BREAKING NEWS: Iowa Women's Basketball lands SUPERSTAR Villanova transfer G Lucy Olsen ☆★☆★☆

[@thomaswakefield6889]

3rd leading scorer in the country but she was her conference's number 1 leading scorer. that really says a lot about her, congrats to Iowa hope to see you all in the final 4 again next year

[@nathanmerz3717]

What a great get. She can score. She can create her own shot, and knows how to put the ball in the hoop even when contested. This is a great get.

[@dustysmoke4996]

Completely irrelevant to her gameplay, but it's a teensy bit ironic that she's almost a spitting image of Kate Martin. 🙂

[@csracingreport2024]

My comments above would agree it looks promising; I'm in ACC Country but I look @ every Conference closely, and w/ AFFOLTER, like STUELKE, a potential All-Big 10, possible Player of the Year, help from TAYLOR MCCABE, & O'Grady, and their Incoming Freshman Post Player, who's name I'm forgetting, IOWA looks post-Clark ready to be a Solid @ worst; IOWA ST looks a bit more versatile on Paper, but OLSEN adds Scoring Punch; That, along w/ who can scoop a Recruit and/ or Portal Pickups will offer more clues.

[@remproperties3560]

Fantastic news! I understand that we only have one scholarship to give and they decided to use it to recruit a point guard. Maddie Scherr from Kentucky was going to visit on Thursday after Lucy. I was hoping Lucy would commit. I'm sure Maddie would have been great too, but this is HUGE for Iowa! I love that we can continue the play style we are known for and I think Lucy will be the perfect fit for that!

[@grillinman84]

For some reason when Olsen hit the portal I had a feeling Iowa would land her. Awesome!

[@jjmac6054]

Good for Lucy! She will fit in well with the ladies on this team! You can’t have enough talent and depth!

[@paulbelow8849]

Wow, a Big addition for Iowa to go along with a Strong Freshman Class!

[@deanlarose3678]

She will do good at Iowa, they play a team style game and Lucy will fit in well.

[@destinypirate]

Wow 27,000 views. Is that a record Cory? Good for you, you were there for women's basketball when it wasn't hot, good to see HOTS benefiting

[@tylerbrown2700]

Let's go Hawks!

[@garyelsbecker8104]

Love your women’s basketball coverage. Will you be covering men’s baseball and women’s softball this spring? I will be watching…..thx. 😎

[@becky4642]

So happy about this! Good luck

[@nathanthompson3401]

Super news for Iowa for sure. But great news for the B1G as having Lucy and Juju in the conference brings more and more attention. If they both continue their development, can only mean better competition and more interest.

[@drbobperkins]

This guy Cory deserves credit, he’s got thee stuff!!!! Very good voice. Good energy. Homework (check)

[@whatsyoursign3910]

Yes! Welcome Lucy!!

[@jeffwallenta2851]

Mn guy here but everybody loves the Hawks. Now they need a stud post to help out Hannah. Good luck Hawks.

[@skylermummert24]

They a have a 6’4” 4 or 5 star coming in this year

[@rogerfuentes8765]

@skylermummert24 Ave Heiden is 6.4 that will help

[@csracingreport2024]

CS in ACC Land (NC) in the US; I analyze all or Most of the Leagues; Haven't checked to see if REAGAN BEERS (Oregon St.) made a decision after entering the Portal; U CONN, UCLA, or LSU may have the Inside Track to land her, but she's very good; A Most likely Top 5/ 10 WNBA Lottery Pick in 2025 wherever she goes, and IOWA would be well-served w/ her on board 2 free-up STUEKE add rotation flexibility; w/ her; She may have Visited IOWA CITY or talked to the coaches, no telling. They have a nice Post player Recruit incoming for 2025, and if I'm Correct ADDISON DEAL won't be on campus until the 25-2026 Season; Top Guard, not sure which Number, but she's Ranked either 18th or 36th in the Nation.

[@KellzInIowa]

So stoked! But how's her defense?

[@Jenkinscordell]

A really good video and bright future for Lucy

[@roughriderreturns5039]

Thank you, Mr. Brada.

[@kristindamas8558]

Yeah!!! Let's go Hawks!!

[@maureenrozen3052]

Great content

[@michaellewis09]

As a Hawkeye fan, I'm happy to have her play here.

[@billsmith5166]

Wow. This looks like a great fit.

