Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represents the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team plays its regular season games at 15,400-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with men's basketball, wrestling, and volleyball teams.
| Iowa Hawkeyes | ||||
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| University | University of Iowa | |||
| Head coach | Lisa Bluder (20th season) | |||
| Conference | Big Ten | |||
| Location | Iowa City, Iowa | |||
| Arena | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,400) | |||
| Nickname | Hawkeyes | |||
| Student section | Hawks Nest | |||
| Colors | Black and Gold[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1987, 1988, 1993, 2019 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2015, 2019 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | ||||
| 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 | ||||
| Conference Tournament Champions | ||||
| 1997, 2001, 2019 | ||||
| Conference Regular Season Champions | ||||
| 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2008 | ||||
History
Iowa women's basketball began in 1974, under head coach Lark Birdsong. The first Iowa team finished 5–16 in 1974-75, its first victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Birdsong coached Iowa until 1978-79, which marked Iowa's first winning season.[2] Birdsong was subsequently replaced by Judy McMullen, who led the program for the next four years. McMullen was succeeded in 1983 by former Cheyney University coach C. Vivian Stringer. Prior to her stay at Iowa, Stringer led the Cheyney Wolves to the 1982 NCAA championship.[3]
Beginning with the 1983–84 season, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Stringer coached at Iowa for 12 seasons. In that time, the Hawkeyes won six Big Ten championships, played in nine NCAA Tournaments, and reached the Final Four in 1993. Unprecedented attention was shown to the Hawkeyes under Stringer, as evidenced by the record-setting 22,157 fans that watched Iowa play Ohio State on February 3, 1985, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.[4] Stringer, however, left Iowa to coach at Rutgers in 1995, following the death of her husband, Bill.[5]
Angie Lee replaced Stringer, and led the Hawkeyes to a Big Ten championship in her first season. Under Lee, Iowa won another Big Ten title in 1998. In 2000, Lee's successor as head coach was Lisa Bluder. Bluder is Iowa's current women's basketball coach. Under Bluder, the Hawkeyes have won one regular season Big Ten championship and two Big Ten Tournament championships.
From 2015 to 2019, Megan Gustafson has played for Coach Bluder and the women’s basketball program at Iowa. Gustafson was named the 2019 National Player of the year, after averaging a double-double of 27.8 points and 13.4 rebounds on 69.9% shooting. The 2018–19 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team had a 29-7 regular season record, winning the Big Ten Conference Tournament Championship and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[6][7]
NCAA Tournament results
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | #5 | Second Round | #4 Tennessee | L 68−73 |
| 1987 | #3 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #6 New Orleans #2 Georgia #1 Louisiana Tech | W 68–56 W 62–60 L 65−66 |
| 1988 | #1 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #8 Stephen F. Austin #4 Southern Cal #2 Long Beach State | W 83–65 W 79–67 L 78−98 |
| 1989 | #3 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #11 Tennessee Tech #2 Stanford | W 77–75 L 74−98 |
| 1990 | #3 | Second Round | #6 Vanderbilt | L 56−61 |
| 1991 | #6 | First Round Second Round | #11 Montana #3 Washington | W 64–53 L 53−70 |
| 1992 | #1 | Second Round | #8 SW Missouri State | L 60−61 (OT) |
| 1993 | #2 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #7 Old Dominion #3 Auburn #1 Tennessee #1 Ohio State | W 82–56 W 63–50 W 72−56 L 72–73 (OT) |
| 1994 | #3 | First Round Second Round | #14 Mount St. Mary's #6 Alabama | W 70–47 L 78−84 |
| 1996 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #15 Butler #7 DePaul #3 Vanderbilt | W 72–67 W 72−71 L 63–74 |
| 1997 | #9 | First Round Second Round | #8 NC State #1 Connecticut | W 56–50 L 53−72 |
| 1998 | #4 | First Round Second Round | #13 Massachusetts #5 Kansas | W 77–59 L 58−62 |
| 2001 | #4 | First Round Second Round | #13 Oregon #5 Utah | W 88–82 L 69−78 |
| 2002 | #9 | First Round Second Round | #8 Virginia #1 Connecticut | W 69–62 L 48−86 |
| 2004 | #9 | First Round | #8 Virginia Tech | L 76−89 |
| 2006 | #10 | First Round | #7 BYU | L 62−67 |
| 2008 | #9 | First Round | #8 Georgia | L 61−67 |
| 2009 | #8 | First Round | #9 Georgia Tech | L 62−76 |
| 2010 | #8 | First Round Second Round | #9 Rutgers #1 Stanford | W 70–63 L 67−96 |
| 2011 | #6 | First Round | #11 Gonzaga | L 86−92 |
| 2012 | #9 | First Round | #8 California | L 74−84 |
| 2013 | #9 | First Round Second Round | #8 Miami (FL) #1 Notre Dame | W 69–53 L 57−74 |
| 2014 | #6 | First Round Second Round | #11 Marist #3 Louisville | W 87–65 L 53−83 |
| 2015 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #14 American #11 Miami (FL) #2 Baylor | W 75–67 W 88−70 L 66–81 |
| 2018 | #6 | First Round | #11 Creighton | L 70−76 |
| 2019 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #15 Mercer #7 Missouri #3 NC State #1 Baylor | W 66–61 W 68−52 W 79–61 L 53–85 |
Retired numbers
| Iowa Hawkeyes retired numbers | ||||
| No. | Player | Career | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Megan Gustafson | 2015–2019 | 2020 | |
| 30 | Michelle Edwards | 1985–1988 | 1990 | |
References
- Iowa Hawkeyes Visual Brand Standards – Iowa Basic Version (PDF). August 28, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- "Hawkeye Sports Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Hawkeyesports.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090325055739/http://www.scarletknights.com/basketball-women/coaches/stringer.html. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - Carver-Hawkeye Arena: Celebrating 25 Years. Iowa Sports Information, 2008.
- Smith, Claire (1995-12-10). "COLLEGE BASKETBALL - A Coaching Legend Comes Home - Personal Loss Spurs Stringer's Move to Help Rutgers Rebuild - NYTimes.com". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- "Women's college basketball player of the year: Iowa's Megan Gustafson". 2019-03-15.
- "Women's NCAA tournament 2019: Megan Gustafson's double-double delivers Iowa to Sweet 16". 2019-03-24.
