In college athletics’ three highest-profile sports, Iowa’s upper-level history is one of heartbreak.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Second-seeded led top-seed by 20 points in the 1987 men’s basketball Elite Eight. The 1970 Iowa men’s basketball team still holds the Big Ten record for points per game and led by one point with seconds remaining in their Sweet 16 matchup. Ronnie Lester was the best player in the 1980 Final Four, and the Hawkeyes point guard proved it in his first 10 minutes against . Advertisement Ronnie Harmon was an All-American running back entering the 1986 Rose Bowl against , and No.
This women’s basketball team faced a similar path this year, only it overcame the spotlight, departures and injuries. Iowa lost multiyear starters and but returned the core of its national runner-up squad. entered the season as a bona fide superstar as the reigning consensus player of the year. Starting guards and returned for an extra year because of the pandemic, while key subs , and were nudged into bigger roles.
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