Articles Tagged: Lisa Bluder

Tania Davis, former 1,000-point scorer and guard of Iowa’s 2019 Elite Eight team, rejoins the Iowa women’s basketball program as director of player development.

Gary Barta has not had “any conversations” about revisiting Bluder’s contract after her postseason success, citing existing performance incentives.

NCAA women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and the ring thing at the end of Sunday’s championship game.

Women’s basketball: The 31-win, NCAA runner-up Iowa Hawkeyes were entertaining, wildly successful and adored.

The officiating crew “won’t even listen,” Lisa Bluder said after Sunday’s loss to LSU in the national championship game.

Christine Grant wanted to be there “when” Iowa Coach Lisa Bluder went to her first Final Four. Grant died in 2021, but a close friend found a way to symbolically bring her to Dallas.

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: Two days after stunning No. 1 South Carolina, Hawkeyes will try to complete a championship journey Sunday against LSU.

Lisa Bluder has gone from driving a team van at St. Ambrose to piloting Iowa to Sunday’s national-championship game, with her feet on the ground the whole time.

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: The Hawkeyes face LSU for the national championship Sunday; to borrow their new mantra, ‘Why Not Them?’

NCAA women’s basketball Final Four: Caitlin Clark scored 41 points, and third-ranked Iowa stunned No. 1 South Carolina, 77-73, in a national semifinal. The Hawkeyes face LSU for the championship Sunday.

Lisa Bluder, Jan Jensen and Jenni Fitzgerald have been “best friends” for decades. It was Bluder who convinced the Jensen and Fitzgerald to make the move with her from Drake to Iowa in 2000. That history is making this year’s Final Four run extra special.

NCAA women’s basketball: Iowa faces a tall task, a big challenge in No. 1 South Carolina at the Final Four.

Iowa coaches Lisa Bluder and Jan Jensen never stopped pounding away after arriving 23 years ago, and here they are in the national semifinals.

The Associated Press added another award to Caitlin Clark’s quickly growing stack, announcing its women’s national basketball player of the year honor Thursday at American Airlines Center.

NCAA women’s basketball: The Hawkeyes dealt with a long flight delay Monday before reaching Dallas. The reality — they’re in the Final Four — hasn’t fully soaked in yet.