AP PHOTO BY GEOFF STELLFOX/THE GAZETTE - Iowa’s Kate Martin, left, and Caitlin Clark celebrate their team’s No. 1 seed during the Hawkeyes’ “Selection Sunday” watch party at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will be a No. 1 Seed in the Albany Regional of the women’s NCAA Tournament and will host the first and second rounds in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday and Monday.

The Hawkeyes have earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament three times in school history (1988, 1992 and 2024). Iowa has hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament seven times dating back to 2013.

Iowa will take on the winner of 16-seeds Holy Cross and UT-Martin, which will take place in Iowa City on Thursday. The Hawkeyes (29-4) will face the winner on Saturday.

Carver-Hawkeye Arena will also host a first-round matchup between eighth-seeded West Virginia and ninth-seeded Princeton on Saturday. The winners will face off on Monday.