Caitlin Clark

In the biggest matchup of her life, Iowa's dazzling point guard poured in 41 points to set a NCAA Tournament semifinal scoring record and put her Hawkeyes ...

Clark became the sixth player to score over 1,000 points in a season. Clark then scored another layup on the other end out of a timeout to make it a four-point game. The defense seemed to bamboozle the Gamecocks, who finished 4 for 20 from behind the 3-point line. Clark answered right back with two deep 3-pointers and an assist to Monika Czinano to give the Hawkeyes a 67-62 lead. You've got to give them a lot of credit," Clark said. Slowed by foul trouble, Boston had just eight points and 10 rebounds as the Hawkeyes packed the paint, brazenly daring South Carolina to shoot from the outside. The game lived up to the hype surrounding it— the best player vs. Clark has created quite a stir since going to college in her home state. South Carolina got within 69-68 on Raven Johnson's 3-pointer before Clark got a steal for a layup with 3:32 left. She now has the Hawkeyes in a spot they've never been in before — one victory away from a national championship. I have all the confidence in the world in this group, and they believe right back in me, and that's all you need," Clark said. The last time the Hawkeyes advanced this far was 1993 under coach C.

While the official Nielsen ratings data for the NCAA Women's Final Four won't be available until after Sunday's championship game, the raw impressions data ...

If Twitter’s anything to go by, some of the nation’s top athletes have been helping ESPN to move the Nielsen dial; among the pros who tweeted their support for Clark on Friday night were Patrick Mahomes, Dez Bryant, CJ McCollum and George Kittle. With a bigger TV stage on which to perform, Clark could put on one hell of a show for all the diehard fans and curiosity seekers who want to see what the fuss is all about. Former Washington Huskies standout Kelsey Plum put up an all-time high 3,527 points over her four-year career; as of Friday night, Clark has cranked out 2,687 points at Iowa. According to iSpot.tv estimates, Clark’s performance helped the ESPN family of networks scare up 342.5 million adult impressions in primetime, more than doubling the 155.6 million impressions notched by last year’s analogous UConn-Stanford telecast. According to Nielsen’s cable universe estimates for April, the ESPN flagship now reaches 73.3 million U.S. Clark rang up 41 points, eight assists and six rebounds against the mighty South Carolina Gamecocks to lead the Hawkeyes to a 77-73 upset and end a 42-game winning streak by the defending national champs.

Clark was already the most recognizable player in women's college basketball before the NCAA tournament tipped off. Her legend has only grown over the last ...

"She has this innate feel to know where players are going to be on her body and know how to hit the pocket pass," Burke said as a guest on "The Bird and Taurasi Show." She's special." She puts the ball where it needs to be." Pretty amazing to me," Morris said. I would get a flagrant. I think we have not seen a player like her," the two-time WNBA champion and three-time MVP said. I would get a technical. It's Caitlin's time right now and I think that's great for women's basketball." [Diana Taurasi](https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/585/diana-taurasi) in her consistency of shooting and being able to take over a game. "And I say that because she's a mixture of ... I think it's great for the game. Clark was already the most recognizable player in women's college basketball before the NCAA tournament tipped off.

“Pray,” Bluder said, eliciting laughs as she left the interview room to prepare for the program's first national championship game. Iowa will take on Mulkey's ...

Caitlin Clark is in the midst of one of the greatest NCAA Tournament runs of all time. She's averaged 32.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 10.4 assists to put the Iowa Hawkeyes on the doorstep of their first national championship. The AP National Player of ...

But what will be next for the basketball sensation after the championship game? She has an extra year of college eligibility due to the COVID-19-impacted 2020-21 season. She then used another historic performance to [knock off the undefeated and reigning champion South Carolina Gamecocks](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/caitlin-clark-iowa-stun-unbeaten-south-carolina-final-four?chrcontext=KNBC), [pouring in a tournament semifinal-record 41 points](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/watch-caitlin-clarks-highlights-historic-final-four-showing?chrcontext=KNBC). [face the No. When will Caitlin Clark be eligible for the WNBA draft? She's averaged 32.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 10.4 assists to put the Iowa Hawkeyes on the doorstep of their first national championship.

