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IowaIowa BasketballBasketball March 21-23, 2004 Iowa at NCAA Tournament Cassell Coliseum Iowa Hawkeyes (16-12, 10-6) Pts. Reb. FG% FT% 20 Lindsay Richards G 5-7 So. Barrington, IL (Barrington) 5.5 2.5 .329 .765 22 Kristi Faulkner G 5-7 Sr. Glen Ellyn, IL (Glenbard West) 16.0 3.6 .462 .860 50 Jennie Lillis F 6-1 Sr. Urbandale, IA (Dowling) 15.8 6.1 .433 .823 34 Johanna Solverson F 6-2 So. Lake Zurich, IL (Lake Zurich) 5.9 5.3 .341 .818 52 Jamie Cavey C 6-3 Jr. Mechanicsville, IA (North Cedar) 16.9 4.8 .566 .752 Iowa Hawkeye Top Reserves Pts. Reb. FG% FT% 42 Tiffany Reedy F 6-0 So. Dysart, IA (Union) 4.3 3.2 .375 .658 10 Crystal Smith G 5-6 So. Haughton, LA (Haughton) 3.7 2.1 .392 .786 54 Becca McCann F 6-0 Sr. Saginaw, MI (Freeland) 2.6 2.2 .452 .480 THE SETTING The University of Iowa women’s basketball team (16-12) will meet Virginia Tech (22-7) in the East Region First Round of the 2004 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Champion- ship, Sunday, March 21, in Blacksburg, VA. Tip-off is slated for 11 a.m. (CST) in Cassell Coliseum (10,052) with the Hokies serving as one of the 16 first and second round host sites. Schedule/Results A crowd of 5-6,000 is expected. The Hawkeyes are the ninth seed, while Virginia Tech is the eighth seed. The Iowa vs. Record: 16-12, 10-6 Virginia Tech winner will play the winner between top-seeded Penn State (25-5) vs. 16th- seeded Hampton (17-12) on Tuesday, March 23. # Nov. 21 Butler W, 83-70 # Nov. 22 Houston L, 64-70 NCAA TOURNAMENT TICKET INFORMATION ^ Nov. 28 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 62-58 ^ Nov. 29 at Fla. International W, 93-86 Tickets for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament in Blacksburg, VA, are Dec. 3 at Iowa State (2OT) L, 94-101 $25.50 for adults and $10.50 for youths each day. Hawkeye fans can order online at Dec. 5 at Marquette W, 65-62 www.hokiesports.com or by phone at (800) 828-3244 or (540) 231-6731. Dec. 8 at Northern Iowa W, 76-67 Dec. 12 #11 Kansas State L, 60-82 ON THE TUBE Dec. 21 Drake W, 79-65 The Hawkeyes’ first round game will be aired on ESPN2 to a regional cable audience. Dec. 28 Creighton (OT) L, 84-72 Dec. 30 at Missouri L, 65-76 Should Iowa advance, the second round contest will be televised on either ESPN or ESPN2, Jan. 2 Illinois W, 91-73 with the game time to be announced. Jerry Punch and Elise Woodward will call the action. Jan. 8 at #8 Penn State L, 64-92 Hawkeye fans not living in the ESPN regional viewing area can catch the Iowa game and Jan. 11 at #6 Minnesota L, 61-75 every NCAA Tournament contest on DIRECTV’s FullCourt pay-per-view package. Jan. 15 Indiana W, 72-65 Jan. 18 Wisconsin W, 66-46 ON THE AIR Jan. 25 Michigan W, 69-58 All Iowa NCAA Tournament games will be broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Jan. 29 at Northwestern W, 76-61 Feb. 1 at #18 Michigan St. W, 78-67 Listen to the games on KXIC-AM 800 in Iowa City, WHO-AM 1040 in Des Moines and Feb. 5 Ohio State L, 82-93 WMT-AM 600 in Cedar Rapids. Mark Allen and Karen Schulte call the action. Feb. 10 #5 Purdue L, 79-90 Feb. 12 at Wisconsin (OT) W, 87-82 IOWA HISTORY Feb. 15 at Indiana W, 78-69 Iowa has played 845 games since beginning basketball in 1974. Overall, Iowa’s record is Feb. 19 #11 Minnesota W, 81-61 514-331 (.608). That includes a 276-144 (.657) mark in Big Ten games and a 227-54 (.808) Feb. 22 #7 Penn State L, 58-70 Feb. 26 at #4 Purdue L, 55-84 record in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Feb. 29 at Illinois W, 89-64 + Mar. 5 vs. #24 Michigan St. L, 54-81 TRIPLE THREAT * Mar. 21 vs. Virginia Tech 11 a.m. Iowa has three players that have scored 400 points this season. Jamie Cavey (473) leads the Hawkeyes, followed by Kristi Faulkner (449) and Jennie Lillis (441). This season marks All times listed are central standard time only the third time in school history that a trio has posted 400 points or more. Michelle # KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge Edwards (621), Shanda Berry (449) and Franthea Price (423) accomplished the feat during the ^ FIU Thanksgiving Classic + Big Ten Tournament 1987-88 season. Berry (497), Price (459), Jolette Law (445) and Robin Christian (409) are the * NCAA Tournament only foursome to accumulate 400 points or more in a season, during the 1988-89 campaign. IOWA CAPTAINS Coach Lisa Bluder Iowa captains for the season are seniors Kristi Faulkner, Jennie Lillis and Becca McCann. Lisa Bluder (pronounced BLUE-dir) is in her fourth season as head coach at the HAWKEYE POINT GUARDS University of Iowa and her 20th season There will be five “generations” of Iowa point guards in as a college head coach. Bluder, 41, has a Blacksburg this weekend. Karen Clayton Lange played for former career record of 429-190 (.693), including Iowa head coaches Vivian Stringer and Angie Lee and graduated in a 73-48 (.603) record at Iowa, a 187-106 1996. Hampton Assistant Coach Nadine Domond succeeded Clayton (.638) record in 10 seasons (1990-2000) at Lange and graduated in 1998. Domond ranks third in career 3- Drake and a six-year mark (1984-90) of pointers made at Iowa (118). Following Domond was Penn State 169-36 (.824) at St. Ambrose. In her first Director of Basketball Operations Cara Consuegra, who graduated season with the Hawkeyes, Bluder trans- in 2001. She led the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten Tournament title her formed a struggling program into a 21-game winner. Iowa fin- senior year and is Iowa’s career assists leader (576). Current ished second in the Big Ten, won the conference tournament Hawkeye senior Kristi Faulkner transferred to Iowa after playing and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. her freshman year at Illinois and directed the Hawkeye offense after Bluder became Iowa’s third coach to be named Big Ten Coach of Consuegra. Faulkner ranks second in career 3-pointers made at the Year. She was also honored as the College Coach of the Year Iowa (136) and is Iowa’s career free throw percentage leader (.850). by the Women’s Basketball News Service and was named the Two years later, sophomore Lindsay Richards has taken over as WBCA District 6 Coach of the Year. Iowa’s 2001-02 squad fin- Iowa’s new floor general. ished fourth in the Big Ten and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. IOWA VS. EAST REGION Last year, Bluder guided the Hawkeyes to its first-ever WNIT Iowa has never faced Virginia Tech or Hampton. The Hawkeyes appearance. Iowa, which had nine underclassmen on its roster, are 11-15 against Penn State, including an 0-2 mark this season. advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Creighton. Penn State is one of only two Big Ten teams (Purdue) to own the In her 10 years at Drake, Bluder brought great success and series advantage over the Hawkeyes. tradition to the Bulldog program and established herself as one of the top coaches in the country. She led Drake to five 20-plus IOWA VS. TOURNAMENT FIELD win seasons in the last six years, including five post-season Iowa is 3-10 against teams invited to the 2004 Division I Basketball appearances. She guided the Bulldogs to eight Missouri Valley Championship. Only one of the Hawkeyes’ wins came out of Conference Tournament appearances, reaching the semifinals conference with Iowa defeating Marquette (65-62) on the road in six times and winning the tournament four times. Bluder was come-from-behind fashion. Iowa spilt its two meetings with also named the Conference Coach of the Year three times as Minnesota and Michigan State. The Hawkeyes dropped two games Drake. to Penn State and Purdue, while losing once to Houston, Kansas Bluder began her coaching career at St. Ambrose, where she State and Missouri. coached six successful seasons building the Bees into a NAIA powerhouse. During her tenure at St. Ambrose, Bluder guided IOWA TRAVEL AND PRACTICE SCHEDULE the Bees to four straight national tournaments, including two The Hawkeyes will depart for the NCAA Tournament Friday af- consecutive Final Four appearances. The 1990 St. Ambrose ternoon following a morning practice in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. team was ranked No. 1 and Bluder was named the NAIA Con- Iowa will be housed in the Best Western Red Lion Inn. On Satur- verse Coach of the Year. day, the Hawkeyes will practice from 1:05-2:05 p.m. in the Cassell A graduate of Linn-Mar High School in Marion, IA, Bluder Coliseum. This is the only practice that is open to the media. Iowa was a three-year starter at Northern Iowa. She graduated from will have its shoot-around on Sunday from 6:50-7:50 a.m. Should UNI in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. Iowa win and advance, its Monday practice would be 1-3 p.m. All Bluder and her husband David have two daughters, Hannah times listed are eastern standard time.