Caitlin Clark is a big reason for women’s college basketball’s rise over the last few seasons. The Iowa star, as well as her counterpart Paige Bueckers, were some of the icons of this tournament in particular.
With Clark and the Hawkeyes in the national championship game Sunday against undefeated South Carolina, it’ll be the last time seeing Clark in a college game. The WNBA is next and that could be the next league to see a positive increase in interest.
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But as far as the college game, it’ll had to do it without Clark, Angel Reese and others moving forward
“Yeah, I think the parity in our game has certainly helped over the course of the last, you know, whatever, five years,” Clark said after Iowa defeated UConn in the Final Four. “I think there’s always been the blue bloods that have always been very good, but over the past Final Fours you’ve seen maybe teams that haven’t been there in 25, 30 years. I think that’s really good for our game. It attracts new fans. It showcases new players. It showcases new coaches.”
The men’s game has always been must-see TV at this point in the year, even without big name stars. But the women’s game really accelerated from an individual standpoint.
“And I think also the amount of stars we have in our game, especially the young stars we have in our game, I think this freshman class really put on a show this year,” Clark said. “They had me watching. They had everybody around the country watching.”
As Clark alluded to, everyone’s sticking around and fans get a chance to see these young players for four years.
“And I think the beauty is most of them are going to have to stay and play for four years, and they’re just going to get better and better,” Clark said. “Their teams are going to get better and better. And that will also additionally help the parity in our game and attract more people to want to watch. So I think those two things are the most exciting part about the future of women’s college basketball.”
Clark and the Hawkeyes take on South Carolina Sunday in the NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship. The Gamecocks opened up as a 4.5 point favorite.
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