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Caitlin Clark is a much more prolific scorer than the entire Iowa football program. She outscored the football team in just the postseason.

Meanwhile, Iowa’s football team couldn’t buy a touchdown for large chunks of the season. Clark beat both those months in just her last two games, where she scored a combined 82 points. At least someone in Iowa City is putting up big numbers. Her shooting in legendary in the college basketball game. The team scored just 63 points in the month of October and 68 in the month of September. In her past three tournament games,

Clark has been on a torrid pace so far in the tournament. She's got the chance against LSU to make even more history.

The most points Clark has scored in a game in her career is 46, which came against Michigan on Feb. That mark of 47 is also the record for the most points scored in a women's national championship game. Her lowest total of the tournament was 22 points in the second round, and she has scored 82 combined points in her past two contests. Second on the list is Swoopes' 47 points scored against Ohio State in the national championship game. She continued her run in the 1993 NCAA Tournament, averaging 35.4 points per game and propelling the Red Raiders to the national championship. In fact, she has had two of her four highest-scoring games in the Elite Eight and Final Four.

It's usually at this point of a player's college career arc we ask: What's next? Where's she going next year? The good news for college basketball fans is that ...

For many players like Clark or Boston, their popularity in the sport will transcend their local college markets and follow them to their eventual WNBA landing spots. With only 12 WNBA teams and 12 roster spots, being a first-round draft pick is no guarantee a player will stick in the league. The WNBA’s limited roster spots won’t be an issue for a player like Clark or Boston, the type of players teams would draft and build around. 1 pick in the draft on April 10. [NBA](https://theathletic.com/nba/) has had changing rules and debate over its eligibility requirements, the WNBA’s have been pretty stagnant. The good news for college basketball fans is that the answer to those questions for Clark are: nothing new and nowhere.

Caitlin Clark dazzled as Iowa took down South Carolina in the Final Four. But Clark said she and her team must reset their minds for the title game.

The Hawkeyes slayed the giant — but now they've got to take the castle, and the championship trophy. We're here to hoist the trophy. Mississippi State and William puttered out in the title game against A’ja Wilson and South Carolina, losing 67-55. That March, Morgan William of Mississippi State hit a 15-foot pull-up at the buzzer that stunned UConn, winners of 111 games in a row and four consecutive titles. There’s no question Friday was one of the greatest individual performances in one of the greatest upsets of all time in the NCAA women's tournament. Clark, the consensus national player of the year, scored 41, dished eight assists and grabbed eight rebounds.

Iowa's Caitlin Clark reacts after a three pointer during the second half of an NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals basketball game against South ...

20, 2022: Had the second of consecutive 30-point triple-doubles with 35 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in a 105-49 win at Minnesota. Her off-balance shot from the right side that rolled in as the horn sounded. It tied Murray State’s Ja Morant for the second-longest such streak in Division I history behind Texas Tech’s Trae Young (22). Clark joined Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Luka Doncic Giannis Antetokounmpo as the only NBA, WNBA, and Division I men’s or women’s players with back-to-back 30-point triple-doubles since 2000. That will be the Clark's 100th game with the Hawkeyes. As a 21-year-old junior, she's not eligible for the WNBA draft.

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark will try to finish off her unprecedented run with a championship when the Hawkeyes face LSU on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament ...

“Luckily, me and Kateri have played them before in the Big Ten, so I know what Caitlin brings to the table for sure,” Reese said. Angel Reese and Kateri Poole are no strangers to Clark, having played against her when they were in the Big Ten. Iowa is looking to become only the second Big Ten team to win the national championship, joining Purdue, which did it in 1999 under Carolyn Peck. LSU never could get to the title game until now. It took Mulkey five years to get Baylor to the championship game. “That’s the best way, but we’re going to give it everything we have for 40 more minutes.

DALLAS — Emma and Abigail Lehl had never been to an Iowa basketball game. They'd also never been on a road trip. The girls, ages 8 and 6, knocked both out ...

We feel really fortunate that she is from Iowa and that she stayed in Iowa.” “And we feel that Caitlin Clark has really grown the game. She was 17 the last time the Hawkeyes were in the Final Four, but she couldn’t see the games on TV. Logan McVinua (9) and her mom Ralna drove from Storm Lake, Iowa to Dallas to watch the Hawkeyes. Logan says she did homework and took “like five naps” to pass the time.— Eden Laase-Derouin (@eden_laase) “This is going to be a core memory for them,” he said. I looked at what was left and I was like, ‘Well, I don’t perceive these getting any cheaper, so let’s just pull the trigger.” “After they won on Sunday (against Lousiville in the Elite Eight), I looked at the tickets and I was like, ‘These seem kind of expensive,’ but we promised the kids so we are going to do it,” Josh Rife said. With seconds remaining on the clock in Friday’s semifinal game, it became clear that Iowa was going to pull off the upset of undefeated South Carolina. It just really shows that we have the best fans in the country, and I wouldn’t be surprised if more Hawk fans showed up for Sunday.” Josh and Meg Rife started talking to their kids about going to the Final Four back at the start of the season. In addition to their designated section, the stands were peppered with yellow shirts, hats, jerseys, and even a few pairs of striped overalls.

