Seems she'll get it yet this year. Or next year if needed. I'm not a fan of the COVID bonus year (at all) but think there is like a 99.99999999% chance she takes her 5th year. She's seems to be a basketball is my life sort and she's not likely a big WNBA prospect so a deep run as player coach next year would seem right in her wheelhouse.
***WBB 23-24 Record Watch***
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Seems she'll get it yet this year. Or next year if needed. I'm not a fan of the COVID bonus year (at all) but think there is like a 99.99999999% chance she takes her 5th year. She's seems to be a basketball is my life sort and she's not likely a big WNBA prospect so a deep run as player coach next year would seem right in her wheelhouse.
Updated with yesterday's win.
Ryan passed Medders to become #2 in career assists, and she is now 21 assists behind Moody for #1. If we play the minimum 3 games, that's 7.3 assists to pass Moody. That drops to 5.5 in 4 games and 4.4 in 5 games.
In our last 8 games, Ryan has averaged 8.1 assists and has had fewer than 6 only once.
Ryan passed Medders to become #2 in career assists, and she is now 21 assists behind Moody for #1. If we play the minimum 3 games, that's 7.3 assists to pass Moody. That drops to 5.5 in 4 games and 4.4 in 5 games.
In our last 8 games, Ryan has averaged 8.1 assists and has had fewer than 6 only once.
Ten more assists and we won't have to talk about the one who shall not be named again.
Finally updated with Saturday's game. Audi is now in the top 20 in single-season points (all classes) and top 10 in single season FGM (all classes).
Ryan is now 9 assists behind Moody. If we play the minimum 2 games, that's 5.0 assists to pass Moody. That drops to 3.3 in 3 games and 2.5 in 4 games.
Ryan is now 9 assists behind Moody. If we play the minimum 2 games, that's 5.0 assists to pass Moody. That drops to 3.3 in 3 games and 2.5 in 4 games.
We’ve got down time for discussion until we have tournaments to entertain us. While Moody disparaged ISU after her career was over, she was an excellent player. One might argue her assist totals are more impressive based on who she shared the court with versus the parade of top 100 ranked recruits who’ve worked with Emily. Like everyone else, I was a big fan of Chelsea, Anna and Hailey, but are they as good as Ashley, Lexi, Addy, Audi, etc. ? I’m actually torn on this one but admit I’m not as down on Moody as others. Curious what others think…
I'm also a bit of a Moody apologist (as far as her playing career goes) but she had a lot of flaws outside of her off-court issues.
- Career shooting percentages: 30.8% 3pt, 41.2% 2pt, 36.6% overall, 43.5% effective (eFG% credits an extra half-make per made 3pt)
- Of the 43 players who played entirely in the Fennelly era and attempted at least 100 3pt FG, her three-point percentage was the lowest. And she attempted 548.
- Of the 254 players who played entirely in the Fennelly era and attempted at least 250 FG, her effective FG% was 2nd worst only to Denae Stuckey, who was a defensive specialist.
- Of the 17 players who played entirely in the Fennelly era and attempted at least 1000 FG, her effective FG% was the worst by nearly 4 percentage points.
- 463 career turnovers (#1 all-time at ISU, Ryan has only 371).
Outside of her subpar play outlined by MRed and the post career attacks on the women's program, my biggest problem with her was attitude. She was benched more times than I can count for having a poor attitude on the court. Lots of whining and griping. Nothing was ever her fault. She detracted from the team in this way. This is one of the reasons I’m not a CC fan either.
I didn’t watch much ISU WBB circa 2014 because all three of my kids were in HS. When I did watch, Nikki Moody was the engine that made them go. That’s supported by her selection as Unanimous 1st Team All Big XII and #33 draft pick in the WNBA following her Senior Season. I was just reading threads from March 2015 where some were suggesting she didn’t have a strong supporting cast, specifically post play - following the NCAA loss to Dayton. That would support my theory Moody accomplished more with less when it came to dishing out assists. I respect what Emily has accomplished but she’s been surrounded by high level talent her entire career, which makes it a “who made who” question? Again, just looking for some interesting banter while we kill a week.
I have much respect for you WBB board long-timers! It’s stunning how many of you were active ten years ago and mred was posting on the first page back in 2007! Good stuff, then and now…
Moody had several top notch players around her during her time at ISU. If they weren’t good how else did she get all those assists. She had scorers like Durr, Buckley, Johnson, Kidd, Williamson, Christopherson, and Poppins to name a few. Did we have a dominant post her senior year? No Fernstrom was a freshman at the time and struggled at times. Yet, others scored at high rates.
If you use the basic NBA player efficiency rating (pt + reb + ast + st + blk - missed FG - missed FT - to), here are Moody's rankings on her four teams at ISU as measured by efficiency per 40 minutes.
The NBA efficiency rating is very basic and certainly not a perfect measure, but it's also easy. If anyone wants to see a different measure, let me know.
