WBB Transfer Portal Targets 2025-2026+

[kceasthawk]

The Wisconsin coach has resigned. Serah Williams, please come to Iowa City.

Wow, her decision or get out before we push you out the door?

Most top 10 recruits also don't average 20 a game. Cambridge and Syla Swords were top 5 recruits and just averaged 15 and 16 PPG, respectively. If Deal does something in the mid-teens as a true freshman she had a phenomenal year.

True, but a lot of that will depend on the makeup of the roster, which is what we're discussing. IF we add someone from the portal, or someone like Mallegni really steps up, then probably mid teens will be fine. If those things don't happen I do think she's capable of more. While those are very good numbers for the Michigan frosh, there were two of them to split that load, and some other really good players. I could see Ava, and Hannah averaging 14-16 points depending on how Jan uses them, but I wouldn't even want to guess on Mallegni, Stremlow or Guyton will give us consistently. McCabe? Who knows right? One game maybe 12-15 and the next one maybe 6...

 

[Ad-Hawk]

Wow, her decision or get out before we push you out the door?

Almost certainly the latter, the team got worse this year and there have been all sorts of behind the scenes issues there. Multiple player have just suddenly left the team during her tenure and there's been allegations of abuse. If she wasn't at a school where women's basketball is still a complete afterthought it would have been a bigger story and I'm not sure she'd have made it through the season

Williams is awesome but I would be surprised if Iowa adds a front court player of that caliber now that Heiden has started to emerge. Williams is going to want to start and Jan obviously isn't going to be bench Stuelke. Someone is going to get a good one if she enters though. Iowa should be prioritizing a combo guard in the same mold as Lucy and a tweener forward who can play 3 or 4 in small ball lineups over a true big, imo

 

[the24fan]

Who would be recruiting over, Stuelke, Heiden or Hays? She's a great player, but I'm not sure it would be a good team thing.

This is the right answer. You need a penetrating guard who can create a shot. I hope Addie will be that player but coming in raw a proven scorer would be a plus.

 

[kceasthawk]

Almost certainly the latter, the team got worse this year and there have been all sorts of behind the scenes issues there. Multiple player have just suddenly left the team during her tenure and there's been allegations of abuse. If she wasn't at a school where women's basketball is still a complete afterthought it would have been a bigger story and I'm not sure she'd have made it through the season

Williams is awesome but I would be surprised if Iowa adds a front court player of that caliber now that Heiden has started to emerge. Williams is going to want to start and Jan obviously isn't going to be bench Stuelke. Someone is going to get a good one if she enters though. Iowa should be prioritizing a combo guard in the same mold as Lucy and a tweener forward who can play 3 or 4 in small ball lineups over a true big, imo

Its funny. They had big issues at Nebraska as well with an assistant manipulating a player into a sexual relationship, and the HC who knew all about this, (according to several players) did nothing about it, and she's still there. I really thought she'd get canned over it.

 

[HIWILLE]

I am 100% on board with Gibb. Guyton is a nice piece, but she is not the answer at point.

I am 100% on board with Gibb. Guyton is a nice piece, but she is not the answer at point.

We can’t dismiss the Guyton rumor either until she says different. If this has legs, things could get interesting. She needs to squash this rumor if not true.

 

[Ad-Hawk]

We can’t dismiss the Guyton rumor either until she says different. If this has legs, things could get interesting. She needs to squash this rumor if not true.

There is no Guyton rumor there is one tweet from her dad during a game that people freaked out about

 

[BraydonRoberts5]

We can’t dismiss the Guyton rumor either until she says different. If this has legs, things could get interesting. She needs to squash this rumor if not true.

Frankly I'd hope the players aren't online enough to hear random internet rumors they might transfer. Given Iowa's history as a program, my default assumption is a player won't transfer, not that they will transfer.

 

[Matt1nb7]

We can’t dismiss the Guyton rumor either until she says different. If this has legs, things could get interesting. She needs to squash this rumor if not true.

 

[citizenHawk]

It's a little interesting that the PG position now has an even "deeper" template with Olsen coming in for a season and going All-Big Ten.
Lucy is leaving another set of shoes.

Of course, her experience with Iowa couldn't be a stronger sales pitch for anyone they might go after.

(*edit--Meant to post this in this thread.)

 

[Scott559]

Last night on Hawk talk Jan talked about the portal, Interesting comments, I won’t get the quotes exactly right but I will link so you can listen. She said ideally you want to stay with developing the recruits out of high school but the times are changing and that if you want to compete you have to adapt, She said you want to get and subtract players out of necessity to make the team better. I found the subtract players comment interesting.

The portal talk begins at roughly the 55 minute mark.