1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Big Ten regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 7
Record	27–4 (15–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Angie Lee (1st season);
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena

1995–96 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7	15	–	1	.938	27	–	4	.871
No. 8 Penn State †	13	–	3	.813	27	–	7	.794
No. 18 Wisconsin	12	–	4	.750	21	–	8	.724
No. 15 Purdue	11	–	5	.688	20	–	11	.645
Michigan State	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
Northwestern	8	–	8	.500	23	–	11	.676
Ohio State	8	–	8	.500	21	–	13	.618
Illinois	6	–	10	.375	13	–	15	.464
Indiana	5	–	11	.313	14	–	13	.519
Michigan	1	–	15	.063	7	–	20	.259
Minnesota	0	–	16	.000	4	–	23	.148

† 1996 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1995–96 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by first-year head coach Angie Lee, played their home games in Iowa City, Iowa at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 27–4 overall, 15–1 in Big Ten play, to finish atop the conference regular season standings by two games. The team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the women's NCAA basketball tournament.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	13	Nadine Domond	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Central	Bridgeport, CT
G	24	Angela Hamblin	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Lew Wallace	Gary, IN
F	42	Tiffany Gooden	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	R. Nelson Snider	Fort Wayne, IN
F/C	50	Tangela Smith	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	George Washington	Chicago, IL

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Dec 20, 1995*	No. 11	vs. No. 10 Georgia Carolinas Beach Classic	L 52–79	7–2	Myrtle Beach, SC
Big Ten tournament
NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 1996*	(2 ME) No. 7	(15 ME) Butler First round	W 72–67	26–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 16, 1996*	(2 ME) No. 7	(7 ME) DePaul Second round	W 72–71	27–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 21, 1996*	(2 ME) No. 7	vs. (3 ME) No. 12 Vanderbilt Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 63–74	27–4	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast.

Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Venues	Iowa Field House (1974–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Crossover at Kinnick Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Full Court Press The Law Firm Caitlin Clark effect
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics