ISU star Audi Crooks expects her team to hit all the right notes in a highly anticipated season

AMES – Audi Crooks confidently gripped the guitar, positioned her fingers on the neck, and strummed the strings melodiously. A video of this musical interlude for Iowa State’s star sophomore center exists on longtime Cyclones assistant coach Jodi Steyer’s phone. It played out last summer in Italy, before Crooks had logged a single minute – let alone her eight double-doubles – while helping ISU’s youth-laden team advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season.

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