Current:Home > FinanceCaitlin Clark, Iowa return to Final Four. Have the Hawkeyes won the national championship? -RiseUp Capital Academy
Caitlin Clark, Iowa return to Final Four. Have the Hawkeyes won the national championship?
View
Date:2025-04-19 02:48:57
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! (6541)
Related
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Ex-NBA star Dwight Howard denies sexual assault allegation, calls activity 'consensual'
- Who is Mike Johnson, the newly elected House speaker?
- Priest kicked out of Jesuits for alleged abuse of women welcomed into Slovenia diocese
- 'Most Whopper
- Michigan investigation began after outside firm brought alleged evidence to NCAA, per report
- Police identify man found dead in Nebraska apartment building chimney
- Book excerpt: Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
- Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
- Microsoft up, Alphabet down. S&P 500, Nasdaq drop as tech companies report mixed earnings
Ranking
- Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
- I-80 reopened and evacuations lifted after windy brush fire west of Reno near California line
- The U.S. economy posted stunning growth in the third quarter — but it may not last
- NBA winners and losers: Victor Wembanyama finishes debut with flourish after early foul trouble
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Love your old yellow pillow? It's a health hazard, experts say.
- Turkey’s central bank opts for another interest rate hike in efforts to curb inflation
- At least 18 killed in Lewiston, Maine, mass shootings as police hunt for gunman
Recommendation
Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
Apple's iOS 17.1 update includes new features for AirDrop, StandBy and Apple Music
Allison Holker and Stephen tWitch Boss' Daughter Weslie Looks All Grown Up for Homecoming Dance
Brian Austin Green Slams DWTS for Not Inviting Sharna Burgess to Len Goodman Tribute
'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
Prosecutors drop charges against woman who accused Jonathan Majors the day after her arrest
European Union to press the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to set decades of enmity behind them
China and the U.S. appear to restart military talks despite disputes over Taiwan and South China Sea