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Freshmen bring opportunities

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Hoops2010 3 Men’s season preview 5 Legend returns 8 Meet the men’s team 13 Women’s season preview 14 Lone senior leads team 16 Meet the women’s team 18 Team schedules

On the cover:

Fred Hoiberg speaks at men’s basketball media day. Graphic: Kenyon Shafer/Iowa State Daily, Photo: Zunkai Zhao/Iowa State Daily

A year ago there was hope.

A potential NBA lottery pick, a coach that finally had some of his guys in the system and depth at nearly every position had fans believing.

Injury, sickness and midseason departures left former coach Greg McDermott scrambling, left NBA-bound Craig Brackins without any help and left the Cyclones with a disappointing 15-17 season that ended with a loss in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.

Brackins moved on to the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets, McDermott moved on back to the Missouri Valley and the head job at Creighton, and in stepped the hometown hero.

Fred Hoiberg inherits a team with four returners — only one of which played all of the 2009 season in full health — and question marks at nearly every spot on the roster.

Hoiberg’s only been on the job since late April, and turning a program around takes time — especially with 11 new faces in practice every day.

“You may see these guys throwing the ball into the third or fourth row in the month of the season,” Hoiberg said. “But if they keep grinding away and keep learning from their mistakes, these kids will have a chance.”

The young team’s leader will be Diante Garrett.

Garrett, in the past, has never been a scorer. In 200910, the Milwaukee, Wis., native averaged 9.2 points per game, a career high. Before that, he had seasons scoring 9.1 and 6.3 points per game.

Last season, Garrett also improved on his biggest weakness — turnovers — and had two assists for each turnover, another career high.

“Diante, we’re going to count on for a lot of things,”

Hoiberg said. “He’s going to play a ton of minutes, and he’s going to be our go-to guy.

He’s going to be asked to do a lot, and I think he’s ready for that challenge.”

His coach said Garrett’s shooting has improved over the summer. He’s a career 40.3 percent shooter in his three years in Ames, but he had always run the point for McDermott and never been asked to carry the scoring load.

Now, though, without Brackins for the first time and surrounded by unknowns, the senior will likely be asked to play off of the ball and put the ball in the basket.

“I’ve been in the gym a lot, getting a lot of jump shots up, just getting my jump shot ready,” Garrett said. “I’ve got to be ready to go out, and if they’re going to back up, be ready to shoot it.”

Hoiberg wants the defense backing off of the ISU offense.

Johnny Orr coached Hoiberg during the 1990s when he earned his mayoral title, and the Cyclones played a fast-paced offense that involved running in transition and spreading the floor for their many shooters.

While Hoiberg doesn’t have many shooters on the team, he has Garrett and a few he’d like to get in space.

“With Diante’s size and quickness and ball-handling abilities, it’s going to be very important for us to have the proper spacing plan,” Hoiberg said. “I think we have the chance to space the floor very well this year with some of the other players on our roster, with Scott Christopherson being a very good shooter and Jamie Vanderbeken back healthy and playing with confidence right now.”

Christopherson played much of the season while sick with mononucleosis, and his minutes were limited when he was ill. He still shot a team-high 42.9 percent from behind the

Iowa State’s Diante Garrett goes for a shot during the Cyclones’ game against Texas A&M on Feb. 20 in Hilton Coliseum. File photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily

3-point line, and will likely be looked to as the sharpshooter for the squad again this season.

“Obviously, getting sick wasn’t exactly in my plan for last year,” Christopherson said. “But I think just having gone through and played through it, I’m just going to be a lot more confident.”

The LaCrosse, Wisc., native is “in the gym all day long,” Hoiberg said.

Christopherson said it’s because he’s trying to make his game more rounded, become more than just an outside threat.

But in a system like Hoiberg’s, guards like Christopherson are put in a position to succeed anytime

the regular set breaks down.

“For the guards, it’s a lot of fun,” Christopherson said.

“You get a lot of freedom and a lot of space to make some plays.”

Vanderbeken might be the key to the offense’s success, though, if he can draw opposing defenses inside.

He’s listed at 6 feet 11 inches, but he only played in 10 games before eventually earning another year of eligibility from the NCAA. Now, he’s the lone threat inside with his size, but he’s a big guy who’s known to stretch the floor with midrange or even 3-point jump shots. He’s a 49.3 percent shooter in 41 games as a Cyclone, and has averaged

4.8 points per game.

“You try to play to the strengths of your players, and Jamie’s strength is to stretch the floor and to shoot perimeter shots,” Hoiberg said. “We’re going to play Jamie to his strengths, we’re going to play pick and roll with he and Diante a lot and space the floor out.”

After what he called a “hectic” offseason, Vanderbeken just wanted to straighten out his eligibility issues and get accustomed to the new coaching staff.

Since then, he’s cut weight — Hoiberg said he’s playing at a weight nearer to the weight he was in high

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>>MEN.p3 school in Belleville, Ontario, Canada — and he says he’s completely healthy.

“It’s been a long time coming, but I’m finally 100 percent,” he said.

He’ll be asked to stretch the floor on offense and pound with Big 12 big men inside on defense. But he and Garrett will have another job as seniors: Helping the four freshmen and two transfer players — possibly three, depending on the NCAA’s decision regarding Royce White’s eligibility — get acclimated to Ames and Iowa State, as well as helping them work their way into the new coach’s system.

“It’s about being patient with the freshmen and transfers because they’re not used to this kind of system that we’re going to have,” Garrett said. “I know it’s new to them right now and a lot of things are happening to them, so I try to just be there with them.”

The transfer players, aside from White, will likely have the biggest impact right away for the Cyclones.

DeMarcus Phillips will miss four to six weeks with a fractured left hand, but can score when he is on the floor, averaging 16 points per game in his second season at Marshalltown Community College.

Meanwhile, Darion “Jake” Anderson will be asked to carry part of the load right away.

“I think Jake is the best leader on this team,” Hoiberg said.

Anderson scored 10.6 points, six rebounds and 3.5 assists per game last season at Northern Illinois after averaging 16.9 points per game as a sophomore the year before.

Hoiberg’s going to put the ball in Anderson’s hands, setting up Garrett for more scoring opportunities — something else different from past seasons — while also putting the ball in the hands of an experienced player, something that might be rare on a roster featuring four unproven players.

“With this group of freshmen, the biggest thing that they’re going to have is an opportunity,” Hoiberg said. “They’ll all get an opportunity to go out there and play right away because right now we only have 10 bodies.”

The freshman with the most buzz is Melvin Ejim, a 19-year-old forward from Toronto that played at the same prep school as Brackins.

He’s listed at 6 feet 6 inches, 215 pounds — “a Big 12 body,” Hoiberg said — and will probably be playing off and on at two different positions, power forward and small forward.

“He’s a very versatile player, he’s a guy that I’m very excited for offensive rebounding when he’s playing the small forward, and he’s a guy who’s quick enough to beat his guy off the dribble when he’s playing the power forward position,” Hoiberg said. “He’s got a big-time motor, and he’s a big-time defender. He’s been a very pleasant surprise for us very early on in the process.”

Vanderbeken sees a lot of Ejim in practice and said he’s strong and athletic, but he’s still got a lot to learn.

“With all the freshman, this isn’t high school anymore,” Vanderbeken said. “This is a grown man’s business. He’s having to learn and pick things up along the way.”

Hoiberg said Ejim was the “most ready” of

Scott Christopherson passes the ball on Nov. 13, 2009, in Hilton Coliseum. File photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

the ISU freshmen, but he’s certainly not alone.

Calvin Godfrey, Jordan Railey and Eric McKnight will get minutes they might not normally get on a team with more depth or experience.

Their learning curves have been accelerated by necessity, and will probably have some ups and downs in their first season on campus.

“These young guys, whether they’re ready or not, are going to get thrown into the fire and see what they have and gain valuable experience doing that,” Hoiberg said.

In 2011-12, the freshmen will have a year “in the fire” and the transfer players forced to sit out a year — Chris Babb, Anthony Booker, Chris Allen and possibly White — will be eligible to get on the floor, having already worked out for a season in the system.

Big 12 coaches picked the Cyclones to finish last in the conference, but it’s certain that guys like Garrett, Vanderbeken and even Anderson don’t want to see that happen in their final collegiate seasons.

“Next year, we’re going to have a chance to be very good, and you know this year with our freshmen getting valuable experience, and with Scott coming back I think we’ll have a chance to make a big jump next year,” Hoiberg said.

“Every coach in the league voted us last in the Big 12, and these guys will take that as a challenge. They’re going to go out there and try to prove people wrong, and hopefully we’re capable of doing that.”

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Legend returns to lead ISU basketball Coach discusses strengths, limits of inheriting program

By Chris.Cuellar iowastatedaily.com With all due respect to returning players and the oft-flooded arena they will soon play in, Fred Hoiberg is the face of this year’s ISU men’s basketball team.

Hoiberg grew up just blocks from Hilton Coliseum off of Donald Street in Ames. Without being mindful of details, the rest of his life unfolded as follows: Ball boy for the Cyclones, Ames High School star, high school state champion, Mr. Basketball, Iowa State star, NBA player, heart procedures and early retirement, basketball administration executive, a return to Ames and coach of the aforementioned Cyclones.

His wife, Carol, and four children — Paige, 13, Jack, 11, and Sam and Charlie, 7-year-old twins — could be considered details. NBA life and the leap away from Ames and returning to it are details as well. With a whirlwind of a life for the last few months, one could understand if Hoiberg feels the pressure.

“I’m just excited about this opportunity,” Hoiberg said. “I want to make people in this

Fred Hoiberg speaks to members of the media and fans during a news conference April 28 in the Jacobson Athletic Building. He discussed how he plans to improve the team. File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

community proud. I want to make Jamie Pollard look like he made a great hire. I want to get the

culture moving in the right direction and play- and in ISU athletics as a whole. He’s seen the taling the right way.” ent come through the doors at Iowa State, and Hoiberg was summoned back to Ames in Hoiberg was one of those talented players. the spring to save the proWhether it be NBA congram, after former coach nections, ambition or work Greg McDermott left for ethic, Iowa State’s first Creighton. Saving meant 1,000-point scorer thinks People just bringing in former Big Ten Hoiberg has what it takes to have to be paplayers Chris Allen, Royce make it work. tient. I don’t know White and Chris Babb, six “He’s got everything it how you can step freshmen and four other takes,” Thompson said. into this situation transfers to reshape the pro“I think in the coachgram. Recruiting can only ing game, you are continuand expect the control so much. ing to learn, no matter how guy to win right Basketball season has armany years’ experience you away. If he does, rived, and the saving isn’t just have. Fred’s going to find out. it’ll be trementalk any more. Saving has to You’ve gotta kick one guy in dous.” take place on the floor, even the butt, and the other guy if the lines above his image on you have to handle with kid —Gary Thompson the team’s annual poster say gloves and encourage him that, “The road is long.”

