DALLAS — Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark finished an amazing NCAA tournament run Sunday, falling just short of the program’s first national championship, as Iowa fell 102-85 to the LSU Tigers. The junior chose the Hawkeyes not just to stay close to her family in West Des Moines, Iowa, but also because she truly believed she could reach her dream of leading Iowa to its first women’s Final Four since 1993.
She did that and went further: getting to the NCAA final. Along the way, she made herself an even bigger legend — not just back home, but with basketball fans across the country. The women’s NCAA tournament began in 1982, and there have been superstar performances in it for each of its 40-plus years. But certain performances have truly captured the public interest and put players in the spotlight.
It’s hard not to include iconic players such as the UConn Huskies’ Rebecca Lobo and Maya Moore, the Tennessee Lady Vols’ Bridgette Gordon and Candace Parker, or the North Carolina Tar Heels’ Charlotte Smith — among many others — on this particular…
