Each IUWBB Player's Individual Assignment This Season
The Indiana University women's basketball team has risen rapidly in recent seasons under the guidance of the maestro Teri Moren, who always does a masterful job of not only establishing roles for her respective players but getting them to BUY IN to them.
A team always consists of multiple individuals working together in pursuit of a common goal(s). When each and every individual member is not up to the task of accepting their identity within the overall infrastructure of a team, it can throw off the entire equilibrium of chemistry.
The Hoosiers have forged a pristine culture of group unity throughout the course of the last few years, and much of that has to do with the head coach's wizardry in role clarification.
Those things being stated, here are what the super skipper's individual assignments could look like for each Indiana University women's basketball player in 2024-2025.
Sydney Parrish = SHOW TIME
Through Parrish's first 4 NCAA seasons, she has been a superstar role player. In her 5th and final collegiate campaign, it is time for that previous sentence to exclude the final 2 words.
Chloe Moore-McNeil = STEADY THE SHIP
Expecting a floor general of CMM's prototype to drop 20 PPG is outlandish. That is not to say that she cannot do so, but doing so would go against her true brand of basketball. The lefty is licensed in offensive orchestration while also holding serious certifications in lockdown perimeter defense (just ask Caitlin Clark).
Shay Ciezki = NEVER LOSE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR JUMPER
Remember when Sara Scalia shot an icy 31.8% from downtown through her first 10 games as a Hoosier in 2022-2023? Yeah, we do not either. The 2024 Hanes Women's 3-Point Contest champion will forever be remembered as one of the greatest shooters ever to sport the candy stripes. Surely, her memory blurred following any of her (rare) missed triples as she constantly proceeded onto the next fling with full confidence.
LET THEM FLY, TREY CIEZKI!
Yarden Garzon = SILENTLY KILL 'EM
Do not let Yarden Garzon's quiet demeanor mistake you for a player who does not make noise whenever she is on the floor. Yardy's hushed personality is completely fine, being that she consistently lets her actions speak for themselves.
Yet while she may wear the hat of a silent assassin for this squad, that is not to say that she is afraid to bark back when barked at (again, just ask Caitlin Clark).