The most dominant player in women's college basketball, Clark has already been recognized as the 2023 Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, Associated Press, Ann Meyers ...

Clark and the second-ranked Iowa women’s basketball team (31-6) will face ninth-ranked LSU (33-2) on Sunday in the national championship at American Airlines Center in Dallas. She became the first player in NCAA Tournament history with back-to-back 40-point games when she netted 41 points in Iowa’s win over the Gamecocks. She is the first Division I women’s basketball player to record more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in the same season. She became the first player in NCAA Tournament history to record a 40-point triple-double. She leads Division I in several statistical categories including assists per game (8.6), three-pointers made (132), and triple-doubles (5). The most dominant player in women’s college basketball, Clark has already been recognized as the 2023 Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, Associated Press, Ann Meyers Drysdale and The Athletic National Player of the Year, as well as being voted a Big Ten Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

Caitlin Clark will play for the Iowa Hawkeyes' first national championship on Sunday. But what's next for the college basketball sensation?

But what will be next for the basketball sensation after the championship game? She has an extra year of college eligibility due to the COVID-19-impacted 2020-21 season. She then used another historic performance to [knock off the undefeated and reigning champion South Carolina Gamecocks](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/caitlin-clark-iowa-stun-unbeaten-south-carolina-final-four?chrcontext=WMAQ), [pouring in a tournament semifinal-record 41 points](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/watch-caitlin-clarks-highlights-historic-final-four-showing?chrcontext=WMAQ). [face the No. When will Caitlin Clark be eligible for the WNBA draft? She's averaged 32.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 10.4 assists to put the Iowa Hawkeyes on the doorstep of their first national championship.

Caitlin Clark will play for the Iowa Hawkeyes' first national championship on Sunday. But what's next for the college basketball sensation?

But what will be next for the basketball sensation after the championship game? She has an extra year of college eligibility due to the COVID-19-impacted 2020-21 season. She then used another historic performance to [knock off the undefeated and reigning champion South Carolina Gamecocks](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/caitlin-clark-iowa-stun-unbeaten-south-carolina-final-four?chrcontext=WMAQ), [pouring in a tournament semifinal-record 41 points](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/watch-caitlin-clarks-highlights-historic-final-four-showing?chrcontext=WMAQ). [face the No. When will Caitlin Clark be eligible for the WNBA draft? She's averaged 32.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 10.4 assists to put the Iowa Hawkeyes on the doorstep of their first national championship.

Caitlin Clark will play for the Iowa Hawkeyes' first national championship on Sunday. But what's next for the basketball sensation?

But what will be next for the basketball sensation after the championship game? She has an extra year of college eligibility due to the COVID-19-impacted 2020-21 season. [face the No. She then used another historic performance to [knock off the undefeated and reigning champion South Carolina Gamecocks](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/caitlin-clark-iowa-stun-unbeaten-south-carolina-final-four), [pouring in a tournament semifinal-record 41 points](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/watch-caitlin-clarks-highlights-historic-final-four-showing). When will Caitlin Clark be eligible for the WNBA draft? She's averaged 32.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 10.4 assists to put the Iowa Hawkeyes on the doorstep of their first national championship.

LSU's Alexis Morris had some things to say about Iowa star Caitlin Clark's "disrespectful" defense during the Final Four game against South Carolina.

That's just the competitor in me, and the will to win." Of course, if LSU wins on Sunday it won't matter how the team pumped itself up. "I don't think you can just leave me open on the perimeter or leave us open on the perimeter.

Caitlin Clark has the attention of the basketball world ahead of the national title game. More importantly, she has the backing of her teammates, ...

