I agree. She's said it before. I just don't want to mess up the chemistry. Anyone have a link to the podcast or whatever
WBB Transfer Portal Targets 2025-2026
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She said the same thing in her first press conference after the season. No surprise.
While I doubt Iowa is busting at the seams regarding NIL you have to keep in mind Jan is always trying to raise more money, Saying that Iowa is doing great with NIL may put people on the fence on if they should donate say hell they don’t need my money.
@HawksGoneWild1 and I have posted a really good interview with Brad Heinrichs who runs Swarm, He said that he feels Iowa WBB is at the top or very close to the top in NIL in the Big. No they aren’t on the same level as some of the elite national brands that have deep pocket donors but Iowa isn’t barely scrimping by either.
@HawksGoneWild1 and I have posted a really good interview with Brad Heinrichs who runs Swarm, He said that he feels Iowa WBB is at the top or very close to the top in NIL in the Big. No they aren’t on the same level as some of the elite national brands that have deep pocket donors but Iowa isn’t barely scrimping by either.
When it comes to WBB, Iowa is a top ten NIL/revenue sharing program. They are very competitive.
Can’t remember if I’m repeating myself but I think if you’re Jan/BG you’re wanting other programs to think you’re lower than you are in terms of NIL for another reason, too.
You want other teams possibly prioritizing NIL as an advantage. Them not knowing you’re close or ahead the entire time. So, while JanCo are prioritizing culture/CC/fans it’s further accentuated & highlighted if other programs use perceived NIL advantages as a recruiting lynchpin. It’s why the biggest hurdle in the recruiting sales process is still getting them to come to the table or take the call.
That could backfire if recruits have a perception that you aren’t even competitive in NIL to be worth picking up the phone. For us that isn’t the case… anymore
We are rumored to be competing with UNC and Miami (FL) who have supposedly offered $250k.
I mean she has been Iowa City and seen the crowds. I think she is Canadian as well? Don’t quote me on that.
I wonder if anyone leaves if they somehow land Howell. I don't think they bring her in if she isn't projected to start. And they still would need another ball handling guard, but maybe they try to go with what they have at that point. ??
Definitely gets tricky, but if Howell is interested your team gets instantly better, so you make it happen.
Definitely gets tricky, but if Howell is interested your team gets instantly better, so you make it happen.
If we could get Howell and Raviv/Morgan I would poop in my pants.
There is an article from yesterday on On3 from Talia Goodman that lists Morgan's "schools to watch" as FSU, TCU, and Ole Miss. Same article it should be noted did not include Maryland as one of Gracie Merkle's schools, and she committed to them the same day.
I'm going to get greedy here and take Howell and Morgan (both are near the top of my database). I know, probably beyond wishful thinking.
With my transfer eval database now loaded with ~80 of the top players from the portal, Avery Howell (USC) is #6 and Tonie Morgan (GA Tech) is #8.
Also have Lucy Olsen in this database as a test comparison and she is #18 so far.
Gal Raviv (Quinnipiac) is #26.
For another reference point, Jada Williams (new commit to IA St and visited IA) is #41.
Loaded ~30 more players into the database yesterday from top player list I found and they were almost all lower end to the point it pushed Jada Williams from near the bottom of the list to the middle of the database now. That at least made me feel better of why IA was possibly going after her. Once in a while find players in the top 40 but they're few and far between now.
This is why I said earlier in another post Jada (or a player like her) should be our last resort, not our 1st target.
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Good for Jan. Not getting my hopes up until there is a commitment.
While we had a really good season with losing CC, Kate and Gabbie, we still ended up in 11th place. And we’re losing by far our best player and also our best glue guy (girl) in Affolter. If we don’t bring in 1-2 immediate impact players it’s going to be a rough season. While I think we’re pretty talented, we truly don’t know if any of our young players are impact players. Basically only Hannah returning with much experience.
I agree with all. Getting Kylie back was good too though.
But I think we do need a true pg and a 3 that can play a stretch 4 role if needed. Hannah might be fine at the 4, but I see scenarios due to fouling that she'll have to play the 5.
howell can shoot and make her own shot. The pg out of usc that entered the portal is her good friend. Maybe their a packaged deal. But notre dame has deep pockets. I'd be happy with the duo.
if something like this did happen. Hopefully it doesn't shake up the team chemistry due to play time
So if we don't get a player it's not because of the money it's because of the program?
