Oct. 15, 2023: The Iowa women's basketball team opens the 2023-24 season with a 94-72 victory in its exhibition game with DePaul at Kinnick Stadium in front of 55,646 fans, setting an NCAA single-game record for women’s basketball attendance. The Crossover at Kinnick was also the first women's basketball game to be played outdoors in a football stadium. All net proceeds from the event benefited The University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital.

Oct. 15, 2023: The Iowa women’s basketball team opens the 2023-24 season with a 94-72 victory in its exhibition game with DePaul at Kinnick Stadium in front of 55,646 fans, setting an NCAA single-game record for women’s basketball attendance. The Crossover at Kinnick was also the first women’s basketball game to be played outdoors in a football stadium. All net proceeds from the event benefited The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

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Sources: “In the Arena: The NCAA’s First Century” by Joseph N. Crowley, NCAA News and Champion magazine archives, the NCAA Media Center, and NCAA record books

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