Fans gathered at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for a Final Four watch party Friday night as the Hawkeyes beat UConn in Cleveland. The arena will open to fans Sunday for a free watch party for the national championship game. Doors open at 1 p.m. for the 2 p.m. game.

Hawkeyes fans go wild after their team clinches their second NCAA Championship appearance in two years during a watch party for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team’s NCAA Final Four game against UConn on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Ava Blarark (left) and Suazanna Huffins celebrate the Hawkeyes Final Four win during a watch party for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team’s NCAA Final Four game against UConn on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Ava Blarark (right) and Suazanna Huffins cheer as the Hawkeyes’ starting lineup in announced during a watch party for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team’s NCAA Final Four game against UConn on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Iowa fans Mitchell Malven (right) and Aaron Hayeng celebrate an Iowa three during a watch party for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team’s NCAA Final Four game against UConn on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Hawkeyes fan Aaron Hayeng cheers as Iowa tie the game during a watch party for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team’s NCAA Final Four game against UConn on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Iowa fans Aaron Hayeng (left), Mitchell Malven (center) and Suazanna Huffins watch a three-point shot by Hawkeyes’ guard Caitlin Clark (22) during a watch party for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team’s NCAA Final Four game against UConn on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)