ALBANY, N.Y. — It truly feels like Christmas morning.
There’s no other accurate way to describe the level of anticipation here ahead of Iowa-LSU’s Elite Eight matchup, a rematch of last year’s record-setting national championship game featuring the sport’s two biggest stars in Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. But that’s not all that’s happening. JuJu Watkins and USC will take on Paige Bueckers and UConn in Portland as the nightcap.
Four superstars. Two Final Four berths are on the line. One history-making day for women’s basketball on tap.
“If I were a basketball fan, I’d be glued to the TV,” Clark said.
“RIP to the viewership numbers,” USC head coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. “It’s going to crush everything.”
Angel Reese vs. Caitlin Clark
Paige Bueckers vs. JuJu Watkins
Monday night is going to be absolute CINEMA 🍿 pic.twitter.com/C5TH1d0PSk
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 31, 2024
Though both games will be broadcast on ESPN, and not ABC, it seems likely that at least one — cough, Iowa versus LSU — will break the viewership record for a non-Final Four game in the women’s NCAA Tournament. Iowa’s win over West Virginia in the second round last weekend shattered the previous record (set two days prior in the Hawkeyes’ first-round…
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