2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team explained

Sport:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2010-11
Prev Year:	2009-10
Next Year:	2011-12
Team:	Iowa Hawkeyes
Conference:	Big Ten
Short Conf:	Big 10
Coachrank:	NR
Aprank:	NR
Record:	22–9
Conf Record:	10–6
Asst Coach1:	Jan Jensen
Asst Coach2:	Jenni Fitzgerald
Asst Coach3:	Shannon Gage
Champion:	Islander Tip-Off Tournament Champions, KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge Champions, Caribbean Challenge Champions
Bowl:	NCAA tournament
Bowl Result:	first round

The 2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference and finished 21–7 (10–6) during regular season play. They were eliminated from the Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament in the second round and were invited to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

Exhibition

Date	Opponent	Location	Time	Result	Record
11/07/10	vs. Concordia-St. Paul (Exhibition)	Iowa City, IA	1:00pm	W 101-59

Regular season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time	Result	Record
11/12/10	vs. Southern (Islander Tip-Off Tournament)	Corpus-Christi, TX	5:00pm	W 76-52 ^[1]	1-0
11/13/10	vs. Arkansas State (Islander Tip-Off Tournament)	Corpus-Christi, TX	5:00pm	W 50-47 ^[2]	2-0
11/16/10	vs. Bradley	Iowa City, IA	5:00pm	W 91-53 ^[3]	3-0
11/20/10	vs. Northeastern (KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge)	Iowa City, IA	12:00pm	W 87-59 ^[4]	4-0
11/21/10	vs. Central Michigan (KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge)	Iowa City, IA	2:00pm	W 90-79 ^[5]	5-0
11/25/10	vs. James Madison (Caribbean Challenge)	Cancun, Mexico	6:30pm	W 67-61 ^[6]	6-0
11/26/10	vs. Virginia Tech (Caribbean Challenge)	Cancun, Mexico	6:30pm	W 72-43 ^[7]	7-0
12/02/10	at ^15North Carolina (ACC – Big Ten Challenge)	Chapel Hill, NC	6:00pm	L 79-67 ^[8]	7-1
12/05/10	vs. Kansas State	Iowa City, IA	2:00pm	W 68-62 ^[9]	8-1
12/09/10	vs. ^15Iowa State (Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series)	Iowa City, IA	7:00pm	W 62-40 ^[10]	9-1
12/18/10	at South Dakota St.	Brookings, SD	5:00pm	W 65-54 ^[11]	10-1
12/20/10	at Drake	Des Moines, IA	7:00pm	W 75-71 ^[12]	11-1
12/22/10	vs. Northern Iowa	Iowa City, IA	7:00pm	W 75-64 ^[13]	12-1
12/30/10	at Penn State	University Park, PA	6:00pm	L 68-59 ^[14]	12-2 (0-1)
01/02/11	vs. Michigan	Iowa City, IA	1:00pm	L 60-53 ^[15]	12-3 (0-2)
01/05/11	at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	7:00pm	W 63-57 ^[16]	13-3 (1-2)
01/08/11	vs. ^21Ohio State	Iowa City, IA	3:00pm	W 89-76 ^[17]	14-3 (2-2)
01/13/11	at ^10Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	5:30pm	L 63-60 ^[18]	14-4 (2-3)
01/16/11	vs. Indiana	Iowa City, IA	1:00pm	W 71-51 ^[19]	15-4 (3-3)
01/24/11	at Ohio State	Columbus, OH	6:00pm	L 81-67 ^[20]	15-5 (3-4)
01/27/11	vs. ^11Michigan State	Iowa City, IA	7:00pm	W 66-64 ^[21]	16-5 (4-4)
01/30/11	at Illinois	Champaign, IL	2:00pm	W 80-69 ^[22]	17-5 (5-4)
02/03/11	at Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	5:30pm	L 60-41 ^[23]	17-6 (5-5)
02/06/11	vs. Penn State	Iowa City, IA	2:00pm	L 82-75 ^[24]	17-7 (5-6)
02/10/11	vs. Minnesota	Iowa City, IA	8:00pm	W 64-62 ^[25]	18-7 (6-6)
02/13/11	at Northwestern	Evanston, IL	2:00pm	W 86-75 ^[26]	19-7 (7-6)
02/16/11	vs. Wisconsin	Iowa City, IA	7:00pm	W 59-44 ^[27]	20-7 (8-6)
02/24/11	vs. Illinois	Iowa City, IA	7:30pm	W 83-64 ^[28]	21-7 (9-6)
02/27/11	at Indiana	Bloomington, IN	1:00pm	W 93-79 ^[29]	22-7 (10-6)

