2024-25 Roster/Rotation Additions
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Do you think Williams is our 4 next year or do we try add? Before I believe you described her as a guard.
Williams is an unknown outside the practice court. Very few minutes as a freshman at LSU. Decent high school player. We just have almost nothing to gauge any perspective from.
The article below from the DMR is about Williams. Not a ton of information, but the article describes her as a forward and says that in her sit-out year, they've been working on refining her 3-point shot.
Based on that plus her size, I'd expect she'll be playing at the 4. It would still be nice to get a transfer there, since it would be ideal to allow Brown to get some of her minutes at the 3. But I think if Fennelly doesn't pursue a forward transfer, that probably means that he expects Williams to be a substantial contributor.
LSU transfer Alisa Williams discusses redshirting with Iowa State women’s basketball
Alisa Williams sat out her first season at Iowa State after transferring from LSU. On Thursday, she talked about how things are going.
www.desmoinesregister.com
Based on that plus her size, I'd expect she'll be playing at the 4. It would still be nice to get a transfer there, since it would be ideal to allow Brown to get some of her minutes at the 3. But I think if Fennelly doesn't pursue a forward transfer, that probably means that he expects Williams to be a substantial contributor.
You could tell that the level of competition was a big step up for her once we got in to Big 12 play. Hopefully, with a year under her belt, she can improve her touch and foot work and be a solid contributor.
I’d like to see a 3rd option at post, forbid something happens to Notabu or Crooks and they have to miss time. I also agree it will be hard to find, nobody worthwhile will want to come here to split 10 minutes a game with Notabu
Last season we lost 2/3 of our post rotation to injury before conference games even started.
Creators are always welcome, but what are Ryan and Brown? Crooks is an easy trump card offensively. The offense is going to run through those three, so I'm not sure how much we need a creator. I think a better version of Diew would be ideal. Another ball handler to help Ryan as well. I think Jackson is better suited as a 3 and D player until Ryan is gone.
One portal player I know is on the radar of the ISU coaches (but not yet at the point of adding to my 2024 recruiting list) is Kenzie Hare of Marquette. She has two years left and could fill the Belanger role -- she was 91-214 (42.5%) behind the arc and averaged 14 ppg overall.
I’m sure she’ll be making some $ somewhere, but would love to see her in Ames.
That would seem to indicate they see Williams as a forward in Bill's system maybe a swing between the 3/4 like Diew. Still going to need another though just to get back to where we were.
I wonder if Joens and Williams might both be half time starters, based on matchups?
Starting Joens and another guard like Jackson puts Brown at the 4. Not her ideal position. I'm seeing something more like this
Ryan
Jackson or a transfer
Brown
Williams or a transfer
Crooks.
Natabou and
Joens or Taske
Rounding out the rotation
I would take a stab by looking at it, not so much as “starters“ but a rotation. In the guard court, you have Ryan, Jackson, Joens, and Tanke as regulars. We will see how our Indiana prospect shapes up. I include Tanke only because I’ve seen her play a great deal more.. For forwards, we would see Brown, Williams, and a transfer. The big thing about Brown is that she can play positions one through four. She is obviously a great ball distributor and can bring the ball up to court. In the post we are pretty much set with Crooks and Natabou. I mentioned thinking of this as a rotation earlier because so many of these players will be able to move to other positions, depending on whether we want to play large, small, quick, etc. we have the personnel to have four guards and a post on the court at the same time. We also have the personnel to see a smaller group without a post at all. This is why the off-season is going to be so interesting seeing who the coaches bring in from the transfer portal.
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Thought I'd drop this here after placin git in the 2024 recruiting thread. It's late in the game for HS kids except for these few decommits. Not on mred's recruiting lists for 2024 but she is a #67 ESPN and is regional in Wisconsin. Other P6 offer was Minnesota.
Ran across this listing of top portals prospects so far. Not sure how much went into it but who doesn't love a good list. 