— X’s and O’s are X’s and O’s.

“I’m excited for him beThere’s so much that goes ing back,” said first-team into the games with all the All-American and Iowa other things that are involved.

State basketball legend Gary Those things are going to be Thompson. “People just have to be patient. I hitting him for the first time.” don’t know how you can step into this situation Hyperbole doesn’t really do it justice. and expect the guy to win right away. If he does, Hoiberg was state player of the year for football it’ll be tremendous.” and basketball at Ames High. He was an all-state Thompson is a visible figure in the program,

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>>HOIBERG.p5 quarterback with a scholarship offer to Nebraska in 1992.

After receiving every Iowa State honor conceivable and making his mark in the NBA, the hometown kid still sees Ames as a comfortable place.

Things probably feel more comfortable when there is success, especially when you epitomize success to your town.

There isn’t always success in jump-starting a program.

Recruiting is built upon relationships formed through success. Unless getting “Fred Hoiberg Day” pronounced and your jersey number retired count as failures, there aren’t many more ISU success stories better than Hoiberg’s.

It rubs off on the people he’s bringing in. After all, he’s here to win basketball games, not to get his past honors reeled off.

“He was someone that came to Iowa State and made it,” said freshman forward Melvin Ejim. “He made it to a place where a lot of us on the team want to get to, so his experience here was definitely something that drew me to Iowa State.”

Ejim was the highest rated Class of 2010 recruit that landed in Ames. McDermott and assistant T.J. Otzelberger were responsible for getting Ejim to Iowa State, but the Toronto native knows success with his current head coach is palpable.

A few guys want second chances. Some players want a shot at the NBA. Whatever the case, players are coming to Ames now.

“Coach Hoiberg with his connections and all his knowledge, and my work ethic and all the stuff I can bring to the table, I think it will be great for me being here,” said senior guard Chris Allen, who will sit out this season due to NCAA transfer rules.

Allen transferred from traditional powerhouse Michigan State, home of the intense and national title winner Tom Izzo.

“He’s way different than coach Izzo, they are two way different type of coaches. We don’t know if coach Hoiberg’s works yet, but just seeing how he is with the players I think it’s going to be great,” Allen said.

Recruiting star Otzelberger is a big reason Iowa State is getting plenty of looks, but

Fred Hoiberg Position: Guard Height & weight: 6’4”, 200 lbs.

Hometown: Ames Games played: 126 Points per game: 15.8 Rebounds per game: 5.9 Assists per game: 2.8 Field goal percentage: 51.1 Free throw percentage: 84.4 Three point percentage: 40.0 Honors: • 1992 Big Eight Freshman of the Year • 1994 Second-Team All-Big Eight • 1994 Second-Team Academic All-American • 1995 First-Team All-Big Eight • 1995 First-Team Academic All-American • 1995 Big Eight Co-Male Athlete of the Year • Iowa State record most consecutive free throws made: 34 • Iowa State’s third leading scorer, all-time • 1996 Drafted No. 52 by Indiana Pacers • 2005 Inducted into ISU Athletics Hall of Fame • 2005 Led NBA in 3-point percentage: 48.3 • 2009 Named Vice President for Basketball Operations by Minnesota Timberwolves

Fred Hoiberg stands with his children at the men’s basketball game Feb. 16, 2008. He was announced as Greg McDermott’s replacement in April. File photo: Kevin Zenz/Iowa State Daily

Hoiberg is a draw, and the program knows it.

“I’m an old timer, and things really change. I can’t believe the emphasis as I hear these kids respond to him as they come to Iowa State,” Thompson said.

“These kids nowdays, all they’re thinking about is thinking about making $2 to 3 million contracts and they think anybody that’s associated with the NBA and that background, and Fred’s got two areas of the NBA — as a player and management. I think that’s really

going to help him in getting a better talented kid here.”

How different are things now? All new players and new assistant coaches mean a topto-bottom shift in attitude and personality. Student managers feel the difference. Returning players definitely feel the difference.

“I’d say coach Hoiberg is a little more laid back, but at the same time I think he knows when to speak up and let people what they need to do,” said junior guard Scott Christopherson. “We do a

lot more live five-on-five stuff than we did in the past.

Everybody’s just having fun.”

A brand new Sukup Basketball Facility gives Iowa State another chip to draw better players. A career 40 percent shooter from 3-point range in 10 NBA years could probably help too. His first college coach believes success will follow.

“He was a good leader on the floor, and he’s smart, and he knows basketball real well,” said Iowa State’s winningest coach Johhny Orr in a phone interview. “He knows how to

judge talent, and I think with his name and everything, he’ll be able to get talent.”

The Cyclones have been picked to finish last in the Big 12 in the coaches poll and in other media outlets. With all the new faces, there are too many uncertainties for other basketball minds to think Hoiberg has a chance at the postseason in his first year. McDermott couldn’t do it, and he had a couple NBA first-round draft picks in and around the program.

“I think long range, and even next year, I’ve watched with the kids that are sitting out this year, and I think the talent level is considerably different than what we’ve seen the last couple years,” Thompson said.

If the struggles happen, or are to be believed, Hoiberg may wish he was golfing in Florida with Orr this season. The namesake of Hilton Coliseum’s newest restaurant still thinks the traits that made him a great player can make

him a great coach.

