Iowa to honor 2023-24 women's basketball team Wednesday evening at Carver-Hawkeye Arena

The Iowa women’s basketball team will be honored inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Wednesday following the program’s second straight trip to the NCAA championship game, per release.

The Hawkeyes fell to the South Carolina Gamecocks 87-75 during Sunday’s title game and will be the final sendoff for the five seniors on the roster.

“Fans will have the opportunity to hear from P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Lisa Bluder and Hawkeye student-athletes, including National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark and seniors Molly Davis, Sharon Goodman, Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall,” the release reads.

“The team’s trophies will be on hand at the celebration, along with the Iowa Spirit Squad, Herky and the Iowa Pep Band.”

The athletic department also requested that fans “not gather upon the team’s rival later today.” Instead, ask that fans wait for Wednesday’s celebration.

Despite falling short of their ultimate goal, over the past two seasons, this Hawkeye squad has won 65 of their 77 games over that span. That includes the first conductive 30-win seasons in program history. This season’s Hawkeye squad went on two separate win streaks of at least 11 games. Before Sunday, they also hadn’t lost a game since Feb. 22.

Moreover, this will be the final time Clark will be presented as an Iowa women’s basketball team member. She has declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft, where she is the consensus No. 1 overall pick to the Indiana Fever.

During her final game, Clark added one more accolade to her collegiate resume when she scored her 18th point in the final moments of Sunday’s title game. The Iowa superstar became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Tournament history her 480th point, passing former Tennessee guard Chamique Holdsclaw’s record of 479 points set during her career from 1995-1999.

Holdsclaw’s record is the latest in the slew of records she has set over her career. Earlier this season, she most notably broke ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich’s all-time scoring record. She’ll leave the college game as arguably the most influential college player of her time.

As Iowa women’s basketball moves into a new era without Clark and the rest of the 2020 recruiting class, if one thing has been head coach Lisa Bluder’s forte during der two decade-plus Hawkeye career — consistency is key. Based on Bluder’s 18 NCAA Tournament appearances over her 24-year tenure, the Hawkeyes should be just fine.

Before that, however, this year’s Hawkeye group gets one final swan song on Wednesday. The celebration is set for 6 p.m. CT.