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...
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.
conference earned everybody known nod ohio people seed state wide
Ohio State has the nod on everybody else. They're tournament-savvy, having been there before. They have earned the No. 1 seed with their play. But our conference has been known to have people come in and dethrone the champion. Yes, it's wide open, but I would have to give my nod to Ohio State.
excellent factor hard job might ohio state
Ohio State did an excellent job defensively, excellent job on the boards. I really feel Debbie Merrill might be the 'X' factor for that team. ... She is very hard to guard.
smile smiles
That put a smile on our coaches' faces.
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.
difficult
It's been heartbreaking. It's been emotionally just very difficult to handle.
freshmen players roles starting team three vital
There are players who are freshmen that could play vital roles in our team this year. We could potentially have three starting for us.
everybody ncaa proved
We didn't want to be back in the NIT, and I think we proved to everybody that we should have been in the NCAA tournament.
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.