Caitlin Clark's 100th career game at Iowa will come in the national championship game. The Hawkeyes will be looking for their first title when they take on ...

20, 2022: Had the second of consecutive 30-point triple-doubles with 35 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in a 105-49 win at Minnesota. This season Clark became the first player in Division I women’s history to record more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in a single year. Clark joined Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Luka Doncic Giannis Antetokounmpo as the only NBA, WNBA, and Division I men’s or women’s players with back-to-back 30-point triple-doubles since 2000. It tied Murray State’s Ja Morant for the second-longest such streak in Division I history behind Oklahoma’s Trae Young (22). Her off-balance shot from the right side rolled in as the horn sounded. [Iowa came up short Sunday against LSU, losing 102-85](/article/march-madness-lsu-iowa-kim-mulkey-caitlin-clark-49d1f101dea30d2da23410c6dd6c38e4) in the Hawkeyes’ quest for their first national title.

Led by Caitlin Clark, Iowa will play in its first national championship game Sunday against LSU.

Led by Caitlin Clark, Iowa will play in its first national championship game Sunday against LSU.

Caitlin Clark, the game's biggest star, shared her pregame thoughts ahead of this afternoon's national championship showdown with LSU.

I think for me the area that I want to thrive in is always transition. I think that speaks to the talent level at the high school level and at the AAU level. Yeah, I think visualization is one of the things I always do before games is see yourself where you want to be. I feel like I have so much left in the tank to give to this game. I like the stepback going to the left. I think the biggest thing is, when you are thinking about a school, I think for me, is I didn’t want to go somewhere that only just cared about me playing basketball. So I think the way to put a bow on this is a National Championship, but also exemplifying what women’s basketball can be and how fun it is. I was going to go to a school that cared about me as a person. To be honest, I wanted to be around the game as much as I could. I think the thing for me is I understand things aren’t going to go my way. But we never got discouraged, and I think that speaks to this team is, I know Mon had a few just go right over her head. I wonder if you have any reaction to the use of the word “disrespectful” in the way that you guys have guarded South Carolina on the perimeter, and what might have to change against LSU considering they’re a better shooting team?

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.

After Caitlin Clark's incredible Elite Eight and Final Four, she is the main storyline entering the NCAAW Tournament championship game between her Iowa ...

The Sweet Sixteen seemed satisfying in 2021, but we knew a player as good as Clark would eventually need a national championship to live up to her own greatness. So Iowa will be the favorite to some degree, and if Clark can deliver the national championship, her awe-inspiring 2023 tournament run will reach its goosebump-inducing ending. 2 seed on her resume, but her class in handling that disappointment and her resilience to keep working are a part of her legacy as well. Somehow, Bueckers was the unquestioned National Player of the Year despite Clark putting up gaudier stats in a Power 5 conference. She always had all the tools to put up these types of performances on the biggest stage; it was just a matter of if she would rise to the occasion. She is a good passer — though she will look to score first — and she is solid in other areas. [opened the tournament](https://www.swishappeal.com/ncaa/2023/3/18/23645705/ncaaw-tournament-iowa-hawkeyes-se-louisiana-lady-lions-caitlin-clark-lisa-bluder-hannah-stuelke-ia) with 26 points, seven rebounds and 12 assists against SE Louisiana. The second of those was a deep, straightaway trey that won’t soon be forgotten in Hawkeye lore. When the dust settled on a 97-83 win over Louisville, she had 41 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists for the first 30-point triple-double in NCAAW Tournament history. [took down a South Carolina team](https://www.swishappeal.com/ncaa/2023/4/1/23665444/ncaaw-iowa-hawkeyes-tournament-final-four-march-madness-caitlin-clark-south-carolina-gamecocks-ia-sc) that was picked to win it all in 42.8 percent of ESPN Tournament Challenge brackets. She shot 11-of-22 from the field and 4-of-9 from distance. [In the second round](https://www.swishappeal.com/ncaa/2023/3/20/23647819/ncaaw-tournament-iowa-hawkeyes-georgia-lady-bulldogs-caitlin-clark-monika-czinano-gabbie-marshall-ia), perhaps still spooked by last year’s second-round disappointment, she put up her weakest performance, yet for her that still meant 22 points, 12 assists and three steals.

