Lisa Bluder
Lisa Bluder
Lisa Bluder is the head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball program. She is an alumna of the University of Northern Iowa, 1983 and Linn-Mar High School, 1979...
addition basketball eye felt great iowa secure sign thrilled time tremendous watched
She has been a great addition to our basketball team. We were thrilled when we were able to sign Kristi Smith. We watched her play for a long time and we had our eye on her a long time. We felt she was going to be a tremendous player. So we were thrilled when we were able so secure her as an Iowa Hawkeye. We kind of felt like we stole her.
basketball good
She is going to be a very, very good basketball player.
best build came continued experience great outcome possible
I can't even think, if it continued that way, what would have happened. It wouldn't have been very pretty. On the other hand, having the experience like this, with the comeback, can build great confidence. Do you want it to happen? No, you never want to be down 17-2. But, the best possible outcome came out of this.
both conference fighting five game ncaa taken ten
It's a very important game for us. We're both fighting for the same thing. The NCAA has taken five from the Big Ten Conference for as long as I can remember.
definitely win
It wasn't pretty, but a win is a win and we'll definitely take it. Too many turnovers and I thought we went away from our bread-and-butter, which is going inside.
definitely win
It wasn't pretty, but a win is a win, and we'll definitely take it.
smile smiles
That put a smile on our coaches' faces.
anybody basketball foul hurt strength
They're very deep, that's a strength of their basketball team. But I'm not going to use that as an excuse. We didn't foul anybody out tonight, and I don't think it hurt us.
felt good job offense taking
I really felt like our offense never flowed very well. They did a good job of taking us out of our offense.
until
I don't think it can hurt. Can it help? I'm not sure. Until you're in those meetings, I don't think you really know.
basketball feeling good summer team
This summer I was feeling really good about what kind of basketball team that we could create,
last leaving mouth ncaa sour taste year
We think we've done enough to get into the NCAA Tournament, but we don't want to take anything for granted. Last year put a sour taste in my mouth about leaving anything to chance.
game good inside nice penn point state sure
Why not? They have a good inside game and their point guard, I know she's only a freshman, but she does a nice job. She's going to be good before it's all done ... sure Penn State can make some noise.
ball gets kid pass stop
We were not able to stop the pass into her. When she gets the ball one-on-one, most of the time, the kid is going to score. She's just that good.