Iowa has a chance….. Low but still a chance
WBB Former #1 Ranked Recruit Lauren Betts¥update bets to UCLA
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Iowa has a chance….. Low but still a chance
I think it's better than a low chance. You should check the women's recruiting thread.
When there’s 22 pages in one post, it’s not really laid out for “good” reading
Send ”Best Wishes” to the recruiting Gods. Sounds like it could be a magical opportunity.
Go Hawks
Go Hawks
Man people really get butt hurt when it comes to multiple threads on the same topic. What’s up with that?
Thanks for the info OP.
Thanks for the info OP.
Assistant coach Jan Jensen (sp?) is one of the best coaches teaching post players.
If only we had a separate WBB forum 😉
Nobody's "butt hurt" if that's a reference to me. I just thought he/she would have the information he/she was looking for as it was already addressed prior.
Context matters.
https://www.basketballinsiders.com/...ortal-eyes-iowa-hawkeyes-as-next-destination/
This is an interesting article I found online.
This is an interesting article I found online.
Seems like Betts to the Hawks is a natural, no-brainer choice for both.
They need to figure it out, this is a major puzzle piece to a NC.
Absolutely have to talk Ava into taking a gap year or a gray shirt year to make this happen. That way she still maintains her eligibility to play here if she ever gets better but doesn’t take up a roster spot this season when she couldn’t possibly play.
We should always have the scholarship available for her when she’s ready for school, but a gap year could do wonders for her college success and potential to play again as it wouldn’t chew up a year of eligibility while rehabbing.
Betts is the kind of player we need that could get us back to the Final Four.
We should always have the scholarship available for her when she’s ready for school, but a gap year could do wonders for her college success and potential to play again as it wouldn’t chew up a year of eligibility while rehabbing.
Betts is the kind of player we need that could get us back to the Final Four.
I strongly suspect there will be.
Betts is the ideal transfer, even more than Morrow. She'll offer rim protection and rebounding at a HIGH level. Iowa hasn't had that at all in the offensively dominant Gustafson/Czinano era. Her post moves and touch will not be as polished around the rim as those two right now but she'll have a height and athleticism advantage, and she's only a sophomore.
Caitlin has precise bullet passes, but even she contributed to a lot of turnovers in tight windows feeding Monika. She'll have a lot more leeway with someone like Betts... like a foot plus reach advantage minimum over everyone.
Clark/Davis
Marshall/McCabe
Martin/Affolter/Feuerbach
Stuelke/Gyamfi/Wetering
Betts/O'Grady/Goodman/Ediger
Likely redshirts: Johnson-Etiene and Jones
Just a nasty lineup. Would have Betts for 3 years too. Obviously 16 needs to turn into 15.
Caitlin has precise bullet passes, but even she contributed to a lot of turnovers in tight windows feeding Monika. She'll have a lot more leeway with someone like Betts... like a foot plus reach advantage minimum over everyone.
Clark/Davis
Marshall/McCabe
Martin/Affolter/Feuerbach
Stuelke/Gyamfi/Wetering
Betts/O'Grady/Goodman/Ediger
Likely redshirts: Johnson-Etiene and Jones
Just a nasty lineup. Would have Betts for 3 years too. Obviously 16 needs to turn into 15.
Really want Annesah Morrow from DePaul. 2x All Big East and an All-American. At 6’1, she is a force and a huge rebounder averaging almost 13 rebounds per game and 25 ppg.. She is a must get IMO. I think she fills a much bigger role and Betts.
https://bvmsports.com/2023/04/06/aneesah-morrow-enters-transfer-portal-5-possible-landing-spots/
I think Bluder has a great shot at landing Betts.
This Yahoo writer thinks so.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ex-no-...after-1st-season-with-stanford-001129452.html
This Yahoo writer thinks so.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ex-no-...after-1st-season-with-stanford-001129452.html
Why not Betts and Morrow?
Fills the two real need’s for this season and is viable if the speculation that we’ll have a couple of transfers (not to mention possible Jones scholarship) available.
That’s a preseason #1 team there. We need to go for it this season. We have a unique opportunity with a small window. The door is open, step through it Lisa!
I don’t nothing to do with Van Lilith - she strikes me as a diva and wouldn’t be good for team chemistry.
Fills the two real need’s for this season and is viable if the speculation that we’ll have a couple of transfers (not to mention possible Jones scholarship) available.
That’s a preseason #1 team there. We need to go for it this season. We have a unique opportunity with a small window. The door is open, step through it Lisa!
I don’t nothing to do with Van Lilith - she strikes me as a diva and wouldn’t be good for team chemistry.
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Obviously you can't teach 6'7 with Betts. Her post game looked a little soft last year but only a freshman so obviously will make gains there.
Morrow obviously very polished at this point and would give a nice mix of inside and outside scoring, rebounds and defense.
Morrow obviously very polished at this point and would give a nice mix of inside and outside scoring, rebounds and defense.
Landing both would definitely shore up any perceived deficiencies.
It's funny, I was saying we needed a Cardozo and a week later, it seems we might be getting one handed to us on a silver platter. Not only a Cardozo, she can shoot a little bit too
I think there is a way, if she will not be able to play, that she can keep her scholarship without it being counted against the team total. But......if that option is used it can never be revoked and the player can never play collegiate sports again. Jones may think she will play again some day and refuse to use that option.
At least that's what I heard on a sports talk show the other day.
She can never play for the team that put her on medical hardship scholarship. She could transfer and play if the new school medically cleared her. Ezra Miller would be a recent example.
She tweeted about completing her last operation and is one step closer to getting back on the court. It sounds to me like she has every intention of playing in the future. That mindset is likely a huge part of the mindset needed to recover as well. As long as she has a path back and is actively working it, iowa should maintain the scolly as playable.
If everything went as well as could be expected I'd guess it would be two full years to even attempt to play at the level needed for D1 basketball. I hope for the best for her but getting to that level doesn't seem likely.
And everyone knows it. We're all rooting for her obviously. What she has had to endure is tragic. So much was literally taken from her. I hope she can make a go it. Time will tell.
Maybe someone mentioned it already in the other thread, but Lauren's younger sister, Sienna, is also a very good high school player.
Yeah well then let's fire some people, and bring in some other people who would be willing to make an exception so we can win the national championship next year and rub it in LSU's faces............
I say we bring them all in and build a super team to combat the LSUs, UConns and South Carolinas in the arms race. All is fair game now.
If ever there was an Iowa team that could "shop" for players, this one is it. There may be more interest than spots.
We do, it's called the football board
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We do need a Wbb forum. I clicked the “transfer portal thread” bc I assumed it was for WBB and was instead very sad.
Maybe Fran can give Lisa a few of his scholarships and in return, Lisa can coach a few games for the men next season and have CC play.
Can we send Ava Jones say to Kirkwood for a year, she isn’t likely to play next season? Give her a scholarship starting in Fall ‘24 .
