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Game Notes: 2-Seed Iowa Vs. 1-Seed South Carolina in Final Four
THE SETTING
2-Seed Iowa is ready to battle 1-Seed South Carolina within the Ultimate 4 of the NCAA Event contained in the American Airways Heart in Dallas, Texas. Tip-off for the competition is ready for 8:30 p.m. (CT).
STREAM
The sport will broadcast on ESPN. Andraya Carter, Rebecca Lobo, Ryan Ruocco, and Holly Rowe will name the motion.
THE SERIES
This would be the second assembly between the 2 packages. South Carolina leads the all-time collection, 1-0.
IOWA’S 2-SEED HISTORY
– The Hawkeyes have been a 2-Seed thrice since 2019.
– That is the fifth time in class historical past Iowa has been tabbed as a 2-Seed.
– The Hawkeyes are 12-4 all-time within the NCAA Event as a 2-Seed (1993, 1996, 2019, 2022).
– Iowa’s Ultimate 4 look got here in 1993 and the newest Elite Eight displaying in 2019.
SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA
– The Gamecocks received the SEC common season title and the SEC Event.
– USC has a median win margin of +29.5 ppg.
– South Carolina’s path to the Ultimate 4: Norfolk St., S. Florida, UCLA, and Maryland.
– Zia Cooke leads South Carolina’s offense with 15.1 ppg.
– Aliyah Boston almost averages a double-double with 13.2 ppg and 9.8 RPG.
– USC is giving up 51.1 ppg on the defensive facet of the ground.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
– Clark is the third Large Ten participant to attain 900 factors in a single season — at 984, she is second on the convention’s single-season scoring listing. The Large Ten single-season scoring chief is Iowa’s Megan Gustafson (1,001 in 2018-19).
– Clark wants one 3-pointer to be the all-time chief in most made 3FGs at Iowa.
– Clark has registered 17 double-doubles this yr which is for fifteenth nationally and leads the Large Ten. She has 43 in her profession.
– Clark leads the nation in video games this season with 25 factors, 5 boards, and 5 assists. (18)
– Clark is the one participant in Large Ten ladies’s basketball historical past to be Prime-10 in each factors and assists.
– Clark wants 16 factors to change into the primary Division I participant to eclipse 1,000 factors and 300 assists in the identical season.
PROGRAM QUICK HITTERS
– Iowa set a program file for many wins in a single season over Louisville to advance to its second Ultimate 4 in class historical past.
– Iowa received its third Large Ten Event title since 2019, over Ohio State which was the most important marging of victory in BTT
Championship historical past.
– Caitlin Clark was named the Large Ten Participant of the 12 months for the second consective season.
– Monika Czinano and Clark had been unanimous All-Large Ten choices.
– Lisa Bluder and Clark had been named to each Naismith Semifinalists Lists. (COY/POY)
– Since 2008, Bluder’s groups personal a 230-42 file within Carver-Hawkeye Area. In that stretch, the Hawkeyes have posted
three undefeated seasons at house. During the last eight years, Iowa has dropped the second-fewest common season house
video games within the Large Ten.
– Iowa welcomes 4 new gamers to the 2022-23 roster: Molly Davis, Jada Gyamfi, Taylor McCabe, and Hannah Stuelke. Gyamfi,
McCabe, and Stuelke are all true freshmen, hailing from Johnston, Cedar Rapids and Fremont, Nebraska, respectively. Davis is a
fourth-year switch from Central Michigan.
– Clark was named The Athletic Nationwide Participant of the 12 months and a unanimous AP First Workforce All-American.
– Czinano was tabbed as a Lisa Leslie Heart of the 12 months Semifinalist.
– Iowa set a program file towards Evansville scoring 115 factors earlier this season.
– Iowa has had 5 out of the final six Large Ten Gamers of the 12 months.
– The Hawkeyes have a nation’s greatest 5 wins towards AP Prime 10 opponents.
– Clark was the Large Ten Event MVP for the second straight season which has solely occurred thrice in convention
historical past.
– For the primary time within the Lisa Bluder period, the Hawkeyes received 15 Large Ten common season convention video games.
– That is Iowa’s twenty ninth journey in class historical past to the Large Dance.
– During the last seven postseason video games, Gabbie Marshall is capturing 50% from 3-point vary. (23-46)
– Bluder owns a 493-248 (.664) file and a 247-141 (.637) convention mark at Iowa. In her 38 seasons as a head coach, Bluder is 849-389 (.685).
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Latest Iowa high school volleyball rankings reveal regional pairings
It was an important date around the state for volleyball teams in Iowa, as the latest rankings were released and regional pairings in all five classes were revealed.
The two come into play once regionals reach the championship round, as the higher-ranked team will serve as the host for those games.
All five No. 1 squads remained the same, as Ankeny Centennial (Class 5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Mount Vernon (3A), Denver (2A) and Ankeny Christian (1A) held serve.
New teams to the Top-15 include Iowa City West in 5A, Ballard in 4A, Wapsie Valley in 2A and Stanton in 1A. The entire 3A poll remained the same while Sidney made one of the biggest climbs, moving to ninth from 12th in 1A.
Regional play for 1A and 2A begins Oct. 21 with 3A, 4A and 5A starting Oct. 22. The state tournament is scheduled for Nov. 4-7 in Coralville from the Xtream Arena. Complete regional pairings can be found on Bound.
Class 5A
1. Ankeny Centennial; 2. Pleasant Valley; 3. Ankeny; 4. West Des Moines Dowling; 5. Indianola; 6. Waukee Northwest; 7. Cedar Falls; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 9. Waukee; 10. Iowa City Liberty; 11. West Des Moines Valley; 12. Sioux City East; 13. Iowa City West; 14. Iowa City High; 15. Linn-Mar.
Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 2. Sioux City Bishop Heelan; 3. North Scott; 4. Clear Creek-Amana; 5. Lewis Central; 6. Pella; 7. Glenwood; 8. Carlisle; 9. Marion; 10. Adel-ADM; 11. Norwalk; 12. Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 13. MOC-Floyd Valley; 14. Ballard; 15. Grinnell.
Class 3A
1. Mount Vernon; 2. Western Christian; 3. West Delaware; 4. Dubuque Wahlert; 5. Davenport Assumption; 6. Sioux Center; 7. Carroll Kuemper; 8. Mid-Prairie; 9. Cherokee; 10. Wilton; 11. Solon; 12. Anamosa; 13. Roland-Story; 14. Clarinda; 15. Nevada.
Class 2A
1. Denver; 2. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 3. Dyersville Beckman; 4. Dike-New Hartford; 5. Aplington-Parkersburg; 6. South Hardin; 7. Boyden-Hull; 8. Pella Christian; 9. Iowa City Regina; 10. Hinton; 11. Grundy Center; 12. Sumner-Fredericksburg; 13. Wapsie Valley; 14. West Burlington; 15. Shenandoah.
Class 1A
1. Ankeny Christian; 2. Holy Trinity; 3. Saint Ansgar; 4. Riverside; 5. BCLUW; 6. Janesville; 7. North Tama; 8. Don Bosco; 9. Sidney; 10. River Valley; 11. Akron-Westfield; 12. Stanton; 13. Fremont-Mills; 14. Southwest Valley; 15. Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
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Iowa high school football computer rankings (10/10/2024)
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
- FAQ: SBLive High School Football Computer Rankings
Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
CLASS 8 MAN
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Grinnell window manufacturer announces plans to lay off 152 workers in November
JELD-WEN, a manufacturer of windows and doors in Grinnell, has announced it will be laying off 152 workers effective Nov. 7.
The announcement was made on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) site.
The company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, was founded in 1960 and has 18,000 employees, with operating facilities in 16 countries in North America and Europe with 2023 sales of $4.3 billion, according to the company’s website.
JELD-WEN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Earlier this year, JELD-WEN announced the closing of its Hawkins, Wisconsin facility, affecting 338 employees, and in Vista, California, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs.
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