Wow! She knew exactly what to say and every word is 💯. Coach Bluder is such a class act. I wish Iowa sustained success going forward.

“You have raised this sport to a new level because of the way you played the game” - Lisa Bluder Proud of you Hawkeyes!

Last year, I really liked this team. This year, I fell in love with them. I think I’m not alone in this.

As an LSU graduate, this lady exudes class and respect for her competitors, and the love for her team is very evident. I enjoyed watching this team play....and it was absolutely a TEAM! Great job Hawkeyes on a fantastic season. 🖤💛💜💛

This the first time in twenty years I watched basketball, and I’m a man. Thanks four the great ride all you ladies supplied. God bless you all.

Became an Iowa fan this year. Coach is so classy.

Sometimes winning isn't about the game, it's about how you played it. Ladies, you made an indelible mark in the history and future of women's basketball. You won that trophy and it's a big one. You fulfilled your purpose. That is the prize you need to keep in mind. We are proud of you. You did what no other team did.

This new Fan Lady from Cape Cod Massachusetts I’m 80 & a Mother of 7 & oh what a joy you girls have been in my life this Season. I’ve never watched Women’s Basketball I didn’t enjoy watching but my son introduced me to your Team & I actually followed you as a whole. Put your heads up high the biggest Trophy you won!! Filling Arenas, firing up Fans & we’re so proud of you girls!!

Not just young athletes you impacted ~ but the girls that came before. You made us so so happy. It was not a safe world to be an athlete, and to see you all with such an awesome coach was so uplifting. And in today's world, to see such class, poise, joy AND sportsmanship ~ was an absolute gift. Thank you so much.

Iowa is a classy team with a classy coach and coaching staff. And they surely did elevate the game!

Thank you Coach Bluder! Class act! Congrats on your season’s accomplishments! 💪

It wasn't just young women who were impacted. This team brought joy to so many people across the globe. Their talent, camaraderie, their love for basketball, etc. Every single player contributed to this phenomenal run. This team changed women's basketball forever. Young and old, we all enjoyed watching you play. We were excited when you won, sad when you lost, but realized that no matter the outcome, this team was just fun to watch.

They exemplified everything that is great about the human condition. Working hard as a team with respect for each other and their opponents. It is this type of pursuit that is the most important thing. When you try your very best, then you can hold your head up high. Thank you, Hawkeyes!

Love her speech!

This coach was able to get this team to the Final 4 twice in two years. She had a huge star in Caitlyn. And she had big stars in every other player, coach, trainer, etc. “Remember, we got this far together.” Memorable words. Go Iowa!

Excellent speech by Coach Bluder in both words and tone. Wherever they go and whatever they do in the future this team will take with them the knowledge they may have lost this game, but they have changed they way people, both men and women, regard women's basketball. The interest level, attendance and viewership was unprecedented. Bravo!

Wonderful coach...

I love Coach Bluder’s style of coaching

Coach Bluder is a true servant leader!! The Iowa Hawkeye team raised the bar for all women's sports!! I am a fan forever.

Count me as someone this team has brought joy to…congratulations on making an incredible run into the final! 💛

The best coach mentor and a mother.. salute to you ma'am Coach bluder.

Good job ladies. You had a great season 😊

That was Class, Dignity and Honor..Great Message!!

As a gamecocks fan I have to say Lisa Bluder is a true class act. And a helluva coach

Great speech Coach. They will never forget it.

So proud of this team!! You gave it all and at the end that's what makes you champions!!! Congrats!!!!

While a lot of things are pulling people apart, the Iowa Hawkeyes Women's team was able to bring the country together for a few hours during March Madness. Thank you. Your coach is so right about you. You ladies showed young girls that they can go for whatever dreams with hard work and lots of dedication.

This was a very special team. I tried to watch every game of their’s I could this year. What an incredible journey. Nothing to be ashamed off. They handled every loss with class and dignity. Well done Lady Hawkeyes. 👏🏼 👏🏼 🏀

I loved watching these girls play

"All you have to do is dream. And you can be in moments like this." ~ Caitlin Clark (4/7/2024)

Hey coach,you ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Great season.I would always watch ladies basketball,more now than before.

