SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – Iowa battles Colorado tonight in the Sweet 16 for a shot at the Elite 8.
The game is tonight, Friday, March 24, in Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. It will be televised on ESPN. The winner plays against either Ole Miss or Louisville on Sunday in the Elite 8.
Iowa enjoys it highest AP Ranking last week (No. 2) since 1994.
The Hawkeyes were tabbed a 2-Seed for the fifth time in school history, Iowa has a 11-4 record in the NCAA Tourna- ment on the No. 2 Seed line. Associate HC Jan Jensen was named the Division I Assistant Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Tuesday.
Iowa won its third Big Ten Tournament title since 2019, over Ohio State which was the largest marging of victory in BTT
Championship history.
Caitlin Clark was named the Big Ten Player of the Year for the second consective season.
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Monika Czinano and Clark were unanimous All-Big Ten selections.
Lisa Bluder and Clark were named to both Naismith Semifinalists Lists. (COY/POY)
Since 2008, Bluder’s teams own a 230-42 record inside of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. In that stretch, the Hawkeyes have posted
three undefeated seasons at home. Over the last eight years, Iowa has dropped the second-fewest regular season home
games in the Big Ten.
Iowa welcomes four new players to the 2022-23 roster: Molly Davis, Jada Gyamfi, Taylor McCabe, and Hannah Stuelke. Gyamfi,
McCabe, and Stuelke are all true freshmen, hailing from Johnston, Cedar Rapids and Fremont, Nebraska, respectively. Davis is a
fourth-year transfer from Central Michigan.
Clark was named The Athletic National Player of the Year and a unanimous AP First Team All-American.
Czinano was tabbed as a Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Semifinalist.
Iowa set a program record against Evansville scoring 115 points earlier this season.
Iowa has had five out of the last six Big Ten Players of the Year.
The Hawkeyes have a nation’s best five wins against AP Top 10 opponents.
Clark was the Big Ten Tournament MVP for the second straight season which has only happened three times in conference
history.
For the first time in the Lisa Bluder era, the Hawkeyes won 15 Big Ten regular season conference games.
This is Iowa’s 29th trip in school history to the Big Dance.
Over the last 10 games, Gabbie Marshall is shooting 58% from 3-point range.
Bluder owns a 491-248 (.664) record and a 247-141 (.637) conference mark at Iowa. In her 38 seasons as a head coach, Bluder
is 848-389 (.685).
ABOUT COLORADO:
• This is CU’s first back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament since the 2001-04 tourneys.
• Quay Miller, an All-Pac-12 selection, is leading the Buffs with 13 ppg and 8.5 rpg.
• Colorado has won nine of its last 12 dating back to Feb. 3.
• CU’s defense gives up 58.7 ppg.
• Colorado’s first trip to the Sweet 16 when it played 2-Seed Villanova and lost, 53-51 in 2003.
• This season was CU’s best Pac-12 finish in program history. (3rd)
• Features three scorers averaging better than nine points per contest.
