Iowa center Layla Hays (12) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa center Ava Heiden (5) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa head coach Jan Jensen poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Addie Deal (7) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Journey Houston (8) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke (45) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Chazadi ‘Chit-Chat’ Wright (11) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa assistant coach Lasondra Barrett (left) and assistant coach Jasmyn Walker pose for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Addie Deal (7) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Emely Rodriguez (21) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa center Ava Heiden (5) poses for a picture together during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Addie Deal (7) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa center Layla Hays (12) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Emely Rodriguez (21) and Iowa guard Chazadi ‘Chit-Chat’ Wright (11) pose for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa assistant coach Jasmyn Walker poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke (45) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Journey Houston (8) poses for a picture during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa center Layla Hays (12), Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke (45) and Iowa center Ava Heiden (5) pose for a picture together during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa guard Addie Deal (7), Iowa center Layla Hays (12), and Iowa guard Journey Houston (8) pose for a picture together during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa center Layla Hays (12), Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke (45) and Iowa center Ava Heiden (5) laugh as they pose for a picture together during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Addie Deal (7) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hakweyes’ Ava Heiden (5) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Hannah Stuelke (45) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Layla Hays (12) talks to the press during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Addie Deal (7) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Kylie Feuerbach (4) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Emely Rodriguez (21) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Kylie Feuerbach (4) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Layla Hays (12) talks to the press during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Hannah Stuelke (45) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Taylor Stremlow (1) talks to the press during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hakweyes’ Ava Heiden (5) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Chazadi 'Chit-Chat' Wright (11) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

University of Iowa women’s basketball head coach Jan Jensen laughs as she answers a reporter’s question during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Chazadi 'Chit-Chat' Wright (11) talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

University of Iowa women’s basketball head coach Jan Jensen talks to reporters during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Jada Gyamfi (23) laughs as Callie Levin (32) tells them a story between interviews during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

University of Iowa administration assistant Brenda Kral shows Callie Levin (32) and Jada Gyamfi (23) something on her phone during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Callie Levin (32) talks to Jada Gyamfi (23) and Teagan Mallegni (55) between photos and interviews during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Kennise Johnson (13) laughs at something Teagan Mallegni (55) said while they wait to get their photos taken during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Jada Gyamfi (23) talks about the creepiest Big Ten mascots with Chazadi 'Chit-Chat' Wright (11) and Teagan Mallegni (55) after an interview with the press during media day at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)