*** 2024-2025 Iowa women’s basketball season thread ***

[BBK]

More of an Ava Devine fan personally

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I once witnessed Randi’s brother nearly burn down a rental house because he couldn’t find my friends jar of peanut butter and instead decided to steal his frozen pizza.

My buddy had hidden the peanut butter in the oven.

 

[Pedro]

I once witnessed Randi’s brother nearly burn down a rental house because he couldn’t find my friends jar of peanut butter and instead decided to steal his frozen pizza.

My buddy had hidden the peanut butter in the oven.

I bet you have a lot of great peanut butter stories, don't you?

 

[KitKatApples]

Who doesn’t?

 

[Fletch]

I bet you have a lot of great peanut butter stories, don't you?

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

 

[gable_guy]

Already stated when Greenway's daughter was offered. But...

 

[The Tin Man]

Hopefully we can beat the other schools off with a switch for her services.

 

[eclone]

Looks like Greenway and Peterson played together last year for Providence Academy, but Peterson is transferring to Minnetonka this year as a freshman. Also Peterson played for All Iowa Attack.

 

[Hawk24]

 

[HerkyHopeful]

WTF

 

[UnKnOwN_SeRb]

Lol

 

[2HawkFans]

Damn. I really thought with Clark gone some of the ticket demand would drop off. Figured they'd still get great attendance but didn't expect it to sell out season tickets.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

I figured they'd stay around 10-11k, but didn't think they had a chance to sell out again.

 

[Verbal]

They all want to be there for the special events, like Caitlin Clark jersey retirement night, Caitlin Clark scoring record recognition night, the one year anniversary of the 2024 Final Four team, or Lisa Bluder's retirement ceremony featuring special guest Caitlin Clark, or Angel Reece wasn't classy and we'll never stop talking about it night, with a guest appearance by Caitlin Clark.

 

[CleteyColgate]

They all want to be there for the special events, like Caitlin Clark jersey retirement night, Caitlin Clark scoring record recognition night, the one year anniversary of the 2024 Final Four team, or Lisa Bluder's retirement ceremony featuring special guest Caitlin Clark, or Angel Reece wasn't classy and we'll never stop talking about it night, with a guest appearance by Caitlin Clark.

And because women's sports are booming in popularity

 

[KitKatApples]

 

[Pedro]

They all want to be there for the special events, like Caitlin Clark jersey retirement night, Caitlin Clark scoring record recognition night, the one year anniversary of the 2024 Final Four team, or Lisa Bluder's retirement ceremony featuring special guest Caitlin Clark, or Angel Reece wasn't classy and we'll never stop talking about it night, with a guest appearance by Caitlin Clark.

You got a specific date for that one?

 

[Pedro]

Wait, I'm not asking you out. I mean, like an actual calendar date.

You just never know around this place.

 

[Stu Beagle]

Told you fuckers they would outsell the Men again

 

[CleteyColgate]

Like the WNBA, women's college basketball is a more exciting brand of basketball.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Told you fuckers they would outsell the Men again

let’s wait to see the men’s numbers before we jump to conclusions

 

[Stu Beagle]

let’s wait to see the men’s numbers before we jump to conclusions

 

[BBK]

This is going to be...I can't even describe it.

A whole lot of people hoping lightning will strike twice.

I can't predict the future, but it doesnt take Miss Cleo to consider a possibility of thousands of Iowans with nothing better to do wishing they had found something better to do

 

[snips]

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Caitlin freed millions of girls from the shackles of the kitchen. They triumphantly threw down their aprons and experienced the glory of women’s basketball for the first time.

 

[TurdBurgler]

She inspired many dads to take their daughter to be bored at a wnba game.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

This is going to be...I can't even describe it.

A whole lot of people hoping lightning will strike twice.

I can't predict the future, but it doesnt take Miss Cleo to consider a possibility of thousands of Iowans with nothing better to do wishing they had found something better to do

They win and have slowly built something. I know you troll to troll this thread but I don’t think that’s the case with why ticket sales are what they are.

 

[Pedro]

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Pretty impressive prognostication from 25yrs ago.

 

[roseboundhawk]

I think there's a lot of people thinking they're gonna be the next uconn women, when they're probably going to end up being the 2010 butler men.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Even if they go back to what they were before caitlins first season, that's still pretty good.

