Iowa women's basketball assistant coach Abby Stamp has been selected to the 2026 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Next Generation Institute.

As a result of her legendary women's college basketball head coaching career, Lisa Bluder has been honored with the Joe Lapchick Character Award.

IOWA CITY — For all that went wrong during last week’s Los Angeles excursion, Iowa women's basketball could largely compartmentalize it as a West Coast problem. A "what happens in California stays in California" kind of deal, as long as the Hawkeyes didn't take their troubles home.

The Big Ten is home to some of the best women’s basketball in the country, with Iowa, USC and UCLA consistently topping the polls and attendance records. At the other 15 member schools, there have been only 34 sellouts by women’s basketball teams in their current arenas.

The Archbishop Mitty Monarchs (18-2, 6-0 WCAL) host the St. Ignatius Wildcats (17-4, 5-2) tonight at Fien Gym in a West Catholic Athletic League girls basketball clash that pits the league’s unbeaten leader against a resilient challenger looking to avenge an earlier 40-point loss.