2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet 16
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
Record	20–10 (11–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lisa Bluder (21st season)
Assistant coaches	Jan Jensen Raina Harmon Abby Stamp
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena

2020–21 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Maryland †	17	–	1		.944			26	–	2		.929
No. 12 Indiana	16	–	2		.889			20	–	5		.800
No. 21 Rutgers	10	–	3		.769			14	–	5		.737
No. 16 Michigan	9	–	4		.692			16	–	6		.727
Northwestern	11	–	7		.611			16	–	9		.640
Iowa	11	–	8		.579			20	–	9		.690
No. 22 Ohio State	9	–	7		.563			13	–	7		.650
Michigan State	8	–	7		.533			15	–	9		.625
Nebraska	9	–	10		.474			13	–	13		.500
Minnesota	7	–	11		.389			8	–	13		.381
Penn State	6	–	13		.316			9	–	15		.375
Purdue	4	–	14		.222			7	–	16		.304
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			5	–	18		.217
Wisconsin	2	–	18		.100			5	–	19		.208
† 2021 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 27, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by twenty-first year head coach Lisa Bluder and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hawkeyes finished the season 20–10, 11–8 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They received a bye into the Second Round of the Big Ten women's tournament where they defeated Purdue, Rutgers, and Michigan before losing in the final to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the five seed in the Riverwalk Regional, they defeated twelve seed Central Michigan and four seed Kentucky before losing to one seed UConn to end their season.

Previous season

The Hawkeyes finished the season 26–4, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. In the Big Ten tournament they lost to Ohio State in the first round. They did not get a chance for further post season play, as the NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Departures

Name	#	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Mackenzie Meyer	3	G	5'10"	Senior	Mason City, IA	Completed college eligibility
Kathleen Doyle	22	G	5'9"	Senior	La Grange Park, IL	Completed college eligibility/ Declared for WNBA Draft
Paula Valiño Ramos	31	F/C	6'3"	Junior	Ourense, Spain
Amanda Ollinger	43	F	6'1"	Senior	Cedar Rapids, IA	Completed college eligibility

Recruits

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Caitlin Clark PG	West Des Moines, IA	Dowling Catholic	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Nov 12, 2019
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 98
Sharon Goodman P	Cresco, IA	Crestwood	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Aug 25, 2018
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
Shateah Wetering W	Montezuma, IA	Montezuma Community	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Dec 31, 2018
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
Lauren Jensen G	Lakeville, MN	Lakeville North	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A	Mar 18, 2019
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:   ESPN: 15
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2020 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

Roster

2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Tomi Taiwo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Carmel Carmel, IN G 5 Alexis Sevillian (C) 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS Sr Goodrich Goodrich, MI G 11 Megan Meyer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mason City Mason City, IA F 13 Shateah Wetering 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Montezuma Montezuma, IA G/F 14 McKenna Warnock 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Monona Grove Marshall, WI G 15 Lauren Jensen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Lakeville North Lakeville, MN G 20 Kate Martin (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL G 21 Zion Sanders (C,W) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Central Evansville, IN G 22 Caitlin Clark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Dowling Catholic West Des Moines, IA F 23 Logan Cook 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Iowa City West Iowa City, IA G 24 Gabbie Marshall 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Mount Notre Dame Cincinnati, OH F/C 25 Monika Czinano 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Watertown-Mayer Watertown, MN C 40 Sharon Goodman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Crestwood Lime Springs, IA	Head coach Lisa Bluder (Northern Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Jan Jensen (Drake) Raina Harmon (Central Michigan) Abby Stamp (Iowa) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: June 18, 2021

