IOWA CITY — With a graduating megastar like Caitlin Clark, six new players and a first-year head coach replacing two decades-long colleagues on her staff, few college basketball programs would have a more compelling excuse for starting over from scratch than the Iowa Hawkeyes, runners-up in last season's NCAA Tournament.
"Those generational players are so rare," said Iowa head coach Jan Jensen. "And now you have to move on. Just like Michael Jordan [in college]; North Carolina still had a team the next year; they're still there."
The new team members never got the memo that they were supposed to miss a beat, though.
"Our first rep on the first day sounded like the last practice of last year," said assistant coach Raina Harmon. "I was like, 'oh, we can work with this.' And that's before we got to any skill development.'"
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"Those generational players are so rare," said Iowa head coach Jan Jensen. "And now you have to move on. Just like Michael Jordan [in college]; North Carolina still had a team the next year; they're still there."
The new team members never got the memo that they were supposed to miss a beat, though.
"Our first rep on the first day sounded like the last practice of last year," said assistant coach Raina Harmon. "I was like, 'oh, we can work with this.' And that's before we got to any skill development.'"
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