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Iowa's Caitlin Clark looks to cheering fans as she arrives for the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against South Carolina, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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See coverage from Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus reporters on the Hawkeye's trip to Cleveland for the final rounds of the NCAA tournament.Â
Iowa defeated Connecticut 71-69 Friday night to advance to the NCAA championship game for the second year in a row.
Follow along to live updates from Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus reporter Gretchen Teske ahead of the Iowa's game against South Carolina in Cleveland. Â
"It’s been her dream her whole entire life," said Iowa basketball star Kate Martin's mother, a teacher in the Quad Cities area. "And it came true."
The bar didn't officially open until 6 p.m. but three hours early, the Hawkeye Huddle took over.
Hawkeye fans have made the trip to Cleveland to watch the women take on the final four.
This story is bigger than how I became an LA Sparks fan at age 8.
Iowa Hawkeye women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder started her coaching career at St. Ambrose University in Davenport in 1984.
A reporter at the Final Four, specials for QC Restaurant Week - Executive Editor Tom Martin writes about what's happening in the Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus newsroom.
Gretchen Teske is a business reporter for the Quad-City Times and Dispatch-Argus. Contact her at gteske@qctimes.com.
