And the amount of turnovers that occurred either trying to get her the ball or with her trying to catch the ball.
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always thought Addy Brown was just heads and shoulders better at entry passes than pretty much any player we've had on the team the last 3 seasons. even compared to Ryan and definitely Williams. Addy could just put that ball to a spot that damn near completed half the layup for Audi.
other players would just full on panic a pass to a triple-teamed Audi that had no fn chance in hell and Bill would just stare. smfh.
Audi needs the big money now. She’s not making it in the WNBA.
Honest question, what did she do to deserve her jersey hung? One-dimensional player who could score if she got the ball in the right position but that's about it. Pretty average to poor at everything else with little to no improvement in weaknesses in 3 years.
One player asking for more than the revenues of the entire program, sounds like the WNBA. ISU should stop spending money on woman's basketball. Get a new young coach at less than half the price and offer a token to girls who actually want to play. Stupid to try and outspend anyone.
The cheap shots at Audi are getting annoying on here but this is probably the truth. Lot of rim running and position versatility in the W right now. I think Audi would have stayed if the teams profit sharing wasn’t gutted.
Probably was the right choice by Pollard but Audi was easily the schools most recognizable athlete.
Considering there hasn’t been a jersey hung in a long while…she would be down the list a ways. Ashley Joens and Bridget Carlton would be at the top.
I might also throw Emily Ryan in that conversation with Ashley and Bridget.
All American. Twice, Iowa State has only retired 4 numbers. So not a big deal to not retire her since Ashley Joens number isn’t retired either. How many All Americans does Iowa State have?
Key Iowa State Women's Basketball All-Americans:
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(2025-26): Second Team AP, USBWA, and Wooden Award All-American (2026); Third Team AP/USBWA (2025). - Ashley Joens
(2021-23): Multiple-time AP All-American (Second Team 2022, Third Team 2023). - Bridget Carleton
(2019): AP All-American (Second Team). - Angie Welle
(2001-02): Third Team (2001) and Second Team (2002) AP All-American. - Stacy Frese
(1999): First AP All-American in
If you want to have competitive teams you have to be willing to compete in all areas. Stopping spending money won't get you a good coach, it gets you 3-15 in the Big 12 and 20 losses every year. What does that do for ISU athletics in any way?
The programs that make the most money should get the money to be competitive. It sucks but that’s the landscape. We already earmark to much money to the wrestling program.
Title IX would have quite a bit to say about that.
Title IX really doesn't say much about how much is invested towards being competitive or NIL\Rev share splits. Especially not in the current environment where the federal government is unlikely to be jumping in to try to force the issue.
If that happens you’ll see athletic programs completely separate from schools.
NIL was the work around. Players could get paid from outside private entities without university involvement. If the universities are dispensing out the money at that disproportionate of a ratio then that would easily show inequitable distribution of resources. Which Title IX enforces.
I’d also point out that nothing about this current Supreme Court would suggest they’ll be supportive of the NCAA
When every wbb program loses money (and not a little bit of money) it would be a steep argument to make in court that there is anything inequitable about distribution of revenue share even if womens teams got absolutely none of it.
That's not because the courts are against the NCAA. The courts have adopted a view regarding antitrust and regarding players freedom to seek economic opportunities. Those don't contradict with a school choosing what non-scholarship opportunities to offer just to remain competitive
Nor should they be, they should be supportive of the constitution. The courts original decision was only an antitrust one and involved educational benefits. It did not approve or create NIL. The problem was, after it, lawyers lined up to profit off athletes, and the NCAA was too afraid of lawsuits to say no to anything. Antitrust status from congress would entirely negate the Supreme Court case. Not sure anyone is sane enough and determined enough to return College sports to an amateur status with modest stipends like it should be. Just semipro with some Universities logo, even woman's basketball is that way.
Title IX requires schools receiving federal funds to provide equal athletic opportunities, benefits, and financial aid to male and female student-athletes, including proportional scholarship funding. NIL, I would assume, would be outside of that, but now that those funds have been absorbed into the athletic departments who knows? What it does do is prevent an athletic department from cutting funding to non-revenue sports below what other sports receive in the above mentioned categories.
