Iowa Hawkeyes | ||||
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University | University of Iowa | |||
Athletic director | Beth Goetz | |||
Head coach | Lisa Bluder (24th season) | |||
Conference | Big Ten | |||
Location | Iowa City, Iowa | |||
Arena | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,400) | |||
Nickname | Hawkeyes | |||
Student section | Hawks Nest | |||
Colors | Black and Gold | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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NCAA tournament runner-up | ||||
2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1993, 2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1987, 1988, 1993, 2019, 2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
1997, 2001, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2022 |
The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represents the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team plays its regular season games at 15,400-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with men's basketball, wrestling, and volleyball teams.
Iowa women's basketball began in 1974, under head coach Lark Birdsong. The first Iowa team finished 5–16 in 1974–75, its first victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Birdsong coached Iowa until 1978–79, which marked Iowa's first winning season. [1] She was subsequently replaced by Judy McMullen, who led the program for the next four years. McMullen was succeeded in 1983 by former Cheyney University coach C. Vivian Stringer. Prior to her stay at Iowa, Stringer led the Cheyney Wolves to the 1982 NCAA championship. [2]
Beginning with the 1983–84 season, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Stringer coached at Iowa for 12 seasons. In that time, the Hawkeyes won six Big Ten championships, played in nine NCAA Tournaments, and reached the Final Four in 1993. Unprecedented attention was shown to the Hawkeyes under Stringer, as evidenced by the record-setting 22,157 fans that watched Iowa play Ohio State on February 3, 1985, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. [3] Stringer, however, left Iowa to coach at Rutgers in 1995, following the death of her husband, Bill. [4]
Angie Lee replaced Stringer, and led the Hawkeyes to a Big Ten championship in her first season. Under Lee, Iowa won another Big Ten title in 1998. In 2000, Lee's successor as head coach was Lisa Bluder. Bluder is Iowa's current women's basketball coach. Under Bluder, the Hawkeyes have won two regular season Big Ten championships (2008, 2022) and five Big Ten tournament championships (2001, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024).
From 2015 to 2019, Megan Gustafson played for Coach Bluder and the women's basketball program at Iowa. Gustafson was named the 2019 National Player of the year, after averaging a double-double of 27.8 points and 13.4 rebounds on 69.9% shooting. The 2018–19 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team had a 29–7 regular season record, winning the Big Ten Conference tournament championship and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. [5] [6] The 2021–22 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team finished the season 24–8 sharing the regular season title with Ohio State. They also won the 2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament, defeating Indiana 74–67 in the Big Ten Championship. Caitlin Clark was named the Most Outstanding Player for the Tournament. Iowa repeated as Big Ten champions the following year, with Clark being named the most outstanding player. Later that season, they advanced to the Final Four for the first time in three decades. [7] [8]
On October 15, 2023, the Iowa women's basketball team set a record for most people in attendance at a women's basketball game. 55,646 people attended Crossover at Kinnick, which took place at Kinnick Stadium. [9] The Hawkeyes play the majority of their home games in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, but coach Lisa Bluder came up with the idea to hold an event in the football stadium. The Hawkeyes played in the national championship game at the end of the previous season. Despite losing, following the championship, the team returned home to a welcome celebration on campus with over 9,000 fans, which inspired Bluder to plan an outdoor event. [10]
Caitlin Clark recorded a triple double with 34 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds. The game was close early, but Iowa took a solid lead and ended up with the win in the exhibition game 94–72. The game was played for charity, and the school presented a check for 250,000 dollars to the Stead Family Children's Hospital. The hospital overlooks the end zone of the stadium, and children in the hospital can watch home football games as well as this special event. At the end of the first quarter, fans and players turned toward the hospital and waved to the children, a continuation of a tradition started by the football team in 2017. [11] [12]
Iowa has appeared in 29 NCAA Tournaments with a record of 34−30. [13]
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1986 | #5 | Second Round | #4 Tennessee | L 68−73 |
1987 | #3 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #6 New Orleans #2 Georgia #1 Louisiana Tech | W 68–56 W 62–60 L 65−66 |
1988 | #1 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #8 Stephen F. Austin #4 Southern Cal #2 Long Beach State | W 83–65 W 79–67 L 78−98 |
1989 | #3 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #11 Tennessee Tech #2 Stanford | W 77–75 L 74−98 |
1990 | #3 | Second Round | #6 Vanderbilt | L 56−61 |
1991 | #6 | First Round Second Round | #11 Montana #3 Washington | W 64–53 L 53−70 |
1992 | #1 | Second Round | #8 SW Missouri State | L 60−61 (OT) |
1993 | #2 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #7 Old Dominion #3 Auburn #1 Tennessee #1 Ohio State | W 82–56 W 63–50 W 72−56 L 72–73 (OT) |
1994 | #3 | First Round Second Round | #14 Mount St. Mary's #6 Alabama | W 70–47 L 78−84 |
1996 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #15 Butler #7 DePaul #3 Vanderbilt | W 72–67 W 72−71 L 63–74 |
1997 | #9 | First Round Second Round | #8 NC State #1 Connecticut | W 56–50 L 53−72 |
1998 | #4 | First Round Second Round | #13 Massachusetts #5 Kansas | W 77–59 L 58−62 |
2001 | #4 | First Round Second Round | #13 Oregon #5 Utah | W 88–82 L 69−78 |
2002 | #9 | First Round Second Round | #8 Virginia #1 Connecticut | W 69–62 L 48−86 |
2004 | #9 | First Round | #8 Virginia Tech | L 76−89 |
2006 | #10 | First Round | #7 BYU | L 62−67 |
2008 | #9 | First Round | #8 Georgia | L 61−67 |
2009 | #8 | First Round | #9 Georgia Tech | L 62−76 |
2010 | #8 | First Round Second Round | #9 Rutgers #1 Stanford | W 70–63 L 67−96 |
2011 | #6 | First Round | #11 Gonzaga | L 86−92 |
2012 | #9 | First Round | #8 California | L 74−84 |
2013 | #9 | First Round Second Round | #8 Miami (FL) #1 Notre Dame | W 69–53 L 57−74 |
2014 | #6 | First Round Second Round | #11 Marist #3 Louisville | W 87–65 L 53−83 |
2015 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #14 American #11 Miami (FL) #2 Baylor | W 75–67 W 88−70 L 66–81 |
2018 | #6 | First Round | #11 Creighton | L 70−76 |
2019 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #15 Mercer #7 Missouri #3 NC State #1 Baylor | W 66–61 W 68−52 W 79–61 L 53–85 |
