Outdoor games are a polarizing college basketball topic that never seems to fully disappear. While the Carrier Classic series played on aircraft carriers between 2011 and 2022 stands out as a prime example of an outdoor showcase, a more-recent precedent of playing in a football stadium was established in 2023.

The Iowa women's basketball team hosted DePaul inside the Hawkeyes' football stadium in an October 2023 exhibition dubbed the "Crossover at Kinnick." A whopping 55,646 fans turned out for the contest, which raised money for the University of Iowa Children's Hospital.

Some fans surely needed binoculars to follow the basketball, but the game nonetheless made for quite a spectacle. It was enough of a success that the idea of basketball being played inside of a football stadium has gen

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