[@garygarton2168]

Welcome to Iowa Lucy

[@Starstrucknut]

This is great news !!!

[@lesliechristensen3910]

Thanks for the Info.

[@destinypirate]

"Poor woman's Caitlin Clark!" Cory! I love this. When you have a chance look up "butter's getting hard - Chick Hearn" A man who can coin a phrase is a man with a place in sportcasting!

[@adctex]

Nice content... but... at 2:10 while discussing her stats, you say that she played for UConn ....

[@jimwallace9036]

That great score from the Big East a lot of class AAA+ players in that division more to come we hope.

[@sammy2840]

Coach Lisa Bluder lands a whale! I’ve watched Lucy’s points per game every week as she was 3rd behind Caitlin! She must be awesome! Wonderful news! Now Bluder and Jan and staff can make her super great!

[@Basskingdom7]

I agree! She’s amazing I hear. I haven’t ever seen her play, but I did see her highlights and she’s a beast!

[@csracingreport2024]

CS from ACC Land in the US , that looks @ all Conferences; Or Most/ 99%; One piece of Highlight Tape to Consider; VILLANOVA vs DEPAUL, Game 2, Look for a late Feb or March Date to check out OLSEN. Late Reg-Season/ Pre-B. East Conference Tourney tilt; One of better games of the 23-2024 season, btw

[@LGH1847]

When I look into the future, I see Iowa landing a front court player as well. Someone from Oregon State maybe??

[@terryreed7732]

Great news!

[@alexiscustodio192]

The questionwill be how will she affect the play of the other guards specially Taylor Mccabe.

[@MattJ-p8n]

I know she will make caitlin proud and do great with iowa.

[@superfit60]

Ready for Lucy, this is great!!! I cant wait to see her!!!

[@LGH1847]

Good handle, quick feet/athletic, strong shot. She going to score a lot of points next year.

[@TheRimIsOnFire]

Yesssssssss!!! I told people we going NOWHERE!!!!!! Business as usual, get it going!!!

[@stavrosforever]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@robertsutphen2333]

Good for her ! Hard worker ….she be a good fit with that coach!

[@bondwin7025]

Oh Yesssssss! I can't wait to next season, Addison Deal and Lucy Olsen .Let's go IOWA. 💛 🏀🎆

[@timoaks3732]

HOORAY!

[@Woodlums08]

Hello? Taylor McAbe who could come off the bench and drain threes with quick release.

[@FromtheHawkeyeoftheStorm]

Hello. What about her?

[@rorystorm4284]

​@@FromtheHawkeyeoftheStormWell, what do you think it means?

[@dankelly-e6x]

I'd love to be optimistic with Lucy Olson but the numbers of 51-29 loom so ominous. It's just so vital to have that height.

[@libertyfarmsiowa]

Now we need a tenacious D player to replace Gabby Marshall. We really need some HEIGHT that's aggressive & strong in the post to help Hannah. Hannah's aggressive play really started to spark this year, but some of those big girls were able manhandle Hannah even though she really dug deep and fought hard, so it'd would be great to get some more of that with a little more height and size to have two down low that can be rebounding beasts on both sides of the court.

[@Charles-y7n7r]

Ava Heiden? She's 6'4"😮

[@libertyfarmsiowa]

@@Charles-y7n7r Good catch. I forgot the Ava verbally comitted to Iowa, but that's probably because I haven't spent a lot of time looking at her yet.

[@vincentmathis480]

Let's go Iowa

[@larryhayes5512]

Good as far as concerned Iowa is number 1 ❤

[@HarlemFilmCenter]

Saw Lucy live at Columbia, this year. She's the real deal! Makes tough shots! She assumed an expanded role due to the graduation of All-Big East forward & leading scorer Maddy Siegrist(29.2 ppg, 9.2 reb, 1.5 ast).

[@ThatGuy-zg7il]

Is Addison Deal still coming to Iowa ?

[@FromtheHawkeyeoftheStorm]

Yes- 2025

[@davidmathewson1088]

Olsen, Sydney and Stuelke make a very good nucleus. Stuelke should improve on being stronger holding onto the ball and better body positioning near the hoop. Syd just needs slightly better defense and a couple of more points a game. Kylie makes for a good 6th man. So they need to replace Kate Martin's versatility (rebounding, efficient scoring). Who are the other two starters?

