Articles Tagged: Iowa women’s basketball

Caitlin Clark struggled early in her WNBA debut before finishing with 20 points as the Indiana Fever fell to the Connecticut Sun 92-71 on Tuesday night.

Lisa Bluder answered questions from reporters ahead of an I-Club event in West Des Moines on Tuesday, a day after she announced her retirement as Iowa women’s basketball coach.

The Hawk Off the Press podcast examines the legacy Lisa Bluder leaves a day after her surprise announcement that she is retiring as Iowa women’s basketball coach. Plus, what Jan Jensen’s promotion to head coach means for the program moving forward.

Caitlin Clark's much anticipated WNBA debut is set for Tuesday night in Connecticut. The No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft is coming off a record-setting college career at Iowa.

The Las Vegas Aces open regular-season play Tuesday — 9 p.m. (CT), ESPN — at home against the Phoenix Mercury, and Kate Martin will be a part of it. She understands her role, and she embraces it.

Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement on Monday. Longtime assistant Jan Jensen has been named head coach. Photos of Bluder, Jensen and their Iowa teams are included in this photo gallery.

Jan Jensen has been the Iowa women’s basketball program’s top assistant, recruiting coordinator and post developer for 24 years. Monday, mere minutes after Lisa Bluder’s retirement was announced, Jensen was announced as the successor.

Lisa Bluder ended her career as Iowa’s women’s basketball coach Monday, leaving behind a program that has taken up residence in so many hearts

The stunned reactions Monday afternoon on social media quickly gave way to tributes. Here’s what former Iowa women’s basketball players and others in the women’s basketball community are saying about Lisa Bluder after she announced her retirement as Iowa women’s basketball coach.

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.