By JIL PRICE
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will hop a 9 ½ hour flight overseas on Aug. 11, but its journey to Italy officially began Wednesday afternoon. The 2015-16 Hawkeye roster of 14 gathered on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the first of 10, three-hour team practices leading up to the trip.
“It feels great to be back in the gym,” 16th-year head coach Lisa Bluder said. “Our focus, communication, and intensity were good. We’ve been doing one-hour workouts and it’s a big jump to three hours, but they maintained their focus well.