the iowa women's basketball team didn't just graduate 3 starters -- bluder's bunch lost the highest scoring trio easy shoes to fill for this yearar squad especially with a team so young -- but the hawkeyes aren't rebuilding -- they're reloading -- because the culture hasn't changed in iowa city "i can assure you it's not all doom and gloom around our program. we have great optimism in the gym, and we have a group of women that are kinda excited about proving everybody wrong." wrong.""we don't have a lot of girls coming back who've played substantial minutes in the past, and, maybe that makes some people uneasy, but for our team, we view it as an opportunity... they're not gonna know what to expect because maybe they don't know us." in theirirtate qualifying meet -- both the monticello girls and boys cross country teams finished at the top -- which really wasn't a surprise to head coach dan sauser -- because lotimes -- keeping it loose -- and elief -- are all part of his equation for success successdan sauser -- the ed week dan sauser is like an equation -- he's one half -- math wiz -- to me

bluder's bunch will host upper iowa in an exhibition game on november 8th. ... in about 40 minutes, the iowa men's basketball team will take the court at carver hawkeye arena. ... the hawkeyes will face sioux falls in an exhibition game. a big thing to watch tonight is the bench. dom uhl is the only player who saw significant playing time off the bench last year. and with 8 new faces on this year's team, coach mccaffery has some decisions to make. but that's expected from having so many freshman. i think they're coming along great and they're making progress every day, and that's all you can ask for." "the young guys have all had great days. they've all had great weeks. some of them have had bad days. it's typical for young guys. so what we're trying to do is develop a little more consistency, and then figure out which ones have separated themselves to the point where they'll become 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, in that range. we haven't gotten there yet." trt: 35 oc: "haven't gotten there yet35" ... iowa state senior forward georges niang was named a si.com preseason

doolittle, or melissa dixon the highest scoring trio in big 10 history isn't coming back -- this year bluders' bunch is full of newbees -- but the hawkeyes the highest scoring trio in big 10 history isn't coming back -- this year bluders' bunch is full of newbees -- but the hawkeyes they're reloading -- because the culture hasn't changed in iowa city city"i can assure you it's not all doom and gloom around our program. we have great optimism in the gym, and we have a group of women that are kinda excited about proving everybody wrong."in their state qualifying meet -- both the monticello girls and boys cross country teams finished at the top -- which really wasn't a surprise to head coach dan sauser -- because low times -- keeping it loose -- and belief -- are all part of his equation for successdan sauser -- the ed thomas coach of the weekdan sauser is like an equation -- he's one half -- math wiz -- -- "yeah... numbers come easy to me... haha"and one half cross country genius -- -- "anything we need to calculate any time we need to hit he'll calculate a pace for us."but his sum -- is more t

the iowa women's basketball team didn't just graduate 3 starters -- bluder's bunch lost the highest scoring trio -- in big ten history -- not easy shoes to fill for this year's squad especially with a team so young -- but the hawkeyes aren't rebuilding -- they're reloading -- because the culture hasn't changed in iowa city "i can assure you it's not all doom and gloom around our program. we havgreat optimism in the gym, and we have a group of women that are kinda excited about proving everybody wrong." wrong.""we don't have a lot of girls coming back who've played substantial minutes in the past, and, maybe that makes some people uneasy, but for our team, we view it as an opportunity... they're not gonna know what to expect because maybe they don't know us." the first coaches poll of the season was released -- and the unknown hawks -- sit 23rd -- the defending champs u-con start the year where the ended -- a athe top -- bill fen- lee's cyclones are recieving votes. what a year it has been for the hawks -- before the season stsrted all the experts had no faith in the -- "new" kirk rentz and

gesell had 24 points, 6 assists and 8 rebounds in the hawkeyes 99-73 win bluders bunch is ranked 23rd in the preseason coaches poll. despite losing the best scoring trio in the big ten to graduation in logic, dixon and doolittle, the team still has high expectations. "i can assure it's not all doom and gloom around our program. we have great optimism in the gym, and we have a group of women that are excited about proving everyone wrong."we have girls that can play multiple positions, and 3 or 4 people deep at many of them. sot :17 oc: "many of them " regional volleyball tonight it doesn't get any better than city and west. and city got off to a quick start, ashley smith with the nice assist to alexa for the kill....little hawks take the opener 25-20...--the second set belongs to west....ali taucken with the ace serve that stays just inside the back line....women of troy up 3... --then it's colby greene pounding one to the floor and making daddy proud..as west beat city high 3-1 to advance to play linn-mar. kennedy hosted jeff tonight in another regional quarter-final. and checkout the

doolittle, or melissa dixon the highest scoring trio in big 10 history isn't coming back -- this year bluders' bunch is full of newbees -- but the hawkeyes aren't rebuilding -- they're reloading -- because the culture hasn't changed in iowa city "i can assure you it's not all doom and gloom around our program. we have great optimism in the gym, and we have a group of women that are kinda excited about proving everybody wrong." in their state qualifying meet -- both the monticello girls and boys cross country teams finished at the top -- which really wasn't a surprise to head coach dan sauser -- because low times -- keeping it loose -- and belief -- are all part of his equation for success successdan sauser -- the ed thomas coach of the week week dan sauser is like an equation -- he's one half -- math wiz -- -- "yeah... numbers come easy to me... haha"and one half cross country genius -- -- "anything we need to calculate any time we need to hit he'll calculate a pace for us."but his sum -- is more than just numbers and state titles --- sauser keeps it "he's just always a positive part of the t

gesell had 24 points, 6 assists and 8 rebounds in the hawkeyes 99-73 win bluders bunch is ranked 23rd in the preseason coaches poll. despite losing the best scoring trio in the big ten to graduation in logic, dixon and doolittle, the team still has high expectations. "i can assure it's not all doom and gloom around our program. we have great optimism in the gym, and we have a group of women that are excited about proving everyone wrong."we have girls that can play multiple positions, and 3 or 4 people deep at many of them. sot :17 oc: "many of them " regional volleyball tonight it doesn't get any better than city and west. and city got off to a quick start, ashley smith with the nice assist to alexa for the kill....little hawks take the opener 25-20...--the second set belongs to west....ali taucken with the ace serve that stays just inside the back line....women of troy up 3... --then it's colby greene pounding one to the floor and making daddy proud..as west beat city high 3-1 to advance to play linn-mar. kennedy hosted jeff tonight in another regional quarter-final. and checkout the