By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — The final act in the transition from then to now came with the unfurling of the banner to the sound of applause. The commemoration of Iowa’s second consecutive run to the NCAA women’s basketball … Continue reading Hawkeyes Complete The Transition From Then To Now
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The tone in Raegan McCowan’s voice concerned Western Illinois women’s basketball coach JD Gravina. McCowan’s first season had her posting numbers that were among the best in NCAA Division I. She was the Ohio Valley Conference’s freshman … Continue reading McCowan Comes Back To WIU To Be With ‘Family’
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — It’s all a matter of viewpoint, Jan Jensen said. Jensen is Iowa’s new head women’s basketball coach after 24 seasons as an assistant, but there’s a big change that goes beyond the short move … Continue reading Jensen Embraces The New ‘Viewpoint’ With Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten got seven teams into the NCAA women’s basketball tournament last season, and then added USC and UCLA, two teams expected to be in this season’s top five, along with Oregon and … Continue reading A Bigger Big Ten Will Be ‘Like The NCAA Tournament Every Night’
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP ROSEMONT, Ill. — The ghost of Caitlin Clark is probably going to be with the Iowa women’s basketball team for a while. The first question asked of players Hannah Stuelke and Lucy Olsen during Wednesday’s Big Ten … Continue reading Hawkeyes Ready To Ride The Next Wave
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s Hannah Stuelke and Lucy Olsen were named to the Big Ten’s women’s basketball preseason all-conference team by the coaches and the media on Thursday. Stuelke, a junior, was a second-team All-Big Ten pick by the coaches … Continue reading Stuelke, Olsen Named To Preseason All-Big Ten Team
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s Big Ten women’s basketball schedule features six Sunday home games this season. The full 18-game conference schedule, released on Thursday, includes games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Big Ten newcomers USC and UCLA, who are expected to … Continue reading Iowa Women Get Six Sunday Big Ten Home Games
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team was going to need some scoring help next season. The Hawkeyes got that on Wednesday when former Villanova guard Lucy Olsen announced on social media that she would be transferring to Iowa. Olsen, … Continue reading Olsen Commits To Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Caitlin Clark’s busy week at the Final Four with the Iowa women’s basketball team includes plenty of award ceremonies. The senior guard picked up her first national player of the year honor on Wednesday when she was … Continue reading Clark Adds Second Naismith Honor
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — There had to be one final bow before the curtain descended on historic brilliance. Caitlin Clark was about to walk to the free-throw line to score her last two points ever at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, … Continue reading A Star’s Final Performance In A Different Script For Hawkeyes
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