I don’t really even like basketball that much, but this year loved watching the Iowa Women’s team play. Great Coach and a great team. Thanks.

Classy coach and team. Very proud of you ladies and hold your heads up high.

Yess above all there message was Unity and it created quite a rally cry this year glad i was alive to bear witness something like this has so many lessons that it takes awhile to take it in but Coach Bluder, Clark, Martin and all these girls are awsome they aint 6 ft 6 they ain't trash talkers there are beloved athletes and Was able to unify so many people where people before couldn't thats impressive!

The Iowa women's program is a Class Act

They should have some consolation in the fact that they did beat South Carolina last year in the NCAA Final Four. SC had a 36-0 record and Iowa's record was 30-6. Iowa won 77-73. Caitlin scored 41 points.

Congratulation couch Bluder for bingo the kind of strong and motivator person you are. Thanks for put the seed to grow the basketball game in women. I wish you the best.. from Mexico

You gals impacted old women as well. You are all fantastic!

Wow she is amazing! I don’t normally watch basketball but I loved watching Caitlin Clark this year. I am so sad she’s leaving 😢

respect!

Great speech from a great coach. Well done 👍🏼

What a great speech don’t hangs your heads down be grateful you came this far Iowa Hawkeyes be proud of yourself your fans are!! Lisa Bluder is a great coach along with Jan Jensen awesome!!

You guys are awesome! Win or loose! You are the best! ❤

As an Iowa Hawkeye, I am so proud of this team and what they did as a team, for the sport and for all women in the sport. GO HAWKS!!!

That's a Great Coach . Keep the Legacy Going Coach

Heck a coach. She doesn't get enough credit for their success.

Very encouraging words from coach. That should go out to any athlete who was watching. (800th person to like) ❤

The coach is right, look at how many people were touched by the Iowa team. And of course Catlin Clark brought a lot of notoriety to the team, and not only because of her 3-point shooting but her awesome passing to teammates so they could score. They won a lot more than a piece of metal, they won respect.

South Carolina fan here. “Don’t be sad that it’s over, be happy because it happened.” Great coach right there ⬆️

We are Proud of all you young ladies. Great season

Well said Lisa. You and your team are a class act this why America Loves you

Did we expect anything else from a GREAT coach? No. Coach, I have SO much respect for you. You truly are the wind beneath these young women's wings. Your speech is up there with Knute Rockne. The season is over BUT you are still soaring under the girls. I was hoping they could have pulled this one off, for you, as a team, and Iowa. God Bless. HOLD YOUR HEADS HIGH!

She really improved her coaching this season

Coach Bluder is a class act!

In my mind Iowa is the true champion of women’s college basketball. The impact they had on fans of all ages is far more valuable than any trophy. I admit I never watched women’s basketball until Iowa with Caitlin began making noise.

Great coach and team Caitlyn, it will not be the same without you. You are the reason I watched. Your Goatness 😂

as a Michigan fan,i must say that was an OUTSTANDING speech!!! she spoke from the heart and she spoke the truth, some of us already knew women's basketball is the truth, now the world got to experience what we already knew!!!!

I hardly ever watched women sports and hated the State of Iowa before these gals came along. They changed how millions look at women's sports. Watching this team was the most fun I've had in a long time. Total class. Thanks. Herstory!!!!

UCONN fan here, thanks coaches and players for an excellent well played season! Good Luck! Good Fortune! 🏀

I’ve never been am Iowa fan until Caitlin. But I absolutely love coach Bluder

I love this coach!

I love you guys so much

SO proud to call you OUR coach, Coach bluder thank you for for doing what you do for the sport and the women behind you!!

True champions in what matters most!

Now, there is a leader. Win or lose, tears would be shed because of the great senior players who just played their last game together.

It's almost as if she was speaking most of that to Caitlin. I also wish she would have told them hey, these are actually tears of joy. Because I'm so happy and so glad to have coached you seniors and saw everything you were able to accomplish in your careers here. Something like that. These are tears of sadness that we lost their tears of happiness with all that you were able to do

I've never followed a women's sports team more closely in my life. Lol really excited about what they were able to do this year. Great players, great coach, great season! Thank you for the entertainment.

