Moment No. 19: Audiences in the last two games of Meegang Gustafsson at the Carver Hawkeye Arena set NCAA records in the first two rounds of the tournament.
Iowa Forward’s Meegang Stuffson lifts part of the net as Hawkeye celebrates his second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament against Missouri on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at the Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. increase. (Jims Russia Lek / Gazette).
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The Carver Hawkeye Arena was so noisy at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament that Tania Davis “couldn’t hear her thoughts.”
“I didn’t hear the play call,” the guard said. Said after the second game.. “I didn’t hear anything.”
The noisy crowd at hand to watch Iowa Women’s Basketball was a record-breaking crowd.
A total of two days of attendance of 23,096 people broke the record for the first two rounds of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
On the way to Sweet 16, the Carver-Hawkeye crowd saw No. 2 seed Iowa last longer than Mercer and Missouri.
“If we measure the level of excitement in the Carver Hawkeye Arena, it’s 10 on the Richter scale,” ESPN commentator John Brickley said at the beginning of the second round of the broadcast.
South Carolina had a previous record with 21,129 fans in 2015.
The record-breaking weekend doubled as the swan song of Naismith Player of the Year Megan Gustafsson and fellow seniors Tania Davis and Hannah Stewart.
They continued to play in Sweet 16 and Elite Eight, but in the last two games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
“It’s definitely bittersweet.” Gustafsson said at that time.. “Carber was very good for me.”
Gustafson, Davis and Stewart all kissed the Tigerhawk logo on the Carver-Hawkeye floor after winning a spot on Sweet 16.
“It was a great way to finish the four years here,” Stewart said. Said after the game..
From left to Iowa seniors: Forward Hannas Stewart, Forward Megangstaffson, and Gard Tania Davis recognize fans after the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament defeats Missouri on Sunday, March 24, at the Carver Hawk Eye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. increase. , 2019. (Jim Slosiarek / The Gazette)
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