[@thomaswakefield6889]

Stuelke needs to learn how to stay out of foul trouble as well

[@csracingreport2024]

CS From ACC Land (NC) in the US; The fact that IOWA bypassed the Portal in the 2023 "Off-Season" & didn't give her 100% confirmation they would Explore in 2024 may have factored into CAITLIN CLARK's Entry into the WNBA Draft; Now that it's in the Books, grabbing OLSEN in the Transfer Market makes the Lady Hawks potential In & Outside of Conference Big-10 & their already Key Matchup w/ In-State Rivals IOWA ST, that much more Interesting; Prior to the Pickup of OLSEN, the Cyclones on Paper looked to have an Edge in Talent & Upside, being a Gifted team w/ Youth w/ the Recruiting Windows still in Progress, the Final Tale on how both Clubs will look for 2024-2025 will be told; w/ OLSEN's formidable Dribble-Drive & Perimeter ability, IOWA has initially positioned themselves to smoothy transition into a Potent "Post-Clark" offense.

[@thehoff8436]

Syd and Hannah are gonna have Monster years!!!

[@danshootsslingshots1261]

Her mid range game is 🔥

[@Bludersbunch]

Iowa coaches hate midrange... Interesting...

[@KellzInIowa]

That's what I noticed too! Something we really didn't have last year.

[@chucks1673]

I love this pick-up......Has a certain ring to her name ....Lute Olson would approve.

[@IowaRocker81]

How’s her logo 3’s range? :)

[@thewatchmen4920]

We knew that this would happen. Who's is the next one 🤔⛹🏻‍♀️

[@kathyshea2444]

Need some height and someone that be aggressive under the boards

[@ishmael_03]

We need scorers and at least 2 bigs.

[@chidullas3582]

let’s go Iowa!

[@written12]

Lucy Olsen is an excellent players. Good for the Hawkeyes. I live in NYC but how can anyone not like the Lady Hawks?

[@jeffg1524]

Cait left a huge hole to fill.

[@drbobperkins]

Cool. Maybe they can go .500 next year.

[@thehoff8436]

So if her stats track....next year shes due for about what 38-40 ppg....

[@kennethgolden5539]

Does not remind me of Caitlin. But she does remind me of Paige Bueckers. She has a similar midrange game as Paige. That is where Caitlin needs to improve. This is a great one year player and then the 5 star player from the West Coast can take over. Now they need a 6'4"+ Big. They get this and they can compete on the national stage, legit.

[@Charles-y7n7r]

They have one coming in, she's 6'4"!😮

[@nickkendrick1011]

They need some size. They are getting overpowered by the LSU’s and SC’s of the world

[@rogerfuentes8765]

Have you seen Ava Heiden. She is 6.4

[@rogerfuentes8765]

Next season, the team will have four girls over 6.3 . That can't hurt.

[@buriedtreasr389]

Hearing S. Anderson/K. Wetjen/J. Buie/A. Price at WR have all stepped up their games...but a WR out of Oregon could be coming if NIL is right.

[@garygarton2168]

We need Taylor to come on big time and she is the girl to do it.

[@georgekucharo1960]

Can Lisa Bluder PLEASE coach the Men's team, too????

[@stavrosforever]

Go Hawks! 🔥🖤💛

[@buriedtreasr389]

Nestor and Lutmer where chatting on campus about how good defense is and their goal to shut down Ohio State.

[@t.u.6178]

🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛✅💪🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@franktoledo6342]

More interesting in Iowa Women than WNBA. The team should be good.

[@kathyshea2444]

This is great news...I watched her this year ..she will be a good fit for Iowa

[@brandonburr4900]

What a big get for the hawks! I didn't have my hopes up with basically every big name school wanting Olsen services. Here tape is impressive ! I really love the step back midrange shot. That is near impossible to defend . And can school in so many other ways. Haven't seen much of her passing but I have no doubt with her ability and the team around her and coming in she will fit in just fine into bluders high assist up tempo offense. Her recruitment wasn't huge out of high school and wasn't a huge 4 or 5 star kid. She was in ranked overall similar to Kate Martin coming out of high school. It's impressive seeing her improve year to year. She has had to earn it by putting in the work and it's paying off. I had a feeling seeing her she would fit our system as long as she wasn't looking for a big nil payday compared to what other schools could give. Have a feeling this was fitting in somewhere vs $$$. I hope she can come right in and form some nice chemistry. My only question is what happens with guard maddie sheer from kentury ? Are they still interested in her as well? Or was she the backup in case Olsen didn't pan out? It's interesting with the coaching change at Kentucky and Moore coming in from Virginia tech (and the whole team and staff filled and liked maddie also on socoal) that no other school but Iowa has shown interest in her. We all know bluder lloves to play with lineup full of guards.

