# 2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Lisa Bluder in her twenty-third season, and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
After finishing second in the conference regular season standings, the Hawkeyes won the Big Ten tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The team was named the top number 2 seed and competed in the Seattle regional. During the NCAA tournament they defeated Southeastern Louisiana, Georgia, Colorado and Louisville to advance to their second Final Four in program history (their first was back in since 1993). During the Final Four they stunned defending national champion South Carolina, ending the Gamecocks' 42-game win streak. Iowa advanced to their first championship game in program history. During the championship game they lost to LSU 102–85. They finished the season with a record of 31–7.
Junior Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Year and a unanimous First-team All-American for the second time, became the first women's player in Big Ten history to sweep the National Player of the Year awards, and was selected Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year.

## Previous season

The Hawkeyes finished the 2021–22 season with a 24–8 record, including 14–4 in Big Ten play. They won the 2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, where they advanced to the second round.
During the season, consensus All-American Caitlin Clark became the first woman ever to lead D-I in scoring and assists in the same season, and Monika Czinano led D-I in field-goal percentage. This made the Hawkeyes the first Division I men's or women's program to feature the national leaders in those three statistics in a single season.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | # | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Tomi Taiwo | 1 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Carmel, IN | Graduate Transfer to TCU |
| Logan Cook | 23 | F | 6'1" | Senior | Iowa City, IA | Graduate Transfer to Providence |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | # | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
| Molly Davis | 1 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Midland, MI | Transferred from Central Michigan; two years of eligibility remaining |

### Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Hannah Stuelke W | Cedar Rapids, IA | Washington | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A | Mar 24, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94 ||||||
| Jada Gyamfi F | Johnston, IA | Johnston | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A | Jul 21, 2020 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92 ||||||
| Taylor McCabe G | Fremont, NE | Fremont | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A | Aug 3, 2020 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2022 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 28, 2022* 6:30 pm, BTN+ | No. 4 | Nebraska–Kearney | W 108–29 | — | 18 – Tied | 6 – Tied | 8 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,784) Iowa City, IA |
| Regular Season |||||||||
| November 7, 2022* 8:30 pm, BTN+ | No. 4 | Southern | W 87–34 | 1–0 | 20 – Clark | 9 – Clark | 4 – Davis | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,417) Iowa City, IA |
| November 10, 2022* 6:30 pm, BTN+ | No. 4 | Evansville | W 115–62 | 2–0 | 26 – Clark | 8 – Tied | 12 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,675) Iowa City, IA |
| November 13, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 4 | at Drake | W 92–86 | 3–0 | 36 – Czinano | 11 – Czinano | 9 – Clark | Knapp Center (6,424) Des Moines, IA |
| November 17, 2022* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 4 | at Kansas State | L 83–84 | 3–1 | 27 – Clark | 10 – Clark | 7 – Clark | Bramlage Coliseum (5,215) Manhattan, KS |
| November 20, 2022* 2:00 pm, BTN+ | No. 4 | Belmont | W 73–62 | 4–1 | 33 – Clark | 10 – Czinano | 5 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,227) Iowa City, IA |
| November 25, 2022* 7:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 9 | vs. Oregon State Phil Knight Legacy tournament semifinals | W 73–59 | 5–1 | 28 – Clark | 9 – Clark | 8 – Clark | Chiles Center (2,299) Portland, OR |
| November 27, 2022* 12:00 pm, ABC | No. 9 | vs. No. 3 UConn Phil Knight Legacy tournament final | L 79–86 | 5–2 | 25 – Clark | 7 – Tied | 6 – Clark | Moda Center (7,168) Portland, OR |
| December 1, 2022* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 10 | No. 12 NC State ACC–Big Ten Challenge | L 81–94 | 5–3 | 45 – Clark | 9 – Czinano | 4 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,250) Iowa City, IA |
| December 4, 2022 1:00 pm, BTN+ | No. 10 | at Wisconsin | W 102–71 | 6–3 (1–0) | 22 – Clark | 10 – Clark | 10 – Clark | Kohl Center (3,926) Madison, WI |
| December 7, 2022* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 16 | No. 10 Iowa State Rivalry / Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series | W 70–57 | 7–3 | 19 – Clark | 10 – Czinano | 8 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (13,802) Iowa City, IA |
| December 10, 2022 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 16 | Minnesota | W 87–64 | 8–3 (2–0) | 32 – Clark | 10 – Tied | 9 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,946) Iowa City, IA |
| December 18, 2022* 2:00 pm, BTN+ | No. 12 | Northern Iowa | W 88–74 | 9–3 | 26 – Clark | 8 – Clark | 7 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (13,394) Iowa City, IA |
| December 21, 2022* 2:00 pm, BTN+ | No. 13 | Dartmouth | W 92–54 | 10–3 | 20 – Tied | 10 – Clark | 13 – Martin | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,100) Iowa City, IA |
| December 29, 2022 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 12 | Purdue | W 83–68 | 11–3 (3–0) | 24 – Clark | 10 – Stuelke | 5 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (11,942) Iowa City, IA |
| January 1, 2023 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 12 | at Illinois | L 86–90 | 11–4 (3–1) | 32 – Clark | 6 – Tied | 7 – Clark | State Farm Center (4,803) Champaign, IL |
| January 7, 2023 3:30 pm, FOX | No. 16 | at No. 14 Michigan | W 94–85 | 12–4 (4–1) | 28 – Clark | 8 – Clark | 8 – Czinano | Crisler Center (10,731) Ann Arbor, MI |
| January 11, 2023 6:30 pm, BTN+ | No. 12 | Northwestern | W 93–64 | 13–4 (5–1) | 20 – Clark | 9 – Tied | 14 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,384) Iowa City, IA |
| January 14, 2023 11:30 am, BTN | No. 12 | Penn State | W 108–67 | 14–4 (6–1) | 27 – Clark | 10 – Warnock | 10 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (12,436) Iowa City, IA |
| January 18, 2023 6:00 pm, BTN+ | No. 10 | at Michigan State | W 84–81 | 15–4 (7–1) | 26 – Clark | 9 – Tied | 11 – Clark | Breslin Center (3,359) East Lansing, MI |
| January 23, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 10т | at No. 2 Ohio State | W 83–72 | 16–4 (8–1) | 28 – Clark | 13 – Stuelke | 15 – Clark | Value City Arena (9,955) Columbus, OH |
| January 28, 2023 12:00 pm, FOX | No. 10т | Nebraska | W 80–76 | 17–4 (9–1) | 33 – Clark | 12 – Clark | 9 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (13,843) Iowa City, IA |
| February 2, 2023 7:30 pm, ESPN | No. 6 | No. 8 Maryland | W 96–82 | 18–4 (10–1) | 42 – Clark | 7 – Clark | 8 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,671) Iowa City, IA |
| February 5, 2023 11:00 am, BTN | No. 6 | at Penn State | W 95–51 | 19–4 (11–1) | 23 – Clark | 10 – Clark | 14 – Clark | Bryce Jordan Center (5,228) University Park, PA |
| February 9, 2023 5:30 pm, BTN | No. 5 | at No. 2 Indiana | L 78–87 | 19–5 (11–2) | 35 – Clark | 11 – Warnock | 10 – Clark | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (13,046) Bloomington, IN |
| February 12, 2023 2:00 pm, FS1 | No. 5 | Rutgers | W 111–57 | 20–5 (12–2) | 17 – Davis | 5 – Tied | 10 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (13,150) Iowa City, IA |
| February 15, 2023 6:30 pm, BTN+ | No. 7 | Wisconsin | W 91–61 | 21–5 (13–2) | 24 – Clark | 7 – Stuelke | 8 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,512) Iowa City, IA |
| February 18, 2023 1:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 | at Nebraska | W 80–60 | 22–5 (14–2) | 30 – Clark | 7 – Czinano | 8 – Clark | Pinnacle Bank Arena (14,289) Lincoln, NE |
| February 21, 2023 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 6 | at No. 7 Maryland | L 68–96 | 22–6 (14–3) | 18 – Clark | 9 – Czinano | 4 – Clark | Xfinity Center (9,065) College Park, MD |
| February 26, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN | No. 6 | No. 2 Indiana College GameDay | W 86–85 | 23–6 (15–3) | 34 – Clark | 9 – Tied | 9 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,056) Iowa City, IA |
| Big Ten tournament |||||||||
| March 3, 2023 6:30 pm, BTN | (2) No. 7 | vs. (7) Purdue Quarterfinals | W 69−58 | 24–6 | 22 – Clark | 8 – Clark | 5 – Martin | Target Center (8,577) Minneapolis, MN |
| March 4, 2023 5:00 pm, BTN | (2) No. 7 | vs. (3) No. 5 Maryland Semifinals | W 89–84 | 25–6 | 22 – Clark | 9 – Martin | 9 – Clark | Target Center (9,375) Minneapolis, MN |
| March 5, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN | (2) No. 7 | vs. (4) No. 14 Ohio State Championship | W 105–72 | 26–6 | 30 – Clark | 11 – Warnock | 17 – Clark | Target Center (9,505) Minneapolis, MN |
| NCAA tournament |||||||||
| March 17, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN | (2 S4) No. 3 | (15 S4) Southeastern Louisiana First round | W 95–43 | 27–6 | 26 – Clark | 8 – Tied | 12 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,382) Iowa City, IA |
| March 19, 2023 2:00 pm, ABC | (2 S4) No. 3 | (10 S4) Georgia Second round | W 74–66 | 28–6 | 22 – Clark | 9 – Czinano | 12 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,382) Iowa City, IA |
| March 24, 2023 6:30 pm, ESPN | (2 S4) No. 3 | vs. (6 S4) No. 21 Colorado Sweet Sixteen | W 87–77 | 29–6 | 31 – Clark | 7 – Czinano | 8 – Clark | Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, WA |
| March 26, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN | (2 S4) No. 3 | vs. (5 S4) Louisville Elite Eight | W 97–83 | 30–6 | 41 – Clark | 10 – Clark | 12 – Clark | Climate Pledge Arena (11,700) Seattle, WA |
| March 31, 2023 8:30 pm, ESPN | (2 S4) No. 3 | vs. (1 G1) No. 1 South Carolina Final Four | W 77–73 | 31–6 | 41 – Clark | 7 – Martin | 8 – Clark | American Airlines Center (19,288) Dallas, TX |
| April 2, 2023 2:30 pm, ABC | (2 S4) No. 3 | vs. (3 G2) No. 9 LSU National Championship | L 85–102 | 31–7 | 30 – Clark | 6 – Tied | 8 – Clark | American Airlines Center (19,482) Dallas, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S4=Seattle 4 G1=Greenville 1 G2=Greenville 2. All times are in Central Time. Source: |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10т | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | Not released |
| Coaches | 6т | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |

## 2023 WNBA Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | WNBA Club |
| 3 | 26 | Monika Czinano | Los Angeles Sparks |