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FINAL FOUR. THE STORY SURROUNDING THIS CYCLONE WOMEN’S TEAM HAS BEEN THE EMERGENCE OF YOUNG STARS LIKE AUDIE CROOKS AND ADDIE BROWN, THE LEADER. THOUGH THERE’S NO QUESTION WHO THAT IS. ����vlog JEFF DUBROF HAS THE STORY IN WHAT FEELS LIKE THE BLINK OF AN EYE. IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT’S ABSOLUTELY FLOWN BY, AND I THINK THAT’S KIND OF A CREDIT TO HOW MUCH FUN IT’S BEEN. IOWA STATE’S EMILY RYAN WENT FROM UP AND COMING STAR TO FACE OF THE PROGRAM. AND LAST YEAR, WHEN TEAMMATES TRANSFER AND SHE STAYED HOME, IT WAS NEVER UP IN THE AIR. THE DECISION ADDED TO HER LEGACY, SOMETHING SHE’S NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN. I REALLY DON’T THINK ABOUT THAT SO MUCH, SHE KNOWS THERE’S NO I IN TEAM. I WANT TO BE MORE REMEMBERED ABOUT THE TEAMS I WAS ON RATHER THAN MY OWN PERSONAL ACCOLADES OR SUCCESS. BUT DESPITE THAT, YOU CAN’T WRITE THE STORY OF IOWA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WITHOUT EMILY RYAN BECAUSE NO ONE HAS EVER HAD MORE ASSISTS IN THE CARDINAL AND GOLD THAN RYAN. AND IT WAS ON THIS PLAY THAT PUT HER IN THE RECORD BOOKS, GIVING HER TEAM THE WIN OVER BAYLOR IN THE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT AND PROMPTING HEAD COACH BILL FINDLAY TO SAY THIS THERE’S NO ONE THAT I’VE EVER COACHED THAT LOVES HER TEAMMATES, LOVES HER SCHOOL, LOVES HER COACHES MORE THAN HER. WHAT DID THAT I MEAN, MEAN TO YOU? IT REALLY DID MEAN THE WORLD TO ME. HE HE’S SOMEONE THAT HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. AND I’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO REPAY HIM FOR EVERYTHING HE’S DONE. AND THE OPPORTUNITIES HE’S GIVEN ME. AND, UM, JUST TO HEAR IT COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH LIKE THAT, IT’S SOMETHING SPECIAL. FROM WIDE EYED FRESHMAN TO NOW, SENIOR LEADER RYAN SERVES AS THE GUIDING HAND TO THE LATEST BATCH OF FRESHMEN. IT’S SO FUN TO EXPERIENCE IT THROUGH THEIR LENS, A LENS THAT SEES A GROUP OF SENIORS AS OLD. HANNAH GETS CALLED GRANNY ALL THE TIME IF THEY CALL HANNAH A GRANNY, DO THEY HAVE A NICKNAME FOR YOU? I DON’T HAVE ONE YET. I THINK MY FIFTH YEAR I COULD START GETTING SOMETHING THAT FIFTH YEAR, ONE THAT RYAN ANNOUNCED, SHE’S RETURNED FOR LAST MONTH. ONE MORE YEAR FOR RYAN TO BUILD HER LEGACY THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE CEMENTED. I’VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE, AND THERE’S YOU GUYS JUST DON’T SEE IT LIKE I SEE IT, BUT THERE’S NO ONE LIK