Jeff Linder

NCAA women’s basketball: As an assistant coach and a hard-nosed player, Jan Jensen and Jennie (Lillis) Baranczyk teamed to lift the Hawkeyes in the early years of the Lisa Bluder era.

What to know about Monday’s NCAA women’s basketball game between Iowa and Oklahoma. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.

Girls basketball: After leading Cedar Rapids Xavier to the Class 4A state championship, Tom Lilly and Libby Fandel are duly rewarded as The Gazette’s 2005 area coach, player of the year.

NCAA women’s basketball: Freshmen are a focal point in the Hawkeyes’ first-round rout of Murray State. Ava Heiden and Taylor Stremlow hit double figures, and Solon native Callie Levin hits her first career basket.

NCAA women’s basketball: Ava Heiden is key off the bench and in the paint, and Iowa thumps Murray State, 92-57, in the first round.

Follow The Gazette’s live blog for score updates, highlights and analysis as sixth-seeded Iowa takes on 11th-seeded Murray State in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament on Saturday in Norman, Okla.

NCAA women’s basketball: Iowa’s first-round challenge: Keep Murray State’s Racers from running rampant.

NCAA women’s basketball notes: Kylie Feuerbach talks about her decision to use her sixth year of eligibility at Iowa.

What to know about Saturday’s NCAA women’s basketball game between Iowa and Murray State. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.

Women’s basketball: Iowa State’s Audi Crooks, Drake’s Katie Dinnebier earn All-American honors from the Associated Press.

Girls basketball: The Gazette’s preseason 2025-26 rankings, first draft. Our very early preseason No. 1 teams: Johnston, Dallas Center-Grimes, Maquoketa, Hinton and Council Bluffs St. Albert.

Women’s basketball: Waterloo native Halli Poock leads Murray State into NCAA battle with Hawkeyes.

BEDS Documents, which determine Iowa high school sports classifications, have been released.

Women’s basketball: Capsules on the four teams at the Norman subregion. Iowa faces Murray State in the first round at 11 a.m. Saturday, then it’s Oklahoma and Florida Gulf Coast.

Women’s basketball: Iowa draws a trip to Norman, a Saturday date with Murray State in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament.