The 2019 NCAA Women’s Bracket has been released and it has the Iowa Hawkeyes seeded as the #2 team in the Greensboro region, facing the Mercer Bears. They’ll tip off at 1 PM God’s Time on Friday.
Also in Iowa’s pod, hosted at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, are the #7 Missouri Tigers and #10 Drake Bulldogs. A potential second round matchup between Drake and Iowa would be rife with intrigue. It would mean Lisa Bluder taking on the place where she cut her teeth as a head coach, amassing a record of 187-106 (.638) and five tournament appearances. She coached her current assistants, Jan Jenson and Tricia Wakely, during her time there.