2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

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2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record17–12 (10–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arena
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Seasons
2005–06 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Ohio State 15 1   .938 29 3   .906
No. 11 Purdue 13 3   .813 26 7   .788
Michigan State 11 5   .688 24 10   .706
Minnesota 11 5   .688 19 10   .655
Iowa 10 6   .625 17 12   .586
Indiana 9 7   .563 19 14   .576
Illinois 6 10   .375 16 15   .516
Penn State 6 10   .375 13 16   .448
Wisconsin 5 11   .313 11 18   .379
Northwestern 2 14   .125 6 22   .214
Michigan 0 16   .000 6 23   .207
2006 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 13, 2006
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the

Carver-Hawkeye Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with an overall record of 17–12 (10–6 Big Ten) to finish fourth in the regular season conference standings. Iowa lost to Michigan State in the quarterfinals of the 2006 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament. Iowa received an at-large bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they were defeated by BYU
, 67–62, in the opening round.

This season marked Iowa's fourth NCAA tournament appearance under Coach Bluder.

Senior Crystal Smith established Iowa's single-game high in points with 46 against Louisiana Tech on November 22, 2005 (now 4th on the all-time list as of the end of the 2023–24 season).

Roster

2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown
G
3 Abby Emmert 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Winterset, Iowa
G
10 Crystal Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Haughton, Louisiana
G
11 Kristi Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Thornton, Colorado
F
24 Jenee Graham 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Bolingbrook, Illinois
F
32 Wendy Ausdemore 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Neola, Iowa
F
34 Johanna Solverson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Lake Zurich, Illinois
C 40 Stacy Schlapkohl 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Durant, Iowa
F
43 Nicole VanderPol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Grundy Center, Iowa
C 44 Megan Skouby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS Fr Mentor, Ohio
G
50 Lindsey Nyenhuis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Fr Grand Rapids, Michigan
F
51 Krista VandeVenter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Osseo, Minnesota
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Regular season
Nov 22, 2005*
at Louisiana Tech L 91–95 2OT 1–1
Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, Louisiana
Feb 26, 2006
Indiana W 78–70  17–10
(10–6)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, Iowa
Big Ten tournament
Mar 3, 2006*
(10 SA) vs. (7 SA) No. 22 Michigan State
Quarterfinals
L 58–79  17–11
 
Indianapolis, Indiana
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 2006*
(10 SA) vs. (7 SA) No. 22 BYU
First round
L 62–67  17–12
Denver, Colorado
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SA=San Antonio.
All times are in Central Time
.

Source[1]

Rankings

See also

2005–06 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "2005-06 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE". University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2024.