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Rankings by Week

Week	Associated Press	ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
Preseason	22	25
1 (Nov. 15)	22	24
2 (Nov. 22)	18	21
3 (Nov. 29)	19	18
4 (Dec. 6)	16	19
5 (Dec. 13)	16	15
6 (Dec. 20)	14	13
7 (Dec. 27)	14	13
8 (Jan. 3)	21	22
9 (Jan. 10)	16	20
10 (Jan. 17)	18	21
11 (Jan. 24)	18	21
12 (Jan. 31)	20	22
13 (Feb. 7)	NR (26)	NR (28)
14 (Feb. 14)	NR (26)	NR (27)
15 (Feb. 21)	NR (27)	NR (28)
16 (Feb. 28)	24	NR (26)
17 (Mar. 7)	NR (26)	NR (30)

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Roster

Number	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown (Last School)
2	Kamille Wahlin	5'8"	G	Junior	Crookston, MN (Crookston High School)
3	Kalli Hansen	5'11"	F	Junior	Olin, IA (Kirkwood Community College)
4	Megan Considine	5'8"	G	Junior	Byron, IL (Byron High School)
11	Trisha Nesbitt	5'6"	G	Sophomore	Ames, IA (Ames High School)
12	Morgan Johnson	6'5"	C	Sophomore	Platte City, MO (Platte County High School)
20	Kelly Krei	6'2"	F	Junior	Iowa City, IA (City High School)
21	Kachine Alexander	5'9"	G	Senior	Minneapolis, MN (Belnide-St. Margaret's School)
22	Kelsey Cermak	6'1"	F	Senior	Norwalk, IA (Norwalk High School)
23	Theairra Taylor	5'11"	G	Sophomore	St. Paul, MN (Central High School)
24	Jaime Printy	5'11"	G	Sophomore	Marion, IA (Linn-Mar High School)
31	Hannah Draxten	6'0"	G/F	Sophomore (RS)	Fergus Falls, MN (Fergus Falls High School)
32	Jade Rogers	6'0"	F	Freshman	Cedar Rapids, IA (Kennedy High School)

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Postseason

Big Ten tournament

Iowa went into the 2011 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament with a 22-7 (10-6) record and was seeded 4th.^[33]

Date	Round	Opponent (Seed)	Location	Time	Result	Record
03/03/11	First Round	Bye	Indianapolis, IN			22-7 (10-6)
03/04/11	Quarterfinals	Ohio State (5)	Indianapolis, IN	7:30pm	L 71-61 ^[34]	22-8 (10-7)

NCAA Basketball tournament

Iowa was invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament as a 6 seed in the Spokane division.

Date	Round	Opponent (Seed)	Location	Time	Result	Record
03/19/11	First Round	Gonzaga (11)	Spokane, WA	3:10pm	L 92-86 ^[35]	22-9 (10-7)

Awards and honors

Kachine Alexander^[36]

• Ranked #2 shooting guard in the country by ESPN.com and Fanhouse.com
• Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
• Preseason all-Big Ten (unanimous pick by coaches)
• MVP of Islander Tip-Off Tournament
• MVP of KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge
• Co-Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 22)
• First player in Iowa history, and the fifth in Big Ten history, to record 1,000 career points, 800 career rebounds and 300 career assists
• Selected to Big Ten all-Defensive team
• First team all-Big Ten selection by both league coaches and media
• Named to Mid-season Top 30 List for the Naismith Award
• Named to Top 20 Mid-season List for the Wooden Award
• Named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) all-Region team^[37]
• Wade Trophy Watch List
• AP All-America Honorable Mention

Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round	Pick (Overall)	Player	NBA Club
Third	2 (26)	Kachine Alexander	Minnesota Lynx

See also

• 2010–11 Big Ten women's basketball season

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Iowa vs. Arkansas State - Game Recap - November 13, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207085742/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303172032. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
3. Web site: Bradley vs. Iowa - Game Recap - November 16, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207140445/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303202294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
4. Web site: Northeastern vs. Iowa - Game Recap - November 20, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207151608/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303242294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
5. Web site: Central Michigan vs. Iowa - Game Recap - November 21, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207085848/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303252294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
6. Web site: James Madison vs. Iowa - Game Recap - November 25, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207150004/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303292294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
7. Web site: Virginia Tech vs. Iowa - Game Recap - November 26, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207150020/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303302294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
8. Web site: Iowa vs. North Carolina - Game Recap - December 2, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207150039/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303360153. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
9. Web site: Kansas State vs. Iowa - Game Recap - December 5, 2010 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
10. Web site: Iowa State vs. Iowa - Game Recap - December 9, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207143935/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303432294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
11. Web site: Iowa vs. South Dakota State - Game Recap - December 18, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207142417/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303522571. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
12. Web site: Iowa vs. Drake - Game Recap - December 20, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207145504/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303542181. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
13. Web site: Northern Iowa vs. Iowa - Game Recap - December 22, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207090022/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303562294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
14. Web site: Iowa vs. Penn State - Game Recap - December 30, 2010 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207090004/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303640213. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
15. Web site: Michigan vs. Iowa - Game Recap - January 2, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207142426/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310022294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
16. Web site: Iowa vs. Minnesota - Game Recap - January 5, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207151010/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310050135. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
17. Web site: Ohio State vs. Iowa - Game Recap - January 8, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207150041/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310082294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
18. Web site: Iowa vs. Michigan State - Game Recap - January 13, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207140155/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310130127. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
19. Web site: Indiana vs. Iowa - Game Recap - January 16, 2011 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
20. Web site: Iowa vs. Ohio State - Game Recap - January 24, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207145505/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310240194. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
21. Web site: Michigan State vs. Iowa - Game Recap - January 27, 2011 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
22. Web site: Iowa vs. Illinois - Game Recap - January 30, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207151614/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310300356. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
23. Web site: Iowa vs. Purdue - Game Recap - February 3, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207090026/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310342509. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
24. Web site: Penn State vs. Iowa - Game Recap - February 6, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207140901/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310372294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
25. Web site: Minnesota vs. Iowa - Game Recap - February 10, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207150058/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310412294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
26. Web site: Iowa vs. Northwestern - Game Recap - February 13, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207145935/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310440077. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
27. Web site: Wisconsin vs. Iowa - Game Recap - February 16, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207085940/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310472294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
28. Web site: Illinois vs. Iowa - Game Recap - February 24, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207150014/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310552294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
29. Web site: Iowa vs. Indiana - Game Recap - February 27, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207142429/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310580084. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
30. Web site: Official Athletics Website of the Iowa Hawkeyes. www.hawkeyesports.com. 30 November 2017. 5 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905053845/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/iowa-w-baskbl-sched.html. dead.
31. Web site: 2018 Women's College Basketball Rankings and Polls for Week 4 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
32. Web site: Official Athletics Website of the Iowa Hawkeyes. www.hawkeyesports.com. 30 November 2017.
33. Web site: Big Ten Official Athletic Site. Big Ten Conference. 30 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081830/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/big10-11-wbb-tourney-central.html. 1 December 2017. dead.
34. Web site: Ohio State vs. Iowa - Game Recap - March 4, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207090002/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310632294. dead. December 7, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
35. Web site: Gonzaga vs. Iowa - Game Recap - March 19, 2011 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20170413072033/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310782294. dead. April 13, 2017. ESPN.com. 30 November 2017.
36. Web site: Iowa Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball . 2011-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711150731/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/10-kachine-alexander-all-american.html . 2011-07-11 . dead .
37. Web site: Alexander Tabbed WBCA All-Region. hawkeyesports.com. 30 November 2017.