By John Bohnenkamp Iowa’s 95-86 win at Nebraska on Sunday felt like the beginning of the season, when the Hawkeyes won their first four games before a series of disruptions threw off their rhythm. Coach Lisa Bluder hopes that feeling … Continue reading Bluder Knows Hawkeyes Need Consistency After Nebraska Win
By John Bohnenkamp Iowa has played five women’s basketball games since November 17. At least the Hawkeyes will get a game this weekend, but it took a few phone calls. Iowa, which was supposed to play Illinois at Carver-Hawkeye Arena … Continue reading Hawkeyes Need Games, And They’re Able To Find One
By John Bohnenkamp It was a funny story, JD Gravina said. Gravina, Western Illinois’ women’s basketball coach, had a substitution plan late in the third quarter of Wednesday’s home game against Omaha. Danni Nichols was going back into the game … Continue reading WIU 77, OMAHA 70: Leathernecks Get ‘Fire’ In Fourth Quarter For Win
By John Bohnenkamp Three seconds will haunt the Iowa women’s basketball team over the Christmas break. The 74-73 loss to IUPUI at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday afternoon is one the Hawkeyes will have to think about for a while. Iowa (6-3) led by 18 points in the third quarter and by 15 points going into the fourth quarter. But IUPUI (5-2) outscored the Hawkeyes 27-11 the rest of the way. Rachel McLimore’s two free throws with 3.1 seconds left gave the Jaguars their only lead of the game. The Hawkeyes had two chances to win the game, but Monika Czinano’s … Continue reading IUPUI 74, IOWA 73: Hawkeyes Take Bitter Loss Into Christmas Break
By John Bohnenkamp It was 9 o’clock on a Tuesday. The regular crowd had shuffled in at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the opening night of college basketball season, some of them … carrying beer. A new season started with something new … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Scenes From The Opening Week
By John Bohnenkamp When Iowa tips off against Longwood in Tuesday’s 9 p.m. game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, it will have been 611 days since the last time the Hawkeyes played a regular-season game in front of a crowd larger than … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Welcome Back To A Normal College Basketball Season
By John Bohnenkamp It’s never easy to change a player’s shot, Jan Jensen said. But, one season into Monika Czinano’s career at Iowa, Jensen, who is Iowa’s associate head coach, and head coach Lisa Bluder knew something had to be … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Czinano’s New Shot Became A ‘Game-Changer’
By John Bohnenkamp Iowa’s women’s basketball team had one of the best offenses in the nation last season, which is why the Hawkeyes reached the NCAA tournament regional semifinals. The Hawkeyes also had one of the nation’s worst defenses, and … Continue reading For Hawkeyes, The Defensive Mindset Has To Change
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