Ever since the Caitlin Clark days in Iowa City, one thing has remained constant: Iowa Women's Basketball is a hot-ticket item.
Everyone was quick to write the program off as a flash in the pan after Clark left the program for the WNBA, but the fans have continued to support their Hawkeyes years later.
Before the start of the 2025-2026 season, season tickets sold out for the third consecutive season for Iowa women's basketball games.
That trend has carried over to the NCAA Tournament as Iowa has an impressive streak of consecutive sellouts when hosting the first round.
NCAA Tournament first-round tickets for Carver-Hawkeye Arena are sold out
Iowa City has recently hosted the first round of the NCAA Tournament three times, including this season, and in traditional Iowa fashion, good luck finding tickets because they are already gone.
Iowa has sold out the NCAA Tournament three consecutive times. (2023, 2024, 2026)
— Bailey W. Turner (@Bailey_Turner_) March 18, 2026
The Hawkeyes will also play in front of its 52nd straight sell out inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena this Saturday against FDU.
Who has it better than us, @goiowa? pic.twitter.com/q8MJ0pLL1E
Carver-Hawkeye has now sold out in all three recent years it has hosted the first round, including 2023, 2024, and 2026.
Not only has the first round sold out, but the Hawkeyes will play in front of their 52nd straight sellout at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Everyone always gets a boost from their home crowd, and the Iowa women have been lucky enough to play in front of a packed house for the past few years.
By playing in front of a raucous home crowd, the Hawkeyes have a much easier path to make the Sweet 16 this season and hopefully beyond.
Not every state can boast that they have people come out in waves for women's basketball, and Iowa continues to be a trendsetter in supporting women's hoops.