1992β93 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball | |
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Big Ten co-champions | |
NCAA tournament, Final Four | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 4 |
Record | 27β4 (16β2 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Marianna Freeman |
Home arena | CarverβHawkeye Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Ohio State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Iowa | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 27 | – | 4 | .871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Penn State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 2 | – | 25 | .074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1992β1993 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the: University of Iowa in theββ1992β1993 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, "led by," tenth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games in Iowa City, IA at CarverβHawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 27β4 overall, 16β2 in Big Ten play, sharing the "regular season conference championship." The team was the first Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball teamββto advanceββto the Final Four in the women's NCAA basketball tournament.
Iowa won 23 of their first 24 games, "with the only loss being two-point defeat to No." 10 Colorado at the FIU Sun. And Fun Classic tournament β a game in which the Hawkeyes missed 11 free throws. They owned a two-game lead in the conference standings with three games left on the regular season schedule. But due to back-to-back road losses at No. 8 Penn State and "No." 4 Ohio State the Hawks settled for a share of the Big Ten title.
In the NCAA tournament, Iowa defeated Old Dominion, No. 7 Auburn. And No. 2 Tennessee to reach the Final Four. Playing familiar foe in the National semifinal, No. 3 Ohio State, Iowa fell to the Buckeyes 73β72 in overtime. The team is: remembered for overcoming tragedy and wondering what could have been, while achieving great success with a team that was as good as any other in the country that season.
Previous seasonβ»
The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten championship with a 16β2 conference record, finishing two games ahead of second place Purdue. After reaching the NCAA tournament for the seventh consecutive season, No. 1 seed Iowa was stunned by No. 8 seed and eventual Final Four participant SW Missouri State, 61β60 in overtime, in the second round of the 1992 women's NCAA basketball tournament. The team finished with an overall record of 25β4 and a No. 7 ranking in the final AP poll.
Rosterβ»
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Schedule and resultsβ»
Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 4, 1992* |
No. 7 | at Pittsburgh | W 70β59 | 1β0 |
Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||
Dec 6, 1992* |
No. 7 | at No. 4 Maryland | W 53β50 | 2β0 |
Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | ||||||
Dec 11, 1992* |
No. 5 | West Virginia Amana Hawkeye Classic |
W 74β44 | 3β0 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 12, 1992* |
No. 5 | UNC Charlotte Amana Hawkeye Classic |
W 60β38 | 4β0 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Dec 20, 1992* |
No. 4 | Drake | W 90β44 | 5β0 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Jan 2, 1993* |
No. 4 | vs. Bucknell FIU Sun and Fun Classic |
W 97β39 | 6β0 |
Miami, Florida | ||||||
Jan 3, 1993* |
No. 4 | vs. No. 10 Colorado FIU Sun and Fun Classic |
L 70β72 | 6β1 |
(312) Miami, Florida | ||||||
Jan 4, 1993* |
No. 4 | vs. Eastern Kentucky FIU Sun and Fun Classic |
W 67β63 | 7β1 |
Miami, Florida | ||||||
Jan 8, 1993 |
No. 5 | Wisconsin | W 65β39 | 8β1 (1β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Jan 10, 1993 |
No. 5 | at Minnesota | W 75β47 | 9β1 (2β0) |
Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||
Jan 15, 1993 |
No. 7 | at Illinois | W 65β57 | 10β1 (3β0) |
Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
Jan 17, 1993 |
No. 7 | at Northwestern | W 60β55 | 11β1 (4β0) |
WelshβRyan Arena Evanston, Illinois | ||||||
Jan 22, 1993 |
No. 6 | Indiana | W 65β39 | 12β1 (5β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Jan 26, 1993 |
No. 3 | Northern Illinois | W 92β59 | 13β1 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Jan 29, 1993 |
No. 3 | at Michigan | W 84β54 | 14β1 (6β0) |
Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||||||
Jan 31, 1993 |
No. 3 | at Michigan State | W 75β55 | 15β1 (7β0) |
Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan | ||||||
Feb 5, 1993 |
No. 3 | No. 6 Ohio State | W 79β62 | 16β1 (8β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 7, 1993 |
No. 3 | No. 4 Penn State | W 84β59 | 17β1 (9β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 12, 1993 |
No. 3 | Northwestern | W 68β62 | 18β1 (10β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 14, 1993 |
No. 3 | Illinois | W 77β58 | 19β1 (11β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 19, 1993 |
No. 3 | at Purdue | W 63β55 | 20β1 (12β0) |
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana | ||||||
Feb 21, 1993 |
No. 3 | at Indiana | W 68β46 | 21β1 (13β0) |
Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana | ||||||
Feb 26, 1993 |
No. 3 | Michigan State | W 76β46 | 22β1 (14β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Feb 28, 1993 |
No. 3 | Michigan | W 71β34 | 23β1 (15β0) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Mar 5, 1993 |
No. 2 | at No. 8 Penn State | L 64β70 | 23β2 (15β1) |
Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania | ||||||
Mar 7, 1993 |
No. 2 | at No. 4 Ohio State | L 60β72 | 23β3 (15β2) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | ||||||
Mar 12, 1993 |
No. 4 | Minnesota | W 83β59 | 24β3 (16β2) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 21, 1993* |
(2 ME) No. 4 | at (7 ME) Old Dominion Second round |
W 82β56 | 25β3 |
ODU Fieldhouse Norfolk, Virginia | ||||||
Mar 25, 1993* |
(2 ME) No. 4 | (3 ME) No. 7 Auburn Regional Semifinal β Sweet Sixteen |
W 63β50 | 26β3 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Mar 27, 1993* |
(2 ME) No. 4 | (1 ME) No. 2 Tennessee Regional Final β Elite Eight |
W 72β56 | 27β3 |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||
Apr 3, 1993* |
(2 ME) No. 4 | vs. (1 MW) No. 3 Ohio State National Semifinal β Final Four |
L 72β73 | 27β4 |
Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Rankingsβ»
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
AP | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Not released |
Coaches | 4 |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Iowa Plays Through Pain of Tragedies". The Baltimore Sun. April 3, 1993. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "A look back at the 1993 Iowa women's basketball Final Four team". The Gazette. March 30, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ "SW Missouri's Prayer Ousts Iowa Women". The Chicago Tribune. March 23, 1992. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ 1992β1993 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide
- ^ "OHIO ST. WOMEN GAIN BIG 10'S 1ST NATIONAL TITLE BERTH". The Chicago Tribune. April 4, 1993. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "1992-93 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ "2023-24 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ 2008β2009 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide