During an unprecedented season at Iowa, Caitlin Clark has garnered a great deal of recognition and admiration. The most recent person to join the bandwagon and wax poetic about Clark is former ESPN analyst Jason Whitlock. According to On3, Clark has NIL deals worth $3.1 million.During their time playing college basketball at Indiana State and Michigan State, respectively, Whitlock and Magic Johnson were compared to NBA greats Larry Bird and Clark on his Fearless podcast.
“Last season, we hardly knew anything about Clark. She has been the most prominent figure in collegiate athletics this year. She is a 1979 feminine package that combines Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Do you recall Bird and Magic? And the enchantment they fashioned and brought to the NBA? Caitlin Clark is that for women’s collegiate basketball,” Whitlock remarked.
“They could accomplish what Magic and Larry accomplished for men’s basketball as a whole, the NBA, and college basketball in particular. Before Magic and Larry, the NBA was an absolute mess, do you know.
“Lucy and Larry elevated the situation to a new level. Caitlin Clark could accomplish that. He said, “Magic and Larry met in the 1979 NCAA title game and then brought their acts to the NBA.
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This season, Clark has garnered attention due to her outstanding achievements at Iowa. on Iowa’s last regular-season game versus the Ohio State Buckeyes, she eclipsed Pete Maravich’s record of 3,667 points to take the top spot on the NCAA scoring chart. With 3,771 points, she is presently at the top of the standings.
Clark will be looking to increase her advantage and win the championship in her last March Madness season with Iowa.
Caitlin Clark will want to win the NCAA championship to cap off Iowa’s journey on a positive note
Regardless of the team’s performance in this year’s March Madness, Clark will go down in Iowa history as a legend. She will, nonetheless, aim to win an NCAA title before calling it a day.Although they lost to LSU 102-85 in the championship game last year, the Hawkeyes came the closest to winning the NCAA championship.Clark and the Hawkeyes will be keen to take it a step further this year.
