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The women’s game wins
It is folly and largely unproductive to pit men’s and women’s college basketball against each other. But after LSU’s decisive win over Iowa in yesterday’s national championship game, it just feels like women’s college basketball won March this year. Consider:
- The women’s tourney had its share of mayhem, and ended up with a Final Four that had two No. 1 seeds — including the undefeated defending national champs — a No. 3 seed and a No. 2 seed. Yet these four still contained that goliath (South Carolina), a four-time national title-winning coach (LSU’s Kim Mulkey) and the game’s most electrifying player (Caitlin Clark).
- We saw the ripple effects. Ratings were massive for the Final Four. Tickets to get in the door for the final were upwards of $400 apiece, too.
All three games were fantastic, too. Clark and Iowa pulled an unthinkable upset against the overwhelming title favorite. LSU came back from a double-digit deficit to beat No. 1 seed Virginia Tech. Big names, massive storylines and great basketball.
Yesterday’s title game wasn’t as close, but it was supremely entertaining nonetheless. We got to see Clark explode…