Interesting. I had been hoping to hear something linking Iowa to Morgan, but this makes it pretty clear that there isn't much going on there. I think all I ever heard was that Iowa was planning to reach out.
I'm going to piggyback on Scott's post and raise him just a little. But really, I'm just splitting hairs while also stressing an important part here.
Here's that video with Brad talking on NIL changes and how he thinks Iowa stacks up in the B1G and against others.
Video Podcast Title: HawkCast - BRAD HEINRICHS: CEO of SWARM Talks Transfer Portal, Changing NIL Landscape
@54:37 Brad states, "We got two sides of this right so we've got the Swarm Inc [Corp NIL] and the Swarm Collective [Charity NIL]. Anybody that's evaluating us isn't ever going to know really what we are because they're only going to see a collective piece. You know they can look at our form 990 and have a pretty good idea what we have on the collective side. They're not going to see the Inc side and that's a that's a the corporate piece is a big is a pretty darn big piece right. So you know and and there are other uh programs that have the same thing as well and so it's I guess what I'm saying is that I am I that my answer is is an opinion it's not necessarily a fact if that does that help kind of like you provide the caveat."
Found 2022 and 2023 990s, but no 2024 yet.
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@55:19 Brad goes on to say, "So women I think in women's if specifically with women's basketball I think we're near the top of the Big Ten. I think we are, you know Lucy Olsen was the biggest portal player in the off season okay. And I I think there were only three or four programs that could have afforded her, her and we're in the mix for her and we were one of those so one of those handful. So I think we are in the pantheon of NIL for women's sports, women's basketball anyway, I think that we are we are we are not taking a back seat at least. We weren't last off season. Now are could things be happening around us for other you know in collectives for women's yeah. Could be it also could be that that there is other teams the Big 10 with maybe more money that just want to know part of that. You know I don't know. But I think that just from the you know from um from that portal off season kind of got the impression that there were there, we're really, we we're in pry we're in pretty Tall Cotton um as a program from the from the standpoint of other kids looking at us and also from the ability to to afford a pretty pretty highly sought-after player um so that's there's women's basketball."
What did Brad say here?
1) Quote, "They're not going to see the Inc side and that's a that's a the corporate piece is a big is a pretty darn big piece right."
2) This is where I'm going to raise Scott just a little. Quote, "... Lucy Olsen was the biggest portal player in the off season okay and I I think there were only three or four programs that could have afforded her ..."
This question is not towards Scott as I'm agreeing with him. This question is to all of us. Do you really think only B1G teams were fighting for Lucy in Brad's reference to only 3 or 4 schools? I surely don't. Just to give you an example rumored to be happening just now. It's reported that we're in the mix for Gal Riviv. The other schools involved are not just B1G schools. UNC and Miami (FL) are also being rumored. So why would anyone think only B1G teams are what Brad is talking about regarding Lucy? The point is Brad is mixing two areas of reference here. One is at the B1G level and the other is national level. His answer applies to both of those areas. Yes, we're not ever going to be at the very top because of the Corp NIL (which in all likelihood is the largest part of any teams NIL program).
Lucy Olsen is more than just a "success story." It's at what level you're a success that counts just as much if not more. To me, cutting it at just the B1G level is not good enough. If you noticed, no B1G made the NATTY this year like the last 2 years. We've got to bring the NATTY back again at the national level not just the B1G tournament and conference title.
@BraydonRoberts5 and I did a piece on this forum what we believe the Charity NIL + Rev Share NIL could possibly look like for WBB this season. We basically arrived at the same ballpark figures. He arrived at ~1.4MM while I ranged it from $1.3MM to $1.5MM. However, I've come to the conclusion it's most likely more, maybe even closer to $2MM. Mind you this doesn't include point #1 above which is the pretty darn big piece in Corp NIL alone.
You can find that exchange here:
Iowa WBB 2025 Recruiting Thread
Where do I find that? I’d like to listen. Or read it. Whatever it’s on. Lol Guyton will be a key player next year as will Mallegni. It doesn’t make sense they would transfer but I know anything is possible.
iowa.forums.rivals.com
From my count, 29 schools get this $20.5 salary cap to work with for revenue sharing. We're in the top 92% of Rev Share already. Although, 13 of those 29 are in the B1G.
