Less than a year after breaking the NCAA points record for both men and women, Caitlin Clark will have her Iowa Hawkeyes jersey retired, and tickets are so pricey that not even Paige Bueckers of the UConn Huskies can match them.
After graduating to the WNBA and winning Rookie of the Year and then Time’s Athlete of the Year, Bueckers has been predicted to fill the power void left by the Indiana Fever’s legend.
But even she can’t match the legacy of Clark, 22, as tickets to have her number 22 jersey retired at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena on February 2, 2025, start at $446. Insanely, some are even reselling for $2,243.
All 15,000 season tickets have sold out for the second consecutive season,” Chad Withrow, who is part of Clark’s Hawkeyes legacy, told HotMic with Hutton & Withrow. “Sold out. Therefore, you must raise that price.
Despite averaging 20.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and four assists per game in her final season in the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball league, Bueckers is finding it difficult to live up to the same expectations.
Tickets for the Huskies’ game against the Hawkeyes on January 22 are now available for $43, which is more than 100 times less than what Iowa is requesting for Clark’s ceremony when they play the USC Trojans.