The Iowa Hawkeyes could have a rematch with LSU in their region as they look to get back to the national championship game. It'll be a tough road ahead.
The Iowa Hawkeyes have one of the toughest paths to the Final Four in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament as they were chosen to be the No. 1 seed of the Albany Region 2 bracket. The Caitlin Clark-led squad drew a ton of media attention this season. Clark started the year pursuing Kelsey Plum’s all-time scoring record and ended the Big Ten Conference Tournament with more points than the Washington legend, Lynette Woodard and Pete Maravich.
As a reward, Iowa may have a rematch of last year’s national championship against LSU before even getting to Cleveland for the Final Four. Colorado and Kansas State are also among the teams that could give the Hawkeyes a headache. Former ESPN columnist Jemele Hill believed the NCAA selection committee 'kinda screwed' Iowa. 'Think the committee kinda screwed Iowa a little bit with that region. To have to go through the defending national champions and UCLA… don’t know if they deserved that,' Hill wrote on X. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder acknowledged the importance of having the No.
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