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Wednesday night was the highly-anticipated regular season debut for Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. From an atmosphere standpoint, it wasn’t anything that Caitlin isn’t used to. It was a near capacity crowd at Mohegan Sun arena and it was the first time the Sun have sold out a home opener since 2003. As for the play on the court, it was a rocky start for the Fever, as they fell to Connecticut 92-71. Caitlin Clark finished with a team-high 20 points on 5/15 shooting, including four made threes. Things did not go well in the passing department, as she totaled just three assists to ten turno...
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On Monday afternoon, Iowa became the center of attention across women’s basketball. After 24 years as head coach of the Hawkeyes, Lisa Bluder announced her retirement. Less than 25 minutes later, it was revealed that longtime associate head coach Jan Jensen would be taking over the head coaching job. It’s a home run hire for the Hawkeyes. Jan Jensen spent a combined 32 years on staff with Lisa Bluder at Drake and Iowa, including 12 years as an assistant and 20 years as an associate head coach. No one else will be able to seamlessly make the transition to head coach like Jan will be able to. Th...
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The Badger State has been good to Lisa Bluder and Co. over the years and Taylor Stremlow, along with incoming freshman teammate Teagan Mallegni, will try to continue the good fortune with players from Wisconsin. Taylor was the second player to commit to the class of ’24, way back in December of 2022. “I’ve grown more and more sure of my decision with each visit and phone call and that’s a really great feeling,” said Taylor prior to Signing Day. Stremlow is a four-star prospect by ESPN and is ranked as the #94 player in the country. She committed to Iowa over Illinois, Penn State and Wisconsin....
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EMERGENCY PODCAST!!! Massive news for the Iowa women’s basketball program. Lisa Bluder has announced her retirement. That’s huge news, but Iowa also announced that associate head coach Jan Jensen will be taking over as the new head coach. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann dive into all of this. We start with Lisa Bluder announcing her retirement and try to put her career in perspective. From her humble roots coaching at St. Ambrose to 24 seasons leading the Iowa program, Bluder did it by building a great culture at every stop. We discuss her legacy and how she was able to take the program to a leve...
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On Monday afternoon, Lisa Bluder announced her retirement from coaching after 40 years as a collegiate head coach, including 24 years at the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa Athletic Department also announced that associate head coach Jan Jensen will be elevated to the head coach position. Jensen becomes the program’s sixth head coach and has 30 years of coaching experience, including 24 years at Iowa and eight years at Drake. Statement from Athletic Director Beth Goetz provided by University of Iowa Athletics“I am thrilled to share with you that current Associate Head Coach Jan Jens...
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Basketball Icon. Legendary Leader. All-Time Great. That’s what came across Twitter this afternoon in a tweet from the Iowa Women’s Basketball account. What followed was unexpected. After 24 years as head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes, Lisa Bluder has announced her retirement. A statement from Lisa Bluder provided by University of Iowa AthleticsDear Hawkeye Nation: It is with a range of emotions that I share with you today that I have decided to step down from leading the Iowa women’s basketball team after 24 memorable years. I informed President Wilson and Director of Athletics Beth Goetz of my d...
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It’s official. Former Hawkeye Kate Martin has made the final roster for the Las Vegas Aces. The organization announced their 12-player roster on Monday ahead of the team’s season opener against the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night. “Kate Martin is awesome. Kate picks up things so quickly, she’s an amazing sponge,” said Kelsey Plum in a recent zoom interview. “I think Becky nicknamed her Kate ‘Money’ Martin. I think that’s gonna stick.” Drafted 18th overall by the Aces back on April 15th, Martin had her work cut out for her, attempting to make the roster of the back-to-back WNBA champs. On top ...
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Solon is just a short 20-minute drive up Highway 1 from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It will be quick trip for friends and family of incoming freshman Callie Levin to come see her play in Iowa City. Levin was the first commit in the ’24 class for the Hawkeyes, making her decision all the way back in August of 2021. Nearly three years later and Callie is set to arrive at Iowa to begin her career as a Hawkeye. Levin is a three-star prospect by ESPN and is rated as the #2 player in the state of Iowa by Prep Girls Hoops. She committed to Iowa as a sophomore over offers from Iowa State, Drake, Purdue, Uta...
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The Iowa Women’s Basketball team has had sustained success with post players over the last ten years, with Bethany Doolittle, Megan Gustafson and Monika Czinano. Now, Ava Heiden comes to Iowa City as the highest rated of the four players and is looking to become the next one in an increasingly long line of impressive centers coached by Jan Jensen. Heiden will become the first ever Hawkeye from Oregon, but she felt right at home after her commitment back in October of 2022. “The people of Iowa are amazing and are huge supporters of all of Iowa’s sports. In fact, after I committed a whole bunch ...
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Lisa Bluder has had a lot of success with players from Wisconsin during her time as head coach of the Hawkeyes. Samantha Logic, Megan Gustafson and McKenna Warnock all grew up and played their high school ball in the Badger State. Teagan Mallegni is looking to become the next great Hawkeye to come from Wisconsin and she has drawn comparisons to McKenna Warnock, a player that she grew up watching in the Madison area. “Monona Grove was always circled on my calendar for McKenna…I remember one time, my mom didn’t think she scored very much, but it ended up being like 30 or something. So just the q...
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