Schedule and results

Source:[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2020* 6:30 p.m.		Northern Iowa	W 96–81	1–0	27 – Clark	13 – Warnock	6 – Warnock	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (365) Iowa City, IA
December 2, 2020* 6:00 p.m.		at Drake	W 103–97	2–0	30 – Clark	8 – Warnock	13 – Clark	Knapp Center (116) Des Moines, IA
December 5, 2020 2:00 p.m.		Wisconsin	W 85–78	3–0 (1–0)	23 – Clark	9 – Czinano	6 – Martin	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (325) Iowa City, IA
December 9, 2020* 6:30 p.m.		Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series	W 82–80	4–0	34 – Clark	7 – Tied	6 – Clark	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (326) Iowa City, IA
December 12, 2020 3:00 p.m.		at Michigan State	L 82–86	4–1 (1–1)	35 – Clark	12 – Warnock	6 – Warnock	Breslin Center (0) East Lansing, MI
December 22, 2020* 1:00 p.m.		Western Illinois	W 92–65	5–1	19 – Czinano	13 – Clark	10 – Clark	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (344) Iowa City, IA
December 31, 2020 2:00 p.m.		Rutgers	W 90–84	6–1 (2–1)	28 – Clark	9 – Warnock	6 – Tied	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (328) Iowa City, IA
January 3, 2021 1:00 p.m.		at Illinois	W 107–68	7–1 (3–1)	21 – Clark	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	State Farm Center (0) Champaign, IL
January 6, 2021 6:00 p.m.		Minnesota	W 92–79	8–1 (4–1)	37 – Clark	11 – Clark	5 – Clark	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (296) Iowa City, IA
January 9, 2021 6:00 p.m.		at No. 22 Northwestern	L 67–77	8–2 (4–2)	28 – Czinano	17 – Warnock	8 – Clark	Welsh–Ryan Arena (0) Evanston, IL
January 13, 2021 3:00 p.m.		No. 15 Ohio State	L 82–84 ^OT	8–3 (4–3)	27 – Clark	12 – Warnock	5 – Tied	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (326) Iowa City, IA
January 18, 2021 3:30 p.m.		Purdue	W 87–81	9–3 (5–3)	26 – Clark	9 – Tied	5 – Czinano	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (293) Iowa City, IA
January 21, 2021 4:00 p.m.		at Maryland	Postponed					Xfinity Center  College Park, MD
January 23, 2021 3:00 p.m.		at Rutgers	Postponed					Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
January 28, 2021 5:00 p.m.		No. 23 Northwestern	L 80–87	9–4 (5–4)	34 – Czinano	14 – Warnock	8 – Clark	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (264) Iowa City, IA
January 31, 2021 4:00 p.m.		at Minnesota	W 94–68	10–4 (6–4)	23 – Czinano	10 – Warnock	11 – Clark	Williams Arena (0) Minneapolis, MN
February 4, 2021 5:00 p.m.		at No. 11 Ohio State	L 87–92	10–5 (6–5)	30 – Clark	6 – Czinano	9 – Clark	Value City Arena (54) Columbus, OH
February 7, 2021 1:00 p.m.		No. 17 Indiana	L 72–85	10–6 (6–6)	30 – Clark	15 – Warnock	4 – Tied	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (265) Iowa City, IA
February 11, 2021 7:00 p.m.		at Nebraska	W 88–81	11–6 (7–6)	39 – Clark	10 – Clark	9 – Clark	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
February 18, 2021 3:00 p.m.		Penn State	W 96–78	12–6 (8–6)	32 – Clark	8 – Czinano	11 – Martin	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (274) Iowa City, IA
February 21, 2021 TBA		at Indiana	Postponed					Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
February 23, 2021 Noon		at No. 8 Maryland	L 93–111	12–7 (8–7)	34 – Clark	5 – Czinano	7 – Clark	Xfinity Center (0) College Park, MD
February 25, 2021 3:30 p.m.		No. 12 Michigan	W 89–67	13–7 (9–7)	27 – Clark	5 – Clark	9 – Clark	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (332) Iowa City, IA
February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m.		at Wisconsin	W 84–70	14–7 (10–7)	19 – Marshall	7 – Clark	14 – Clark	Kohl Center (0) Madison, WI
March 3, 2021 3:30 p.m.		at No. 10 Indiana	L 80–89	14–8 (10–8)	32 – Clark	6 – Czinano	5 – Tied	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
March 6, 2021 7:00 p.m.		Nebraska	W 83–75	15–8 (11–8)	35 – Clark	8 – Tied	5 – Martin	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (301) Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 10, 2021 7:30 p.m., FS2	(6)	vs. (11) Purdue Second Round	W 83–72[3]	16–8	38 – Czinano	9 – Czinano	9 – Clark	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (1,064) Indianapolis, IN
March 11, 2021 8:00 p.m., FS2	(6)	vs. (3) No. 19 Rutgers Quarterfinals	W 73–62[4]	17–8	27 – Marshall	12 – Warnock	10 – Clark	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0) Indianapolis, IN
March 12, 2021 3:00 p.m., FS2	(6)	vs. (7) Michigan State Semifinals	W 87–72[5]	18–8	27 – Czinano	11 – Warnock	11 – Clark	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0) Indianapolis, IN
March 13, 2021 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	(6)	vs. (1) No. 7 Maryland Final	L 84–104[6]	18–9	22 – Czinano	10 – Warnock	7 – Clark	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (1,202) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2021 11:00 p.m., ESPN	(5 R)	vs. (12 R) Central Michigan First Round	W 87–72[7]	19–9	23 – Tied	10 – Warnock	7 – Clark	Alamodome (0) San Antonio, TX
March 23, 2021 2:30 p.m., ESPNU	(5 R)	vs. (4 R) No. 18 Kentucky Second Round	W 86–72[8]	20–9	35 – Clark	8 – Tied	6 – Clark	Bill Greehey Arena (0) San Antonio, TX
March 27, 2021 Noon, ABC	(5 A)	vs. (1 A) No. 1 UConn Sweet Sixteen	L 72–92[9]	20–10	21 – Clark	5 – Tied	5 – Tied	Alamodome (0) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. R=River Walk. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Final
AP				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV							RV	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	19

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

See also

2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

References

1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
2. "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. University of Iowa. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
3. "Czinano, Clark help Iowa women break away from Purdue 83-72". Associated Press. March 10, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
4. "Iowa ousts No. 19 Rutgers women from Big Ten tourney 73-62". Associated Press. March 11, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
5. "Iowa women advance to Big Ten championship game". Associated Press. March 12, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
6. "No. 7 Maryland dominates Iowa to repeat as tourney champ". Associated Press. March 13, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
7. "Clark shines in her NCAA Tournament debut, Iowa eases by CMU". Associated Press. March 21, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
8. "Clark scores 35 for Iowa women in NCAA win over Kentucky". Associated Press. March 23, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
9. "Bueckers, UConn beat Clark, Iowa in women's Sweet 16". Associated Press. March 27, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.