{"id":319872,"date":"2025-11-29T03:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/319872\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T03:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:48:09","slug":"more-wnba-stars-sign-with-project-b-days-before-extended-cba-deadline-is-set-to-expire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/319872\/","title":{"rendered":"More WNBA Stars Sign with Project B Days Before Extended CBA Deadline Is Set to Expire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A full 19 months removed from their back-to-back Final Four runs<\/a>, No. 11 Iowa basketball refuses to go away, with the Hawkeyes already notching one Top-25 win in the young 2025\/26 NCAA campaign so far.<\/p>\n

The still-unbeaten Hawkeyes took down No. 15 Baylor 57-52 last Thursday, with Iowa starting post players Hannah Stuelke and Ava Heiden combining for 28 points while guard Taylor Stremlow added another 12 off the bench in the marquee win.<\/p>\n

“We have nice pieces,” said Iowa head coach Jan Jensen this week. “But it’s knowing when to play which pieces and with whom, and we’re six games in.”<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes have been finding their new identity<\/a> under Jensen after a transformative period saw Iowa’s longtime head coach Lisa Bluder<\/a> retire while superstar guard Caitlin Clark joined the WNBA.<\/p>\n

“Jan’s been amazing,” Stuelke told JWS at the Big Ten Media Day in October. “She stepped up like she needed to, and she’s been growing every day since she’s been the head coach, which it’s really cool to see she cares. And it’s a great environment for all of us.”<\/p>\n

“I have a year under my belt,” Jensen echoed. “I know what this chair feels like now, and I have a little better of understanding of what that first road trip feels like, what that first big win feels like, or the tough loss feels like.”<\/p>\n

Iowa’s season heats up with a ranked rivalry matchup against No. 10 Iowa State on Wednesday, December 10th.<\/p>\n

The state rivals will tip off at 7 PM ET, with live coverage airing on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A full 19 months removed from their back-to-back Final Four runs, No. 11 Iowa basketball refuses to go…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[15447,9210,12548,163736,132218,32474,649,14400,29492,4806,163737,4385,148767,4805,99,104613,434,163738],"class_list":["post-319872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-alyssa-thomas","tag-athletes-unlimited","tag-cba","tag-cba-deadline","tag-cba-negotiations","tag-janelle-salaun","tag-jewell-loyd","tag-jonquel-jones","tag-kamilla-cardoso","tag-kelsey-mitchell","tag-li-meng","tag-nneka-ogwumike","tag-project-b","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-unrivaled-basketball","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-salary-cap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}