"Schools will have $20.5 million to share with athletes. Most were planning to break it down as follows:
75% football
15% men’s basketball
5% women’s basketball
5% divided by the remaining athletes"
"This is big for Iowa. Essentially a 20 million new expense line item on a budget that had a 2.4 million surplus in 2024. The new B10 rev share must be the ticket."
Will this surplus come into play for WBB also? I'm hoping this is true and it's NIL related, but I have no idea how much credit to give to this report or any at all.
That 5% for WBB is likely going to be the minimum Beth and Jan use for the Rev Share portion. I'll explain that next.
1) That's 5% Rev Share ($1MM minimum, suspect it's going to be more) +
2) Charity NIL (~$400k+ to ~$1MM) +
3) Corp NIL (? pretty darn big piece so who knows this amt)
Now this is going to get into the other component of this. That includes both Beth and Jan (and other admin).
Goetz said as much in a late-December sit-down with the Des Moines Register, that she knows Iowa is competing for top-20 national recruits and can’t afford to lose the momentum created by the Caitlin Clark phenomenon. Women’s basketball ticket sales exceeded the men's for the first time ever in FY2024, and every seat was sold in Carver-Hawkeye for 2024-25. Goetz would be irresponsible to risk throwing that momentum away by short-changing Jan Jensen’s women’s program."
Leistikow: After Darian DeVries miss, Beth Goetz needs to address math problem for Iowa basketball
The Iowa athletics director has to respond quickly to the Darian DeVries fallout and deliver on an NIL package.
www.hawkcentral.com
Do you think Beth or Jan wants WBB to backslide? Since, they're both woman, I'd say they're even more invested in growing WBB more so than Bluder did.
Do you think Beth or Jan wants WBB to backslide on their watch? Think a lot of people will come after Beth with a backlash of not taking advantage of CC's momentum/goodwill bestowed upon the University.
Why? "Goetz would be irresponsible to RISK throwing that momentum away by short-changing Jan Jensen’s women’s program."
I'm pretty sure Jan is drumming up Corp NIL and Charity NIL where she can to land these Top 20 - 30 recruits as well. Don't think either one of them want to end up with egg on their face.
This is why I believe Beth will put more than 5% Rev Share into WBB to compete against the other 13 B1G schools who also get $20.5MM to divvy between its sports programs. Either that or they're banking on Corp NIL to step up more or a combo of the two. In the DMR article posted on HC above it's stated MBB will get 12.2% ($2.5MM) of Rev Share. Where will that extra 2.8% go? Will it be the added extra piece to WBB to keep the CC momentum alive?
At the same time, we also have to realize we do not have the seemingly unlimited resources of an Oregon (Phil Knight of Nike), TCU/Texas/OK (oil billionaires) or even UConn (insurance magnets).
So in the end this is what Scott is saying. We're not going to be at the most elite level of NIL. However, we're not no where near doing any bottom fishing either. I'll take it that we're as Brad says it, we're in some pretty tall cotton.
Btw, I expect Brad, Jan and Beth to collectively back up their own words this portal season and for 2026+ recruits starting on Monday April 7th (House Rev Share Settlement Approval Date) and beyond. We shall see how this pans out on whether we have the right leadership in place to grow WBB into the elite status that we're so close in attaining coming off of 2 recent back-to-back NATTY runs.
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I'm going to piggyback on Scott's post and raise him just a little. But really, I'm just splitting hairs while also stressing an important part here.
Here's that video with Brad talking on NIL changes and how he thinks Iowa stacks up in the B1G and against others.
Video Podcast Title: HawkCast - BRAD HEINRICHS: CEO of SWARM Talks Transfer Portal, Changing NIL Landscape
@54:37 Brad states, "We got two sides of this right so we've got the Swarm Inc [Corp NIL] and the Swarm Collective [Charity NIL]. Anybody that's evaluating us isn't ever going to know really what we are because they're only going to see a collective piece. You know they can look at our form 990 and have a pretty good idea what we have on the collective side. They're not going to see the Inc side and that's a that's a the corporate piece is a big is a pretty darn big piece right. So you know and and there are other uh programs that have the same thing as well and so it's I guess what I'm saying is that I am I that my answer is is an opinion it's not necessarily a fact if that does that help kind of like you provide the caveat."
