The Iowa women’s basketball team has sold all of the tickets available for the upcoming season, a first for the organization.
The Hawkeyes: College basketball’s biggest stars in Iowa
The Hawkeyes, who placed second in the NCAA in April, are now regarded as college basketball’s biggest stars in Iowa. Observe the following:
1.With 11,142 average attendance last year, Iowa set a record for the Big Ten; this year, they hope to break that mark.
2.Carver-Hawkeye Arena can accommodate 15,056 people, and the Hawkeyes led the country last year with eight games that drew more than 13,000 spectators.
3.Prior to this revelation on Monday, the Hawkeyes had only three regular-season games with sold-out crowds in their history. Both of Iowa’s most recent season finales had a full house. All will carry out this this year.
In an article from The Athletic, the athletics department had to stop selling season tickets in April due to the overwhelming demand. Fans sold out the whole regular season three months before the first tip, even with a price increase of at least $25 per regular season ticket.
The average attendance of Iowa’s nine Big Ten road opponents was 3,482 greater than the season average. The demand for season tickets for the following season was so great that the Hawkeyes had to stop selling them. With 9.9 million viewers, the Hawkeyes’ title-game matchup against LSU drew the biggest audience in women’s basketball history.
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The available tickets were gone in 90 minutes
Even though a home non-conference game against Cleveland State on December 16 was moved to Des Moines, two hours west of Iowa City, the tickets were sold out in 90 minutes.
On October 15, Iowa women’s basketball will play DePaul in a practice match at Kinnick Stadium. At 9:00 am, tickets go on sale. CT on Tuesday for ticket holders and Thursday for general public.
Why such a request? Simply put, Caitlin Clark. Clark averaged 27.8 points, 8.6 assists, and 7.1 rebounds per game as the year’s unanimous consensus national player of the year. In addition to breaking the NCAA single-tournament records for most 3-point field goals made (24) and points scored (191), Clark recorded the first 40-point triple-double in men’s or women’s tournament history.
The first player in Division I women’s basketball to amass more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in a single season was Clark. No athlete, male or female, in the previous 20 seasons reached 1,500 career points earlier than Clark. Her selection as the female basketball player of the year was uncontested.
Iowa finished as national runners-up in the NCAA, won a school-record 31 games, and had the second-highest attendance in the nation. Kate Martin, Gabbie Marshall, and Hannah Stuelke, a rising star forward, are back as starters, reports The Gazette.
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