2007–08 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 March 2024 Women's basketball 2007–08 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Athletics wordmark.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 21–11 13–5 Lisa Bluder 8th Jan Jensen Jenni Fitzgerald Shannon Gage Carver-Hawkeye Arena Big Ten regular season co-champions NCAA tournament first round The 2007–08 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by eighth-year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with an overall record of 21–11 (13–5 Big Ten) to finish tied for the regular season conference title. Iowa lost to Purdue, the eventual conference tournament champion, in the semifinals of the 2008 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament. Iowa received an at-large bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they were defeated by 2007 none Georgia Lady Bulldogs Georgia in the opening round. This season kicked off a run of eight straight seasons with the Iowa women playing in the NCAA tournament. Junior Wendy Ausdemore hit 78 three-pointers on the season to land in the number two spot on Iowa's single-season list (10th as of the end of the 2023–24 season). Roster w 2007 Iowa Hawkeyes y w Abby Emmert 3 G 5 9 Sr Winterset, Iowa w Kristi Smith 11 G 5 6 Jr Thornton, Colorado w Kachine Alexander 21 G 5 9 Fr Minneapolis, Minnesota w Kelsey Cermak 22 F 6 1 Fr Norwalk, Iowa w Jenee Graham 24 F 5 10 Sr Bolingbrook, Illinois w Wendy Ausdemore 32 F 6 2 Jr Neola, Iowa w Johanna Solverson 34 F 6 2 Sr yes Lake Zurich, Illinois w Stacy Schlapkohl 40 C 6 3 Sr yes Durant, Iowa w Nicole VanderPol 43 F 6 1 Jr yes Grundy Center, Iowa w Megan Skouby 44 C 6 6 Jr yes Mentor, Ohio w JoAnn Hamlin 45 C 6 3 So yes Douglass, Kansas w Lindsey Nyenhuis 50 G 5 7 Jr yes Grand Rapids, Michigan w Krista VandeVenter 51 F 6 2 Sr yes Osseo, Minnesota Lisa Bluder Jan Jensen Jenni Fitzgerald Shannon Gage https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/wbball/roster/season/2007-08/ thumb|right|Members of Iowa's 2007–08 women's basketball team celebrate their 2008 regular season Big Ten championship after a win at Wisconsin on March 2, 2008 Schedule yes 2007-08 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2007 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Iowa Hawkeyes| Exhibition |- !colspan=9 style=Iowa Hawkeyes| Regular season Mar 2, 2008 yes 2007 women Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin 87–78 20–9 13–5 |- !colspan=9 style=Iowa Hawkeyes| Big Ten tournament Mar 7, 2008 yes yes 2007 women Michigan Wolverines Michigan Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana Quarterfinals 58–37 21–9 Mar 8, 2008 yes yes 2007 women Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana Semifinals 73–80 21–10 |- !colspan=9 style=Iowa Hawkeyes| NCAA tournament Mar 23, 2008 yes yes 9 2007 none Georgia Lady Bulldogs Georgia 8 Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Virginia First round 61–67 21–11 AP Poll Central Time Source https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/wbball/schedule/season/2007-08/ 2007-08 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE University of Iowa Athletics March 16, 2024 Rankings 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings See also 2007–08 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team References Category:Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball seasons Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball Iowa