.00​
12​
Taylor McCabe
2022​
114​
94​
89​
127​
89​
106.00​
13​
Callie Levin
2024​
136​
100​
122​
100​
119.33​
AVG
50.23​
67.13​
NCAA Tournament:?

Notes:
Addie Deal - Hopefully Addie can get back to where she once was at #2. Found that here: https://247sports.com/playersport/addie-deal-at-mater-dei-325956/recruitrankhistory/?history=top247

Journey Houston was rated #19 at her high. Found that here: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/iowa-wbb-class-of-2025-top-targets
I asked 2 questions to Hawkbuck70 on her major descent into the 80ish ranking now on why she fell so much and if she can recover a major portion of that higher ranking back after her injury. His reply can be found here: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/iowa-wbb-2025-recruiting-thread.420345/page-47#post-12610543

Layla Hays was rated #21 at her high. Found that here: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/iowa-wbb-2025-recruiting-thread.420345/post-11919037

*Kylie Feuerbach - She may move on after '24-'25 season. This season's results and NIL may play a factor in her decision to return.

When reading the notes on the highest rankings for each player in this class. At one time, these players were ranked at their highest: #2, #19 & #21. If they can live up to that calling, this could be one the best recruiting classes of all-time. Although, I don't expect CC like feats to be performed by Addie. CC is one of a kind.
 
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NOTE: Updated rankings and notes as of 1/21/25 on all 8 years.

Later after compiling this list back in Nov '24, I found a backdoor to a full list of the top 400 on BSBB.
All years have been updated with the latest avg rankings now.
 
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The purpose of this exercise is 3 fold:
1) Had a problem properly evaluating player rankings from one site to another. It was frustrating trying to get a good handle on some players. Ex: Teagan Mallegni was rated 29 on one site and not rated on another site of 150 players. Makes you scratch your head. I decided to figure the avg between all sites for a composite ranking for each player and then sort on the composite ranking for best rated players on a team.
2) Wanted to see how the Clark effect played out for Bluder/Jan. Hence, why I needed to create the composite ranking to compare one season to the next.
3) Wanted to see if you could get an inkling of where the team might end up in the NCAA tournament based on the teams avg player ranking or if there was another metric that could be used as a gauge on how good a team is projected to be. Most likely impossible, but it's nice to see the progress these coaches have made recently.

NOTE: Updated rankings as of 1/21/25.

There will be 8 additional postings (1 for each year). Easier to manage updates.
The first season will be Megan Gustafson's last season of ''18-'19.

Each grid contains the following columns:
Player Team Rank, Name, 8 Ranking Sites (1 col ea), MISC, LOW, Avg Rank

8 Ranking Sites Column Abbr:
ASGR = ASGR Basketball
PN = Prospect Nation
JRAS = Jr All Star
ESPN
TSB = Top Spot Basketball
247S = 247 Sports
BSBB = Blue Star Basketball
ON3 = On3

MISC = A special ranking column created to handle special cases. This acts like a 9th ranking site for the Avg Ranking column.
1) A player that's NOT ranked on any of the sites. BSBB was used because it had the most ranked players and it went back to 2015.
2) Players rated higher than their current ranking. This happens a lot to injured players when they were rated higher and then after the injury their ranking went down to non-playing time.

LOW = Lowest ranking from all 9 possible rankings (including MISC column).

This is NOT a perfect system. However, it's the best way I could figure out how to compare a team against other teams and their NCAA tournament results based on their Avg Player Ranking or the # of players w/ESPN rankings.

The year prior to Clark's Frosh year is the worst ranked team of all 8 seasons.

Also, wanted to see if the Clark Effect uped our recruiting efforts and by how much if any.

There's definitely MAJOR progress in rankings and depth since Clark came on board.

Bluder gradually started washing out all the over Top 100 recruits into Top 100 and under we have now. On average, there's an increase of almost 100 positions per player since CCs 1st year. The avg rank went from 166.58 down to 67.13.

It will be interesting to see if Jan can keep this momentum going and add even higher ranked recruits in the future.
The next 4 seasons will most likely be pivotal in whether we retain a whole team of Top 100 recruits or regress into the past.

I'm open to suggestions to make the rankings better or more fair.

This Year's Summary:
There has been ~ a correlation between the number of Top 100 ESPN players and how you did in NCAA Tournament with Lisa as HC.
However, this year will likely break that trend unless we have a couple more players have breakout years besides our expected top players.
Ava Heiden and Teagan Mallegni are 2 of the top 3 highest rated on this year's team and they could be the two additional stars needed now to help ascend the women's future even higher.

Past, Present and Future Summary Results:
'18-'19 - 6 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 172.85 (Elite 8 - w/Gustafson)
‘19-‘20 - 4 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 182.50 (Round of 32 - Pre-Caitlin)
‘20-‘21 - 2 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 166.58 (Round of 32 - w/Clark)
‘21-‘22 - 5 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 126.28 (Sweet 16 - w/Clark)
‘22-‘23 - 8 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 122.06 (Natty game - w/Clark)
‘23-'24 - 8 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 111.61 (Natty game - w/Clark)
‘24-'25 - 10 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 77.66 (? - Post-Caitlin)
‘25-'26 - 11 ESPN Top 100 and an Average Composite Ranking of 67.13 (? - Post-Caitlin)

You can change the year within the URL link to view different years for that site except for #5 which is Top Spot Basketball. Couldn't find a website page listing for them as it seems it only comes from screenshot images.
Class of 2025 Rankings:

Notes:
ASGR 1st year of rankings came out in 2024.
JRAS 1st year of rankings came out in 2021.
TSB since it's screenshot images and not a searchable website, it's hard to tell the 1st for it. Only found year 2025.
247S 1st year of rankings came out in 2024.
ON3 1st year of rankings came out in 2025.
The other 3 ranking sties were in existence from at least the '18-'19 season (1st year of this exercise) or before it.

EDIT (1/21/25):
Later after compiling this list I found a backdoor to a full list of the top 400 on BSBB.
All years have been updated with the latest rankings now.
Here is the first year (2015) used in this exercise. Change the YearOfGraduation=YYYY to the year desired.
Iowa receiving higher grades and respect due to the Clark effect.
 
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