Moment No. 14: Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark became the first athlete to lead the nation in points and assists in the same season and the first to win the Dawn Staley Point Guard of the Year Award in consecutive seasons.
Iowa women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder had some initial concerns about NIL, but now she asks “why should they not” get these opportunities to make money and develop “so many business skills.”
Much was accomplished by the Iowa women’s basketball team in 2021-22, but an early NCAA exit leaves a bad blemish. Next season will begin with high hopes and much hype.
Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder had plenty to say on officiating and Lauren Jensen after Sunday’s shocking NCAA second-round loss to Creighton.
Creighton’s Lauren Jensen said she feels “no bad blood” toward Iowa after last year’s transfer.
Preseason scrimmage partners Iowa and Creighton meet Sunday in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament with a Sweet 16 berth on the line.
NCAA women’s basketball tournament notes: Monika Czinano is perfect from the field, perfect from the line in Iowa’s first-round win over Illinois State. Now she just needs the ball more.
Iowa did what a 2-seed should, routing Illinois State in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, 98-58.
NCAA women’s basketball notes: Iowa allowed 70.8 points per game this season — about 10 points per game better than last year — and was at its best in the Big Ten tournament.
Eighth-ranked Iowa is “champing at the bit” for a potentially lengthy run in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
Associated Press unanimously tabbed Iowa’s Caitlin Clark as a first-team All-American. Iowa State’s Ashley Joens is a second-teamer; Iowa’s Monika Czinano earned honorable mention.
The Iowa-Iowa State hype can wait; there are storylines aplenty for the Iowa City subregion in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
Iowa earned a No. 2 seed and drew Illinois State in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament
Iowa’s history-making Big Ten women’s basketball regular-season and tournament titles didn’t always seem so likely. Amid adversity, the Hawkeyes “continued to battle no matter what.”
For the first time in program history, Iowa women’s basketball has won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles in the same year.
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