Current:Home > MyCaitlin Clark, Iowa return to Final Four. Have the Hawkeyes won the national championship? -FinanceAcademy
Caitlin Clark, Iowa return to Final Four. Have the Hawkeyes won the national championship?
View
Date:2025-04-15 05:05:28
The lone missing gem in Caitlin Clark's infinity gauntlet is a national championship.
The Iowa phenom has broken the all-time Division I basketball scoring record, captured three Big 10 championships and won back-to-back Naismith National Player of the Year awards given to the best college basketball player in the country.
She has a chance to complete her college career on top of the mountain when the No. 1 Hawkeyes take on the No. 3 Connecticut Huskies in the Final Four semifinal in Cleveland.
Head coach Lisa Bluder, an Iowa native, is in her 24th season at the helm of the program. She became the winningest coach Hawkeyes women's basketball history when she passed Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer in 2014.
Before Clark captivated the nation's attention, Iowa had moments of greatness with Stringer at the helm and with players like Samantha Logic, Megan Gustafson, Michelle Edwards and Toni Foster.
FOLLOW THE MADNESS: NCAA basketball bracket, scores, schedules, teams and more.
Here is Iowa's Final Four history:
How many times has Iowa been to the Final Four?
This is the third time the Iowa Hawkeyes will be in the Final Four. They are returning to the national semifinal where they beat South Carolina, 77-73, last year to advance to the championship game. They then lost the title game to LSU.
The Hawkeyes' first Final Four appearance was in 1993 when C. Vivian Stringer was the coach. The Hawkeyes lost to Ohio State, 73-72, in overtime in the national semifinal. Stringer was the first coach in college basketball history to take three different schools to the Final Four when she did so with Cheyney State in 1982, Iowa in 1993, and Rutgers in 2000 and 2007.
How many national championships has Iowa won?
The Hawkeyes have yet to win a national championship in women's college basketball, so they have zero titles.
How many national championships has Iowa been to?
Iowa has been to one national championship game. With Caitlin Clark dominating the entire season, they faced LSU in last year's title game and lost, 102-85.
If the Hawkeyes defeat No. 3 UConn in this year's Final Four, they will make a second consecutive national championship game appearance.
veryGood! (4394)
Related
- Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
- Syria protests spurred by economic misery stir memories of the 2011 anti-government uprising
- How Chadwick Boseman's Private Love Story Added Another Layer to His Legacy
- Joe the Plumber, who questioned Obama’s tax policies during the 2008 campaign, has died at 49
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- 1 dead after a driver and biker group exchange gunfire in road rage dispute near Independence Hall
- Spanish soccer federation officials call for Luis Rubiales' resignation
- Drea de Matteo, Adriana La Cerva on 'The Sopranos,' launches OnlyFans account
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting alcohol shot dead by police in Ohio
Ranking
- This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
- The Obamas attended the US Open and the former first lady spoke in honor of Billie Jean King
- Ariana Grande shares confessions about 'Yours Truly' album, including that 'horrible' cover
- Philadelphia school district offering to pay parents $3,000 a year to take kids to school
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- A veteran Los Angeles politician has been sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for corruption
- Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico
- Fans run onto field and make contact with Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr.
Recommendation
The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
Spanish soccer federation leaders asks president Rubiales to resign after kissing player on the lips
Donny Osmond Gets the Last Laugh After Son's Claim to Fame Appearance
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise as attention turns to earnings, economies
Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
The Fate of The Idol Revealed Following Season One
Maine’s puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change
House Republicans move closer to impeachment inquiry