1986–87 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

The 1986–87 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1986–87 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by fourth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games in Iowa City, Iowa at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 26–5 overall, 17–1 in Big Ten play, sharing the regular season conference championship. The team was the first Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team to advance to the Elite Eight in the women's NCAA basketball tournament.

1986–87 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Big Ten Conference regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 9
Record	26–5 (17–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	C. Vivian Stringer (4th season)
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena
Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

1986–87 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Iowa	17	–	1		.944			26	–	5		.839
No. 10 Ohio State	17	–	1		.944			26	–	5		.839
Northwestern	12	–	6		.667			20	–	10		.667
Illinois	11	–	7		.611			19	–	10		.655
Purdue	10	–	8		.556			18	–	9		.667
Michigan State	8	–	10		.444			16	–	12		.571
Indiana	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370
Minnesota	4	–	14		.222			9	–	19		.321
Wisconsin	4	–	14		.222			9	–	19		.321
Michigan	2	–	16		.111			9	–	18		.333
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1986–87 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 14 Lynn Kennedy — Sr   Irvington, NJ G 23 Tricia Blair — Sr   McFarland, WI F 24 Lisa Long — Sr   Newark, NJ F 25 Franthea Price 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr River Rouge River Rouge, MI G 30 Michelle Edwards 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Cathedral Boston, MA G 34 Jolette Law 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Wilson Florence, SC C 44 Marva Fuller 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Holly Holly, MI	Head coach C. Vivian Stringer Assistant coach(es) Jennifer Bednarek Marianna Freeman Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 29, 1986*	No. 8	Boston University Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 70–48	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Nov 30, 1986*	No. 8	No. 3 Tennessee Amana-Hawkeye Classic	L 56–74[2]	1–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 2, 1986*	No. 11	at Nebraska	L 74–85	1–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 3, 1986*	No. 11	at Drake	W 71–57	2–2	Veterans Memorial Auditorium  Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 4, 1986*	No. 11	Iowa State	W 70–51	3–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 13, 1986*	No. 17	at Illinois State	W 71–56	4–2	Horton Fieldhouse  Normal, Illinois
Dec 21, 1986*	No. 17	Western Kentucky	W 67–47	5–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 29, 1986*	No. 14	vs. No. 12 Penn State North Carolina State Classic	L 74–78 OT	5–3	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 30, 1986*	No. 14	vs. Indiana North Carolina State Classic	W 63–56	6–3	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 2, 1987	No. 14	at Wisconsin	W 83–44	7–3 (1–0)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 4, 1987	No. 14	at Northwestern	W 72–61	8–3 (2–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Jan 7, 1987*	No. 14	LSU	W 68–49	9–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 9, 1987	No. 14	Minnesota	W 81–40	10–3 (3–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 16, 1987	No. 10	Illinois	W 80–53	11–3 (4–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 18, 1987	No. 10	Purdue	W 68–54	12–3 (5–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 23, 1987	No. 10	at Indiana	W 60–49	13–3 (6–0)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Jan 25, 1987	No. 10	at No. 17 Ohio State	L 54–67	13–4 (6–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 30, 1987	No. 13	Michigan State	W 83–61	14–4 (7–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 1, 1987	No. 13	Michigan	W 75–54	15–4 (8–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 6, 1987	No. 12	at Minnesota	W 78–60	16–4 (9–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 13, 1987	No. 11	at Purdue	W 86–68	17–4 (10–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 15, 1987	No. 11	at Illinois	W 70–54	18–4 (11–1)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Feb 20, 1987	No. 11	No. 10 Ohio State	W 66–54	19–4 (12–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 22, 1987	No. 11	Indiana	W 71–50	20–4 (13–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 27, 1987	No. 10	at Michigan	W 78–54	21–4 (14–1)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mar 1, 1987	No. 10	at Michigan State	W 71–49	22–4 (15–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, Michigan
Mar 4, 1987	No. 10	Northwestern	W 70–53	23–4 (16–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 7, 1987	No. 10	Wisconsin	W 78–56	24–4 (17–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 1987*	(3 MW) No. 9	New Orleans Second round	W 68–46[3]	25–4	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 20, 1987*	(3 MW) No. 9	vs. (2 MW) No. 11 Georgia Midwest Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 62–60	26–4	Fant–Ewing Coliseum  Monroe, Louisiana
Mar 22, 1987*	(3 MW) No. 9	vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Louisiana Tech Midwest Regional Final – Elite Eight	L 65–66	26–5	Fant–Ewing Coliseum  Monroe, Louisiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

Main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings