Lakers’ LeBron James: ‘Icons’ like Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark lifting women’s hoops

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WASHINGTON — Count LeBron James among the scores of viewers tuning into the women’s NCAA tournament this spring. The Los Angeles Lakers forward, considered by many to be the face of the NBA, has a theory on why women’s college hoops is having such a moment: the star power.

“I don’t think there’s much difference between the men’s and women’s game when it comes to college basketball,” James said after the Lakers’ 125-120 win over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday. “I think the popularity comes in with the icons that they have in the women’s game. You look at Angel Reese, you look at JuJu [Watkins], you look at Caitlin Clark, you look at Paige [Bueckers]. You look at the young girl that’s at Iowa State, the freshman there [Audi Crooks]. You look at [Cameron] Brink … at Stanford. And that’s just to name a few. And the freshman that’s at Notre Dame [Hannah Hidalgo]. Because they’re not allowed to go to the NBA [after their freshman year].”

Monday’s Elite Eight game between Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese’s LSU Tigers attracted an average of 12.3…

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