Found 2022 and 2023 990s, but no 2024 yet.
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@55:19 Brad goes on to say, "So women I think in women's if specifically with women's basketball I think we're near the top of the Big Ten. I think we are, you know Lucy Olsen was the biggest portal player in the off season okay. And I I think there were only three or four programs that could have afforded her, her and we're in the mix for her and we were one of those so one of those handful. So I think we are in the pantheon of NIL for women's sports, women's basketball anyway, I think that we are we are we are not taking a back seat at least. We weren't last off season. Now are could things be happening around us for other you know in collectives for women's yeah. Could be it also could be that that there is other teams the Big 10 with maybe more money that just want to know part of that. You know I don't know. But I think that just from the you know from um from that portal off season kind of got the impression that there were there, we're really, we we're in pry we're in pretty Tall Cotton um as a program from the from the standpoint of other kids looking at us and also from the ability to to afford a pretty pretty highly sought-after player um so that's there's women's basketball."
What did Brad say here?
1) Quote, "They're not going to see the Inc side and that's a that's a the corporate piece is a big is a pretty darn big piece right."
2) This is where I'm going to raise Scott just a little. Quote, "... Lucy Olsen was the biggest portal player in the off season okay and I I think there were only three or four programs that could have afforded her ..."
This question is not towards Scott as I'm agreeing with him. This question is to all of us. Do you really think only B1G teams were fighting for Lucy in Brad's reference to only 3 or 4 schools? I surely don't. Just to give you an example rumored to be happening just now. It's reported that we're in the mix for Gal Riviv. The other schools involved are not just B1G schools. UNC and Miami (FL) are also being rumored. So why would anyone think only B1G tens are what Brad is talking about regarding Lucy? The point is Brad is mixing two areas of reference here. One is at the B1G level and the other is national level. His answer applies to both of those areas. Yes, we're not ever going to be at the very top because of the Corp NIL (which in all likelihood is the largest part of any teams NIL program).
Lucy Olsen is more than just a "success story." It's at what level you're a success that counts just as much if not more. To me, cutting it at just the B1G level is not good enough. If you noticed, no B1G made the NATTY this year like the last 2 years. We've got to bring the NATTY back again at the national level not just the B1G tournament and conference title.
@BraydonRoberts5 and I did a piece on this forum what we believe the Charity NIL + Rev Share NIL could possibly look like for WBB this season. We basically arrived at the same ballpark figures. He arrived at ~1.4MM while I ranged it from $1.3MM to $1.5MM. However, I've come to the conclusion it's most likely more, maybe even closer to $2MM. Mind you this doesn't include point #1 above which is the pretty darn big piece in Corp NIL alone.
You can find that exchange here:
Iowa WBB 2025 Recruiting Thread
Where do I find that? I’d like to listen. Or read it. Whatever it’s on. Lol Guyton will be a key player next year as will Mallegni. It doesn’t make sense they would transfer but I know anything is possible.iowa.forums.rivals.com
From my count, 29 schools get this $20.5 salary cap to work with for revenue sharing. We're in the top 92% of Rev Share already. Although, 13 of those 29 are in the B1G.
"Schools will have $20.5 million to share with athletes. Most were planning to break it down as follows:
75% football
15% men’s basketball
5% women’s basketball
5% divided by the remaining athletes"
"This is big for Iowa. Essentially a 20 million new expense line item on a budget that had a 2.4 million surplus in 2024. The new B10 rev share must be the ticket."
Will this surplus come into play for WBB also? I'm hoping this is true and it's NIL related, but I have no idea how much credit to give to this report or any at all.
That 5% for WBB is likely going to be the minimum Beth and Jan use for the Rev Share portion. I'll explain that next.
1) That's 5% Rev Share ($1MM minimum, suspect it's going to be more) +
2) Charity NIL (~$400k+ to ~$1MM) +
3) Corp NIL (? pretty darn big piece so who knows this amt)
Now this is going to get into the other component of this. That includes both Beth and Jan (and other admin).
