***WBB: 2024 Recruiting Thread***
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Yeah, Guard U has a bunch of ranked bigs but not much in the way for highly regarded guards in Ryan's absence.
In that regard Beatle's "Yesterday" may not quite be on the mark, but yeah things change oddly, unfortunately, and uncontrollably.
Looked up Nebraska wbb under current coach Amy Williams. She had 2 20 win seasons in 7 years. Other 5 have been disappointing: way below .500 first year and other 4 have been right around the .500 mark. Kind of surprised she's still there probably because it's wbb and her contract isn't much.
It also takes a PG with a strong mental toughness to thrive at ISU. BF has long said he probably coaches the PG harder than any other position at ISU.
PG seems like a question mark in the future. Who is playing PG on our current team with Ryan out? Does Ryan have another year due to Covid? I expect the PG from Indiana in this years class to be solid, but I don’t know how high her ceiling is. She does play against great competition.
Arianna Jackson. I think coach will want to get the most minutes at PG from her.
After that, it'll be a big committee contributing.
Dawkins will get some more spot minutes than last year, but I don't think she'll get into the teens many games.
Kelsey Joens sounds like can run the primary ball handler on offense some.
Ny can a little too.
Addy Brown could be the wildcard here. It depends what kind of player the staff see her growing into.
She played in the 2020-21 season, so yes.
For all the falls sports in 2020 the athletes were to be allowed for that season to not count towards total eligibility.
And Jackson is a very different PG than Ryan. A bit more aggressive in everything she does.
That's the class so far. If everyone on the roster eligible to use a covid year does, we'll have 14 on the roster next season. Belanger is the only player on the roster this year who is definitely not returning next season (barring her getting hurt and medical redshirting).
Also keep in mind that we currently have three new players for next season: Tanke, Wilson, and Alisa Williams.
Given all the Freshman they don't really need much at this point unless there is a mass unexpected exodus.
Don't put that evil on me Ricky Bobby!
At least with Lexi, I thought maybe she just wanted to go somewhere else for her senior year (somewhere with higher expectations at least).
Fritz was, likely, going to be one of the stars of this year's team based on her trajectory last season. I didn't get her leaving at all - especially to go to Baylor as I still think Baylor is on a downward trend.
