The Iowa women’s basketball team held its first practice in Dallas Tuesday afternoon leading into Friday night’s NCAA Final Four game against top ranked South Carolina.
That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. It is Iowa’s first trip to the Final Four since 1993 and the first for Bluder whose head coaching career began at St. Ambrose in 1984.
Bluder says she has heard from a number of former players over the past couple of days, including several who played for former coach C. Vivian Stringer.
Friday night’s game will feature the reigning national player of the year in South Carolina center Aliya Boston and the favorite for this year’s award in Hawkeye guard Caitlin Clark. Bluder says they are different types of players.
The Hawkeyes are 30-6 heading into the national semifinals.