The superstar guard has led Iowa's charge to the national championship game, and her time in the spotlight during the Hawkeyes' March Madness run has confirmed ...

8.0 Because it's so unseen in the sense of when she crosses half court, she's in her range." And in her career, she has made 10 3s from 30 feet or more, including six in 2022-23. Heading into the Final Four game against South Carolina, And these aren't just step-back 3s past the line. Since Clark arrived at Iowa, no Division I women's basketball player has drained more 3s than her with her 339. Arike Ogunbowale, Diana Taurasi and Jewell Loyd are tied for the most with $234,936. [According to On3](https://www.on3.com/db/caitlin-clark-162402/), Clark has an NIL valuation of $192,000, ranking her ninth among all women's college basketball players. Clark would have the option to come back for a fifth year, should she desire, in the 2024-25 season. Addison O'Grady is the tallest player at 6-4. Clark won't stand out as the tallest player on the court, but height is certainly not a problem for her. MORE:

Caitlin Clark has captured the attention of basketball fans with her historic performance in the NCAA Tournament. Iowa's sensational guard will try to ...

“Luckily, me and Kateri have played them before in the Big Ten, so I know what Caitlin brings to the table for sure,” Reese said. Angel Reese and Kateri Poole are no strangers to Clark, having played against her when they were in the Big Ten. Iowa is looking to become only the second Big Ten team to ever win the national championship, joining Purdue, which did it in 1999 under Carolyn Peck. It took Mulkey five years to get Baylor to the championship game. LSU could never get to the title game until now. “Iowa is a great team and I’m going to give credit where it’s due.

As Caitlin Clark's brand continues to skyrocket throughout March Madness, the Iowa star is making an even bigger impact off of the court!

Anyone who brought a personal care item to the food bank got to take a picture with Clark. When NIL first became legal in July of 2021, local food bank director John Boller decided to overlook the football team and turn to Clark. And now today, she’s one of the biggest names in all of basketball, which is really, really exciting.— John Boller, In fact, it is likely that Clark will out-earn her WNBA contract through NIL opportunities. Clark is only a junior, so she can’t enter the WNBA Draft until 2024. Caitlin Clark is a superstar.

Led by Caitlin Clark, Iowa will play in its first national championship game Sunday against LSU.

DALLAS — Emma and Abigail Lehl had never been to an Iowa basketball game. They'd also never been on a road trip. The girls, ages 8 and 6, knocked both out ...

We feel really fortunate that she is from Iowa and that she stayed in Iowa.” “And we feel that Caitlin Clark has really grown the game. She was 17 the last time the Hawkeyes were in the Final Four, but she couldn’t see the games on TV. Logan McVinua (9) and her mom Ralna drove from Storm Lake, Iowa to Dallas to watch the Hawkeyes. Logan says she did homework and took “like five naps” to pass the time.— Eden Laase-Derouin (@eden_laase) “This is going to be a core memory for them,” he said. I looked at what was left and I was like, ‘Well, I don’t perceive these getting any cheaper, so let’s just pull the trigger.” “After they won on Sunday (against Lousiville in the Elite Eight), I looked at the tickets and I was like, ‘These seem kind of expensive,’ but we promised the kids so we are going to do it,” Josh Rife said. With seconds remaining on the clock in Friday’s semifinal game, it became clear that Iowa was going to pull off the upset of undefeated South Carolina. It just really shows that we have the best fans in the country, and I wouldn’t be surprised if more Hawk fans showed up for Sunday.” Josh and Meg Rife started talking to their kids about going to the Final Four back at the start of the season. In addition to their designated section, the stands were peppered with yellow shirts, hats, jerseys, and even a few pairs of striped overalls.

Caitlin Clark figures to have lucrative senior year thanks to her performance in Iowa's run to the 2023 national championship game. On3 values Clark's NIL ...

The 6'0" guard isn't the only star who figures to cash in on the heels of the NCAA Division I women's tournament. Even when factoring in her off-court earnings, a fifth year at Iowa might be far more lucrative than suiting up for a WNBA team. Nike, Topps and Buick are among the companies with whom she has signed.

As the Iowa Hawkeyes gear up to pursue a national championship, 21-year-old Caitlin Clark's value to the sport is highly debated.

