Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
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| University | University of Iowa | |||
| Conference | Big Ten | |||
| Location | Iowa City, IA | |||
| Head coach | Lisa Bluder (15th year) | |||
| Arena | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,400) |
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| Nickname | Hawkeyes | |||
| Student section | Hawks Nest | |||
| Colors | Black and Gold[1] <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css"></templatestyles> |
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1987, 1988, 1993 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2015 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1997, 2001 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2008 | ||||
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 their regular season games at 15 400-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with men's basketball, wrestling, and volleyball teams.
History
Women's basketball was started at the school in 1974, under head coach Lark Birdsong. The team finished 5–16 that season, accomplishing their first victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Birdsong coached at the university until early 1979, which was their first victorious season.[2] Birdsong was subsequently replaced by Judy McMullen, who led the charge for the next four years. McMullen was then 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 national championships.[3]
Beginning with the 1983–1984 season, 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, but success began to wane soon thereafter. Lee's successor as head coach was Lisa Bluder, who remains as 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.
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