The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Lisa Bluder in her twenty-third season, and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The team was named the top number 2 seed and competed in the Seattle regional.

[1] During the NCAA tournament they defeated Southeastern Louisiana, Georgia, Colorado and Louisville to advance to their second Final Four in program history (their first was back in since 1993).

[2] During the Final Four they stunned defending national champion South Carolina, ending the Gamecocks' 42-game win streak.

This made the Hawkeyes the first Division I men's or women's program to feature the national leaders in those three statistics in a single season.