“He was a great player and a great young man,” Orr said.

“Everybody admired him, he was a good person, a great citizen. He didn’t have any bad traits about him. He was a good team player, always very supportive of everyone.”

All the talk about Hilton Magic, The Mayor and the brightest future imaginable is still flowing. The honeymoon phase is going strong. What problems will arise if his teams struggle to score, or fall hard in the Big 12 this season? What happens to all these supernatural powers and civic leadership titles if the team is losing.

Orr has won more games at Iowa State than any other coach. He’s also lost more games than any other coach.

He knows.

“Rebuilding is not so good,” Orr said. “When I first came to Iowa State, we had a tough time. I think he’ll find the same thing I did. The guys will really bust their tails for him.”

Hoiberg will continue to be the face of the program. All success and storytelling aside, there is a solid contingency of females that believe Hoiberg is the right face for the program because of his face, not the oncourt performances that got him into this position.

He doesn’t have coaching experience. Assistant Bobby Lutz is here. Lutz was a head coach at Charlotte for 12 seasons, a school he took to five NCAA tournaments.

Hoiberg doesn’t have all the players. Otzelberger and Hoiberg’s own persona can bring that in.

The season is getting ready to begin, and if all the smiles and magic are still around come March, consider Hoiberg’s first season a rousing success. But consider, even if Hilton isn’t all smiles late in the Big 12 season, Hoiberg has been here for years. The coach wants to continue to be here.

And he’s just as much a part of Ames as Ames is a part of him.

“He’s just a terrific guy, and a smart and intelligent guy,” Thompson said. “I think he’ll find more success than you’d expect next year.”

His legacy at Iowa State remains unblemished. Odds are, if he can coach near as well as he played, his could leave his legacy pristine.

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#11 Scott Christopherson Position: Guard Height & Weight: 6’3”, 195 lbs.

Year: Redshirt Junior Hometown: LaCrosse, Wis.

A transfer from Northern Illinois, Anderson started 28 games last season and was named Second-Team All-Mid American Conference in his sophomore season. Jake averaged 13.2 points per game in his three years at NIU.

Christopherson will likely see plenty of minutes for the Cyclones, as the best returning shooter in the program.

Knocking down 45 3-pointers in 32 games at a 42 percent pace, the Marquette transfer should get off attempts in bundles in Hoiberg’s offense.

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Year: Senior Hometown: Milwaukee, Wis.

Position: Forward Height & Weight: 6’8”, 230 lbs.

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ESPN.com ranked Ejim the 16th-best small forward in the 2010 class, and the 19-year-old will see lots of minutes this season to prove or disprove that rating. Assistant coach T.J. Otzelberger’s re-up after the McDermott departure solidified Ejim’s status as a Cyclone.

The longest-tenured Cyclone is taking over all leadership duties on the floor this season, and he will be expected to distribute and be the primary scorer in Hoiberg’s offense. A career 40 percent shooter from the floor, Garrett has started 64 consecutive games.

Godfrey will provide some muchneeded bulk off the bench for the Cyclones, and some experience, after moving from high school to prep school and finishing back outside of Minneapolis.

Godfrey averaged 18.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game as a senior.

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Year: Redshirt Freshman Hometown: Ames

Emerging from a basketball hotbed in the Carolinas, McKnight has a 7-foot wingspan and provides plenty of length for the Cyclones off the bench. The true freshman chose Iowa State over offers from Indiana, Maryland, Missouri and Georgetown, but will likely be a project this year.

Palo is a local product that sat out and redshirted his initial year as a recruited walk-on. Palo will retain his walk-on status, but will likely see minutes running the point. Palo was the point guard for fellow Division I players Harrison Barnes and Doug McDermott.

Phillips arrives to Iowa State from Marshalltown Community College and adds another scorer to the backcourt. Averaging 17.3 and 16.0 points per game in his two years in the junior college, the former Wisconsin Player of the Year in 2008 averaged 21.1 points per game.

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The 18-year-old Railey is a long product that averaged 4.6 blocks per game in high school and has been working on fitness non-stop since arriving at Iowa State. Railey will need to work on his strength to compete in the Big 12, but he can also pull back and shoot.

The lanky Canadian is the only returning frontcourt player for Iowa State, and Vanderbeken is coming off of a medical redshirt to play one last year in Ames. He is the only big guy with Division I experience on the active roster.

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After highly publicized legal concerns at the Mall of America and at Minnesota, White is getting a second chance in Ames.

He would make an immediate impact on the lineup. The NCAA is evaluating White’s transfer process, and his status this season is unclear at time of print.

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Experienced sophomores take to court

By Dan.Tracy iowastatedaily.com

In 2009, ISU coach Bill Fennelly brought in a nationally ranked recruiting class that he hoped would complement the play of Iowa State’s senior guards Alison Lacey and Denae Stuckey.

At 6 feet 7 inches, Anna Prins, the tallest player in program history, battled through illness throughout the season yet still made the Big 12 All-Freshman team. Forward Chelsea Poppens and guard/forward Jessica Schroll both played in all 33 games with Poppens leading the Cyclones in rebounding with 7.2 per game.

Forward Amanda Zimmerman came off of the bench and was the team’s most efficient shooter with a .513 field goal percentage.

“We had four freshmen last year that dramatically impacted our team,” Fennelly said. “What we hope is that now they understand what it means to play at this level and what it means to prepare to play at this level.”

