The Lisa Bluder era featured unprecedented success both for the Hawkeyes on the court and for the sport of women’s basketball as a whole off the court.
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The Lisa Bluder era featured unprecedented success both for the Hawkeyes on the court and for the sport of women’s basketball as a whole off the court.
In a shocking turn of events Monday afternoon, Lisa Bluder announced her retirement as University of Iowa women’s basketball coach. Longtime lieutenant Jan Jensen has been named head coach, effective immediately.
This week’s games for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces. Caitlin Clark of Iowa plays for Indiana, while former Hawkeyes Kate Martin and Megan Gustafson are with Las Vegas, as well as Marion’s Kiah Stokes.
Caitlin Clark walked into her new home arena with No. 22 shirts and jerseys peppered from floor to ceiling. A late-arriving but louder-than-usual crowd roared during her first official introduction to Fever fans on Thursday night.
It won’t be hard to find Caitlin Clark on your television this spring and summer as her Indiana Fever bounces around America.
Gregg Doyel, a longtime voice at the newspaper, will not be allowed to cover the Indiana Fever, which drafted Caitlin Clark last month, the Star confirmed Tuesday. The newspaper’s decision followed an awkward moment at Clark’s introductory news conference last month in which Doyel made a heart gesture with his hands, mimicking something Clark has done with her family, and told her he was happy she was in Indianapolis.
The Big Ten released its 2024-25 opponent assignments for women’s basketball Tuesday morning. Newcomers USC and UCLA will visit Iowa City. Nebraska is Iowa’s lone double-play.
Former Hawkeye star scored 21 points as Indiana Fever fell at Dallas in preseason opener, Clark’s first game as a professional basketball player
Just a few minutes into the Indiana Fever's media day, general manager Lin Dunn was asked to compare Caitlin Clark to a pair of Birds — Sue, who Dunn drafted No. 1 overall in 2002, and Larry, who turned the NBA's Boston Celtics into an instant contender in 1979.
WNBA teams have started making moves to capitalize on the popularity of Caitlin Clark. The Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics have moved their games against the Fever to bigger arenas. The numbers Clark generated in college indicates it's a smart move.
Iowa men’s basketball is not hosting UCLA or USC in their first season in the Big Ten, but will go to Los Angeles to play both.
Basketball attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in 2023-24 was a tale of two teams, as evident by tickets scanned data obtained by The Gazette via a public records request.
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