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@WrestlingCovers @MickieJames Her attitudes were a bit smaller back then

23 years ago today, Alexis Laree (Mickie James) had her first singles match in TNA. 📍 NWA-TNA 39 @MickieJames

Sports fans can't agree on much anymore. But everyone is seemingly in agreement on this: Audi Crooks could legitimately beat some NBA players in a game of 1 on 1. She could easily beat at least 4 players on the Washington Wizards right now. And she's about to become the biggest basketball star on the planet. Here's why. Crooks just entered the transfer portal. One year of eligibility left. Every program in America is going to fight over her. The numbers this season: 25.8 points per game. 64.9% from the field. Second in the nation in scoring. She scored 47 against Indiana. 43 against Valparaiso. 41 against Kansas. 41 against Kansas State. She was the only player in the country with multiple 40-point games this season. Kevin Garnett watched her highlights and called it "old-school fundamentals mixed with new-age dominance." But here's the part most people don't know. Audi Crooks is from Algona, Iowa. Population 5,274. Her dad Jimmie was a 6-foot-8 basketball player who earned all-conference honors in high school and played in college. Her mom Michelle was one of the all-time leading scorers at Bishop Garrigan High School. They both wore number 55. Jimmie died on August 14, 2021. He was 55 years old. Audi was 16. She has worn number 55 at every level since. She has a tattoo on her right arm: the word "Pops," a halo, angel wings, and a Bible verse, Proverbs 3:6. Before every game, she prays and talks to her father. She says he has the best seat in the house. In high school, she scored 2,733 career points. She averaged 32.9 points on 75.2% shooting as a senior. She scored 49 points in the state championship game. Back-to-back state titles. She went viral playing AAU ball and earned the nickname "Lady Shaq." The full story of how a kid from a town of 5,000 in Iowa became the most dominant force in college basketball, and why every blue blood in the country is about to fight over her, is here: itsgame7.com/nba/audi-crook… Then she got to Iowa State. As a freshman, in her very first NCAA tournament game, Iowa State trailed Maryland by 20 points. Crooks scored 40 points on 18-of-20 shooting. Ninety percent from the field. Iowa State came back and won 93-86. She joined Bill Walton as the only player in NCAA Tournament history to score 40 or more on 90% shooting. She was 19 years old. Since she was 13, she has been body-shamed and criticized by people who have never come close to doing anything half as impressive as what she does on a basketball court every night. Her response: "Being strong is something that I'm proud of. Being big is something that I'm proud of." She doesn't argue. She doesn't fire back. She just scores 47 on you and walks off. Iowa State's season ended with a first-round NCAA tournament loss to Syracuse. She scored 37 in the loss. Her teammates entered the portal. The program fell apart. And now, she's available. UConn. South Carolina. LSU. Whoever lands Audi Crooks becomes an instant national championship favorite. She's 21 years old. She's from a town most people have never heard of. She carries her father's number on her back and his name on her arm. And she plays basketball like someone dropped a 1990s center into the modern game. One year left. The biggest transfer in women's basketball history. And she's just getting started.

@HawkeyeLooper @Zhoops44 I wish they would/could redshirt Coon to develop a jump shot. High school he could out athlete everybody else

@Zhoops44 Wonder if either Harris or Coon redshirt? Feel like Howard could be gone if both are ready to play year one

@itismarkharris @Outkick

Alright, two things here. 1. Bailey Shoemaker would beat me senseless on the golf course. 2. This is the most uncomfortable, unacceptable thing my eyes have ever seen.

You think all men are created equal? WRONG. There’s only ONE Genetic Freak. Don’t believe me? Ask your girlfriend!

@DustyBottoms04 I think someone will make achievement level offer for a D-tackle like her

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@VinnysCorner1 The key words, "in their prime". Foreman was a killer!

Both in their Prime, who would win?? Big George Foreman or Tyson Fury??

@TheSports_Shift Danny White, Craig Morton, Don Meredith, Steve Pelluer, Gary Hogeboom

@VinnysCorner1 Andrew Toney

Without saying Joel Embiid, Allen Iverson, Julius Erving, or Moses Malone name a 76er….

@tory4heisman LOL!!!!!!!

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Connor McCaffrey is joining Ben McCollum’s staff at Iowa as an assistant. Played at Iowa from 2017–23. Previously coached at Butler Bulldogs men’s basketball. Son of Fran McCaffrey.

@Okoliemeka_ A Lanister always pays their debt

In one sentence prove that you've watched Game of Thrones:

@VinnysCorner1 George Gervin

Without saying David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker, name a Spur…..

This is the person who created “transgender day of visibility”

@BennettStirFry1 @CoachMcCollum No thanks. I'm 53 years old with a bad knee and hip and I move as well as he does. I know he's 7'9", but he is the men's equivalent of Audi Crooks without the 25 ppg

PLEASE @CoachMcCollum

Btw, this is the founder of the Trans Day of Visibility

@sammmidd I just wonder how much longer the sell-outs will continue as the men's team continues to ascend. I'm sure there will always be those that will always attend, but more people will also start buying men's tickets and bypassing women's tickets.

Women’s sports don’t make money. Even with all the sell-outs at Carver. That is very alarming.

@ABerkey84445 @DallasJonesy If they aint it, they aint it!

@DallasJonesy Here's the deal. You don't recruit 5 star players at this level to not play them significant minutes at this level anymore. They have to many options with the portal. It's a waste of money, time and resources. We may not like it but that's the way it is.

Iowa won 27 games

@DBGyt_ Why is it a mental illness to have Christian beliefs, and believe that homosexuality is wrong? There are millions of people in the world with this same setvof beliefs. Are they all mentally ill?

@SethDavisHoops What is his mental illness? That he is a Christian and doesn't believe in homosexuality? (A belief many in the world hold) Once again Seth, just because someone believes different than you doesn't make them mentally ill or some kind of monster.

@KinnickNorth23 She was maybe starting to turn the corner i thought. Then she had that 3 game stretch that she started. She played terrible those 3 games and I think it ruined her confidence.

Agree or not, just my thoughts: Can't get better w/o playing time, but u also gotta show something with the minutes u DO get. Aside from a game or two, she showed nothing. If I didn't know anything about her prior to coming to Iowa, I would've guessed 3 star, MAYBE 4.