Caitlin Clark, Kate Martin, Lisa Bluder press conference after championship loss to South Carolina

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[michaelmitchell]

Im not an Iowa fan but im really gonna miss Caitlin Clark she is must watch TV I will follow her to the next level.

[curtconroy]

Coach Lisa is so kind and classy ! Love her encouragement to DJ Lily ! So sweet.

[stephenrayporter]

Coach Lisa Bluder: she is a class act!

[CARLPHILLY]

I’m a 65-year-old guy from Central Mississippi, who has never kept up with women’s basketball. But I’ve been a fan of Iowa for the last few weeks at least, and really pretty much since last year. That being said, there’s several reasons for that, they are very talented. They play with a lot of heart, that speaks volumes to me, but also even more than that is they play with a very good attitude. As a Christian, that’s very important to me and I will continue to be an Iowa fan, though I’m an Ole Miss football fan and have been all my life. Hold your heads up, and God bless you!

[ajcraft-hello]

Great game. Excellent season, team, coaches, and players, thank you all!

[billybryant]

I was watching Caitlin Clark her senior year in high school. I was so happy when she decided to stay at Iowa and play for her home team. So many kids wanna go where they think it's automatic to win a title. Caitlin kept her talents at home. I told some close friends and my brother that this girl would rock the world with her shooting/scoring skills. I loved this girl from her first game at Iowa to her last game today. I knew she was gonna be great and she ended up with All the records. I never dreamed Iowa would make it to back to back championship games. She helped make this team a "great" team. In my opinion she is the best offensive player of all time and in the top 5 of the greatest players ever in women's basketball. Thank you Coach Lisa Bluder for how greatly you handled this amazing record breaking talent in Caitlin Clark !Thank you Caitlin Clark for 4 years of greatness as an Iowa Hawkeye who stuck with her home team and helped make them great! LOVE THE WHOLE IOWA TEAM AND ALL THE COACHES! CLASS ACT <3

[Rascool]

This press conference brought tears to my eyes. I know its hugely disappointing for them all but they really played their hearts out

[paulbakke]

My brother (born in Iowa City) and I traveled to see the Illinois game from Memphis. Our family has grown up Hawkeye fans in SEC country. So glad we did. What a great experience to see such a great team with great down to earth fans. Caitlin Clark is just incredible and the whole team and coaches have brought so much joy, like Kate Martin said

[raymondchapman]

The thing I noticed that I believe was the game changer was the fact SC has 9 players that could rotate in and were all good. Iowa only had 6-7 at most and 3 of the starters played the entire game. When you can rotate players and keep them fresh it makes a huge impact and that is what showed in the 4th qtr...the Iowa girls were gassed and SC was still rotating players. Iowa give SC the best game they faced all year. But also, when a team has 4 players as big as SC did it is almost impossible to defend on the inside. Cordosa and Kitts were just so hard to out rebound and even defend on post ups. I think Iowa played damn good given they were at a disadvantage in height and depth.

[justinrieckhoff]

Coach Bluder - the definition of a leader and mentor ❤️

[lorisharpe]

You women are the epitome of what most everyone would want their young girls or boys to grow up to be like.. on and off the court!! Bravo to you!! You all are amazing

[juansegura]

Someone said that you never remember who gets second place, true...but we will remember who changed womens basketball...Great job Caitlin and good luck on your future plans.

[ksh]

Great job hawks be proud back to back championship games the team won together great season and thank you càtlin for four great years been great ride so thank you

[jackiekramer]

I am not a Hawkeyes fan except for women’s basketball team the past two years. I am impressed with the sportsmanship, coaching, team spirit, and also the talent of the Iowa team. I especially like to say the “ team” because even tho they have Caitlin as a super star it didn’t interfere with them as a team! Also coaching staff is class! GO HAWKS!

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I'm Gamecocks nation fan my hometown but much ❤️ to IOWA Clark and Martin also they have a great team

[ckyung]

Each winter I struggle with seasonal affective disorder or “SAD”, but Iowa women’s basketball has definitely brought me joy and their graciousness and social-emotional intelligence and resilience is just the cherry on top. They are role models for anyone - young, old, boy, girl, men, women…

[survivrs]

I'm so proud of our coach and players. You all ROCK!!! Hold your heads high, what you've done this year is incredible.

[anitadawson]

South Carolina came in Undefeated and they played well. It was hard for any team to beat them

[RomuloMaypa]

Congratulations IOWA team! God bless Caitlin!

[meg-k-waldren]

Im so proud of Caitlin Clark. People who havent played sports just don't get what it takes, how much of yourself you put into the grind and how it hurts when you come up short and theres no redos. Caitlin just carries herself with so much dignity and respect for the game. I know she's a champion inside and hopefully at the next level it happens for her.