They got to do this twice!!!

Best coach out there. She is all about TEAM and genuinely cares about all her players.

Even though I won $5,000 from betting against them. I want to thank Caitlin Clark the pride and joy of her home state for giving us one of the greatest college players of all time. Thank you! 🙏

All respect to Coach Lisa Bluder...

Great leaders always have the right words in the most difficult situations. Great season Coach, you and your team are why we watched.

I'm not a basketball coach or player, but I was surprised they played their starters almost the entire game. Four did play the entire game. South Carolina used their bench a lot. Great season regardless.

ONE CLASS ACT. GREAT SEASON .

So well said!

Coach B. was spot on. No treasure, regardless of how it shines is worth more than the journey searching for it, Iowa's run captivated a nation, that wave hasn't yet crested, there are kids that lived in this moment with these young ladies from Iowa, and LSU, UConn, USC (both of them ;) ) WVU and all the other teams in a way not seen in years. when they are wearing the jerseys in a decade or so remember, this legacy belongs to you, and its a far greater thing than any trophy.

Don’t forget to celebrate that we got here that’s a powerful significant statement. So many coaches miss that point it’s not that they didn’t try as hard as they could but they just came up against a more talented team hell they beat the previous NC LSU to get there

What an uplifting speech!

Bluder For Governor

I think they impacted all young athletes, girls and boys.

Great message.

Good effort but SC was just the better team. With their bench going crazy and Kamilla snatching everything out of the air that wasn't a bird its hard to win.

Those were amazing words

I'm a Ducks fan an are girls where on there way to winning a title then covid hit. I haven't watched women's basketball since until this team. What a joy to watch. Thank you ladies!!!

ok, so just my observation: as the last two tourneys progressed, you could see the physical toll it was taking on CC. She was up and hard and driving and essentially unstoppable earlier on. But the day in and day out and another game and another game.... it just put a huge strain on her. Her strength was sapped. The reason the team was able to go as far as they did was that the TEAM was chock full of remarkable athletes with huge hearts. They worked together as a team, and although CC had records, she was constantly setting up opportunities for her besties to shine. Had she been at full strength (IMO), it might well have been a different picture. After all, the final score with SC (not to take anything away from them, they're absolutely awesome) might have been something entirely different. Ten games earlier, CC was tossing threes nearly from half court like it was tossing pebbles in a wishing well. As she tired, her ability for nothing but net started to falter. Coach is right: this team did more for ladies' BB than anyone else has ever done. I'm willing to bet whether it's Ice Cube's league or the WNBA that lands CC, ladies BB has entered a new era of viewership.

Not to mention setting viewership records. You ( Hawkeyes Basketball) put Women's college basketball back in the limelight, forefront, whatever you want to call it. No one can Ever take that away. People paid premium to see you play. You handled it with grace. Never hang your head for your season. I bet every other team in D1 wanted the opportunity you earned not once but 2 times in a row. Prepare for the next phase in your life. If you use the energy you used to get where you were in the rest of your life, the sky is the limit. Always remember that. Take pride in the joy gave countless fans rooting for you. May God bless and keep you with him always.

This is sportsmanship at its finest. What this team did for the sport as a whole is so more important than any single championship.

My must watch team for 2 years

She is an awesome coach- so classy!! Go Iowa!

I don't even watch basketball, except for the Iowa girls team. I thought this year was AMAZING, though I literally have nothing else to compare it too.

You women gave nothing to be ashamed of. Congratulations on your accomplishments.

Wow, a huge part of an amazing team is an awesome coach, and that is just what the coach is. She knew exactly what to say, and she is so right, they did raise the level of women’s basketball with their confidence and personality and definitely talent and determination and dedication to the sport! Absolutely nothing to hang their heads about!!!!

Well said by Lisa

Coach Bluder did a good job there wow.. strong lady

love you caitlin clark go iowa

What a speech geeeez

Adding “What Was I Made For” from the Barbie movie was a great touch. ❤

Nice job. The ladies NCAA teams were great.

You are great tream iowa i proud of kid luv u

Where is the SC winning locker room footage?