Before Caitlin Clark became college basketball's all-time leading scorer, before she became a household name, before all the network TV interviews and licensing deals and seven-story-tall Nike ads — her first March Madness ended, like so many others have, at the hands of the University of Connecticut.
As a freshman, Clark was already phenomenal. With her as their star, the Iowa Hawkeyes had reached the Sweet 16. Still, they wanted more: Iowa's first Final Four since the 1990s, and — if they dared to dream it — the program's first-ever title.
