Spot on. Being a UCONN fan I've seen a lot of Lucy Olsen. She is a really, really good player. A loss for the Big East, a big win for the Big 10. Really if I was a woman in the portal and/or had a daughter who played I would not want her to attend Louisiana State Kardashian school of drama.

Great move for both parties. She’s a bucket for sure and can continue to be the primary scoring option. She’s gonna have to improve her assist numbers, tho.

This is not just an Iowa story. It is also great news for the strength of the Big Ten. Having Lucy and Juju in the conference reduces the influence of the SEC, ACC, and Big 12.

In my opinion it is not just replacing Caitlin Clark, but replacing Gabbi Marshall and Kate Martin will be no easy task either. Those two were an integrical part of the lineup.

Tough to fill caitlin's shoes, but great for Iowa as it shows players want to go there

Caitlin showed get PR and advertising money from Iowa lol. What a young woman! Whatever she’s touched has improved greatly.

Great move to get her. Wish Coach Bluder can get 6'5" or taller good post player in transfer portal

Caitlin Clark is SPECIAL, UNIQUE. Iowa will NEVER have another Caitlin Clark.

love your unbiased knowledge of these teams. Beers committed today to UCONN so athletes are wary of the LSU drama...although I suspect that Angel was toxic (don't at me...if you don't recognize the signs of a toxic women, I don't know what to tell you) and with her gone, LSU culture will improve. Flu'jae is great player with great energy.--she will show out next year.

They still have Stulke and Afoltter, Taylor McCabe will take Gabby Marshall's spot and while on defense she will need to step it up to match Marshall she may actually be an upgrade in shooting as she is likely the best shooter on Iowa (including Clark , she just does not have logo range and does not usually shoot off the bounce) McCabe shot 46 percent from 3pt line this year and 41% as a freshman and one coach said she is the best set shooter she has seen. McCabe arguably should have played more but Iowa leaned on its Seniors hard as they were better on defense than the others and had better chemistry. The real question is who steps up in Kate Martin's spot which was a very big deal. If they can find someone to do what Martin did and Stulke, McCabe and Afoltter all progress and get a little better with Olsen they may still be a top 25 team.

Will be interesting to see what happens to her numbers going from a slow team in Nova to one of the fastest paced teams in Iowa. Don't be surprised if she puts up something like 28-30 points per game.

The problem won’t be so much replacing Clark’s scoring as replacing her passing

I love this Go Iowa 🖤💛🔜

That's a good move for Iowa, if not so great for the Big East. It also moves Lucy to a major conference and lets her shine (I think she will; you don't get the number three slot in all the NCAA because you're playing in a comparatively weak conference.) I don't mind saying I'm glad we don't have to play her twice a year, and again in the tournament, now. She'll be tougher to handle now, I'm thinking. I'd really love to see Reagan Beers in a Uconn uniform, as well.

Excellent pickup by Iowa. I always knew that she was pretty a prolific scorer but didn't realize that she had had such a jump in production in her last year that Villanova. Her presence at Iowa would make them one of the top teams in the Big 10 behind USC, UCLA, and Ohio State especially if Kiki Iriafen goes to USC. They should be competitive nationally too based on the incoming recruiting class etc. Happy to see she didn't go to LSU. Too much unnecessary drama etc.

Ready to support the Hawkeyes next season.

lul: "JuJu is a tough match up for them". Talk about stating the obvious. JuJu is a tough match up for everyone, she'd be a tough match up for a WNBA team. She is seriously a woman amongst girls, just a beast.

Lucy leaving nova was a surprise though. She seemed nothing but happy there. I think she just saw the trajectory of the big east conference and looked at the exposure on FloSports and realized she needed to make a move. Maryland intrigued me. But I think Iowa is probably the best fit.

This will be a pretty well-balanced squad. With Heiden/O'Grady at the 5, and Hannah at 4, they'll have good size and paint play. Olsen at point can score, McCabe at the 2 is a deadly sniper who is poised for a breakout year. Affolter is a great all-around player at the wing, and Feuerbach will be solid again coming in at both 2 and 3. I expect to see nice contributions from Mallegni backing up Affolter, and Stremlow will probably get the call as back-up PG. I think this team has potential to be ranked in the teens by the end of the year, and win a couple of tourney games.

The talk about Ava Heiden(6'4") coming to Iowa brings up a concern that UConn fans can surely relate to. Heiden missed most of her junior year season with an ankle injury, and missed the start of her senior year with a knee injury. Unfortunately, some players just seem to be more injury prone than others. Iowa fans should hope that's not the case with Ava.

Olsen was the closest thing to Clark that was available, so Iowa hit a home run by getting her. The problem for Iowa is that they have no more scholarships to give, and still need a big. Stuelke has problems when she goes up against players with a height advantage. Iowa is still missing that critical piece.

Looks like a great pickup to me. Iowa has always had issues recruiting the top players, so this will lessen the affects of losing Clark, Martin, and Marshall.

