The Hawkeyes, led by tenth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games in Iowa City, IA at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.
10 Colorado at the FIU Sun and Fun Classic tournament – a game in which the Hawkeyes missed 11 free throws.
They owned a two-game lead in the conference standings with three games left on the regular season schedule, but due to back-to-back road losses at No.
[2] The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten championship with a 16–2 conference record, finishing two games ahead of second place Purdue.
8 seed and eventual Final Four participant SW Missouri State, 61–60 in overtime,[3] in the second round of the 1992 women's NCAA basketball tournament.