 

[Brownzy]

I think there's a lot of people thinking they're gonna be the next uconn women, when they're probably going to end up being the 2010 butler men.

Not sure about that, they do seem to be recruiting pretty well. They obviously are not going to make the Final 4 this year, but the transfer PG should keep them highly competitive until the youngins start making noise.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

A disappointing year for the women this year would still probably be one of Fran's best seasons

 

[MikeyJoe]

Not sure about that, they do seem to be recruiting pretty well. They obviously are not going to make the Final 4 this year, but the transfer PG should keep them highly competitive until the youngins start making noise.

That's the point though. "Recruiting pretty well" by Iowa sports standards. Recruiting nowhere near the level of the teams that actually dominate women's basketball. People talk about the lack of parity in college football - women's basketball is absurdly dominated by a few good teams.

 

[KitKatApples]

I heard the men are doing extra mantis skips this offseason

 

[Brownzy]

That's the point though. "Recruiting pretty well" by Iowa sports standards. Recruiting nowhere near the level of the teams that actually dominate women's basketball. People talk about the lack of parity in college football - women's basketball is absurdly dominated by a few good teams.

I've just read a couple articles and definitely not going to do extensive research on this, but saying they are currently recruiting at a top level doesn't seem like a stretch. I think they are going to end up with (or may already have?) two top 15 recruits for 2025.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

That's the point though. "Recruiting pretty well" by Iowa sports standards. Recruiting nowhere near the level of the teams that actually dominate women's basketball. People talk about the lack of parity in college football - women's basketball is absurdly dominated by a few good teams.

They have 4 top 100 in this years freshman class and have a 5-star and a 4-star committed for next year.

All he said was to be “highly competitive”. I think that has been achieved.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

You'd have to be an idiot to think Iowa is the next UConn, but it's not wrong to hope that Iowa is able to use the last 3 years to elevate its recruiting.

 

[MikeyJoe]

You'd have to be an idiot to think Iowa is the next UConn, but it's not wrong to hope that Iowa is able to use the last 3 years to elevate its recruiting.

That's the context I was replying to. Iowa is recruiting 'better'. UConn probably signs two top 10 kids a year every year.

 

[MikeyJoe]

(Also I will not DMOFR on that)

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Correct. UConn and South Carolina essentially choose who they want.

 

[Hawk24]

 

[brantshawks]

(Also I will not DMOFR on that)

Don't have to.

@Herbie2

 

[Pinehawk]

Yeah, Hawks have Lucy Olsen coming in this fall. And, Levin from Solon will add a local connection again.
Then I believe, as mentioned, we have some nice recruits coming in next year. So, I could see those fans wanting to ride this out and see what materializes. I think these fans at the women's games are a different subset of Iowa fan mostly. I think many of them are new fans, or primarily just fans of Iowa women's basketball. So, I don't think it's really pulling many fans away from other Iowa sports.

 

[Brad Wesley]

Yeah, Hawks have Lucy Olsen coming in this fall. And, Levin from Solon will add a local connection again.
Then I believe, as mentioned, we have some nice recruits coming in next year. So, I could see those fans wanting to ride this out and see what materializes. I think these fans at the women's games are a different subset of Iowa fan mostly. I think many of them are new fans, or primarily just fans of Iowa women's basketball. So, I don't think it's really pulling many fans away from other Iowa sports.

I think they should be very competitive this year. They’ll struggle going up against legitimate centers but what the fuck do I know.

 

[2HawkFans]

We had season tickets to WBB for a couple years when my kids were younger and still at home. They weren't very expensive. So if you enjoy WBB why not? They've got some decent returning players and recruiting has looked pretty decent. I'll be curious to see how things go with the changing of coaches.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I think they should be very competitive this year. They’ll struggle going up against legitimate centers but what the fuck do I know.

I think the 6’4” freshman will play quite a bit.

 

[CleteyColgate]

what the fuck do I know.

You know you love women's sports! Attaboy!

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I think the 6’4” freshman will play quite a bit.

Doug is suddenly interested in this thread.

 

[KitKatApples]

I’ve got a feeling about what he thinks the average margin of victory will be.