Fans fired up for Final Four

who resides in Phoenix and graduated from the UI in 1981 after a stint as sports editor for the DI , wrote in an email to the DI that she is excited that the team is making the trip to the Final Four.

After seeing the team’s 97-83 win over Louisville in the Elite Eight on TV on March 26, Staudenmaier’s husband bought her a ticket to attend the game in Dallas. Resale tickets for Friday’s games are going for at least $300 in the highest level of the arena and as high as $1,566 and $4,728 in the sections closest to the court on Ticketmaster and SeatGeek, respectively.

Colin Votzmeyer

Sports Reporter

Hawkeye fans are excited to see the Iowa women’s basketball team compete in the NCAA Tournament Final Four on Friday, declaring the steep ticket prices worth the cost.

Second-seeded Iowa will match up with top-seeded, undefeated defending champion

South Carolina at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on March 31. The winner will advance to the national title game — a feat the Iowa program has never achieved.

Jake Eisenberg, a University of Iowa first-year psychology student, spoke to The Daily Iowan about Iowa fans’ excitement surrounding the team’s postseason success — and Iowa standout junior guard Caitlin Clark is a big reason why.

“I would say fan excitement is definitely at an all-time high because we have the best college player to ever come through Iowa [in Clark],” Eisenberg said. “Our team looks good, and we have a really solid chance at winning a [championship] this year … so definitely exciting.”

Heidi Staudenmaier,