[@mervjb809]

We (Iowa) are in desperate need of a 5!!

[@StanEngland]

That's the problem with the transfer Portal - Kylie, Taylor, et al., just going to sit on the bench?

[@FromtheHawkeyeoftheStorm]

Five players start.

[@def1ghi]

We need as much a new Molly Davis as anything as in someone who can run the play, get the ball down court, and not make mistakes. We have Taylor to drop threes and then Syd can keep playing a 2/3 position. Very excited!

[@Michael-of6zf]

Now they decide to get good players. If they would have gotten another scorer, they would have two natty by now. But they need to add a big girl, Huelke as much as she is liked she is not a starter. She is too small and some games she just disappears. When you are the starting center and the coach has to take you out in the final minutes of a championship game because you couldn't make a layup, than you got some work to do.

[@katylee4087]

All about Iowa Women’s Basketball!!!

[@Robert-uc5pb]

Bluder's going to need a ton of talent to get over the SEC hump. SC has all but one starter coming back and has a top recruit in Joyce Edwards...Looking like a repeat

[@mcportz]

Go Hawks ❤

[@loriweiss3439]

I was hoping she come here, she is a great addition to the team, she fit in well.

[@timnichols2551]

Wahoo!!!! YES.. Caitlin Clark has a replacement!!!! for the Hawkeyes

[@cjw3146]

Now get Raegen Beers and another final four is very possible.

[@thedirtygot9570]

Great news! Go hawks

[@ianfrase1281]

So basically IOWA just lost 2 SUPERSTARS (Caitlin Clark & Kate Martin) & now they’re just reloading for next year

[@ec5657]

I've only seen a few highlights of her and two things stand out immediately: 1. she's great at creating space for her own shots and 2. she surprisingly has good post moves at only 5'9''. It'll be interesting to see what she does with more talent around her at Iowa.

[@Hawkrvo]

She past up LSU. lol. Welcome !

[@jouzou4311]

She + ADDISON D will help Hannah and the Iowa

[@wendyduehr8086]

She has a very quick release.

[@jacobwatson1818]

Quick question, does Iowa have another spot available for portal? I was looking and I thought they only had 1 spot.

[@cjw3146]

Ya this puts them at 15/15 scholarships.

[@FromtheHawkeyeoftheStorm]

Technically, all scholarships are accounted for currently.

[@g.willykers]

Let’s go Hawks!! 🎉

[@VincentBaker-j1b]

I hope Iowa fans will not constantly compare her to Caitlin Clark. That would be unfair, as Clark is the type of player that only comes along once in a lifetime.

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

her and the 5-star freshman from California....Lisa might finally get her trophies.

[@AI_ArtShow]

Addie Deal doesn’t come until 2025

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

@@AI_ArtShow well damn

[@taraenid7434]

Oh great !!

[@katylee4087]

Interested in Lucy’s assists???

[@jacobwatson1818]

Wow, can you start off each video like that?

[@flashmagoo3036]

Pretty sure that’s it for scholarships. Four coming in, five out, plus Olsen. Really important transfer, lots of experience and at the position you want it with a really young team.

[@FromtheHawkeyeoftheStorm]

They are full as of right now.

[@MidwestBuckets]

I'm already jonezing for Hawkeye basketball. I need a time machine to jump forward to November.

[@jdneely9939]

They're going to reloading from here on out. With the nxt two classes coming in n what they have already they will step back but not that much.

[@rickyyoung2747]

Didn’t win with Clark ain’t gonna win with her😂

[@nummynutz1]

I'm disappointed that Iowa went to the portal.

[@stanwebb3480]

Add Ms. Beer!!!!

[@brianh6]

Iowa would need someone to transfer out first in order to add Beers. That is unlikely to happen at this point.

[@chazzwidd4922]

also iowa haas Addison Deal...they.;; be ok

[@jdneely9939]

I compare her to a Marshall style but more scoring.