Fast forward to this season and that freshman quartet from a year ago, along with senior Kelsey Bolte, will anchor a team that no longer has the experienced backcourt tandem that guided the Cyclones to back-to-back trips to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

“We have a lot of room to improve, especially after last year having so much pressure,” Poppens said. “This year there is still the same

amount of pressure to improve, but we know our roles and we know what we have to do.”

Instead of Lacey and Stuckey, a pair of freshmen, two junior college transfers and junior Chassidy Cole will roam the perimeter and handle the ball for the Cyclones this season.

The key departure that the Cyclones will deal with this season is of Lacey, the team’s leading scorer and an All-America Honorable Mention honoree in 2009.

While Lacey was busy winning a WNBA Championship with the Seattle Storm this summer, Fennelly was busy fielding questions about which of the players on the ISU roster with a “G” next to their name would be bringing the ball up for the Cyclones this season. Two of those players, Schroll and Bolte, have been ruled out as candidates for the vacant point guard position.

Although Schroll only started one game last season, Fennelly believes that Schroll’s versatility and enthusiasm on the floor will be one of the keys to success for the Cyclones this season.

“At the end of the year, if you said to me, ‘Jessica Schroll had a really good year,’ we’ll be good,” Fennelly said.

Fennelly sees the 5-foot-11-inch Midland, Mich., native fitting a similar role that Stuckey did in her tenure as a Cyclone.

“She’s bigger, stronger, faster and probably a little more skilled than Denae, so if she plugs into Denae’s spot at the same level or higher, it will

make it easier for the point guard because now you have four options [to pass to],” Fennelly said.

Schroll hopes that after a productive offseason she’ll be able to contribute more to the team after averaging 3.9 points per game in her 16.8 minutes per game last season.

“I worked my butt off in the offseason, so hopefully we’re going to be pretty good,” Schroll said. “Our post players have improved, the new girls are looking great and the starters are still looking great, so I think we’re going to do just as good or better than last year.”

As for helping the new floor general adjust, Fennelly expects senior guard Bolte, the team’s lone senior, to provide some leadership for the younger guards.

At 12.3 points per game, Bolte was the second-leading scorer from a squad that averaged 65.4 points per game last season. Bolte was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in both her sophomore and junior seasons and was recently named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team.

As for the remaining five guards, all have had opportunities to compete for the position throughout the first four weeks of practice.

Those five are Cole, junior college transfers Darcie Dick and Lauren Mansfield and freshmen Kelsey Harris and Ellyn Arganbright. Similar to last season, Fennelly will have high expectations

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Bolte leads Cyclones as lone senior Senior guard understands expectations; young team anticipates strong season

challenge.

“I think she’s done a great job of accepting it, and I think she’s done a great job of understanding what we expect of her, and if she does that, she’ll have a great year,” Fennelly said.

The Ida Grove native made an impact right away for the Cyclones.

Bolte became the first freshman in Big 12 history to score 20 points or more in the first four conference games. She also scored in double digits 15 times.

Bolte also holds the title of Iowa State’s alltime leader in free-throw percentage while becoming the 22nd player in ISU history to reach 1,000 career points in her junior season.

Last season, Bolte averaged 12.3 points, five rebounds and two assists per game.

With Bolte being largely in the shadow of Alison Lacey last season, she is well aware of what is expected of her this season.

“I’m willing to take the responsibility, and I want to try to do a lot more for my team,” Bolte said.

“I’m excited to take on the leadership role and be there for my teammates when they need me and do whatever I can to help them on and off the court,” she said.

While Bolte is the team’s unanimous leader

By David.Merrill iowastatedaily.com For three years, senior guard Kelsey Bolte sat and listened to the pregame and halftime speeches of her more experienced teammates.

Now, as the only senior on the team, it’s her time to make her voice heard.

In order for the Cyclones to be successful this season, coach Bill Fennelly is going to need her voice to be a loud one.

“Every senior wants their last year to be their best,” Fennelly said. “Kelsey Bolte has played on three NCAA Tournament teams. It’d be nice to say you’ve played on four. It’d be nice to be the one to stand out there and gives the senior speech and talk about being on a great team.”

While Fennelly doesn’t expect Bolte to average 25 points a game this season, he does have expectations about her work ethic.

Fennelly said every coach’s dream is to have their best player be the hardest worker and most committed to the overall team goal.

Fennelly also said that a large part of being good at what she does is stepping up to the

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>>BOLTE.p14 for the first in her ISU career, Bolte feels that being a leader will come naturally to her.

Bolte is one of the more vocal players in practice and during the team’s other preseason workouts.

Bolte hasn’t associated the word pressure with her new role on the team, but she also feels it might just not have set in yet.

“I havent really thought of it as a pressure situation,” Bolte said.

“I’m sure I will once the start of the season comes, and if we’re having a lousy game, I’ll have to step up both vocally and on the court,” Bolte said.

The Cyclones are made up primarily of sophomores to go along with three freshman, three juniors and Bolte being the lone senior. With such a young squad, Bolte knows she is going to have to keep the team on an even keel in order for them to be successful.

The younger players’ approach to the season is something Bolte is going to have to keep in check.

“I’m sure it’s keeping their heads on their shoulders and to just take it one game at a time,” Bolte said. “We need to have positive energy all the time. I think they’ll be OK. Most of our sophomores are pretty experienced.”

Part of Bolte’s role is

The thing that makes Kelsey a great player is the same thing that keeps her from being a great player. She’s got to take tough shots; she’s got to not pass the ball so much.

