The Iowa men have not been to the Elite 8 since 1987.
The Iowa women HAD not been in the Elite 8 since 1993.
The Iowa women HAD not been in the Elite 8 since 1993.
Megan Gustafson: Naismith, AP, USBWA, ESPN & Honda National POY! Lisa Leslie Award! 2x B1G POY!
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Its amazing how Megan is finally being noticed this season. Leading the nation last year in scoring was not enough. It took the 2nd year in a row to lead the nation in scoring to finally gather some attention in her direction.
Another example:
Another example:
Just the fourth athlete in NCAA history to surpass 1,000 points in a single season
I see that Megan was not unanimous AP First Team All American.
Wow.
Most points in a single season
With a layup late in the fourth quarter Monday, April 1, 2019, Iowa senior Megan Gustafson became the fourth player in women's Division I history to score 1,000 points in a single season.
The Four Players:
Kelsey Plum, Washington......1,109 2016-17
Jackie Stiles, Missouri State 1,062 2000-01
Odyssey Sims, Baylor........... 1,054 2013-14
Megan Gustafson, Iowa........ 1,001 2018-19
With a layup late in the fourth quarter Monday, April 1, 2019, Iowa senior Megan Gustafson became the fourth player in women's Division I history to score 1,000 points in a single season.
The Four Players:
Kelsey Plum, Washington......1,109 2016-17
Jackie Stiles, Missouri State 1,062 2000-01
Odyssey Sims, Baylor........... 1,054 2013-14
Megan Gustafson, Iowa........ 1,001 2018-19
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Do you know what the record for most field goals made in a single season is? Megan had over 400, all except one were two-pointers. Those other three shot a lot of three-pointers. That plus the difference in FT’s could put Megan higher in the all-time FG’s made list. Also, it would be interesting to compare the FGA’s and relative scoring efficiency.
Not only that, she wasn't the top vote getter either.
I can accept the argument for her not winning all POY awards (not easily accept it though), but what is anyone's argument for not voting her one of the top 5 players in the country? Insane.
Leistikow: Her incredible career over, Megan Gustafson's Iowa legacy goes beyond numbers
Gustafson’s 412 field goals this season are a new NCAA record. Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike in 2014 set the previous mark of 402. It took Ogwumike 669 attempts — 78 more than Gustafson needed. Gustafson's 412 crushed the Big Ten record of 341.
And...
What made Gustafson's epic career especially remarkable: She was never a shot-hunter. (By comparison, the four women ahead of her on the Big Ten career scoring list attempted an average of 2,404 shots; Gustafson took 1,730.)
Incredible!
Yet Mulkey said she hadn't even heard of her before this season. What a disrespectful, narcissistic ****.
In my [admittedly biased] opinion, Megan is one of the top five in the nation of all time. Not to mention, she has been the best player in the nation for the last two years.
It appears to me that Baylor’s coach and perhaps certain players, is/are self centered, egotistical, and/or jealous.
In that press conference a couple of days ago Mulkey said to the espn reporter talking about Megan that "what is y'alls opinion of the best player in the country" which I thought was a little disingenuous.
as long as she gets her degree (i think she graduates in May), how do you not hang something from Carver's rafters or have a prominent display with her picture and all the accomplishments/stats?
Whoever wants the UConn girl to win all the National Player of the Year Awards must have left Megan off the ballot.
Incredible, huh, what bias can do to a human being.
yeah, some girl from small town Wisconsin who went to little old Iowa and who was not originally a 5 Star Recruit is not eligible for national awards! Ever!
From HawkCentral.com:
With 23 points Monday, Gustafson became the fourth player in Division I history to score 1,000 points in a season. Her driving layup off the glass with 3:21 to play were the final two points of her career and gave her 1,001 this season. The three women before her to join Club 1K: Washington's Kelsey Plum (2017), Missouri State's Jackie Stiles (2001) and Baylor's Odyssey Sims (2014). More perspective: Only one season in the last 25 has seen a Division I men's player reach 1,000 (BYU's Jimmer Fredette, in 2011).
The 1,001 points cleared the Big Ten season record by a wide margin. Minnesota’s Rachel Banham had the previous high, at 914, in 2016.
Her 1,824 points over the past two seasons alone would rank No. 5 in Iowa history.
Michelle “Ice” Edwards, whose No. 30 is the only jersey in Iowa women’s history to be retired, scored 1,821 in her four-year career. (Gustafson's No. 10 will one day be the second.)
