SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – Iowa faces Louisville tonight in an Elite 8 game with a trip to the Final 4 on the line.
Sunday’s contest will air on the ESPN and on the Hawkeye Radio Network.
March 26, 2023 | 8 p.m. (CT) Climate Pledge Arena | Seattle, WA.
The Hawkeyes were tabbed a 2-Seed for the fifth time in school history, Iowa has a 12-4 record in the NCAA Tourna- ment on the No. 2 Seed line. Associate Head Coach Jan Jensen was named the Division I Assistant Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Tuesday.
Iowa tied its program record for most wins in a single season after defeating Colorado to advance to its fifth Elite 8.
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.
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 492-248 (.664) record and a 247-141 (.637) conference mark at Iowa. In her 38 seasons as a head coach, Bluder
is 849-389 (.685).
SCOUTING LOUISVILLE:
• The Cardinals finished fourth in the ACC this year.
• Louisville averages nearly 20 points per game off of forcing turnovers.
• UL’s path to the Elite 8: No. 12 Drake, No. 4 Texas, and No. 8 Ole Miss.
• Hailey Van Lith leads the Cardinals, averaging 19.5 ppg.
• Olivia Cochran cleans up the baords for UL registering 6.5 boards per contest.
• The Cards finished the regular season 20th in the NET Rankings.
• UL is giving up 63.8 ppg on the defensive side of the floor.
