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For the second straight week, the Iowa women’s basketball program opened their doors to the media and for approximately thirty minutes, we were able to film their practice session. One thing was evident, the energy and passion of the players who were on the court and the coaches who were installing various aspects of what they will rely upon this winter when they hope to return to the NCAA Tournament and make another deep run in the Big Dance. We have three video clips from practice that allows fans to get to see what the new squad is like on the court. The post Video: A look at Iowa women’s b...
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While some basketball players always seem unhappy on the court, you rarely see Lucy Olsen without a smile on her face. The transfer guard to the Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team says that basketball brings joy to her life and therefore a smile to her face, anytime she is on the court. Olsen discusses why she finds so much joy playing basketball, her love of Love Island UK on Netflix, the freedom she find with the Iowa Hawkeye style of play, getting comfortable with her teammates, and how she has gotten used to tornadoes in the state of Iowa. The post Basketball brings joy to Lucy Olsen app...
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Aaliyah Guyton comes from a basketball family. Both her parents played basketball professionally, so they know the ups and downs that the game can provide and the injuries that can always happen. Last winter one of those injuries happened to Guyton. She tore her ACL and now that recovery process is continuing. Guyton is being withheld from actual practice, but she is making rapid progress on the side. She shares when she expects to be back in actual practice with her teammates this fall, how her parents have helped her navigate responding to a setback like this, and leaning on a teammates who ...
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Players like Taylor McCabe are called gym rats. They spent hours upon hours in the gym beyond their team practice time getting up shots and working on their craft. McCabe will put in at least one extra hour or longer. She seems to have found a kindred spirit in new teammate and roommate Lucy Olsen, who also loves to spend time getting up extra shots and working on ball handling drills. When they aren’t at the gym, the roommates are watching Love Island UK on Netflix. She talks about the extra work and the growth of her friendship with Olsen since she arrived on campus. The post Taylor McCabe p...
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The Iowa Women’s Basketball team has been fortunate to have had several veteran led teams over the last couple of years. The Hawkeyes had the same starting five for three straight seasons from 2020-22, while Caitlin Clark, Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall started together for four straight seasons. The recent seasoned starting lineups and overall team experience have posed challenges for the younger Hawkeyes seeking rotation spots in recent years. In fact, Hannah Stuelke is the only freshman to average over 10.0 minutes per game in the last five seasons. Not since the 2018-19 season have multip...
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Hawkeye fans have know about the heart, hustle and ability of Syd Affolter for quite sometime. However, fans outside of those in the state of Iowa were introduced to Affolter last March when she seamlessly stepped into the Hawkeyes starting lineup for the injured Molly Davis and helped Iowa to their second straight national title game appearance. Over nine postseason games, Syd averaged 12.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. The Hawkeyes lost five seniors from that team, and now, that Syd Affolter that showed up for the postseason will be the one that Head Coach Jan Jensen will ho...
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Fran McCaffery is entering his 15th season as head coach of the Hawkeyes, but this season is one that is different from all of the others. It comes during a time where the transfer portal and NIL dominates the landscape, meanwhile the Big Ten just added four west coast schools to the conference. Iowa added Manhattan transfer Seydou Traore and Morehead State transfer Drew Thelwell in the portal, while Peyton Sandfort and Owen Freeman headline the returners. The Hawkeyes feel like they have an underrated squad. McCaffery met with the media on Monday afternoon to talk about some of the newcomers,...
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When the Iowa men’s basketball team takes the floor for the 2024-25 season, there will be several new faces wearing the black and gold. Among them are Manhattan transfer Seydou Traore, freshman Chris Tadjo and freshman Cooper Koch. The media was able to meet with all three of them prior to practice on Monday afternoon to discuss how things have gone this summer and how they are adjusting to life at Iowa. Seydou Traore comes to Iowa City after spending his freshman year at Manhattan, where he earned MAAC All-Freshman Team honors. He averaged 11.8 points and 8.2 rebounds for the Jaspers last sea...
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The Iowa men’s and women’s basketball teams have been hard at work in Iowa City. Both squads have been getting after it on a daily basis on the practice court. Most days the Hawkeye women, who are coming off back to back trips to the national title game, get their work done in the morning. Meanwhile the men, who are looking to return to the NCAA Tournament after missing out last year, This week we were invited to get a look at both teams at practice. Our great photographer, Dennis Scheidt, was there to capture photos to give you a look at the Hawkeye basketball team. The post Photo Gallery: Io...
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It’s been a busy week for Iowa basketball. That means men’s and women’s basketball and we got a look at both teams this week. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann discuss what they saw at Iowa women’s basketball practice earlier on Thursday. Which players were impressive and were there a couple of true freshmen that caught our eye? What about transfer Lucy Olsen? How did she look on the court and why should fans not expect her to be Caitlin Clark. We also received updates from Jan Jensen on the overall program. Then we moved on to Iowa men’s basketball, who also held a media event and allowed a peek i...
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