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mred

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A few notes on her stats:

Her minutes increased quite a bit toward the end of the year. 120 of her 248 minutes were in the last 7 games of the season. That's something to keep in mind -- a significant percentage of her minutes was against conference competition.

I compared her stats per 40 minutes vs our three primary posts this season (Scott/Burkhall/Nezerwa), and additionally vs the freshman years of three prominent recent posts (Scott/Burkhall/Fernstrom):

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                   |                          PER 40 MINUTES                             |
               min |  fg   fga   ft   fta  pts   oreb dreb totr  f    a    to   s    b   |
Scott          841 |  8.1  14.4  3.0  3.8  21.4  3.8  8.0  11.8  3.5  1.0  1.8  1.0  2.0 |
Burkhall       441 |  6.4  13.1  2.0  2.8  14.9  3.9  4.6   8.5  5.0  1.5  2.0  0.6  0.5 |
Nezerwa        303 |  7.8  16.2  4.2  6.2  20.1  5.1  9.2  14.4  6.9  2.9  5.7  1.8  2.4 |
Jarosinski     246 |  2.4   7.2  1.0  1.8   6.0  3.1  4.9   8.0  3.4  2.0  2.1  1.3  2.4 |
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Scott (Fr)     511 |  4.3  11.4  2.0  3.1  11.2  3.9  8.3  12.2  2.8  0.7  1.8  0.9  1.6 |
Burkhall (Fr)  679 |  6.2  14.4  2.3  3.6  14.8  3.0  5.1   8.1  3.8  0.6  1.6  1.1  1.3 |
Fernstrom (Fr) 594 |  7.5  17.0  2.6  4.1  18.7  2.2  4.6   6.7  4.2  0.9  2.6  0.6  2.4 |

It's clear Jarosinski's offensive usage was very low. She attempted barely more than half the FGA/40 of Burkhall, our lowest of the three posts. Her FTA/40 is also very low, but that's not a surprise given her low FGA.

Her rebounding is also lower than the other three posts. Her rebound rate was on par with Burkhall but well below the other two. She was better than Fernstrom -- I had forgotten how low Fernstrom's rebounding stats were.

The other stats are where she shines. She blocked shots as frequently as Nezerwa but with around half the fouls. I thought Scott did great at that this season, but Jarosinski was actually a bit better. Jarosinski's the only player on this list who had more combined blocks and steals than fouls.

She also had an a/to rate of just slightly under 1.0, which is great for a post player (let alone a freshman one). None of the three comparison freshmen were above 0.4.
 
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The tl;dr version of the above post:

Based entirely on her freshman year stats:
Pros:
Good defender
Does not foul
Good ballhandler

Cons:
Only an OK rebounder
Does not score

The rebounding issue could just be due to the system she was in, and obviously scoring can be improved with work.
 
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Since we have not heard anything on Ines Nezerwa's extra years it must not be looking good. To bad had hoped to have her at least one more year.

I am not as high on her as a player as some here but hope she gets the extra year for academic reasons. Not sure what her academic status is with her bouncing around as much as she has but an extra year could give her more progress at getting a degree (even though she is listed as undeclared).
 

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I am not as high on her as a player as some here but hope she gets the extra year for academic reasons. Not sure what her academic status is with her bouncing around as much as she has but an extra year could give her more progress at getting a degree (even though she is listed as undeclared).

How do you think she compared to say Mere B?
 

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The tl;dr version of the above post:

Based entirely on her freshman year stats:
Pros:
Good defender
Does not foul
Good ballhandler

Cons:
Only an OK rebounder
Does not score

The rebounding issue could just be due to the system she was in, and obviously scoring can be improved with work.

Just for fun and out curiosity, since she's the same class as Morgan Kane I looked at how they were "scored" for the Class of 2018 while being assessed against the same other posts of that class. Really close.

Morgan Kane
ESPN: Three star, score 90, 19th position (forward) rank, no overall national rank
Prospects Nation: Four star, 25th position (post) rank, #136 national overall.

Lindsey Jarosinski
ESPN: Three star, score 90, 17th position rank (post), no overall national ranking
Prospects Nation: Four star, "watch list", didn't make their position or national list.

And just for the heck of it, Burkhall and Scott's HS rankings since we have actually seen them play in comparison to HS rankings:

Kristin Scott
ESPN: Three star, score 90, 22nd position rank (forward), no national overall ranking
Prospects Nation: Four star, 17th position rank (post), #96 overall national listing.

Meredith Burkhall
ESPN: Three Star, score 90, 17th position rank (forward), #100 national rank
Prospects Nation: Four star, 11th position rank (forward), #47 overall national ranking.

Again, just for fun, I am bored this morning. ;)
 

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It's in the NCAA's hands. I don't think the lack of a decision so far necessarily means anything good or bad.
When is the latest this type of decision can be expected to be made? Seems like when the person's future plans are in limbo, and the facts are pretty well documented, it should be closer to this week than the end of the semester? Good luck Ines!
 

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and the facts are pretty well documented

There's the problem. I'm sure the issue has something to do with the nature of her college work in Rwanda, not anything to do with her time at Jacksonville College. And anything that happens overseas isn't necessarily well-documented or easy to research. Some relevant research must have already been done when she was declared eligible to play this past season, but I think that was more about academics (transferring credits and such, since by all accounts Ines is an excellent student) plus maybe they were also making sure none of her basketball experience in Africa was professional. This is more about the 5-year window.
 
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Here's her timeline (most details come from this article: https://www.amestrib.com/sports/201...s-nezerwas-journey-from-burundi-to-iowa-state )

2014-2015: First year at U of Rwanda (played club bb)
2015-2016: Second year at U of Rwanda (played club bb)
2016-2017: Started at Jacksonville College Jan 2017 (did not play bb)
2017-2018: Last year at Jacksonville College -- received Associate's Degree -- first year of collegiate basketball
2018-2019: First year at Iowa State -- second year of collegiate basketball

The issue: "Your five-year clock starts when you enroll as a full-time student at any college." http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/current/transfer-terms

By rule, her career is done. I'm guessing ISU's case is that the NCAA should be lenient on someone who started college overseas and has only played two years of collegiate basketball, while the NCAA may not be looking to open that can of worms with a waiver.