Gustafson’s 412 field goals this season are a new NCAA record. Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike in 2014 set the previous mark of 402. It took Ogwumike 669 attempts — 78 more than Gustafson needed. Gustafson's 412 crushed the Big Ten record of 341.
Gustafson is Iowa’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder.
Gustafson’s 2,804 career points are 702 more than the previous Iowa record holder, Ally Disterhoft. Roy Marble holds the Iowa men’s record, at 2,116.
Led nation in scoring in 2018-2019 with 27.9 points per game.
Ranked third in the nation in rebounding in 2018-2019 (13.5 rpg)
Gustafson’s 1,460 career rebounds are a Big Ten record. Jantel Lavender of Ohio State (2008-11) held the previous mark of 1,422.
Gustafson’s 481 rebounds this season (13.3 average) also demolished the previous conference record of 426. Interestingly, Gustafson's 411 as a junior rank third on this list.
Her 33 double-doubles this season tied an NCAA record. She needed one more rebound Monday to have it to herself.
Her 88 career double-doubles rank fourth in NCAA history.
And officially, she owns the Big Ten’s season and career field-goal percentage records. She shot 69.7 percent his season (the old record was 69.0) and 65.7 percent for her career (the old mark was 65.0). Her totals: 1,136 makes vs. 594 misses. Incredible, in a sport where 50 percent is considered really good.
THE AWARDS KEEP RACKING UP:
* 2019 Naismith National Player of the Year
* 2019 USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year
* 2019 AP National Player of the Year
* 2019 EspnW National Player of the Year
* 2019 Lisa Leslie Award (Nation's Top Center)
* 2019 First-Team AP All-American
* 2019 USBWA First Team All-American
* 2019 WBCA First Team All-American (Women's BB Coaches Assn)
* 2019 BIG Player of the Year
* 2018 BIG Player of the Year
* 2019 Senior CLASS Award Winner (Community, Classroom, Character, Competition); See: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/new...-19_senior_class_award_for_womens_basketball/
--The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I women’s basketball coaches, national basketball media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I women’s basketball.
* A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
* Finalist for the John R. Wooden Award. One of FOUR finalists for two other major national awards — the Naismith and Wade Trophy (won by Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu). Winning any of these awards would add to her legacy, not define it.
With 23 points Monday, Gustafson became the fourth player in Division I history to score 1,000 points in a season. Her driving layup off the glass with 3:21 to play were the final two points of her career and gave her 1,001 this season. The three women before her to join Club 1K: Washington's Kelsey Plum (2017), Missouri State's Jackie Stiles (2001) and Baylor's Odyssey Sims (2014). More perspective: Only one season in the last 25 has seen a Division I men's player reach 1,000 (BYU's Jimmer Fredette, in 2011).
The 1,001 points cleared the Big Ten season record by a wide margin. Minnesota’s Rachel Banham had the previous high, at 914, in 2016.
Her 1,824 points over the past two seasons alone would rank No. 5 in Iowa history.
Michelle “Ice” Edwards, whose No. 30 is the only jersey in Iowa women’s history to be retired, scored 1,821 in her four-year career. (Gustafson's No. 10 will one day be the second.)
Gustafson’s 412 field goals this season are a new NCAA record. Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike in 2014 set the previous mark of 402. It took Ogwumike 669 attempts — 78 more than Gustafson needed. Gustafson's 412 crushed the Big Ten record of 341.
Gustafson is Iowa’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder.
Gustafson’s 2,804 career points are 702 more than the previous Iowa record holder, Ally Disterhoft. Roy Marble holds the Iowa men’s record, at 2,116.
Led nation in scoring in 2018-2019 with 27.9 points per game.
Ranked third in the nation in rebounding in 2018-2019 (13.5 rpg)
Gustafson’s 1,460 career rebounds are a Big Ten record. Jantel Lavender of Ohio State (2008-11) held the previous mark of 1,422.
Gustafson’s 481 rebounds this season (13.3 average) also demolished the previous conference record of 426. Interestingly, Gustafson's 411 as a junior rank third on this list.
Her 33 double-doubles this season tied an NCAA record. She needed one more rebound Monday to have it to herself.
Her 88 career double-doubles rank fourth in NCAA history.
And officially, she owns the Big Ten’s season and career field-goal percentage records. She shot 69.7 percent his season (the old record was 69.0) and 65.7 percent for her career (the old mark was 65.0). Her totals: 1,136 makes vs. 594 misses. Incredible, in a sport where 50 percent is considered really good.
