By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team followed a five-game losing streak with a five-game winning streak. Getting through the highs and lows is part of any season, but this is a little extreme. Still, coach Jan Jensen said on … Continue reading Jensen Wants Hawkeyes To Take The Ups And Downs The Same Way
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Fifteen thousand gold towels couldn’t erase Jan Jensen’s message. Jensen knew there was opportunity available on Sunday, but she wanted to make sure her players didn’t think of themselves as the warm-up act … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: 40 Minutes Said A Lot About The Hawkeyes In Win Over USC
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Almost every free throw Lucy Olsen took went through the net. There weren’t a lot of people around to see it. Long after Iowa’s 87-84 loss to Nebraska on Thursday night at Carver-Hawkeye … Continue reading Hawkeyes Can’t Catch A Break, Even At The Free-Throw Line
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — The veteran players became spectators. Iowa’s women’s basketball team was trying, and would eventually fail, to rally against Indiana in the closing minutes of the 74-67 loss on Sunday, and some of the … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: In Three-Game Skid, Hawkeyes’ Pieces Don’t Seem To Fit
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — This was always going to be an education, for a long-time assistant coach who is now a head coach, for veteran players in new and expanded roles, for freshmen experiencing the attention that comes … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Loss To Maryland Is Another Chapter In Iowa’s Textbook
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — It was a glimpse into Iowa’s women’s basketball future that is here now. The final 3 minutes, 39 seconds of the first quarter of the 24th-ranked Hawkeyes’ 84-63 win over Purdue on Sunday at … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Freshmen Keep Hawkeyes’ Evolution Going
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — There is no risk playing with “house money,” as Northern Iowa guard Maya McDermott and her teammates call it. There is the inherent risk, Jan Jensen said, for the two power conference teams that … Continue reading It’s A Hawkeye State, But Panthers Find Their Own Jackpot
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Caitlin Clark’s number 22 officially will be hanging from the Carver-Hawkeye Arena rafters on February 2. Iowa announced on Wednesday that the jersey number of Clark, college basketball’s all-time leading scorer, will be retired in a ceremony … Continue reading Clark’s 22 To Be Retired At Iowa’s Game Vs. USC
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — Jan Jensen’s substitution patterns were like putting dice in a Yahtzee cup, giving it a good shake, and then rolling to see what you would get. Jensen, in her first season as Iowa’s head … Continue reading Hawkeyes Roll The Dice, And Find A Winner
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The first release of the NCAA’s NET should be taken for what it’s worth — it’s a starting point, but certainly not anything to freak out about. The number on December 2 isn’t going to look anything … Continue reading NET MONDAY: First Rankings Are Only The Foundation
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