Saturday, Clark also recalled being at the 2012 women's NCAA regional in Des Moines when she was 10 years old, watching Mulkey lead the [Baylor Bears](/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/239/baylor-bears) over the Tennessee Lady Vols in the last game the late Pat Summitt ever coached. ET](/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401528028)) against the [LSU Tigers](/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/99/lsu-tigers). I'm lucky enough to have teammates like that that understand the competitor I am, and I think that's what makes us who we are." Her impressive poise and confidence in the heat of a game is matched by her demeanor when asked about her logo shooting range or how it feels knowing thousands of children are launching "Caitlin 3s" from deep in their driveways. But I think the biggest thing we can do for each other is just ... We had to get back to what we're really good at, and that's sharing the basketball." "There's a lot going on for her, so anything we can do to alleviate some of that pressure is huge. [Iowa Hawkeyes](/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes)' points in the 2023 NCAA tournament. Since the NC State loss, Iowa has won all three games in which she has scored 40 or more. And she has much of her adoring home state of Iowa (minus some rival [Iowa State Cyclones](/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/66/iowa-state-cyclones) fans) in the palm of her hand. When you hear talk of Clark being a transformational player, it's that combination of elite scoring at all three levels and playmaking that people are so wowed by. Clark is ultra-prepared for this spotlight but has also become very good at sharing it with her teammates, her coaching staff and women's basketball in general.

Women's college basketball has never seen the scale of talent it has today. But with only 144 spots in the W.N.B.A., some very bright college stars will ...

Each of those four players will have played in a national championship game, and will be among the top picks in the draft whenever they decide to go. She could have left for the W.N.B.A. Clark and Reese will be eligible for the W.N.B.A. [whose Stanford team lost in the second round](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/sports/ncaabasketball/march-madness-sunday.html) of this year’s tournament, are eligible now but have each said they will return for another year of college. [earn money from the use of their name, image and likeness](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/sports/ncaabasketball/ncaa-nil-rules.html), a category known widely as N.I.L. The detention of “It’s just really sad that those are the conversations we’re having to have with our league and our college game being so healthy and vibrant and growing.” because of the pandemic. guard Alexis Morris and Iowa center Monika Czinano, may have to play professionally outside of the W.N.B.A. The breakout stars leading Iowa and Louisiana State to the N.C.A.A. The opportunities in basketball for many female athletes peak at the Final Four. But with only 144 spots in the W.N.B.A., some very bright college stars will have to play elsewhere.

But a second-quarter onslaught by Jasmine Carson and the LSU bench proved too much to overcome as the Tigers secured the program's first national title in Kim ...

As LSU cruised to a win over Iowa in the women's NCAA Tournament championship game, Angel Reese mocked March Madness sensation Caitlin Clark.

I don't care to be defensive player of the year, player of the year. She followed up her "you can't see me" taunt in the Elite Eight with The biggest goal is to be a national champion, and that's what I did." "We are all different people, with different ways to show emotions. Clark certainly did her part to help the Hawkeyes on Sunday, scoring a game-high 30 points. Clark waved her hand in front of her face as she had a historic 40-point triple-double.

A gesture popularized in sports and previously employed by Clark drew heat aimed at Reese on Sunday. She addressed her critics from the winners' podium.

While the LSU Tigers took home their first-ever NCAA women's basketball championship, there was one player who stole the show throughout March Madness.

I was just that young girl, so all you have to do is dream, and you can be in moments like this.” “We know everything kind of centers around her,” explained the NBA’s record three-point scorer. “You obviously can’t leave her open. I hope this team brought them a lot of joy.” While crying, the Hawkeyes star said: “I think the biggest thing is it’s really, really special. “I want my legacy to be the impact that I can have on young kids and the people in the state of Iowa, and I hope I brought them a lot of joy this season.

Angel Reese celebrated LSU's title win over Iowa with John Cena's infamous move on Caitlin Clark, who had done it earlier in the tournament.

That's just the competitor in me, and the will to win." "I don't think you can just leave me open on the perimeter or leave us open on the perimeter. Clark had done the same gesture in the Elite Eight when she posted a 41-point, 12-assist, 10-rebound triple-double against No. Me personally, I find it very disrespectful, so I'm going to take that personally going into that game. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks in the Final Four. You're going to have to guard us.

Cameras caught Angel Reese doing the "you can't see me" celebration twice in front of Caitlin Clark after LSU's national championship win.

Reese had 15 points and 10 rebounds to finish with her 34th double-double of the season, the most by a player in a single season. The LSU sophomore followed Clark toward the sideline and stared her down while doing the same celebration. The TV camera caught Reese calling out to Clark and waving her hand in front of her face, mimicking Clark’s “you can’t see me celebration” [that went viral](https://twitter.com/justwsports/status/1640182237005004801) after Iowa’s Elite Eight win over Louisville.

