The Hawkeyes landed a No. 2 seed and will open the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes and Stanford are on an Elite Eight collision course in Seattle.
For all the success Iowa women’s basketball has delivered this year — and there’s been plenty — the narrative-shaping part of this season starts right now.
With visions of the program’s first Final Four appearance since 1994, the Hawkeyes will begin their NCAA Tournament journey inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena as the tournament’s top No. 2 seed.
Iowa will open with No. 15 seed Southeastern Louisiana on Friday, followed by a second-round date with the Florida State-Georgia winner. Avoid another home stunner and the Hawkeyes will head out west to Seattle, where Iowa and its No. 1 seed Stanford will be on an Elite Eight collision course.
After riding another late-season push to a second-place Big Ten finish and the program’s third conference tournament title since 2019, the Hawkeyes wedged their way into the 1-seed conversation just in time for Selection Sunday.
