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19 Last season, the team made an extended WNIT postseason run. How will that experience benefit your team? It gave us more games to play. We had the opportunity to compete on our home floor in an intense tournament environment, and that gave our players confidence. They know they can compete at that high level. One of the biggest question marks going into this season is Tania Davis. When can we expect her return to the court? I'm excited about where Tania is. Her recovery has gone quicker than I anticipated. I was hoping we would have Tania back around Christmas time or by Big Ten play, but she will be suiting up for that first game. It was a pivotal point in the season when we lost Tania last year. To lose her put a hole in our team, but it gave an opportunity for other people to step up — specifi- cally Kathleen Doyle. Having Tania back gives us the depth and the added experience. Tania also brings a swagger to the floor that we really need. Megan Gustafson finished last season as one of the best post players in the country. What can we expect from her in her junior campaign? Megan is an unbelievable person, an unbelievable player, and she works hard all of the time. She is someone that never takes a possession off, never rests on offense or defense, is always positive, and always ready to learn. That has translated into being one of the best posts in America. She returns as the third-best field goal percentage shooter in the country, she aver- aged a double-double, and was a first team All-Big Ten honoree as a sophomore. I believe that Megan could go down as one of the best players to ever where a Hawkeye uniform. Kathleen Doyle was named to the Big Ten All- Freshmen Team last season. How do you see her role evolving as a sophomore? Kathleen gained confidence, not only in the WNIT where she played extremely well, but also being invit- ed to the U19 USA Team Trials. That's a big compli- ment to get invited to those trials. She went up against the best and realized that she can compete with them. I think you always see the biggest growth in players between their freshmen and sophomore years and that is certainly the case with Kathleen, Makenzie (Meyer) and Amanda (Ollinger). Our freshmen have grown up as sophomores, and Kathleen is leading that charge. Year in and year out, Iowa is ranked in the top-25 nationally in attendance. What does that support mean to you? It's amazing. It's something we talk about all the time when we are recruiting players. When you come to Iowa, you get to play in front of the best fans in Amer- ica. We are proud of the atmosphere that we have on our home court. We know that it helps us win games. Your next win will be win No. 700. What does that milestone mean to you? It's one of those milestones where I can't believe it. I can't believe I've even coached that many games. I am genuinely as excited today as I was the first day I coached a game at Iowa. The only thing I can think about is all the women who have went through the program and my staff that I get to share all of these experiences with. I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the world.