NCAA Womens notebook On cusp of title Bluder cherishes states 6on6 era

DALLAS — Iowa coach Lisa Bluder basked in knocking off undefeated defending national champion South Carolina for more than 12 hours before learning something else about the epic Final Four victory. Among those watching the 77-73 win that put the Hawkeyes in the national championship game today against LSU was Iowa basketball legend Molly Bolin. “Machine Gun Molly was here? Didn’t even know that,” said Bluder, lighting up at the memory of one of the stars of high-scoring, six-on-six basketball from the 1970s in Iowa. The first Final Four for the Hawkeyes in 30 years is leading to some reminiscing,…