[women's college basketball's National Player of the Year](https://www.insider.com/caitlin-clark-player-of-the-year-dad-reaction-about-time-2023-3) after leading the country in both points and assists for the 2021-2022 season. As of Sunday afternoon, Clark comes in at number nine on On3.com's college women's basketball NIL rankings with a valuation of $192,000. According to her Instagram, Clark has also done paid posts for Buick, Bose, and supermarket company Hy-Vee. The Friday game peaked at 6.6 million viewers — nearly two million more viewers than 2022's national championship game between South Carolina and Connecticut. [according to On3.com](https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/player/college/womens-basketball/), she narrowly cracks the top 10 highest NIL valuation for women's college basketball players. - Her NIL valuation is ranked among the top 10 in women's college basketball, according to the NIL database.

Now, she has a hallowed record to prove it. With her 18th point in the national championship against LSU Sunday afternoon, the Hawkeyes superstar passed Hall of ...

Iowa star Caitlin Clark made history in Sunday's NCAA Tournament championship game against LSU on multiple fronts. Here's what you need to know:.

[Louisville](https://theathletic.com/womens-college-basketball/team/louisville-cardinals/) and notched the [first-ever triple-double in a women’s Big Ten title game](https://theathletic.com/4278448/2023/03/05/caitlin-clark-triple-double-iowa-big-ten-championship/) last month. [Iowa](https://theathletic.com/womens-college-basketball/team/iowa-hawkeyes/) was playing in its first-ever national title game after making its first Final Four appearance since 1993. The Hawkeyes knocked off top-seeded [South Carolina](https://theathletic.com/womens-college-basketball/team/south-carolina-gamecocks/) 77-73 on Friday, handing the defending champion Gamecocks their first loss of the season. She finished Sunday’s game, [a loss](https://theathletic.com/4373882/2023/04/02/lsu-iowa-national-championship-takeaways/), with 30 points. With 19 points accumulated in the third quarter, Clark became the top scorer in a single women’s tournament, surpassing Swoopes’ record at The shot moved her into sole possession of the record, breaking a tie at 24 with

Jasmine Carson scored 21 points off the bench for the Tigers in the first half, and Alexis Morris scored double figures in the second.

The opportunities in basketball for many female athletes peak at the Final Four. When Clark hits a 3-pointer from the logo, she has They have eight 3-pointers in the first half today. is shooting, the Tigers shot 7 for 38 from 3 in its previous three games. But four 3-pointers from Iowa in that run have the Hawkeyes right back in it. The Tigers converted 11 points off turnovers in the second quarter. Jasmine Carson electrified the arena with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer — making her a perfect 5 of 5 from beyond the arc in the first half. For all the fouls in this game, it’s a bit surprising that L.S.U. Lots of happy tears from the L.S.U. when Johnson knocked down the first of the Tigers’ three baskets from 3-point range in the first quarter. Angel Reese is named the most outstanding player of the Final Four. The Tigers’ 102 points were the most in a Division I women’s title game.

LSU sets title game scoring record with 102-85 victory over Iowa in the women's NCAA Tournament final.

[Aliyah Boston is declaring for the WNBA draft](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2023/04/01/aliyah-boston-declares-2023-wnba-draft-south-carolina-gamecocks/11585401002/). ] [That means they have to capitalize on the moment](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2023/04/02/caitlin-clark-iowa-lsu-championship-march-madness/11584622002/). "I have decided to further pursue my dream by declaring for the 2023 WNBA Draft." Clark met the moment and then some with a performance for the ages Friday night. "I asked God, if you ever gave the opportunity (to play for her again), I will never waste that. [Reese hit Clark with the "you can't see me" taunt](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2023/04/02/caitlin-clark-taunted-angel-reese-during-lsu-championship-win/11589919002/) made famous by John Cena, and then pointed to her ring finger. The Hawkeyes slayed the giant — but now they've got to take the castle, and the championship trophy. [OPINION: Caitlin Clark, Iowa need to finish the job] [DALLAS — Friday night's win put Caitlin Clark in position to bring home Iowa’s first national championship. [All odds are according to Tipico](https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/basketball/wncaab/summary/1064725). Caitlin Clark has 14 for Iowa, all of them in the first quarter. First Lady Jill Biden was at the NCAA women’s title game between LSU and Iowa on Sunday. However, Iowa center Monika Czinano picked up her fourth foul of the game with 1:03 left in the quarter.

The Hawkeyes' star continued her sharpshooting against LSU at American Airlines Center in Dallas to lead Iowa in the title game. In her last two games, Clark ...

Another deep three with under four minutes to play gave Clark the most treys in a national championship game. This time, her 3-pointer with just under eight minutes to go gave her the most points in a single NCAA Tournament. On Sunday, Clark kept fans in awe of her shooting while doing everything she could to help Iowa bring home the title.

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 ...

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.