You’ve got to be willing to be selfish in a way that helps the team.”

— ISU coach Bill Fennelly showing the newcomers the “Cyclone way.” Bolte will have help doing this thanks, in part, to a new NCAA rule allowing the teams to start practicing two weeks earlier than in previous seasons.

“We’re just going to have to do some little things,” Bolte said. “Attention to detail is the biggest thing. We’re going to have to do everything we can – hustle at all times, play harder than anyone else on the floor and know where we have to be in all situations.”

While being a leader is going to be important for Bolte, that isn’t the only thing she’s working on. Bolte worked on her ball-handling skills in the offseason just to get a comfort level in anticipation for a new point guard.

Lauren Mansfield, one of the newcomers for the Cyclones and an Adelaide, Australia, native, is confident in having Bolte as a leader.

“She definitely helps us,” Mansfield said. “Even at running, she’s always encouraging us. I think she’s going to help us work together and be a great leader for us.”

With the Cyclones’ first game action last Thursday in an exhibition contest against Minnesota State-Mankato, and the first official game against Western Illinois on Nov. 13, Bolte’s debut as the senior leader is already began.

While Fennelly praises Bolte on being a great teammate and always willing to make the extra pass, he would like to see his senior look for her own shot more this season.

“The thing that makes Kelsey a great player is the same thing that keeps her from being a great player,” Fennelly said. “She’s got to take tough shots; she’s got to not pass the ball so much. You’ve got to be willing to be selfish in a way that helps the team. That’s what leaders do.”

Last season: 13-17, 3-13 Big 12 Colorado finished 11th in regular season Big 12 play, averaging 66.6 points, 36.9 rebounds and 12.9 assists per game.

Despite their poor Big 12 showing, the Buffaloes still managed to pick up multiple Big 12 road wins, defeating Missouri and Kansas State for the first time since 2004.

At the end of last season, coach Kathy McConnellMiller ended her five-year career at Colorado with a record of 65-88.

For the 2010-11 season, Colorado has a new coach, Linda Lappe.

She is a former Buffalo who played from 1998-2003, a career that included an Elite Eight appearance in 2002.

She is inheriting a team of eight returnees, including

three starters from last season, as well as four newcomers.

A starter to look out for will be senior Brittany Spears, who averaged 17.7 points and 7.8 rebounds per game last year.

This will be the Buffaloes’ final season as a member of the Big 12.

Missouri

Last season: 12-18, 2-14 Missouri averaged 61.9 points, 36.2 rebounds and 12.3 assists per game during the 2009-10 season.

The Tigers ended the season with an overall record of 12-18, finishing last in the Big 12 with a record of 2-14.

The Tigers have not finished better than 10th in the Big 12 since 2005-06, which may have contributed to coach Cindy Stein stepping down in March 2010.

The new coach for the Tigers’ 2010-11 season will be

Robin Pingeton. She spent the last seven years at Illinois State University as the coach, ending with a record of 144- 81.

She was also an assistant coach under Bill Fennelly at Iowa State from 2000-03.

Pingeton will be faced with a team that has four new freshmen, 10 returning players and nowhere to go but up.

Oklahoma State

Last season: 24-11, 9-7; NCAA Tournament second round Oklahoma State finished sixth in the Big 12 in the 200910 season with an overall record of 24-11, going 9-7 in the Big 12.

The team averaged 72.6 points, 41.3 rebounds and 11.8 assists per game, and reached a school record of six victories against Top 25 teams last year.

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#24 Elly Arganbright

#11 Kelsey Bolte

#5 Hallie Christofferson

#23 Chassidy Cole

Position: Guard Height: 5’ 6” Year: Freshman Hometown: Panora

Position: Guard Height: 6’ 1” Year: Senior Hometown: Ida Grove

Position: Guard Height: 5’ 8” Year: Junior Hometown: Amarillo, Texas

Arganbright started every game of her career at Panorama High School. During her senior year, she averaged 18.2 points and 4.4 assists per game and earned a spot on the all- state and allregion squads.

Bolte is ISU’s only senior this year. Last season she became the 22nd player in school history to score 1,000 career points, and she is the Cyclones’ career free-throw percentage leader with .873.

Position: Forward Height: 6’ 3” Year: Freshman Hometown: Hamlin

#3 Kelsey Harris

#10 Lauren Mansfield

#33 Chelsea Poppens

Position: Guard Height: 5’ 10” Year: Freshman Hometown: Brea, Calif.

Position: Guard Height: 5’ 7” Year: Junior Hometown: Adelaide, Australia

Position: Forward Height: 6’ 2” Year: Sophomore Hometown: Aplington

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Harris was named to the California All-State Team all four seasons at Brea Olinda High School. She started every game of her prep career and averaged 12.9 points per game as a senior.

Mansfield is a transfer from Midland College (Texas). As a sophomore at Midland, she averaged 11.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game and led her team to an Elite Eight appearance at the 2010 NJCAA’s National Championships.

Poppens started 30 times as a freshman and was Big 12 Freshman of the Week on March 9. She led Iowa State and ranked ninth in the Big 12 in rebounding, averaging 7.2 boards per game.

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#55 Anna Prins Position: Center Height: 6’ 7” Year: Sophomore Hometown: Broomfield, Colo.

Prins started 23 times as a freshman and was ranked third in the Big 12 in 3-point shooting with a 40.3 percentage. She averaged 9.9 points per game during last season and is the tallest women’s basketball player in ISU history.