2021 | #5 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #12 Central Michigan #4 Kentucky #1 UConn | W 87–72 W 86−72 L 72–92 |
2022 | #2 | First Round Second Round | #15 Illinois St. #10 Creighton | W 98–58 L 62–64 |
2023 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship | #15 Southeastern Louisiana #10 Georgia #6 Colorado #5 Louisville #1 South Carolina #3 LSU | W 95–43 W 74–66 W 87–77 W 97–83 W 77–73 L 85–102 |
2024 | #1 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship | #16 Holy Cross #8 West Virginia #5 Colorado #3 LSU #3 UConn #1 South Carolina | W 91–65 W 64–54 W 89–68 W 94–87 W 71–69 L 75–87 |
The Hawkeyes have retired three jerseys in honor of the women's program, the most recent being Caitlin Clark in 2024. [14]
Iowa Hawkeyes retired numbers | ||||
No. | Player | Career | Year | |
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10 | Megan Gustafson | 2015–2019 | 2020 | |
22 | Caitlin Clark | 2020–2024 | 2024 | |
30 | Michelle Edwards | 1985–1988 | 1990 |
The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 20 sports, 7 for men and 13 for women; The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the Big Ten Conference. Currently, the school's athletic director is Beth Goetz.
Lisa Marie Bluder is the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball program. Formerly, she served as coach of St. Ambrose University and the Drake Bulldogs.
The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team is part of the University of Iowa athletics department.
The 2017–18 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by 18th year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 11–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They defeated Northwestern in the second round before losing to Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 6 seed in the Kansas City region. There they lost in the First Round to Creighton.
The 2018–19 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by 19th year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 29–7, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. Iowa won the Big Ten Conference tournament championship game over Maryland, 90–76. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Greensboro region where they defeated Mercer and Missouri in the first and second rounds, NC State in the sweet sixteen to advance to the elite eight for the first time since 1993. They lost to eventual national champion Baylor in the elite eight.
Megan Gustafson is a Spanish-naturalized American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and Olympiacos of the Greek Basketball League and Euroleague.
The 2019–20 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represents the University of Iowa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by 20th year head coach Lisa Bluder, play their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference.
Caitlin Clark is an American basketball player. She played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes and is regarded as one of the greatest collegiate players of all time. Clark is the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer and was a two-time national player of the year with the Hawkeyes.
The 2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by twenty-first year head coach Lisa Bluder and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference.
The 2021–22 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Lisa Bluder in her twenty-second season, and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
The 2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Lisa Bluder in her twenty-third season, and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Jan Jensen is an American basketball coach and former basketball player. Jensen currently serves as the assistant head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's team. She spent her playing career at Drake, where she led NCAA Division I women's in scoring in 1990–91.
The Law Firm of Clark and Czinano, also known as The Law Firm, were a duo of college basketball players consisting of Caitlin Clark and Monika Czinano, who both played for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 2020 to 2023. Developed under head coach Lisa Bluder, they were one of the top duos in NCAA Division I, leading Iowa to the 2023 national championship game, two Big Ten tournament titles and one Big Ten regular season title.
The 2023–24 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Lisa Bluder in her twenty-fourth season, and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Crossover at Kinnick was an American exhibition women's college basketball game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the DePaul Blue Demons. Held at Kinnick Stadium, the home stadium of the Hawkeyes football team, the game set the women's basketball single-game attendance record (55,646). Led by reigning national player of the year Caitlin Clark, who had a 34-point triple-double, Iowa defeated DePaul, 94–72.
The 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 6, 2023. The regular season ended on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning on March 20 and ended with the championship game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 7.
The 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the champion of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference. The game was played on April 7, 2024, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. South Carolina defeated Iowa 87–75 to capture the third national championship in program history. Iowa finished as runner-up for the second season in a row.
The 2001–02 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 2001–02 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by second-year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games in Iowa City, Iowa, at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 18–11 overall, 10–6 in Big Ten play, to occupy fourth place in the conference regular season standings. The team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament, but received an at-large bid to the women's NCAA basketball tournament. After an opening round win over Virginia, the Hawkeyes were dominated by No. 1 and eventual national champion Connecticut.
The 2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by sixth-year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with an overall record of 17–12 to finish fourth in the regular season conference standings. Iowa lost to Michigan State in the quarterfinals of the 2006 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament. Iowa received an at-large bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they were defeated by BYU, 67–62, in the opening round.
The 2003–04 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 2003–04 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by fourth-year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games in Iowa City, Iowa, at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 16–13 overall, 10–6 in Big Ten play, to occupy fourth place in the conference regular season standings. The team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament, but received an at-large bid to the women's NCAA basketball tournament. Playing as the No. 9 seed in the East region, the Hawkeyes were eliminated in the opening round by No. 8 seed Virginia Tech.
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