Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder is embracing the high expectations. All five starters return from last season’s team that won the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles. They enter this season ranked fourth in the AP Poll.

Bluder wants her team to enjoy the expectations and not feel added pressure.

Among those returning is the nation’s top point guard in junior Caitlin Clark.

Despite all of the success last season had a crushing ending when the Hawkeyes were stunned by Creighton in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.