2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Islander Tip-Off Tournament Champions, KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge Champions, Caribbean Challenge Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceBig Ten
Ranking
CoachesNo. NR
APNo. NR
Record22–9 (10–6 Big 10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCarver-Hawkeye Arena
Seasons
2010–11 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Michigan State 13 – 3   .813 25 – 9   .735
Penn State 11 – 5   .688 25 – 10   .714
No. 18 Ohio State † 10 – 6   .625 24 – 10   .706
Iowa 10 – 6   .625 22 – 9   .710
Michigan 10 – 6   .625 17 – 13   .567
Wisconsin 10 – 6   .625 16 – 15   .516
Purdue 9 – 7   .563 21 – 12   .636
Northwestern 6 – 10   .375 19 – 14   .576
Minnesota 4 – 12   .250 12 – 18   .400
Indiana 3 – 13   .188 9 – 20   .310
Illinois 2 – 14   .125 9 – 23   .281
† 2011 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]


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

Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points

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.[34]

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 [35] 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 [36] 22-9 (10-7)

Awards and honors

Kachine Alexander[37]

  • 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[38]
  • 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

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