2018–19 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's basketball
Year:	2018–19
Team:	Iowa Hawkeyes
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Coachrank:	8
Aprank:	8
Record:	29–7
Conf Record:	14–4
Hc Year:	19th
Asst Coach2:	Jenni Fitzgerald
Asst Coach3:	Raina Harmon
Champion:	Big Ten tournament Champions
Tourney Result:	Elite Eight

The 2018–19 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by 19th year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 29–7, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. Iowa won the Big Ten Conference tournament championship game over Maryland, 90–76.^[1] They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Greensboro region where they defeated Mercer and Missouri in the first and second rounds, NC State in the Sweet Sixteen to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1993. They lost to eventual national champion Baylor in the Elite Eight.^[2]

Off-season

Departures

Name		Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
	4	F	6'3"			Completed college eligibility
	14	G	6'1"			Left the sport
	34	F	6'1"

Recruits

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	13	13	12	14	16	16	16	16	19	17	22	17	13	16	14	10	12	10	8	N/A
Coaches	17	17^	14	15	16	15	15	16	20	17	18	15	12	16	13	10	11	10	8	8

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

2019 WNBA Draft

See main article: 2019 WNBA draft.

2

17

Megan Gustafson^[3]

Dallas Wings

See also

2018–19 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iowa's Big Ten champions: We're not done yet. BATTERSON. STEVE. Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. en. 2019-03-13.
2. News: Dargan . Southard . As Iowa women's basketball exits the Megan Gustafson era, Hawkeyes believe Spain trip will aid transition . Hawk Central . August 6, 2019.
3. News: Ben . Steele . Three players from Wisconsin were selected in the WNBA draft, two by the same team . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . April 10, 2019.