Heartbreaking Caitlin Clark Iowa Hawkeyes Video Surfaces Before Fever WNBA Game

While Caitlin Clark had the best individual NCAA women’s basketball career in history (at least in terms of scoring), the Iowa Hawkeyes icon never managed to secure a national title.

Clark’s Hawkeyes lost in two consecutive NCAA Championship games; first against Angel Reese and the LSU Tigers in 2023, and then again against Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks squad in 2024.

Considering how much of a competitor Caitlin Clark is, there’s no question that both losses were heartbreaking for her.

And a viral video that surfaced on X Wednesday showed the agony that Clark was dealing with after losing to LSU in 2023.

Jun 2, 2024; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) watches from the bench after getting taken out during a substitution in the first quarter against the New York Liberty at Barclays Center.

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The video (which was posted by X user @soistaydown) shows Clark breaking down and crying on Iowa teammate Monika Czinano’s shoulder upon the 2023 National Championship game defeat.

Czinano can be seen kissing Clark on the head and consoling her before Clark turns into her and the two share a tear-jerking embrace.

“the second half of this just made me so sick i’m so serious,” the video’s caption read.

the second half of this just made me so sick i’m so serious

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— vivian ↯ (@soistaydown)

June 27, 2024

“What love for a teammate looks like,” one X user replied to the video, which has over 100,000 views.

These defeats surely shaped Clark into the battle-tested player she is for the Fever.