Caitlin Clark got a final chance to say goodbye to Iowa fans on Wednesday, and of course there was a big crowd waiting. Clark, who became major college basketball's all-time leading scorer this season on the way to being the consensus national player of the year, was honored along with her teammates in a celebration at Iowa’s home arena commemorating the Hawkeyes’ second consecutive national runner-up finish in the NCAA Tournament.
The Hawkeyes sold out every home game, drawing 238,620 fans during the regular season, and that total doesn’t include the 55,646 fans who showed up for the 'Crossover at Kinnick' outdoor exhibition game in October at Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium that set the women’s basketball single-game attendance record. Iowa also sold out its two NCAA tournament games — the weekend attendance of 28,764 was the most of any first-weekend site in the women’s tournament.