IOWA CITY – A little more than a minute remained when Jaime Printy, Morgan Johnson and Trisha Nesbitt walked off the Carver-Hawkeye Arena court to a standing ovation. Printy stopped and shared an embrace with Iowa coach Lisa Bluder before taking a seat on the bench. “I just told Jaime not to cry,” Bluder said. [...]
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IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder knew what it would take to turn the women’s basketball world on its ear. “We had to experience a near-perfect night to beat that team,” she said. “It just didn’t happen tonight.” Kayla McBride established a career high with 28 points — including 24 in the first half — as [...]
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IOWA CITY — A huge challenge awaits. So does a huge opportunity. “If this doesn’t get you up, nothing will,” said Samantha Logic, point guard for the University of Iowa women’s basketball team. The Hawkeyes (21-12) load up their slingshots for Tuesday’s second-round NCAA tournament game against second-ranked Notre Dame (32-1). Tipoff is 8:40 p.m. [...]
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IOWA CITY — There’s no Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. No LaSalle or Wichita State. “There’s just not the parity in women’s basketball as there is in men’s basketball right now, and that’s unfortunate,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. What there is: A well-defined upper crust. Notre Dame is among those [...]
continue »The NCAA will release its draw for the 2013 Division-I women’s basketball tournament at 6 p.m. Monday. Jeff Linder of The Gazette/KCRG updates his mock bracket: BRIDGEPORT REGION At Storrs, Conn. (9) Oklahoma State vs. (8) Princeton (16) Navy vs. (1) Connecticut At College Park, Md. (12) San Diego State vs. (5) Georgia (13) South [...]
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IOWA CITY — Hey, don’t you look familiar? For the second time in less than 96 hours, the Iowa Hawkeyes tangle with Northwestern in a women’s basketball game. This time, it’s in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Tipoff is 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. “Here we [...]
continue »IOWA CITY — Morgan Johnson sat at the end of the interview table Monday night, her eyes down, her expression grim and her voice determined. “We’ve got to have wins now,” she said after the Iowa Hawkeyes lost their fourth straight women’s basketball game, 76-75 to Nebraska. “No more close losses. “We’re more than capable. [...]
continue »IOWA CITY — Now it’s getting dicey. Three straight losses have moved the Iowa Hawkeyes into the second division of the Big Ten women’s basketball race. An NCAA Tournament bid, which seemed a slam dunk two weeks ago, is no longer a sure thing. The Hawkeyes (16-8 overall, 5-5 Big Ten) are approaching bubble status. [...]
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IOWA CITY — The Iowa Hawkeyes have feasted on ranked competition this season, compiling a 6-0 record against teams residing in the Top 25. Thursday, the tables turn. Iowa (16-5 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) carries its first ranking of the season – No. 24 in the Associated Press poll – into its game at Illinois [...]
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IOWA CITY — She hasn’t tweeted, and she follows precious few. But Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder is now part of Twitter Nation. “(Assistant) coach (Jan) Jensen has kind of made it a mission to get me to become better on Twitter,” Bluder said of the social-media forum. “I have my account set up, [...]
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