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Iowa women’s basketball finishes 3rd in attendance

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, center, celebrates with teammates after an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa won 104-80. The victory gave Iowa a share of the Big Ten Conference championship. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The Iowa women’s basketball team ranked third nationally in 2021-2022 average attendance, welcoming a total of 139,813 fans to Iowa City.

Three of the top four attended games in the nation – outside of the Final Four – were sellouts inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena:

15,056 – Iowa vs. Michigan on February 27, 2022
14,382 – Iowa vs. Illinois State on March 18, 2022
14,382 – Iowa vs. Creighton on March 18, 2022

The Iowa women have five sellout crowds at Carver-Hawkeye all-time – and three were in 2022. The other two took place in 1985 and 1988.

An average of 8,224 fans per game witnessed the Hawkeyes win 12 home games, including clinching a share of the Big Ten regular season championship.

Iowa has finished in the top 10 of attendance in each of the past three seasons, but the No. 3 ranking is the highest in the Lisa Bluder era.