Articles Tagged: Iowa women’s basketball

As Jan Jensen readies for her first game as Iowa women’s basketball head coach, Angie Lee has some advice — “Be true to yourself; don’t change what isn’t broken.”

Travel-generated expenditures in Linn County totaled $730.5 million, an increase of 5.5 percent over 2022. In Johnson County, visitors spent a total of $683.8 million, a 5.6 percent increase, a study found.

Women’s basketball: Iowa State is No. 8 in the Associated Press preseason poll. South Carolina is No. 1; Iowa is among others receiving votes.

Women’s basketball: A 6-foot-5 post from Alaska, Layla Hays had her mind made up before her visit last weekend. ‘They have had a place in my heart since my first visit.’

The Gazette has learned that Layla Hays, a 6-foot-5 center from Wasilla, Alaska, has committed to the Iowa women’s basketball program.

Hundreds of fans greet Iowa basketball teams and women wrestlers in downtown Iowa City

Ava Heiden, a freshman from Oregon, “has separated herself” as Iowa’s top post, meaning Hannah Stuelke can play more at her natural power-forward slot

The post-Clark, post-Bluder era has arrived for the Iowa women’s basketball program. After back-to-back runs to the NCAA championship game, the expectations bar has been lowered somewhat.

Only Caitlin Clark and USC’s JuJu Watkins outscored Iowa’s Lucy Olsen last season when Olsen was in her third season of pouring in points at Villanova.

Juju Watkins, second to Iowa’s Caitlin Clark last year in NCAA scoring, is the sophomore sensation who will lead Big Ten preseason favorite USC in its first year in the conference.

Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Sydney Affolter will miss about a month after undergoing knee scope.

The Gazette’s Jeff Linder reveals his preseason ballot for the Associated Press women’s basketball poll. South Carolina is No. 1; Iowa State is 12th, Iowa 21st.

Caitlin Clark’s rookie-season impact on the WNBA was phenomenal in multiple ways, and she’s only just begun.

Iowa’s Hannah Stuelke, Lucy Olsen earned preseason all-Big Ten women’s basketball honors. USC’s JuJu Watkins is the preseason player of the year, and the Trojans are preseason title favorites.

Caitlin Clark has departed, but fan interest in the University of Iowa women’s basketball program remains sky-high. General public seating for the 2024-25 season is sold out at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the university announced Wednesday.