Louisiana State University blew past Iowa and national player of the year Caitlin Clark 102-85 to win the coveted women's NCAA collegiate basketball crown.

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Caitlin Clark said she hopes she brought her fellow Iowans "joy" as the Hawkeyes dream season came to an end on Sunday.

Clark scored 1,055 points, the fourth most in a season in NCAA Division I history, and had 327 assists (8.6 per game), making her the first player in Division I ever to top 1,000 points and 300 assists in a season. One thing is for sure: The 21-year-old will be back in 2023-24 to try to improve on what was a dream season overall. They lost just four more times the rest of the season, winning the Big Ten tournament, making the Final Four for the second time in program history and reaching the title game for the first time. "I want my legacy to be the impact that I can have on young kids and the people in the state of Iowa, and I hope I brought them a lot of joy this season," a still emotional Clark said. Clark was responsible for 63% of the Hawkeyes' offense in the tournament through either scoring or assists. Then Clark reflected about how special this season has been for Iowa, especially for a kid who grew up in the state.

Kim Mulkey's LSU Tigers used a record offensive performance to beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa on Sunday.

After one of them, she threw her hands in the air and Mulkey mimicked it on the sidelines. After Katari Poole hit a 3-pointer in front of the LSU bench, Mulkey started weeping. She made all six of her shots in the second quarter, including four 3-pointers. She swatted the ball away as it was on the floor after a foul call against a teammate. She scored 40 in the semifinals to knock out unbeaten South Carolina one game after she had the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history in the Elite Eight. The loss ended one of the greatest individual performances in NCAA Tournament history by Clark, the AP national player of the year.

LSU star Angel Reese defended the gesture she aimed at Iowa Hawkeyes' Caitlin Clark near the end of the Tigers' first NCAA women's basketball national ...

What are you going to say now?” “Twitter can say what they want to say,” she said. “But honestly I have no idea. She’s one of the best basketball coaches of all time, and it shows. But I had a moment at the end of her game. (…) I’m looking forward to celebrating and then next season.” It was cute when Caitlin Clark did it. “Caitlin Clark is a hell of a player but I don’t take disrespect lightly,” Reese said. “And I’m happy. And that’s what I did it for tonight. For those that want to speak up for what they believe in. The gesture has sparked much debate, especially on social media.

Caitlin Clark said she hopes she brought her fellow Iowans "joy" as the Hawkeyes dream season came to an end on Sunday.

Clark scored 1,055 points, the fourth most in a season in NCAA Division I history, and had 327 assists (8.6 per game), making her the first player in Division I ever to top 1,000 points and 300 assists in a season. One thing is for sure: The 21-year-old will be back in 2023-24 to try to improve on what was a dream season overall. They lost just four more times the rest of the season, winning the Big Ten tournament, making the Final Four for the second time in program history and reaching the title game for the first time. "I want my legacy to be the impact that I can have on young kids and the people in the state of Iowa, and I hope I brought them a lot of joy this season," a still emotional Clark said. Clark was responsible for 63% of the Hawkeyes' offense in the tournament through either scoring or assists. Then Clark reflected about how special this season has been for Iowa, especially for a kid who grew up in the state.

Caitlin Clark electrified college basketball as a junior, leading Iowa to the brink of its first national championship in women's hoops.

"I hope this team brought them a lot of joy. "I want my legacy to be the impact that I can have on young kids and the people in the state of Iowa, and I hope I brought them a lot of joy this season," Clark said. "I just appreciate what we did here and everything we were able to accomplish.

Kim Mulkey used the transfer portal to build LSU into a champion after just two years, and her biggest star, Angel Reese, upstaged Clark when it counted.

