The WNBA season tips off in a big way on Tuesday night. Not only is it opening night for the league, but its new burgeoning star is set to make her debut when Caitlin Clark takes the floor. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 Draft joins the Indiana Fever as they head to Uncasville, Connecticut to take on the Sun.
The Fever, coming off a 13-27 campaign in which they had last season’s top overall pick and 2023 Rookie of the Year in Aliyah Boston, are poised to take a major step in 2024. Although with essentially a one-week training camp and a two-game preseason, the learning curve will be steep as the NCAA championship game Clark played in was little more than five weeks ago. But despite the on-the-fly adjustments, Clark is looking forward to her pro debut.
“This is what you work for and dream of,” Clark said. “Now you get to put your jersey on for the first real time and go out there and play. I think more than anything, just soak up the moment. We get to play on the biggest stage. There are going to be lots of people there. It’s going to be loud. But you only play your first WNBA game once.”
Through four years at Iowa, Clark finished her Hawkeyes career with her name next to a bevy of records. Her 3,951…