#2 Darcie Dick Position: Guard Height: 5’ 8” Year: Junior Hometown: Bessie, Okla.

Cole transferred to Iowa State last year from Howard College.

During her first season as a Cyclone, she started three games and had a career-high nine points and five rebounds in the 2009-10 season opener.

Dick is a transfer from Northern Oklahoma College this year. As a sophomore at Northern, she missed five games due to a knee injury, but averaged 11.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.

#12 Jessica Schroll

#42 Amanda Zimmerman

Position: Guard/ Forward Height: 5’ 11” Year: Sophomore Hometown: Midland, Mich.

Position: Forward Height: 6’ 1” Year: Sophomore Hometown: Huxley, Iowa

Schroll saw time in all 33 games as a freshman, and she contributed nine points and four rebounds in ISU’s NCAA secondround win over Green Bay. Her career high is 14 points, which she scored against Nebraska.

Zimmerman started once and played in 31 games as a freshman. She was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Jan. 15 after scoring 14 points and marking five rebounds at Texas.

>>SOPHOMORES.p13 for the incoming four guards and freshman forward Hallie Christofferson.

“Last year the whole group had to play well, now we need one of them to play well,” Fennelly said. “I don’t think it will probably be the same one every night, but one of them has to show up and play.”

As for similarities amongst the point guard candidates to the departed Lacey, Mansfield — a junior college transfer from Midland College in Texas — holds the early edge, at least for country of origin, as a fellow Australia native.

“I think whatever point guard steps in, there’s going to be that pressure to take off where [Lacey] left off,” Mansfield said.

Also a juco transfer, Dick sees herself as being able to fill more of the scoring role that Lacey showed in her senior season when she averaged a team-leading 15.8 points per game.

“At my junior college I was just a point guard, but I know that [the coaches] see a shooter in me, so hopefully I’ll be able to shoot also,” Dick said.

In their first scrimmage of the season last Wednesday against the male practice squad, Mansfield and Cole split most of the time at point guard. Fennelly has made no decision at this point in the season about who the starter will be, but with no early front-runner, fans can most likely expect plenty of substitutions at point guard.

“This is the first time in my 16 years at Iowa

State where I don’t think we can go into a season feeling that we have a legitimate true point guard to lead our team,” Fennelly said. “We have to find someone who can run our team and put us in a position to win games in our league and against the toughest schedule we’ve ever played.”

That schedule includes not only a tough 16game slate of Big 12 Conference games but also has a number of challenging non-conference matchups away from Hilton Coliseum.

“You always know what the Big 12 is about, but certainly the non-conference part of our schedule is much more difficult than what we’ve had in a long time here,” Fennelly said.

The Cyclones will play in-state rivals and 2009 NCAA Tournament qualifiers Iowa and Northern Iowa on the road as well as make a trip to the Caribbean on Nov. 25-27 to play three preseason ranked opponents in Virginia, TCU and West Virginia at the Paradise Jam Tournament at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Despite the backcourt uncertainties and the demanding schedule, Fennelly remains excited for his 16th year at the helm.

“Like every year we go into it excited about the possibilities, the challenges are always the same for us and that’s to put a product on the court that our fans deserve and expect, and we look forward to doing that,” Fennelly said.

The team opened the season with exhibitions against Minnesota State-Mankato and Wartburg on Nov. 4 and 7. The regular season begins Saturday at home against Western Illinois.

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>>ROUNDUP.p15 The team also reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. At the end of last season, the Cowgirls said goodbye to point guard Andrea Riley, whose career 2,835 points were more than any player in Big 12 history.

This year coach Kurt Budke will be working with a 2010-11 roster that has six new faces and seven returnees. The Cowgirls will have a void to fill after the graduation of Riley, and both new and returning players will be jockeying for leadership roles. Only as the season progresses will it become clear if Oklahoma State can maintain its Big 12 standing without its biggest star.

Texas Tech

Last season: 18-15, 5-11 The Lady Raiders finished eighth in the Big 12 during the 2009-10 season, averaging 65.2 points, 37 rebounds and 12.9 assists per game.

The season included a 10-game winning streak and it was also coach Kristy Curry’ s best season since she took over the program in 2006.

Senior Lady Raiders Ashlee Roberson and Jordan Murphree were both named to the honorable mention All-Big 12 team in 2010.

The 2010-11 Texas Tech team will include three returning starters that are part of a group of eight returning letterwinners. The team will also gain four new freshmen, who are part of one of Curry’ s top recruiting classes.

Three other Lady Raiders will be players who sat out last season. Tech’s top returning starter will be Kierra Mallard, who averaged 11.4 points and 7.1 rebounds during the 2009-10 season.

Kansas

Last season: 17-16, 5-11 Coming off a ninth-place finish in the conference last season, the Jayhawks’ Carolyn Davis is going to be one of the keys to Kansas building on that record.

The sophomore forward earned a spot on all Big 12 preseason team.

Davis averaged 10.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in her freshman campaign. She also had a Big 12-leading 71.9 field goal percentage.

Kansas coach Bonnie Hendrickson has been impressed with her team’s offseason progress and is looking forward to the new season.

“I am absolutely excited with our four freshman and the returners and all the work they have put in this fall,” Hendrickson said at the team’s media day. “We’ve had a great offseason. I

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like our speed, our strength, our athleticism and I love the fact that Angel Goodrich is back.”

Goodrich was leading the Big 12 in assists with 7.1 per game before being sidelined for the season with a torn ACL in the second half of the team’s game against Oklahoma State.