And at the end of the game, all of those contributions proved vital for LSU. And the few moments when the Tigers badly needed a bucket, she made her way into the post and gave them one. And while few people predicted it would happen, in shutting down Clark and dominating the title game there should be no question they earned it. Reese also flashed her ring finger at Clark—a nod to the first women’s basketball title in LSU history, an accomplishment that would have been unthinkable a short time ago. And there’ll be other challenges as well, some of which won’t present themselves until all the players step onto the court. This often works to her benefit, like moving from the Baylor program she’d built into a powerhouse to an LSU program that hadn’t been to the Final Four since Sylvia Fowles was on the team. This game will be remembered for the officiating, sure, but also for the story line of Reese, the Tigers’ on-court and emotional leader, vs. Clark, who picked up her fourth foul—a questionable technical after she flipped the ball behind her and out of bounds—scored 30 points and recorded eight assists, but that wasn’t enough. Referees called 37 fouls, and LSU’s Reese and Alexis Morris, in addition to Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, Monika Czinano, and McKenna Warnock, were all forced to the bench early because of foul trouble. LSU proved the best way to shut down Caitlin Clark and Iowa’s potent offense was to simply shoot better. Czinano and Warnock were the only ones who ended up fouling out, but the constant whistles clearly affected the game, with many players (including Clark) playing hesitantly for much of the second half. On Sunday, she had 21 in the first half, and kept the Tigers rolling when Reese was on the bench with foul trouble.

DALLAS -- Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark finished an amazing NCAA tournament run Sunday, falling just short of the program's first national championship, ...

She had 30 points, eight assists and two rebounds Sunday in the loss to LSU, and she finished with more points (191) and assists (60) than anyone has had in a single women's NCAA tournament. Swoopes had the record for points in an NCAA tournament (177) before Clark broke it Sunday. But the junior guard had a great all-around tournament in leading the Fighting Irish to their second national championship, averaging 24.2 PPG. The Lady Bears fell in the national semifinals to Purdue. Holdsclaw would win a third NCAA title in 1998 in an undefeated season, and she holds the record for total points scored in the NCAA tournament: 479 in 22 games. After winning the 2002 NCAA title with what's widely considered the best team in women's hoops history, junior guard Taurasi was the only returning starter in the 2002-2003 season. That included leading a comeback against the Texas Longhorns in the semifinals and scoring 28 to beat Tennessee in the final. Such as 1984, when she led the USC Trojans to their second national championship, or 1986, when they made the final before losing to unbeaten Texas. Stiles had become the NCAA's all-time leading scorer in the regular season, and then she averaged 28.0 points in her five NCAA tournament games. The women's NCAA tournament began in 1982, and there have been superstar performances in it for each of its 40-plus years. That seemed ambitious even for a top UConn recruit, since Baylor was the defending champion in 2013 with all its top players back. The junior chose the Hawkeyes not just to stay close to her family in West Des Moines, Iowa, but also because she truly believed she could reach her dream of leading Iowa to its first women's Final Four since 1993.

Caitlin Clark electrified college basketball as a junior, leading Iowa to the brink of its first national championship in women's hoops.

"I hope this team brought them a lot of joy. "I want my legacy to be the impact that I can have on young kids and the people in the state of Iowa, and I hope I brought them a lot of joy this season," Clark said. It's a progression to this point. "She's done so much but it's not just these three weeks," Iowa teammate Monika Czinano said of Clark on Sunday after her 30-point, eight-assist effort against LSU. "I just appreciate what we did here and everything we were able to accomplish. I feel like the sky's still the limit for myself and this program.

Caitlin Clark might be the best show to ever land on the women's college basketball scene, and the ratings prove it. The Athletic reported that the ...

And they also want to see those stars have their full arsenal of support, so these games can be decided by the players on the court, not the ones off of it. It's the fear of the foul out. That women's national championship game was a letdown once Clark, who was on fire to start the game, and Czinano got in foul trouble. Forget your tradition or your claims that this is some time-honored strategy to get the other team's best player in foul trouble. You want more people to watch the games? The biggest loss of the night was the opportunity the women's game had to put its best foot forward for the full 40 minutes.

Reese did John Cena's 'You can't see me' gesture in the direction of Clark, creating a stir on social media.

"All you can do is hold your head high, be proud of what you did, and all the credit in the world to LSU," Clark said. But honestly I have no idea, and I was just trying to spend the last few moments on the court with especially the five people that I've started 93 games with and relishing every second of that." She's one of the best basketball coaches of all time, and she only said really kind things to me in the handshake line, so I'm very grateful for that too. Many social media users called Reese "classless" for making the gesture with Iowa on the brink of defeat. While some segments of social media were outraged with Reese's gesture, the one who experienced it first hand didn't think much of it at all. But while social media largely praised Clark for her moxie, Reese got the opposite reaction.