Iowa Women's Basketball Sinks Top-25 Opponents in Sweet Sixteen!
After a great regular season, Iowa women's basketball is officially a host site in the NCAA Tournament.
While the news certainly was not a surprise to many Iowa women's basketball fans, the No. 9 Hawkeyes (26-6, 15-3 Big Ten) have earned the right to serve as one of 16 hosts for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. While the actual seeds will be announced during Selection Sunday , the significance of this news is that the Hawkeyes will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
March in CHA š„ We're officially a host site for the NCAA First & Second Rounds. A limited number of tickets will go on sale to the general public at 9 a. m.
(CT) on Monday! pic. twitter.
com/5NZpv3qdr7 ā Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) March 14, 2026 The Hawkeyes are projected as a No. 2 seed in ESPN's latest bracketology . Games will be held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on either March 20 and 22 or March 21 and 23.