Goodrich became the fastest player in KU history to reach 100 assists, doing it in just 13 games.

Ashley Sweat who averaged 16 points and five rebounds per game for the Wildcats.

K-State will now be led by sophomore point guard Brittany Chambers on the perimeter and junior Jalana Childs will try and replace Sweat down low.

Predicted as ninth in the Big 12 this season, the Wildcats will play a very favorable non-conference schedule as they will play at home in Bramlage Coliseum for eight of their 12 non-conference contests.

Nebraska

Last season: 32-2, 16-0; NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Coach Connie Yori and her Huskers tore up the Big 12 and the nation last year on the way to a Big 12 championship and an appearance in the Sweet 16.

Nebraska loses six seniors including All-American Kelsey Griffin.

Griffin was the No. 3 overall pick in last season’s WNBA draft.

This season, the Huskers are going to look to senior Dominique Kelley.

Kelley has made 98 consecutive starts since her freshman season and needs 62 points to join Nebraska’s 1,000-point club.

Kelley averaged 18 points, three rebounds, three assists and one steal per game during the Huskers run to the Sweet 16.

Dominique has outstanding leadership qualities,” Yori said at the team’s media day. “She not only leads by example, both on and off the court, but she is a vocal leader. She has had an excellent offseason leading our basketball team and we’re hoping she has a great senior season.”

Kelley will also be helped out by junior center Catheryn Redmon and sophomore point guard Lindsey Moore.

Redmon averaged six points, six rebounds, and two blocks two seasons ago before taking a back seat to Griffin and Cory Montgomery.

Moore averaged six rebounds, two rebounds, five assists and one steal in her freshman season.

She also hit 24 3-pointers on the season, leaving her fifth highest alltime for a freshman.

Texas

Last season: 22-11, 10-6 With the departure of leading scorer Brittainey Raven, the focus now shifts to senior guard Kathleen Nash. Nash is one of only two players in Texas history that have reached the 1,000-point mark while also grabbing 500 rebounds and hitting 150 3-pointers.

She did it the fastest, taking just 97 games to accomplish that feat.

Nash averaged 11.7 points per

Oklahoma

Chelsea Poppens drives to the basket during the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 6, 2009, at Hilton Colisuem. File photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

game last season, the second highest on the team behind Raven. Nash also led the team with 6.5 rebounds per game last season.

Texas coach Gail Goestenkors is having to deal with a number of injuries to start the season.

Tiffany Moore broke her wrist taking a charge in practice and had surgery to repair it.

She is in a cast, but could be ready for the Longhorns season opener against Trinity University.

The Longhorns have duel post threats in Anne Marie Hartung and Ashley Gayle.

The offense is going to be more up-tempo than in previous seasons.

Defensively, Texas will look to press and trap more in an effort to protect their bigger players.

was one game away from the national championship a year ago.

Griner cemented her presence as one of the top post players in the country in her freshman campaign as she averaged 18.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and set the NCAA singleseason record for blocks with 223.

Griner and Jones will be joined by Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year in 6-foot-1-inch Rutgers transfer Brooklyn Pope and Big 12 Freshman of the Year guard Odyssey Sims.

The Bears will play one of the toughest schedules in the nation as, in addition to the Big 12 Conference schedule, they travel to Connecticut on Nov. 16 to face the defending national champion Huskies and host Pat Summitt and the Tennessee Volunteers on Dec. 14.

Baylor

Kansas State

Last Season: 27-10, 9-7; NCAA Tournament Final Four The preseason favorite to win the Big 12, the Bears return preseason All Big 12 teamers Brittney Griner and Melissa Jones from a squad that

Last Season: 14-18, 5-11 In 2009, the Wildcats missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006, finishing 10th in the Big 12. Coach Deb Patterson will miss 2009 All-Big 12 First-Team honoree

Last Season: 27-11, 11-5; NCAA Tournament Final Four In search of their 12th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, Sooners coach Sherri Coale enters her 15th season with a team that’s predicted to finish third in the Big 12 this season.

Like Baylor, the Sooners will also travel out East on Feb. 14 to take their shot at the defending champion Connecticut Huskies.

The Sooners’ backcourt will be one of the most talented in the country behind preseason All Big 12 guard Danielle Robinson and 2009 Big 12 Freshman of the Year Whitney Hand, who missed all but five games last season with a torn ACL. In addition to Robinson and Hand, the Sooners also bring in a top-notch recruiting class highlighted by a pair of post players in 6-foot-6-inch Nicole Griffin and 6-foot-2-inch Jacqueline Jeffcoat.

Texas A&M

Last Season: 26-8, 10-6; NCAA Tournament second round The Big 12 Tournament Champion from a year ago, the Aggies return under head coach Gary Blair in search of their first Big 12 title since sharing the Big 12 crown with Oklahoma in 200607. The Aggies have been one of the nation’s top teams over the last three years, earning a No. 2 seed or higher in each of the last three seasons.

Blair’s squad will play a number of top teams outside of the Big 12 this season including at ACC power Duke and against Rutgers of the Big East at the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden.

A&M fans will finally get to see 6-foot-1-inch forward/center Danielle Adams, the 2009 National Junior College Player of the Year, in uniform as she looks to improve her game in her first NCAA season.

Also, senior guard Sydney Colson and junior guard Tyra White comprise one of the most experienced backcourts in the Big 12.

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20 | HOOPS | Iowa State Daily | Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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