The Iowa women’s basketball team’s 2022-23 season was one of the most thrilling sporting experiences Hawkeye fans have been treated to in a long time. While Lisa Bluder’s squad has been playing high-level basketball for decades, their journey to the Final Four, upset of a seemingly unbeatable South Carolina team, and national championship appearance captivated the sporting world and jumpstarted national interest in the women’s game. While Iowa fans would typically spend their days in April pouring over football practice reports and debating how the outgoing men’s players might fare in the upcoming NBA draft, many Hawkeyes find themselves wondering (possibly for the first time) whether they can stand to wait until next November to watch the women’s team step on the basketball court again.