The Iowa Hawkeyes showed their superiority once again last night as the women’s basketball team advanced to the Final Four. Dominating the LSU Tigers, the Iowa women decimated their Elite 8 opponents in style, and Caitlin Clark couldn’t have asked for a better match. Scoring a staggering 9 three-pointers, the guard led her team to a decisive victory. With her NCAA record-matching performance, Clark is now justifiably prompting fans to scurry and find the proper instance in collegiate gymnastics that can match up to her last night’s display of skills.
Clark contributed heavily with 41 points of her own in Iowa’s 94-87 victory over their NCAA opponents. With the NCAA women’s gymnastics full of record-making performances over the years, it was only a matter of time before fans started drawing parallels with the greatest showdowns to commemorate Clark’s historic night.
Caitlin Clark got the job done, and how!
In a recent post on X (previously known as Twitter) by the University of Michigan alum Olivia Karas, it’s evident that she’s mesmerized by Caitlin’s stellar form. However, simultaneously she couldn’t deny that gymnastics, the sport that helped her attain stardom in the domestic circuit, is wrought with thrilling performances. “What’s everyone’s gymnastics equivalent to Caitlin Clark making 9 threes last night?“, reads the caption of the post. The Big Ten gymnastics analyst seemed bent on finding the proper example that could match Clark’s career-highlighting moment.
Monday’s match made history in other areas as well. With 12.3 million viewers, the match broke all previous records of the highest viewership for any non-Final-Four women’s basketball match. For the Final Four, the Hawkeyes will face off against UConn, who secured their spot in the semis after defeating USC. While Iowa gears up for the showdown, the country’s gymnastics fans take a moment to share their favorite moments they believe can give Caitlin’s performance a run for its money.
NCAA celebrity Karin Lichey is considered one of the greatest collegiate gymnasts of all time, thanks to the 21 Perfect 10s throughout her career, and one fan just couldn’t let the chance go without dropping her name into the mix.