(limited to players with at least 400 minutes played)
Moody's freshman year:
| 2012 | Chelsea Poppens | Jr | 26.7 |
| 2012 | Hallie Christofferson | So | 15.7 |
| 2012 | Anna Prins | Jr | 15.0 |
| 2012 | Nikki Moody | Fr | 11.9 |
| 2012 | Lauren Mansfield | Sr | 9.9 |
| 2012 | Brynn Williamson | Fr | 9.8 |
| 2012 | Chassidy Cole | Sr | 8.3 |
Moody's sophomore year:
| 2013 | Chelsea Poppens | Sr | 25.4 |
| 2013 | Hallie Christofferson | Jr | 20.9 |
| 2013 | Anna Prins | Sr | 18.1 |
| 2013 | Nikki Moody | So | 13.0 |
| 2013 | Brynn Williamson | So | 11.9 |
| 2013 | Nicole Blaskowsky | Fr | 10.7 |
Moody's junior year:
| 2014 | Hallie Christofferson | Sr | 23.4 |
| 2014 | Seanna Johnson | Fr | 16.9 |
| 2014 | Jadda Buckley | Fr | 14.6 |
| 2014 | Nikki Moody | Jr | 14.4 |
| 2014 | Nicole Blaskowsky | So | 13.9 |
| 2014 | Brynn Williamson | Jr | 12.7 |
Moody's senior year:
| 2015 | Seanna Johnson | So | 20.0 |
| 2015 | Fallon Ellis | Sr | 19.0 |
| 2015 | Nikki Moody | Sr | 16.9 |
| 2015 | Bryanna Fernstrom | Fr | 15.8 |
| 2015 | Brynn Williamson | Sr | 15.7 |
| 2015 | Nicole Blaskowsky | Jr | 11.4 |
| 2015 | Emily Durr | Fr | 10.9 |
For comparison, here is the current season:
| 2024 | Audi Crooks | Fr | 29.8 |
| 2024 | Emily Ryan | Sr | 21.9 |
| 2024 | Addy Brown | Fr | 21.9 |
| 2024 | Jalynn Bristow | Fr | 18.7 |
| 2024 | Kelsey Joens | Fr | 15.3 |
| 2024 | Arianna Jackson | Fr | 10.9 |
| 2024 | Nyamer Diew | Sr | 10.1 |
| 2024 | Hannah Belanger | Sr | 9.4 |
Just for the heck of it, here are ISU's top 20 all time single-season leaders in eff/40 (again, limited to at least 400 min played) going back to 80-81 when minutes were first tracked. No surprise at the top.
| 2001 | Angie Welle | Jr | 31.4 |
| 2002 | Angie Welle | Sr | 30.3 |
| 2000 | Angie Welle | So | 30.0 |
| 2019 | Bridget Carleton | Sr | 29.8 |
| 2024 | Audi Crooks | Fr | 29.8 |
| 1999 | Desiree Francis | Jr | 29.6 |
| 2021 | Ashley Joens | Jr | 28.8 |
| 2000 | Desiree Francis | Sr | 28.7 |
| 2019 | Kristin Scott | So | 28.2 |
| 2012 | Chelsea Poppens | Jr | 26.7 |
| 1988 | Carmen Jaspers | Jr | 26.5 |
| 2005 | Katie Robinette | Sr | 25.8 |
| 2013 | Chelsea Poppens | Sr | 25.4 |
| 2020 | Ashley Joens | So | 24.9 |
| 1986 | Stephannie Smith | Jr | 24.6 |
| 2023 | Ashley Joens | Sr | 24.3 |
| 2006 | Brittany Wilkins | Sr | 24.3 |
| 1983 | Tonya Burns | So | 23.9 |
| 1987 | Stephannie Smith | Sr | 23.5 |
| 2001 | Tracy Gahan | Jr | 23.4 |
And here are the top 15 freshman seasons measured by efficiency per 40 minutes. Very interesting entry at #4.
| 2024 | Audi Crooks | Fr | 29.8 |
| 2024 | Addy Brown | Fr | 21.9 |
| 1999 | Angie Welle | Fr | 19.7 |
| 2024 | Jalynn Bristow | Fr | 18.7 |
| 1998 | Megan Taylor | Fr | 18.7 |
| 2010 | Chelsea Poppens | Fr | 18.6 |
| 2000 | Lindsey Wilson | Fr | 18.3 |
| 1995 | Janel Grimm | Fr | 18.1 |
| 1995 | Jayme Olson | Fr | 18.0 |
| 2006 | Nicky Wieben | Fr | 17.0 |
| 2014 | Seanna Johnson | Fr | 16.9 |
| 1999 | Tracy Gahan | Fr | 16.7 |
| 2018 | Kristin Scott | Fr | 16.5 |
| 2008 | Kelsey Bolte | Fr | 16.3 |
| 2001 | Erica Junod | Fr | 16.1 |
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Holy moly to have three freshmen players who are as efficient as Welle. The future is blindly bright!
Best freshman classes in ISU history? Here are the top 10 seasons in total freshman efficiency per team game played. For each season I list all freshman with efficiencies greater than zero, in order of total season efficiency.
1 | 2024 | 57.5 | Crooks, Brown, K. Joens, Bristow, Jackson |
2 | 2021 | 31.6 | Ryan, Donarski, Feuerbach, Au. Joens, Zingaro |
3 | 1994 | 30.7 | Warner, Martin, Dedek, Hand, Cox, Wuebben, Gunderson, Lee, Doten |
4 | 2010 | 27.2 | Poppens, Prins, Zimmerman, Schroll |
5 | 1995 | 26.3 | Olson, Grimm |
6 | 1999 | 26.0 | Welle, Gahan, Cizek, Shriver |
7 | 2014 | 25.3 | Johnson, Buckley, Albrecht, Jensen |
8 | 2006 | 23.9 | Wieben, Ezell, Nisleit, Bjerke |
9 | 1982 | 23.2 | Burns, Cain, Cook, Biebighauser |
10 | 2016 | 22.0 | Carleton, Burkhall, Ricketts |
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Two thoughts…
1. MRed is having way too much fun with numbers
2. I’m old. I saw every single one of those groups of players
1. Always.
2. I was a toddler in 82 and didn't follow the team early enough to watch any of the 1994 players, but I did start following the team halfway through the 97-98 season so I did get the privilege of seeing Olson and Grimm play.
