Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder didn't spend the week leading into the NCAA tournament talking with her team about what happened this time last year. That heartbreak was motivation for the summer, not heading into the 40 minutes that would avenge it and move the Hawkeyes one step closer to their first Final Four since 1993.
against Rutgers last month. Her 22 final points are still nearly 5 below her average and her three rebounds were the lowest of her season.
The second-round loss to Creighton last season weighed heavily on players then, and stayed in the back of people’s minds now. It was a bad matchup for Iowa to go up against the 3-point happy squad, just as this was a bad matchup to overcome the 13th-best defense in the nation. It could be similarly as tough going forward with Duke a potential foe in the Sweet 16 out in Seattle next weekend.
The difference between Iowa’s 2022 second-round loss and this win is stark. Clark had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists last year and Czinano controlled the paint to score 27 in a 2-point loss. No other starter had more than 6 as they had relied on the “law firm” all season. The starters were in nearly the full game, led by Clark playing all 40 minutes despite early foul trouble, and it was far from an ideal situation for a team that had developed more necessary depth than it had last year.the Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year who has been their X factor.
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