Goetz said as much in a late-December sit-down with the Des Moines Register, that she knows Iowa is competing for top-20 national recruits and can’t afford to lose the momentum created by the Caitlin Clark phenomenon. Women’s basketball ticket sales exceeded the men's for the first time ever in FY2024, and every seat was sold in Carver-Hawkeye for 2024-25. Goetz would be irresponsible to risk throwing that momentum away by short-changing Jan Jensen’s women’s program."
Leistikow: After Darian DeVries miss, Beth Goetz needs to address math problem for Iowa basketball
The Iowa athletics director has to respond quickly to the Darian DeVries fallout and deliver on an NIL package.www.hawkcentral.com
Do you think Beth or Jan wants WBB to backslide? Since, they're both woman, I'd say they're even more invested in growing WBB more so than Bluder did.
Do you think Beth or Jan wants WBB to backslide on their watch? Think a lot of people will come after Beth with a backlash of not taking advantage of CC's momentum/goodwill bestowed upon the University.
Why? "Goetz would be irresponsible to RISK throwing that momentum away by short-changing Jan Jensen’s women’s program."
I'm pretty sure Jan is drumming up Corp NIL and Charity NIL where she can to land these Top 20 - 30 recruits as well. Don't think either one of them want to end up with egg on their face.
This is why I believe Beth will to put more than 5% Rev Share into WBB to compete against the other 13 B1G schools who also get $20.5MM to divvy between its sports programs. Either that or they're banking on Corp NIL to step up more or a combo of the two.
At the same time, we also have to realize we do not have the seemingly unlimited resources of an Oregon (Phil Knight of Nike), TCU/Texas/OK (oil billionaires) or even UConn (insurance magnets).
So in the end this is what Scott is saying. We're not going to be at the most elite level of NIL. However, we're not no where near doing any bottom fishing either. I'll take it that we're as Brad says it, we're in some pretty tall cotton.
Btw, I expect Brad, Jan and Beth to collectively back up their own words this portal season and for 2026+ recruits starting on Monday April 7th (House Rev Share Settlement Approval Date) and beyond. We shall see how this pans out on whether we have the right leadership in place to grow WBB into the elite status that we're so close in attaining coming off of 2 recent back-to-back NATTY runs.
Actually closer to 3K
, but when you're coming from Quinnipiac the bar is very low.I also think Stremlow and Kylie F will be key contributors next season. Kylie’s on-ball defense is elite.
For sure. Alot of people are sleeping on stremlow. She's one of my favorites on the team. Plays with so much tenacity.
Kylie will have a big roll definitely. I think teegan also. Let's see what we do in the portal. But I think teegan will have a big roll next year.
she looked good early on and then fell off. But I guarantee she's not happy with last season and will be putting in major work this offseason
Talia Goodman's Portal Tracker reporting:
Current number of entries: 1222
Commits: 101
Withdrew name from portal: 9
Believe its already crossed the line of more committing daily than entering into the portal now.
Pretty good bet that by end of day tomorrow ~10% or more of the portal will be committed already.
Current number of entries: 1222
Commits: 101
Withdrew name from portal: 9
Believe its already crossed the line of more committing daily than entering into the portal now.
Pretty good bet that by end of day tomorrow ~10% or more of the portal will be committed already.
On3 2024-2025 Women's Basketball Transfer Portal Tracker
Here is where On3 will keep a running list of each women's college basketball player who enters the portal and where they eventually end up.
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My condolences to her.
Terps aren't having any problems getting transfers
just lil old Iowa
I'm not saying that, no. It would depend on the circumstances.
Here's what I'm saying: if you're JanCo at the current crossroads then slightly/moderately downplaying Iowa's NIL coffers would be beneficial. So, I would guess the projections or podcast remarks are probably downplaying our true NIL budget. Consequently, I also wouldn't trust any unsourced report like the one someone mentioned from a private discord that Iowa was "middle of the BIG WBB pack" - paraphrasing.
If I'm at Team Blue Blood #2 and I'm arrogant, I think Iowa has nowhere near enough money to have a competitive offer, let alone land the recruit. But, in reality, can we offer the same or more? Big advantage in multiple ways. That perceptual or informational advantage is present regardless of the player's opinion of the offering schools intangibles.
Maybe the night life and the weather factored inActually closer to 3K
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