Earlier this year, I paid $100 for a ticket to see University of Iowa phenomenon Caitlin Clark play a college basketball game. The seat was ten times what a normal ticket costs, but worth every cent. Clark is a cheetah in high-tops, darting around the court, dropping breathtaking passes to her teammates, and sinking jumpers so long and accurate you think NASA must have installed a GPS tracker in the ball.
In this, her final year in college basketball, she has become the highest-scoring woman ever to play in college. She is the most famous player in the nation, men included, and her games frequently garner higher ratings than some NBA telecasts. She is a phenomenon the likes of which American sports has never seen, pulling women’s basketball into national prominence. She is probably the greatest women’s collegiate player of all time.
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