THE AWARDS KEEP RACKING UP:
* 2019 Naismith National Player of the Year
* 2019 USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year
* 2019 AP National Player of the Year
* 2019 EspnW National Player of the Year
* 2019 Lisa Leslie Award (Nation's Top Center)
* 2019 First-Team AP All-American
* 2019 USBWA First Team All-American
* 2019 WBCA First Team All-American (Women's BB Coaches Assn)
* 2019 BIG Player of the Year
* 2018 BIG Player of the Year
* 2019 Senior CLASS Award Winner (Community, Classroom, Character, Competition); See: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/new...-19_senior_class_award_for_womens_basketball/
--The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I women’s basketball coaches, national basketball media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I women’s basketball.
* A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
* Finalist for the John R. Wooden Award. One of FOUR finalists for two other major national awards — the Naismith and Wade Trophy (won by Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu). Winning any of these awards would add to her legacy, not define it.
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In case you missed it, here are a couple videos of fans welcoming back the Elite 8 Hawks back to Iowa City:
There was a nice video that was used to intro the Hawks on April 1st on BTN on their BTN Live show before their elite eight game clip and on the B1G show afterward that was a music video set of clips of Megan Gustafson highlights played to The Who's "Baba O'Riley" (translated in many different languages including Turkish where I lived a good part of my childhood as "Father O'Riley"). Can't find it anywhere online. Someone with access to these videos might want to put that chunk up. A good tribute to Megan.
Gustafson Wins 2018-19 Senior CLASS Award
“We are thrilled that Megan Gustafson has been selected as our winner for the 2018-19 season,” said Erik Miner, Executive Director of the Senior CLASS Award. “She’s had an incredible career on the court, and has been equally as impressive in the classroom and community, doing things with humility and integrity. We offer our congratulations to Megan and to the University of Iowa.”
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/womensbasketball
https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2019...ustafson-wins-2018-19-senior-class-award.aspx
“We are thrilled that Megan Gustafson has been selected as our winner for the 2018-19 season,” said Erik Miner, Executive Director of the Senior CLASS Award. “She’s had an incredible career on the court, and has been equally as impressive in the classroom and community, doing things with humility and integrity. We offer our congratulations to Megan and to the University of Iowa.”
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/womensbasketball
https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2019...ustafson-wins-2018-19-senior-class-award.aspx
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Gustafson is the first ever #B1GWBBall to receive the National Player of the Year award from the Associated Press
Official Release:
Iowa’s Gustafson is AP women’s college hoops player of year
Thursday, April 4, 2019.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Megan Gustafson of Iowa is The Associated Press women’s college basketball player of the year.
She led the nation in scoring for the second consecutive year and is the first player from the school and the Big Ten to win the award.
The 28-member national media panel that selects the weekly AP rankings were the voters. Balloting was done before the NCAA Tournament.
The 28 vote breakdown:
* The 6-foot-3 star received 15 of the 28 votes
* Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon received 7 votes
* Napheesa Collier of UConn had 3 votes.
* Asia Durr of Louisville had 2 votes
* Teaira McCowan of Mississippi State had 1 vote.
Gustafson averaged 27.9 points and helped the Hawkeyes reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1993. She became only the fourth Division I player to score more than 1,000 points in a season. She tied the NCAA record for double-doubles in a season with 33.
LINK: https://apnews.com/892577c8f04b446b8d6bb77d640fc196
Iowa’s Gustafson is AP women’s college hoops player of year
Thursday, April 4, 2019.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Megan Gustafson of Iowa is The Associated Press women’s college basketball player of the year.
She led the nation in scoring for the second consecutive year and is the first player from the school and the Big Ten to win the award.
The 28-member national media panel that selects the weekly AP rankings were the voters. Balloting was done before the NCAA Tournament.
The 28 vote breakdown:
* The 6-foot-3 star received 15 of the 28 votes
* Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon received 7 votes
* Napheesa Collier of UConn had 3 votes.
* Asia Durr of Louisville had 2 votes
* Teaira McCowan of Mississippi State had 1 vote.
Gustafson averaged 27.9 points and helped the Hawkeyes reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1993. She became only the fourth Division I player to score more than 1,000 points in a season. She tied the NCAA record for double-doubles in a season with 33.
LINK: https://apnews.com/892577c8f04b446b8d6bb77d640fc196
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