Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball

Iowa Hawkeyes

2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

University

University of Iowa

Conference

Big Ten

Location

Iowa City, IA

Head coach

Lisa Bluder (15th year)

Arena

Carver-Hawkeye Arena
(Capacity: 15,400)

Nickname

Hawkeyes

Student section

Hawks Nest

Colors

Black and Gold^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

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

Members of Iowa's women's basketball team celebrate their 2008 regular season Big Ten championship on March 2, 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.

References

↑ "Iowa Hawkeyes Brand Standards" (PDF). 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
↑ "Hawkeye Sports Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Hawkeyesports.cstv.com. 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.

Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball

Venues	Iowa Field House (1974–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)

Rivalries	Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

Culture & lore	Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

University of Iowa

Academics

Colleges	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (School of Music · School of Art) College of Business College of Dentistry College of Education College of Engineering Graduate College College of Law College of Medicine College of Nursing College of Pharmacy College of Public Health

Affiliations	Association of American Universities Big Ten Conference Big Ten Academic Alliance CIMBA Iowa Board of Regents Universities Research Association

Programs/research	Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development Injun Satellite Program International Writing Program Iowa Electronic Markets Iowa Law Review Iowa Tests of Basic Skills The Iowa Review Iowa Women's Archives ISCABBS The Journal of Corporation Law Philological Quarterly University of Iowa Press UMPERLC Writers' Workshop

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Field hockey Football Wrestling

Rivalries	Iowa State (Cy-Hawk Series) Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin "Big Four" men's basketball

Campus

Athletics Hall of Fame Beckwith Boathouse Carver–Hawkeye Arena Children's Hospital Cambus Duane Banks Field Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City Iowa Field House Iowa Memorial Union Iowa River Kinnick Stadium Museum of Art Museum of Natural History Old Capitol Old Capitol Mall Pappajohn Business Building Ped Mall Pentacrest Recreation & Wellness Center Thomas C. Carson House

Student life

Alumni Faculty "Alma Mater Iowa" The Daily Iowan Hawkeye Marching Band "Hawkeye Victory Polka" Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Iowa Biennial KRUI-FM KSUI "On Iowa" "Roll Along Iowa" WSUI University of Iowa shooting

Big Ten Conference women's basketball

Teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Lady Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wisconsin Badgers

Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (defunct)

Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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