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...
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We've needed somebody else to be a scoring threat on the perimeter, besides Crystal (Smith) and Kristi (Smith). We've seen glimpses of what Wendy's capable of doing all through the year. It makes us feel great that she's now letting the Big Ten see it.
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This is just what Wendy needed because we've seen glimpses of this. Maybe this is just what the doctor ordered to put her over the edge.
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There are players who are freshmen that could play vital roles in our team this year. We could potentially have three starting for us.
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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.
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Lindsey can stick the 3. If the 3-pointer is open, she's going to put it down. She's going to have a very good learning experience this year, but it's nice to have that other 3-point dimension.
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I think we all felt a little bitter. When that announcement was made, every one of us had a pit in our stomach. Hopefully, the team used that as motivation throughout the summer. I know the coaching staff used it as motivation during the summer - that we didn't want to be back in the (WNIT).
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I think like last year, it's a 50-50 chance. I think we have a better resume than last year, because we have two Top 25 wins.
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That was the difference. Our defensive intensity was there in the first half and non-existent in the second half. They just about scored at will. When somebody comes into your home floor and scores 48 points (in the second half), that's an embarrassment.
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Jessica Davenport just continues to prove why she is one of the best players in America. Our plan was to try and double her, and it obviously didn't work.
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Jessica Davenport continues to prove why she is one of the best players in America. That was a remarkable game. When you have six assists as a post to go with 34 points, that's amazing. She made it very, very difficult for us.
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I think eighth grade is really the earliest. You can tell there's a special kid there at that young of an age.
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Penn State did a great job defensively, which made it difficult for us to get into our offense. Their zone really hurt us. We need to learn to play better defense and box out.
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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.
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I'm proud of our team. I thought we fought hard out there. They'd won five in a row, and were a Top 20 team. And we had a shot to win at the end. That's all you can ask of a team as young as ours.