“Honestly, I Thought it was Money.” Caitlin Clark has the Most Swag in College Hoops

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

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March Madness is set to tip off just over a week from now, and among all the players who will be competing — both men and women — there is no one who loves the spotlight more than Caitlin Clark. The junior guard, sometimes referred to as the female Steph Curry, will be leading Iowa in hopes of securing pretty much the only thing missing from her legendary collegiate resume: a national title. So today, we ask one Basketball Hall of Famer – Holly Rowe – to tell us the story of this player who might just be headed in that same direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Holly Row, you are in Iowa City this past Sunday as the country watched the number two ranked
0:06.8	women's basketball team, the Indiana Hoosiers go up by two points against the Iowa Hawkeyes with
0:11.4	just 1.5 seconds remaining. And before that final play, what were you thinking? What were you
0:19.2	watching for from your vantage point? Well, number one, there's an awesome rule in women's basketball
0:24.7	that allows people to call a timeout and advance the basketball. So you know, they're going to be in
0:28.8	their own half court, you know, Iowa has one of the best coaches in the country and Lisa Bluder
0:34.0	and and they have Caitlin Clark. When you have Caitlin Clark, you have a chance.
0:51.6	But you know, 1.5 is really quick to come off a screen, try to get open and then get a good look.
0:59.8	And so as you look at that play develop, it's kind of shocking her senior Monica Sanano sets
1:06.8	this monster screen and Caitlin gets the look she needs. But even though she gets the look,
1:13.1	she's falling away. It's off one leg off balance and it is just crazy and I'm like, there's no way
1:21.4	and then it falls. It was wild.
1:42.5	And when you're there, like feeling the moment, not just watching it, but feeling it now, how do
1:51.6	you describe it? It almost seems surreal. Like did that really just happen? That doesn't even seem
1:57.0	real. You know, it was a sold out crowd. There have been five sell outs in Iowa history for women's
2:04.2	basketball. Four of them have come since Caitlin Clark stepped onto campus. So she has quickly become
2:10.0	like must watch drama filled swag city basketball. And so I don't think anyone in the building was
2:17.2	surprised that it's her that hits that shot, but it was a high level of difficulty shot. And so when
2:22.4	it falls and they really do win and there really was enough time, you know, she got the shot off
2:27.3	with 0.8 seconds. I think it was just like, I can't believe it happened. I can't believe it happened.
2:34.4	But I can believe it was Caitlin that made it happen. You know, that kind of feeling.
2:39.4	Yeah. And it felt to me, it felt like the cementing of of a legend. I mean, we talking college
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