Ashley must get attention like this too. Nonetheless, this is not surprising with Iowan Clark's top-flight talent and deserved publicity.
Don't know what Bluder is doing to attract these players. In recent years she got: Clark; Megan Gustafson (despite our push); Samantha Logic, top ten player out of HS by many sources; And, Bluder's 2021-22 class is rated 20th best or better.
So far Bluder's uoi Women's Basketball has not had big NCAA Tourney success beyond an Elite Eight of 2019. But with all the talent they have back for '21-22 and incoming, there will be an assumption for Bluder to not only win in the big, but go into the Final Four.
Two Sweet Sixteens and an Elite Eight in the last five NCAA's (discounting the no play year of 2020) is something I'd settle for.
Saw something this last weekend that got me thinking. Was surfin' around to see what Iowa press was saying about Feuerbach and stumbled into an in-depth long question and answer interview with the Hawk's Clark in the CR Gazette. Two things stood out to me (1) the unscripted long one-on-one interview and (2) her unabashed statements about going to a Final Four. Do our gals even have the freedom to do such an interview? Don't ever recall seeing anything like that with Carleton or Joens (or anyone). Seems everything we see is very tightly scripted and mostly short social media popup thingies that are fun but mostly just fluff. Sorta leads in to the "fun" comment from Feuerbach.