Iowa women's basketball cracks The Athletic's post-transfer top 25 rankings
Iowa women's basketball cracks The Athletic's post-transfer top 25 rankings
Iowa makes its way inside The Athletic's post-transfer top 25 rankings. The Hawkeyes are ranked as the nation's No. 16 team in Chantel Jennings' latest top 25 for The Athletic.
Iowa joins a collection of Big Ten teams inside the rankings that also includes UCLA, Michigan, Washington, Maryland, Michigan State and Minnesota.
Here's a look at The Athletic's full post-transfer top 25:
Rank Team Conference 1 UConn Big East 2 South Carolina SEC 3 LSU SEC 4 UCLA Big Ten 5 Texas SEC 6 Tennessee SEC 7 Oklahoma SEC 8 Duke ACC 9 North Carolina ACC 10 NC State ACC 11 Michigan Big Ten 12 Washington Big Ten 13 Maryland Big Ten 14 Michigan State Big Ten 15 Iowa State Big 12 16 Iowa Big Ten 17 Minnesota Big Ten 18 Kentucky SEC 19 TCU Big 12 20 Louisville ACC 21 Ole Miss SEC 22 Baylor Big 12 23 Richmond A-10 24 Kansas State Big 12 25 Notre Dame ACC
Iowa is fresh off its 31st all-time NCAA Tournament appearance where the Hawkeyes advanced to the second round after earning a No. 6 seed.
Led by head coach Jan Jensen, Iowa punched its seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament ticket and its ninth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance as a No. 6 seed or better.
In the initial ESPN bracketology, Iowa is projected to make it back to the NCAA Tournament for an eighth consecutive season. ESPN forecasts Iowa as a No. 5 seed in Region 3 Sacramento.
The Hawkeyes have bolstered their roster with one addition from elsewhere in Georgia Tech transfer guard Chazadi "Chit Chat" Wright. Wright averaged 7.2 points, 2.6 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game while shooting 37.1% from the field, 32.3% from 3-point range and 88.6% from the free-throw line.
The 5-foot-4 guard from Atlanta, Georgia, joins an Iowa nucleus that brings back guards Taylor McCabe, Kylie Feuerbach, Teagan Mallegni and Taylor Stremlow, forward Hannah Stuelke and center Ava Heiden.
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