The NBA season had its attention diverted to other places as the month of March arrived. The fans took a break from the lengthy timetable of the league to enjoy March Madness. The 2023 March Madness was more exciting than anticipated and it put the basketball fandom on the edge of their seats. The successful NCAA tournament ended with a bang in the recent men’s and women’s finals. It concluded with a historic moment for the annual tournament, as quite some records were broken at the end of the day.

The NCAA Women’s National Championship was a sight to witness, as young stars like Caitlin Clark lit up the tournament with record-breaking numbers. Hence, fans applauded the youngster as the tournament reached a new milestone.

Caitlin Clark stands tall as an important part of the tournament

The Iowa Hawkeyes had a gem of a player in their midst as 6’0 youngster Caitlin Clark dominated the season with her performances. The 21-year-old successfully took the Hawkeyes to the finals with a record-breaking 191-point tournament. Additionally, her assists tally rounded up to 60, another record in the women’s tournament. She deservedly grabbed the 2023 Women’s Wooden Award as the National Player of the Year.

Clark announced herself to the world, not only with her classy performances but with her unabashed swagger. The youngster was almost impossible to guard, and she involved herself in quite a bit of trash-talking to keep the game interesting!

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The final between the Hawkeyes and LSU garnered a record number of viewers – 9.9 million, a record number of viewers for women’s college basketball. However, it wasn’t the only record that the young women broke, as even the 2021 NBA Finals, the 2020 World Series or any of the MLS games couldn’t muster up such a record.

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The unbelievable final was a sight to witness. Meanwhile, even though Caitlin Clark and Co were defeated by the LSU Tigers, fans couldn’t help but credit Clark for her unbelievable contribution in making the tournament reach million throughout the country.

Fans react to record-breaking NCAA Women’s Championship final

The Iowa Hawkeyes with Clark couldn’t get the better of the extremely poised LSU side, but the former did go back with some special memories. Iowa comfortably blew away other sides on the road to the final. Fans reacted to Clark and Co’s contribution to the final, despite them losing.

Fans rallied behind Clark, even pointing out how the other Hawkeyes games had more attendance than those of the tournament’s ultimate champions, the LSU Tigers.

Many others appreciated how the women’s game is growing by leaps and bounds. These are surely positive signs for the WNBA, as everyone waits for these ballers to explode into the women’s league in the future.

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