Awesome analysis!

Excellant move for her...iowa might be a top 20 now....might be top 4 in the new big 10..behind usc, ucla, nebraska..not bad..

A great pic..this is awesome

Interested to see how Lucy looks with a bit more help. She was option 1, 1A, and 1B for Villanova last year.

When Hailey Van Lith entered the transfer portal, I thought that she could fill up the vacancy in Iowa with Caitlin Clark's departure, play the point and shoot. But I guess, HVL doesn't see Iowa as a good fit for her. Good for Coach Bluder to have someone to replace Caitlin. Lucy Olsen doesn't have to be a CC clone but just play her game.

Good pick up for Iowa ,,, HVL to TCU ? Didn't see that one coming

based on what happened in the last two games against South Carolina and against Angel Reese, Iowa definitely need help rebounding... they are too short. Against SC it's like middle school playing against high schoolers.

Iowa had a killer threat. Kate, Gabby & Mollie Davis were deadly from 3 line. Caitlin was going through a dry spell late in the year.

Love CC and what she has done for Womens bball,,, but Coach Bluder is also the best,,, people got to see her vs. Arriema & Mulkey

With the arrival of Ava, that gives her the center position, man she will be a beast under the guidance of coach Jensen. For the remaining starter spots I'd go with Hannah as a FW (maybe let her add midrange shots to her arsenal), Taylor as SG (good shooter, such a waste not been used in the Finals), Syd as another guard (mainly focusing on defense, rebounds, and loose balls), and for the last one, although Lucy will be transferring, if Kylie could up her playmaking game then I'd go with her as PG (because it's a plus if the PG knows the team better) and put Lucy as the 6th player. However, if kylie can't improve to be a good PG in the offseason then I'd put Lucy as the PG and Kylie as the 6th player and Addison will continue to be the backup post player to either Ava or Hannah.

It’s the Bluder effect. CC and Gustafson showed that when Bluder gats a star she lets the star shine. BTW why no mention of local phenom Callie Levin?

We got the TEETH!! 😁

i like lucy's moves

Those stats reflect her time with a different team she can only be as good as the team that she is playing with if she was with Iowa last year the stats would be different.

We shall see. It's a tough spot for Iowa next year I think. It's not just CC they lost, but Kate Martin as well. And the rest of the Iowa roster is kind of why they did not get the Natty. Stuelke is decent, but not special. But hey, if both the transfer & the recruit work out, they should be decent. Not really a serious contender though.

she only has one year left?

Big East conference countdown to irrelevance in 5, 4, 3...Welcome to the Big 10, Lucy. B1G network is going to showcase you at Iowa like Villanova never could. You just increased your draft chances substantially.

Great video, you just need to pronounce Czinano and Gustafson correctly

PLEEEASE put her on the floor at the same time with Taylor McCabe and watch opposing defenses lose their minds

There is certain things that Lucy is better then CC.I think Ava Heiden will be at center.

Ada Heiden looks better than O'Grady.

Is that a California thing the way you end these videos so abruptly lol.

Lsu needs to have flae j and morrow sell the team. Best recruiter angel is gone..

If she plays like she did against UCONN, Iowa, don't get your hopes up 😊

Iowa should get Hailey Van Lith and a big.

Not very impressed with Olsen overall Going to be an HVL#2 if you ask me. Another bad move. But this is why I do not like the transfer portal at all. Villanova could have been pretty strong next year. I can’t remember the freshman’s name … Maddie something. She had a good solid freshman year and a good surrounding cast. I just do not like the tranfer portal at all. Ik you could of transferred before the portal, it was just not common

I don't believe Lucy Olson transfer to Iowa will appreciably fill the void left by Caitlin Clarks's departure to the WNBA. Because the last time I checked CC accounted for 8.9 assists per game while scoring 31.9 points per game for Iowa and this was with have four years of continuity playing with her teammates a Iowa. Which can't be undervalued. Whereas LO only accounted for 23.3 points a game and only 3.8 assist a game for Villanova this past NCAAWs season. Iowa definitely won’t make it the round of 32! Moreover, her defense is worse than Caitlin Clarks's...good luck trying to replace CC... The ACC, Big-10, Big-12 and SEC will be tough conferences in the NCAAW basketball conferences during the 2024/2025 season. I just don't see Iowa being that relevant. But hey, Iowans can dream...as Bruce Springsteen song..."Glory Days," that's all that’s left for Iowan’s and Iowa's WCB program

Lol this is a joke Iowa will be 5th -6th in conference and not ranked at all all year they not beating ucla or usc or Ohio’state or Maryland this year out of conference i beta Iowa schedule will be weak rhsi Iowa team is non athletic and defense got worst Lsu usc UConn South Carolina Nd will rob the teams to beat Iowa need bigs and they not good, also where is the bench for Iowa lol piss poor team they’ll be a500 team 😊