1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Big Ten co-champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	27–4 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	C. Vivian Stringer (10th season);
Assistant coach	Marianna Freeman
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena
	Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Ohio State	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
No. 4 Iowa	16	–	2	.889	27	–	4	.871
No. 8 Penn State	14	–	4	.778	22	–	6	.786
Northwestern	13	–	5	.722	20	–	9	.690
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	14	–	12	.538
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	16	–	11	.593
Illinois	7	–	11	.389	12	–	15	.444
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	17	.370
Indiana	5	–	13	.278	14	–	13	.519
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	7	–	20	.259
Michigan	1	–	17	.056	2	–	25	.074

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992–1993 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 1992–1993 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by tenth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games in Iowa City, IA at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 27–4 overall, 16–2 in Big Ten play, sharing the regular season conference championship. The team was the first Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team to advance to the Final Four in the women's NCAA basketball tournament.^[1]

Iowa won 23 of their first 24 games, with the only loss being a two-point defeat to No. 10 Colorado at the FIU Sun and Fun Classic tournament – a game in which the Hawkeyes missed 11 free throws. They owned a two-game lead in the conference standings with three games left on the regular season schedule, but due to back-to-back road losses at No. 8 Penn State and No. 4 Ohio State the Hawks settled for a share of the Big Ten title.

In the NCAA tournament, Iowa defeated Old Dominion, No. 7 Auburn, and No. 2 Tennessee to reach the Final Four. Playing a familiar foe in the National semifinal, No. 3 Ohio State, Iowa fell to the Buckeyes 73–72 in overtime. The team is remembered for overcoming tragedy and wondering what could have been, while achieving great success with a team that was as good as any other in the country that season.^[2]

Previous season

The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten championship with a 16–2 conference record, finishing two games ahead of second place Purdue. After reaching the NCAA tournament for the seventh consecutive season, No. 1 seed Iowa was stunned by No. 8 seed and eventual Final Four participant SW Missouri State, 61–60 in overtime,^[3] in the second round of the 1992 women's NCAA basketball tournament. The team finished with an overall record of 25–4 and a No. 7 ranking in the final AP poll.

Roster

1992–93 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	10	Arneda Yarbrough	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	William Horlick	Racine, WI
G	11	Karen Clayton	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Needham B. Broughton	Raleigh, NC
G	12	Laurie Aaron	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Murray-Wright	Detroit, MI
F	15	Virgie Dilingham	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Madison Central	Richmond, KY
G/F	20	Antonia Macklin	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	The English High School	Boston, MA
F	21	Nicole Tunsil	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Lakewood	St. Petersburg, FL
C	31	Andrea Harmon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Midwest City	Oklahoma City, OK
F	33	Tia Jackson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Mardela	Mardela Springs, MD
C	34	Molly Tideback	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Columbus UCLA	Waterloo, IA
C	42	Cathy Marx	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Riverdale	Moline, IL
F	54	Toni Foster	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Marshall	Chicago, IL
C	55	Jenny Noll	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Muscatine	Muscatine, IA

Head coach

C. Vivian Stringer

Assistant coach(es)

Marianna Freeman
Angie Lee
Linda Myers

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 4, 1992*	No. 7	at Pittsburgh	W 70–59	1–0	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dec 6, 1992*	No. 7	at No. 4 Maryland	W 53–50	2–0	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Dec 11, 1992*	No. 5	West Virginia Amana Hawkeye Classic	W 74–44	3–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 12, 1992*	No. 5	UNC Charlotte Amana Hawkeye Classic	W 60–38	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 20, 1992*	No. 4	Drake	W 90–44	5–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 2, 1993*	No. 4	vs. Bucknell FIU Sun and Fun Classic	W 97–39	6–0	Miami, Florida
Jan 3, 1993*	No. 4	vs. No. 10 Colorado FIU Sun and Fun Classic	L 70–72	6–1	(312) Miami, Florida
Jan 4, 1993*	No. 4	vs. Eastern Kentucky FIU Sun and Fun Classic	W 67–63	7–1	Miami, Florida
Jan 8, 1993	No. 5	Wisconsin	W 65–39	8–1 (1–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 10, 1993	No. 5	at Minnesota	W 75–47	9–1 (2–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 15, 1993	No. 7	at Illinois	W 65–57	10–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Jan 17, 1993	No. 7	at Northwestern	W 60–55	11–1 (4–0)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Jan 22, 1993	No. 6	Indiana	W 65–39	12–1 (5–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 26, 1993	No. 3	Northern Illinois	W 92–59	13–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 29, 1993	No. 3	at Michigan	W 84–54	14–1 (6–0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jan 31, 1993	No. 3	at Michigan State	W 75–55	15–1 (7–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 5, 1993	No. 3	No. 6 Ohio State	W 79–62	16–1 (8–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 7, 1993	No. 3	No. 4 Penn State	W 84–59	17–1 (9–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 12, 1993	No. 3	Northwestern	W 68–62	18–1 (10–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 14, 1993	No. 3	Illinois	W 77–58	19–1 (11–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 19, 1993	No. 3	at Purdue	W 63–55	20–1 (12–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 21, 1993	No. 3	at Indiana	W 68–46	21–1 (13–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 26, 1993	No. 3	Michigan State	W 76–46	22–1 (14–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 28, 1993	No. 3	Michigan	W 71–34	23–1 (15–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 5, 1993	No. 2	at No. 8 Penn State	L 64–70	23–2 (15–1)	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
Mar 7, 1993	No. 2	at No. 4 Ohio State	L 60–72	23–3 (15–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 12, 1993	No. 4	Minnesota	W 83–59	24–3 (16–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
NCAA tournament
Mar 21, 1993*	(2 ME) No. 4	at (7 ME) Old Dominion Second round	W 82–56	25–3	ODU Fieldhouse Norfolk, Virginia
Mar 25, 1993*	(2 ME) No. 4	(3 ME) No. 7 Auburn Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 63–50	26–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 27, 1993*	(2 ME) No. 4	(1 ME) No. 2 Tennessee Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 72–56	27–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Apr 3, 1993*	(2 ME) No. 4	vs. (1 MW) No. 3 Ohio State National Semifinal – Final Four	L 72–73 ^{OT^[5]}	27–4	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast. All times are in Central.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	7	5	4	4	4	5	7	6	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	Not released
Coaches																	4

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

^ "Iowa Plays Through Pain of Tragedies". The Baltimore Sun. April 3, 1993. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ "A look back at the 1993 Iowa women's basketball Final Four team". The Gazette. March 30, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ "SW Missouri's Prayer Ousts Iowa Women". The Chicago Tribune. March 23, 1992. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ 1992–1993 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide
^ "OHIO ST. WOMEN GAIN BIG 10'S 1ST NATIONAL TITLE BERTH". The Chicago Tribune. April 4, 1993. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ "1992-93 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ "2023-24 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ 2008–2009 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide

[1] "Iowa Plays Through Pain of Tragedies". The Baltimore Sun. April 3, 1993. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[2] "A look back at the 1993 Iowa women's basketball Final Four team". The Gazette. March 30, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[3] "SW Missouri's Prayer Ousts Iowa Women". The Chicago Tribune. March 23, 1992. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[4] 1992–1993 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide

[5] "OHIO ST. WOMEN GAIN BIG 10'S 1ST NATIONAL TITLE BERTH". The Chicago Tribune. April 4, 1993. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[6] "1992-93 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

[7] "2023-24 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

[8] 2008–2009 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide

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Venues	Iowa Field House (1974–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Crossover at Kinnick Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Full Court Press The Law Firm Caitlin Clark effect
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics