Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Lisa Bluder retires as Iowa Women's Basketball Head Coach, Jan Jensen elevates to head coach

Episode Date: May 14, 2024

Trent Condon returns for an emergency podcast after the big news of the day in the world of Hawkeye athletics. Lisa Bluder has retired as head coach for the Iowa women's basketball program and Jan Jensen has been elevated to the new head coach. A celebration of the great career of Lisa Bluder, what's next for the program and what recruiting will look like and filling the assistant coach or coaches in the program. Then some thoughts on the potential that Payton Sandfort will remain in the NBA Draft.  Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!LinkedInThese days every new potential hire can feel like a high stakes wager for your small business. That’s why LinkedIn Jobs helps find the right people for your team, faster and for free. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/lockedoncollege. Terms and conditions apply.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply.FanDuelFanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook. Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning GUARANTEED That’s A HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUCKS – with any winning FIVE DOLLAR BET! Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started. eBay MotorsFrom brakes to exhaust kits and beyond, eBay Motors has over 122 million parts to keep your ride-or-die alive. With all the parts you need at the prices you want, it’s easy to bring home that big win. Keep your ride-or-die alive at EbayMotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

The Lisa Bluter era is over at the University of Iowa. Coach Bluter has announced her decision that she is retiring, and that means Jan Jensen is elevated to head coach. The impact of the Iowa women's basketball program, we break it down today, Locked on Hawkeyes. You are Locked on Hawkeyes, your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Hey, welcome in.

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That's why LinkedIn Jobs helps find the right people for your team faster and for free. Post your job for free at linkedin.com slash lockedoncollege. Terms and conditions free. Post your job for free at linkedin.com slash locked on college terms and conditions apply. Well, a big day and a announcement that didn't come completely out of left field, but certainly surprising to a lot of people. And that is the decision by Lisa Bluter to retire as head women's basketball coach at the University of Iowa. The impact has been immense. What she has meant to this basketball program,

what has she meant to the state of Iowa, women's basketball as a whole, those are things that are obviously going to be a huge part of her legacy. Another huge part of the legacy of Lisa Bluter that we have to talk about right at the top is just her as a person. And we got to see her on the sidelines as a coach. I had opportunities many times in the past to talk with Coach Bluter, and she's an incredible person. She's a great person that is very easy to root for. I know early in her tenure, though they had plenty of success, there was always hope, wanted more, wanted to fill out

the building. And to be able to see what Iowa basketball became over these last couple of seasons and see the full stands. And there was a time where Carver Hawkeye Arena, they dropped the curtain and cut it down just because those upper parts of the bowl, they were not occupied by anybody. And it was frustrating because they had a good, solid program. They were very good in the Big Ten. They were an NCAA tournament team, more times than not. 18 NCAA tournament bids in their 24 seasons as a head coach. But there was frustration.

And knowing a few people inside that program, knowing some of the blood, sweat, and tears that certainly went into what this turned into, it was great to have it culminate in this way. Now, of course, looking back, you would love to have that national championship, right? That way to go out in that direction. But we got to start with Lisa Bluter. We're going to talk about Jan Jensen, obviously her impact of her taking over Iowa, making the decision not to go to a search, which I think came as a surprise to so many people because 15 minutes after the announcement was posted by Coach Bluter, they made certainly not just the easiest choice, but I believe the right choice in making Jan Jensen

the head coach. But let's talk about Coach Bluter and the stories of her starting up her career, 24 years old, fresh out of college at St. Ambrose, back before it was a university, it was just a college at the time, and in the NAIA, and within a couple of years, being an NCAA tournament team. Well, an NAIA tournament team, I should say. And then getting to the Final Four in back-to-back seasons. Getting the program to number one in the country. And doing it at Little St. Ambrose. A great accomplishment.

And then from there, getting the Drake job. And getting that Drake job and doing an incredible job as they were transitioning and making the change. A lot of changes happening inside the Missouri Valley Conference at the time, women's basketball finally being offered and Drake being a part of that. A lot going on in the way she elevated that. And then coming on the heels of the Angie Lee era at the University of Iowa, she was just the fifth head coach in women's basketball history. We remember the great run, obviously, of C. She was just the fifth head coach in women's basketball history. Remember the great run, obviously, of C. Vivian Stringer for us old-timers out there. Angie Lee had success right away, but it very quickly fell apart. And at the time, the rebuild that she had

in front of her, it wasn't just about the X's and O's. There was a lot that needed to be done inside the program to mend some fences, to get the program back to what C. Vivian Stringer had built. And she was able to do that and do it in pretty quick order and took some of the players from Coach Lee's squad and very quickly, definitely took a step up. And, you know, it's funny, we look back in these last couple of years, the back-to-back Final Fours, playing for back-to-back national championships. I remember that. But for a long time, there were plenty of people in the Hawkeye community that wondered if Coach Bluter was ever going to get this program and get to the next level. Now, that's a dirty word because next level, we go back to Bob Bowlesby and the decision to let Dr. Tom Davis go. And it was always about the next level. And that's what we were talking about, getting to that next level. Well, Coach Bluter was able to do it.

And it started with Meg Augustuson. It went on from there, recruited at an incredibly high level. You look at the number of top 50 players that Iowa recruited and was able to bring in on a year-in, year-out basis. McDonald's All-Americans, I think of Sam Logic, of course, Caitlin Clark here recently. But not only that, but also the ability to build things. But I mentioned the part about team building. And that's an aspect. Our teams are incredibly entertaining to watch. Fast pace up and down the floor.

Good offense. That's what you're going to do. And with the kind of players that they were able to recruit and bring into the University of Iowa, it was a style of play that was very friendly on the eyes. But the other part and the other component, I mentioned what a good person that she is. The other component that goes hand in hand with it is just this one. Her team building is as good as you're going to find a women's college basketball. And that is not always easy. I know a lot of us and a lot of the guy sports fans out there, you think of women's sports maybe in a different vein. You think of it differently

and you think of the personalities that we see in men's sports and you go on and on. Well, the personalities and certainly in women's basketball all over the place. And that's certainly what we've seen in the ascension of the sport over the last couple of seasons. You got one side with Angel Reese and the way that she is. You have Kaitlyn Clark and the way that she is. And though they're built differently, they are different personalities. And those personalities are something that go hand in hand. There's a lot of aspects to women's basketball at times are hush-hush, unfortunately, just the environment we go through. And there's plenty of examples of that from the past, but

Coach Bluter always did such a great job of making everybody feel welcome and people from all kinds of different backgrounds, all kinds of walks of life. And they were all part of the program. There was not a divide between different factions or different groups of players. And that family environment that she was able to build was a huge component of it. When we go back and we look back to a season ago, the first run to the national championship game and the win against South Carolina and that circle. And it was something that they'd been doing, but it really became more prominent as they were going through that season. You saw them all together, all looking at each other, all seeing each other in that circle

and just how impactful that was before the Elite Eight game. Having the scissors there and having each of the players envisioning cutting down the nets and punching their ticket to the Final Four. I remember something that Gabby Marshall talked about and talked about, you know, the coaches are always talking to her and that's certainly coach Bluter about envisioning a shot going down as she was going through a shooting slump this season. And Gabby said it worked because right afterwards, she knocked down five three-pointers in a game and she was off and running. We obviously saw what she was able to do in the final, a few games of the season, that shooting stroke started to come

back for her. Those are the things that you get with Lisa Bluter. Her legacy will be immense. It is going to be a coach that we talk about in a long time. And Beth Goetz had a choice to make. Where do you go? Now a basketball job is one of the better jobs in the country in terms of support, both support with the fan base and in terms of financial support. You look through and what Iowa was able to do and has been able to do. Coach Bluter was a top 10 paid coach in college basketball. There are plenty of sitting head coaches that Iowa could have gone out and offered a pretty good package. But instead of doing that, it happened very quickly. We'll talk about Jan Jensen getting the job, the assistant coach that had plenty of opportunities,

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Trent Conant back with you once again on the Locked on Hawkeyes podcast. Thanks for making Locked on Hawkeyes your first listen every day. Hey, coming up this evening, check us out. We're going to be heading over to Coach's Corner on Mormon Trek in Iowa City, making my way back to Iowa City. Looking forward to that and the the debut of Caitlin Clark, we will be there. Some swag opportunity, hang out, watch the game should be a really good time. Again, over at coaches coming up this evening, stopping out Tuesday night, and we will watch Caitlin Clark begin her career in the WNBA

should be a lot of fun. Looking forward to that and always looking forward to getting back over to Iowa City. In fact, I'm going to try to sneak over a little early, maybe get in nine holes of golf over at Finkbine and always enjoy that opportunity. Well, it is official and it happened very quickly. As we mentioned at the top, just 15 minutes after the announcement comes down that Lisa Bluter is going to be retiring during that interim 15 minutes, I sent out a couple of tweets. You can find me at Trent Condon or at LockedOnIowa for the show account page.

And as I was working on that list, Jan Jensen has been hired to replace Lisa Bluter. Now, a couple of different angles here. I think a lot of people believe that Jenny Baranchuk was a name towards the top of the list, the Oklahoma coach, also formerly a Drake and a former Iowa basketball player. You remember her back in the day as Jenny Lillis. I grew up right here in West Des Moines and a Dowling Catholic grad, but they made the decision to go very quickly. You know, there are some other names out there too.

Katie Abrahamson was another one that I mentioned. You saw what she did at Georgia when they played Iowa two years ago in the NCAA tournament. Took a step back, but an Iowa grad. Began her career at Georgia before finishing her final two years under C. Vivian Stringer. That was another name. And I mentioned it too a little bit ago. This Iowa job pays incredibly well. It's a top 10 job in terms of salary for Lisa Bloater a year ago.

You anticipate the package is going to be a little bit, just going to be a very good once again for Jan Jensen. So they were going to be able to pay. We know about the fan support. We know about the team also that they have. We got Hannah Stolke on the cusp of being an all Big Ten player. Lucy Olsen, if she decides to stay, that's another question we'll get into here momentarily. But it looks like a roster at

minimum that's going to be an NCAA tournament team and some pretty good momentum obviously going forward to the classes of 2025, 2026, and some of the big names across the country that are interested in Iowa. The Iowa program's in really good shape, and I think they could have got a ton of highly qualified candidates if they open it up. Beth Goetz said, no, we are going to make the decision right now. So Jan Jensen takes over in the role. And speaking of great people, Jan Jensen, one of the best people you're going to find out there. If you've heard interviews, and she's done a ton over the last couple of years, you hear about so much about her on the human side. She's just an easy person to root for.

There are so many good qualities to her just as a person. And losing her father right before the final four or two years ago, hearing her talk about that, being there, just an amazing person. You couple that with the basketball acumen. And you can be a great person, but if you're a bad coach, let's get a show up. And Jan Jensen's had plenty of opportunities to take jobs. There has been plenty of good jobs that have come her way, and she has turned them down. The reason of what her, Lisa Bluter, and Fitz also needs to be mentioned, the special assistant to the head coach as she's been the last couple of years. But those three together and what they were able to accomplish together has been so great and so huge throughout the time.

But with Jan, she's also known as such a post-player wizard. And what she's been able to do, you go back to Meg Augustus and even before that, you look at the post play and you look at Monica Sonata and what she was able to do and turn into after you saw her freshman year and you're wondering, I don't know if this is going to work. And then by her sophomore year, she was off and running, becoming an all big 10 player and a WNBA draft pick. I mean, that's what she was able to do in her development of post players is unmatched. I mean, you talk kind of about the starting skill talent that she takes and what she molds them into.

Absolutely amazing. But also, you can also see how beloved she is. And you see the players. Yes, they love Coach Bluter. That's not to diminish the love that they had for Coach Bluter. But there's always something special and a twinkle in her eye at times with Jan Jensen that you get. She loves the University of Iowa. You will see her all over the place at all kinds of sporting events and not just there hosting recruits at a football game and bringing

them there, but you'll see her at a soccer match. You'll see her at a volleyball match. You'll see her all over the place. And that's what she does because she loves the University of Iowa. She loves what she does and she does an incredibly good job at that. The next question morphs into, obviously, the recruiting side of this. What does this mean for the recruits that are currently there? And what does it mean for who they're going after? Well, Jan Jensen was really the starter. And though Raina and Abby, two of the assistant coaches, were big on the recruiting trail

as well, Jan Jensen was a lot of times that would give that stamp of approval, telling the head coach, Lisa Bluter, this is who we need to go after. This is the direction that we need to go. And she had a huge, huge sway in that locker room when they were out recruiting. Recruiting is not going to be an issue for Jan Jensen. She is elite at that. One of the best assistant coaches in college basketball. And so many of the names that we're talking about, the reason that I was even able to open up the door to talk about some of these top level recruits, both past and present and future, is because of Jan Jensen. I think it's a home run hire. The surprise to me though, it's just how quickly it happened. Because for years and years and years, we always heard,

It's just how quickly it happened because for years and years and years, we always heard, football program, that it takes a long time to come up with a hire. Beth Getz, that was not the case. Now, I'm going to anticipate, and this is just speculation, but my anticipation is this is something that had been in the works for at least last couple of days, maybe last couple of weeks. There's been some rumblings going back to the season that this was a possibility that as Kaitlyn left, we were going to see the same thing and Coach Bluter was going to retire.

She loves to travel, something that is a huge part of it. Still wants to be able to travel while she's able to still get around pretty well at 63 years old and might feel a little bit early in retirement because we see so many coaches that last so much longer. I think she wanted an ability to still be able to travel and do the things that she really wants to do in her retirement life and great for her. For Jan Jensen though, and now this program. So

you have obviously an open spot as it pertains to the assistant coaches. What direction does Iowa go? I think that's something interesting to keep an eye on. I would anticipate both Raina and Abby Stamp are going to both stick around. We're going to see them still part of this staff. I don't anticipate a shakeup, but with an open assistant job, what direction do they go?

There, is it an elevation from somebody lower on the totem pole, or are they going outside higher? And then you throw in the fact that also you have Jenny Fitz. And with her, we have the decision, all right, does she walk away with Coach Bluter? I would anticipate that's the case. I mean, they had to beg her and come up with this special role for her to stick around the last couple of seasons when she, quote unquote, retired. And then not really retired as Jan and Lisa talked her into coming back and helping out in that role. And she was incredibly important,

but they were able to do that. Now, is this an easy break, a clean break? And that basically means you kind of got two spots open. You know, you go the direction where you have something similar with that special assistant to the head coach. Are you able to do that? Does that work out? Something to keep an eye on there, But there's going to be obviously some shuffling when you elevate somebody. That's going to be the case there. Do they look at some of the former players that are out there from the University of Iowa? Do they bring in some new blood? Is that a potential that they can go? So Jan Jensen's got to hit the ground running, but she's also got to do it while keeping everybody in the fold. And the biggest one is obviously Lucy Olsen,

because after a coach leaves, the window opens up once again for players to enter the transfer portal. So they have now 30 days to enter the portal once again. This is a fresh start. We saw this in football with Alabama when Nick Saban retired, and he saw a lot of those guys being poached, and they were getting some big-time calls and some big-time offers. You can anticipate those calls are going to be happening to Hannah Stulke, that you're going to be seeing Taylor McCabe.

You're going to be seeing Kylie Feerbach and certainly you're going to see a whole lot more. But the biggest one is Lucy Olsen. After not having the connection to Iowa, she came here on a visit at the tornado as it was happening and how wild that was. But now this is going to be kind of that first big thing for Jan Jensen. Figuring out the assistant coach, all right, that's all well and good. Figuring out Lucy Olsen. Because Lucy Olsen, to me, is a difference between not just this team being an NCAA tournament team, but maybe even competing

back on the fringes of the top 25 this season, really continuing the momentum that they've gained the last couple of seasons. You need her to do that. Without Lucy Olsen, there's a team really without a point guard with the injury to Guyton, to Johnson, the freshmen that are there. You don't have a true point guard on the roster. And Sidney Fulcher is not a point guard because you do it in a pinch maybe, but we just don't know about that role. McCabe, I don't think is a point guard either. More of a two guard playing off the ball, I think is more of her strength. So that's where you are. And if you lose Lucy Olsen, we're right back to the drawing board once again, what Iowa is going to be and what they're going to do for this first season for Jan Jensen at the helm. You have that component of it. There's some other young players

too. I saw Guyton's dad, A.J. Guyton, the former Indiana star. I had a tweet that quickly came down talking about Coach Bluter is going to be there for the duration of her career. That's not going to happen. But then when he saw, I believe, that Jan Jensen got the job, he took that tweet down very quickly right afterwards. But there's questions that need to be answered. And there's going to be a whole lot of them out there at this point in time about the way this looks and then continuing on that momentum. Abby Deal, obviously committed for the next class of 2025, top 15 prospect nationally. Again, a lot of phone calls and a lot of work that needs to be done here right away. And that's where we are. So great career, tip of the ball cap to Lisa Bluter and what she was able to accomplish.

Incredibly excited to see Jan Jensen get this opportunity. Had, as I said, lots of options in the past, lots of chances for her to take other roles, and she decided to stick around Iowa, and now she's been awarded, and she is now your sixth ever women's basketball coach at the University of Iowa. We continue here, Locked On Hawkeyes, more basketball talk.

Peyton Sanford with a decision. That decision may be getting even more difficult for the Hawkeyes sharpshooter. We'll talk about that as we continue Locked on Hawkeyes. Trent Conner back with you one final time on the Locked on Hawkeyes podcast. Thanks for making Locked on Hawkeyes your first listen every day. We're free and available wherever you find podcasts, your team every day. I also want to let you know that we have launched with Locked On

the first ever National Sports 24-7 streaming channel on YouTube. And now it's also available on Amazon Fire TV in the free Fire TV channels app. Locked On Sports Today is here for you 24-7, covering the top sports stories of the day with the local experts of Lockdown, plus our national shows covering every league. Find Lockdown Sports Today now available on the free Fire TV channels app. All right, Peyton Sanford and decision time for the young man as we come closer and closer to the deadline of keeping his name in the NBA draft. He continues to ascend higher and higher. Now, a huge part of this, I still believe,

is what's going to happen at the Combine and what we're going to see from him, both in terms of measurables, but also what he does and if he does make a decision to go out in scrimmage. And speaking of that, a mock draft that comes in from Yahoo Sports. You know, we're not talking about some butt dart off the street here coming up with a mock draft. These are real people with real connections and their latest mock draft over at Yahoo has Peyton Sanford going 26 to the Washington Wizards. We've seen plenty of second round. We've seen a lot top 40 and really in that range, usually, you know, 36 to 42, something like that for Peyton Sanford. And there's been a ton of those that are out there, but this is what Yahoo had to say. Sanford has a fluid shot that translate well and is consistent

in his two dribble pull-up shot off screens. As scouts go back and watch film from and hone in on players who can move well off the ball and be productive on offense and defense. Sanford stands out, and he's an intriguing player who can play himself into the first round if he elects to participate in the scrimmages during the draft combine. As we've talked about Peyton as a prospect, one of the things that I relay to our listeners out there, and you over the years, you've heard this, is he has one great strength. His greatest strength is not just his ability

to shoot the basketball, but he does it with such a quick release. And in the NBA, when he gets there, he is a guy that is not going to be at the top of the percentiles in terms of athleticism. He's going to be down there towards the bottom. Though he can move fine. He's a to be down there towards the bottom, though he can move fine. He's a good rebounder, certainly for his size. He's not going to be a great defender in the league,

but he works his ass off. And you couple that with that shooting ability, not just the ability though, to shoot the basketball and do it at a high clip and warm up and really get going. But because he gets that shot off so well with the size that he has at six foot seven, coupled with that quick stroke. That's why teams have him enamored. And another part of this is this draft class. And I'm sure after the lottery the other night, when you saw the Atlanta Hawks get the number one overall pick, and it's like, well, they don't know who they're going to take because this draft stinks. It's bad. And in a draft like that, with a draft that is down, things. It's bad. And in a draft like that, with a draft that is down, you take that opportunity and well, everybody moves up. They're not going to take away picks because it's a bad draft.

They're not going to suddenly go down and say, oh, you know what? This year, we're not going to have two rounds. We're just going to have one because the draft is bad. Nope. They're still going to have a full draft this year. And that means there's still going to be a whole lot of selections. That was always my concern with Sanford is because of this being a bad draft, the chances of hearing his name called, I think, were higher than a lot of people maybe initially thought. But I thought it was going to be in the second round. If it plays out in this fashion, you can't say no. Love of the program.

Love of Fran McCaffrey. A chance to play with your brother and probably play with him even more this season with Price going into a sophomore year. I know those are all components, but when you're talking about your future and ability to set yourself up, the guaranteed contract that comes along with being a first rounder. Now it's not the same first. We're not talking about a family that, you know, had big issues financially, things like that. It's not some of the stories that you hear and guys, you just have to stay in and take any kind of money. That's not the case. You also talk about the Iowa angle with NIL and Iowa's NIL as it pertains to men's basketball is not at the highest level. And

because of that, you're left saying some programs could afford to pay Peyton Sanford to come back for another season. We saw Iowa football, what they were able to do, but the finances for men's basketball are just not at the same level. And I think that also leads into the decision here. If you're getting a guaranteed mid six figures, some of the high end guys, seven figures to stay around

for another season of college basketball, that's easy. But that's not the case for the men's program right now. And because of that, you're left saying you got to do it. Obviously, if he's a first rounder, he has to. But even that second round range, that next 10 picks, maybe you get a two-way deal, a guaranteed contract that comes along with it, something like that. Those are the kind of things that I believe are going to lead Peyton Sanford to stay in the NBA draft. And with it, Iowa basketball on the men's side. They got some big questions. That's what we're left with today.

A lot of big questions. Hope to see you out at Coach's Corner coming up in Iowa City on Mormon Trek this evening. Again, 6.30 is the tip-off time. The debut of Kaitlin Clark in the WNBA. Looking forward to what should be a fun night. We'll have some drinks. We'll have some good food. And we'll watch some basketball.

We got some swag and some other great stuff for you with our friends with Circus Sports out of Vegas. And looking forward to that. We'll see you this evening if you're in Iowa City. If you're around Central Iowa, the Polk County iClub again happening coming up this evening. Stop on out there. An opportunity to hear from Kirk Ferentz.

To hear from some of the other coaches. Matt Gatins is going to be there. Lisa Bluter was scheduled to be there. Are we going to see Gian Jensen? Maybe, probably. We'll see. Always good information coming out of that. And we got you covered here.

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