Ranking Every Iowa Women’s Basketball Game From Easiest To Hardest

Dani Carnegie speaks at media day.

Another year means more high expectations for Jan Jensen and Iowa women’s basketball.

The preseason polls haven’t been released yet, but the Hawkeyes are expected to be at or very close to the top-10. That kind of hype can overwhelm a a basketball team, but Jensen and Co. have embraced it.

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“Yeah, I think there’s a gradual acceptance and a growth for that, and that’s one thing — when I started coaching, that’s what you’re shooting for always,” Jensen said at media day on Oct. 13. “That’s what you want to be, a perennial top-10 team. I’m very proud of that.”

The Hawkeyes will be a highly-ranked preseason team first and foremost because they return many key starters from a 27-win squad, but another aspect that fuels such a ranking is the schedule.

Iowa hasn’t been afraid to schedule tough in the non-conference, and it’s safe to say Jensen crafted another excellent schedule in 2027.You all know the opponents by now, and considering how loaded the Big Ten is expected to be this year, the Hawkeyes will be very battle tested for postseason play.

But which games are the easiest? The hardest? We tried to break it down by using four quadrants. No it’s not the NET ranking, it’s simply a fun way to categorize these games. You’ve already read the men’s basketball version , so now it’s time to do the same thing for the women’s team.

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Here we go.

Quadrant 4: The buy games

Games: Towson on Nov. 2, Eastern Illinois on Nov. 5, Montana State on Nov. 19, Southern on Dec. 13, Northern Illinois on Dec. 20

There’s nothing much to say here. Iowa is paying these teams to come to Carver-Hawkeye Arena for what will probably be a beatdown. One interesting note here, though: Montana State forward Addison Harris is the older brother of Ethan Harris, a freshman guard for Iowa men’s basketball.

Quadrant 3: Average at best

Games: Northern Iowa on Nov. 12, Navy (Bahamas) on Nov. 25, @ Drake on Dec. 1, Rutgers on Jan. 5, Northwestern on Jan. 14, Indiana on…

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