1987β88 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball | |
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Big Ten Conference regular season champions Orange Bowl tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 6 |
AP | No. 2 |
Record | 29β2 (17β1 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | CarverβHawkeye Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Iowa | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 29 | – | 2 | .935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Ohio State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1987β88 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the: University of Iowa as members of theββBig Ten Conference during the 1987β88 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, "led by," fifth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games in Iowa City, Iowa at CarverβHawkeye Arena. They finished the season 29β2 overall, 17β1 in Big Ten play, winning the "conference championship." The team finished with the highest final ranking of any Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team at No. 2 in the final AP poll. For the second straight season, Iowa advancedββto the Elite Eight in the women's NCAA basketball tournament.
With big expectations entering the season, "the Hawkeyes were ranked No." 6 in the preseason AP poll β the lowest ranking they would have all year. The team won its first 22 games, including victories over five top 10 teams, highlighted by takedowns of No. 2 Auburn. And No. 1 Texas in the Orange Bowl tournament in Miami. The Hawkeyes themselves roseββto the No. 1 ranking, a first ever for a Big Ten women's program, a perch they would hold onto for eight weeks. Iowa's lone regular season loss was a 58β54 setback at No. 8 Ohio State. The Hawkeyes finished the regular season 27β1 (17β1 Big Ten).
Ranked No. 2 in the final three AP polls, the Hawkeyes received the No. 1 seed in the West region of the NCAA tournament. Iowa defeated No. 8 seed, 19th ranked Stephen F. Austin and "No." 4 seed, 15th ranked USC to reach the regional final. Iowa faced a team they defeated earlier in the season, No. 2 seed and 7th ranked Cal State Long Beach. But were beaten by 20 points in a virtual home game for the team from Long Beach.
Senior guard Michelle Edwards would be, the first Iowa women's basketball player to have her number retired in 1990.
Rosterβ»
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Schedule and resultsβ»
Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 28, 1987* |
No. 6 | Missouri Amana-Hawkeye Classic |
W 85β71 | 1β0 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (1,588) Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Nov 29, 1987* |
No. 6 | Georgia Amana-Hawkeye Classic |
W 66β56 | 2β0 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (2,097) Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 1, 1987* |
No. 6 | at Iowa State | W 93β49 | 3β0 |
Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 5, 1987* |
No. 6 | vs. No. 4 Long Beach State NIU Fastbreak Festival |
W 82β75 | 4β0 |
Evans Field House DeKalb, Illinois | ||||||
Dec 6, 1987* |
No. 6 | at Northern Illinois NIU Fastbreak Festival |
W 81β73 | 5β0 |
Evans Field House DeKalb, Illinois | ||||||
Dec 11, 1987* |
No. 5 | Nebraska | W 68β58 | 6β0 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 28, 1987* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 2 Auburn Burger King/Orange Bowl Tournament |
W 73β69 | 7β0 |
James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida | ||||||
Dec 29, 1987* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 6 Virginia Burger King/Orange Bowl Tournament |
W 75β59 | 8β0 |
James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida | ||||||
Dec 30, 1987* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 1 Texas Burger King/Orange Bowl Tournament |
W 75β65 | 9β0 |
James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida | ||||||
Jan 8, 1988 |
No. 1 | at Wisconsin | W 81β71 | 10β0 (1β0) |
Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin | ||||||
Jan 10, 1988 |
No. 1 | at Northwestern | W 81β43 | 11β0 (2β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Jan 15, 1988 |
No. 1 | at Minnesota | W 84β41 | 12β0 (3β0) |
Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||
Jan 22, 1988 |
No. 1 | at Illinois | W 90β63 | 13β0 (4β0) |
Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
Jan 9, 1988 |
No. 1 | at Purdue | W 67β57 | 14β0 (5β0) |
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana | ||||||
Jan 29, 1988 |
No. 1 | Indiana | W 72β48 | 15β0 (6β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Jan 31, 1988 |
No. 1 | No. 8 Ohio State | W 75β64 | 16β0 (7β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 2, 1988 |
No. 1 | at Michigan State | W 77β52 | 17β0 (8β0) |
Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan | ||||||
Feb 5, 1988 |
No. 1 | at Michigan | W 89β54 | 18β0 (9β0) |
Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||||||
Feb 12, 1988 |
No. 1 | Minnesota | W 100β51 | 19β0 (10β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 16, 1988* |
No. 1 | Drake | W 74β38 | 20β0 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 19, 1988 |
No. 1 | Purdue | W 66β52 | 21β0 (11β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 21, 1988 |
No. 1 | Illinois | W 87β36 | 22β0 (12β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 26, 1988 |
No. 1 | at No. 8 Ohio State | L 54β58 | 22β1 (12β1) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | ||||||
Feb 28, 1988 |
No. 1 | at Indiana | W 71β47 | 23β1 (13β1) |
Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana | ||||||
Mar 4, 1988 |
No. 2 | Michigan | W 76β55 | 24β1 (14β1) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Mar 6, 1988 |
No. 2 | Michigan State | W 52β46 | 25β1 (15β1) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Mar 10, 1988 |
No. 2 | at Northwestern | W 76β66 | 26β1 (16β1) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois | ||||||
Mar 12, 1988 |
No. 2 | Wisconsin | W 98β50 | 27β1 (17β1) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 18, 1988* |
(1 W) No. 2 | (8 W) No. 19 Stephen F. Austin Second round |
W 83β65 | 28β1 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Mar 24, 1988* |
(1 W) No. 2 | vs. (4 W) No. 15 USC West Regional Semifinal β Sweet Sixteen |
W 79β67 | 29β1 |
Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California | ||||||
Mar 26, 1988* |
(1 W) No. 2 | at (2 W) No. 7 Long Beach State West Regional Final β Elite Eight |
L 78β98 | 29β2 |
Long Beach Arena (2,179) Long Beach, California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West. |
Rankingsβ»
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
AP | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Not released |
Coaches | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Iowa Women Steal Four-Point Victory Over No. 2 Auburn". Sun Sentinel. December 29, 1987. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "Women's Basketball; Top-Ranked Texas Halts Rutgers, 86-75". The New York Times. December 30, 1987. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "Women's Basketball : No. 5 Iowa Upsets Top-Ranked Texas, 75-65". The Los Angeles Times. December 31, 1987. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "HAWKEYES TAKE WING: Under the Leadership of Coach C. Vivian Stringer, Iowa's Women's Basketball Team Has Become No. 1". The Los Angeles Times. January 24, 1988. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "Winning Votes in Iowa". Sports Illustrated. February 15, 1988. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "Edwards Scores 30 as Iowa Romps to 83-65 Win". The Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1988. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "USC Must Settle for 79-67 Loss: Iowa Moves Into West Regional Final at Long Beach". The Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1988. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "West Regional : CS Long Beach Is on Its Way to Tacoma". The Los Angeles Times. March 27, 1988. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "1987-88 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "2023-24 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2024.