intense music producer speaking faintly before a game i always take a nap, a pregame nap, thats a must, and then review the scatter report and just go out there and start stretching, but the pregame nap is a must. I always eat four hours before. I dont really listen to music before games cause im already so hyped up. I dont need to get more hyped up. I get taped two hours before i usually get on the court. I just have a routine and i follow that pretty good. I like to take a shower. I feel like they help me relax and just get prepared for the game. [narrator] and now full court press, presented by state farm. Im excited, honestly, i almost like, like i woke up and i was like kind of honestly like giddy, like i dont know, like the kind of like the first day of school feeling, you know when you wake up and youre like, oh my gosh, like its gonna be so exciting today. Like i always get very excited for games, especially home games, but obviously this one is just a little different. Theres gonna be like an extra buzz in the air i feel like, so im excited, just to do it at home and have my family there, and i dont know, its gonna be cool. I think my teammates are excited too. And like we dont really talk like as a team about like records and this type of stuff, but coach bluders kind of have been a little bit different about this one. [commentator] historical night. Carverhawkeye arena always has some buzz to it, but a lot of extra energy in the building today. fire swooshing here comes clark. How will she go for history . Whats unique about this moment in Womens Basketball . They can no longer hold us back. [commentator] my goodness a showstopping highlight. , i like that. [commentator] this crowd is electric. It feels like a football saturday. [commentator] this is the 11th time, folks, theyve sold out on the road this season. [commentator] if you build it, they will come. [commentator] all things are possible when Caitlin Clark has the basketball. Got it, yes crowd cheering [commentator] the alltime leading scorer in Womens College basketball. Shes the best basketball player ive ever seen. [anne] now starting for the iowa hawkeyes, catie clark these are the moments ive worked for. Im meant to be here. You gotta get a picture of this. [brent] i dont think anybody can fully grasp the pressure that she feels. [coach staley] kamillas why is her family. I left brazil just chasing my dreams. Thats my biggest sacrifice, just being away from my family. janete speaking in Foreign Language fans cheering kiki rice. Kiki kiki kiki [holly] she came to ucla for an opportunity to do something thats never been done before, a Womens National championship here. [commentator] but kiki rice could be in one. Ucla, were winning and competing at the highest level is an expectation. Dont point fingers at anybody else. Point it right back at you and do something different. Never underestimate anybody. You gotta play, kamilla. Honestly, sometimes it feels like, is it all worth it . Lets go. Its not gonna work. [kamilla] every one wants to be the number one team. Fight fight there is definitely a responsibility for me to lead the womens game. Keep it close, make everybody entertained. Hardest part about being Caitlin Clark, having to feel like youre always like on. dramatic music i dont think you actually know what it takes until youre there. If you want something, you gotta make sacrifice for it. [commentator] cardoso for three makes it in [coach staley] its a heavy load. Its only bestowed on those who can handle it. dramatic music whoa players yelling upbeat music lively marching band music players cheering deuces. Deuces, cop. Everybodys just so happy. They end up in the back. Oh my god, this is actually nuts. My hearts racing. lively marching band music continues lets go crowd cheering playing for so much today. Playing for Womens Basketball across the country. This is the biggest Womens Basketball game ever attended, ever. Itll probably never be broken, all right . You guys are part of that. Enjoy it. players cheering intense music [announcer] 55,646 people watching this basketball game. The alltime attendance record for Womens Basketball set today, october 15th, 2023 at kinnick stadium. crowd cheering id describe this moment in Womens Basketball really as, you know, i dont know, unprecedented. [announcer] number 22, Caitlin Clark crowd cheering [commentator] i think its safe to say technically by volume, the roar for Caitlin Clark was the loudest roar in the history of Womens Basketball. intense music were underway in kinnick stadium. And Caitlin Clark pushing now. Clark with a difficult layup and won. This gigantic audience at a football stadium. That was something that if youve been following the game a long time, you appreciated just what that meant, to have that many eyes on the womens game. [commentator] Caitlin Clark, a marvelous passer. You know this is a once in a lifetime experience and youre walking in it, youre living it. crowd cheering [commentator] Caitlin Clark unloads caitlin finally hit a bomb. I mean cause its kind of hard with the wind. That whole stadium just was like boom. [commentator] from the inside. crowd cheering those people there all the way down on the other end, they cant see if the balls going in the hoop, but they just wanna be part of the rush. [commentator] there it is, an assist for clark. Triple double. Its been said before, but what cant Caitlin Clark do . 94 to 72, your final, iowa wins the crossover at kinnick. crowd cheering that will go down as one of the best moments of my career. Thank you so much, youre my idol. kids yelling without caitlin, i dont know if that game happens. Womens hoops are an alltime high right now and i think caitlin helped take us there. Thank you, thank you, appreciate it. Thanks for coming. Caitlin was already a really popular and wellknown figure in Womens Basketball. What i think happened in 2023 was the entire country was introduced to Caitlin Clark. dates clicking crowd cheering [announcer] a soldout crowd on the edge of their seat here today. Last year it was late in the regular season and it was a crucial game against indiana for seeding in the big 10 tournament. That game was on espn, it was game day, it was sold out. There was so much excitement around that game. [commentator] the hoosiers lead it, 8583. Early in the Fourth Quarter i said, shes gonna hit a big shot in this game. Lo and behold, it happened to be the last shot of the game. [commentator] and looking is clark, she fires and goes she hit it crowd cheering all things are possible when Caitlin Clark has the basketball. I knew in that moment that i was watching something special. It just was 7yearold caitlin in the driveway. Her look and her response is exactly what has played out in our driveway so many times. Couple times. joyful music we used to play this game at home where brent would get on the mr. Microphone and wed flash the lights and practice running out of the mud room. [anne] ladies and gentlemen. My mom would be like, starting at guard. [anne] now starting for the iowa hawkeys, catie clark family cheering i would run out and do a lap and so its like honestly like ive dreamed of this moment since like i was a little kid. crowd cheering [commentator] crowd is on its feet and we are ready for the first round in the ncaa tournament. Clark will fire. Its hit from three dramatic music caitlin took it to a whole different level during the ncaa tournament. [commentator] clark firing again, oh my Caitlin Clark, a showstopper. crowd cheering caitlin is playing the game differently than we have ever seen. We have never had a player who takes and makes logo 3s like she does. basketball clunking crowd cheering as a competitor, youre just like, you know, this is the moment, this is what youve worked for. Im meant to be here. But also, once you make a few shots, the basket looks super big so that that always helps too. [commentator] look at clark. Yes. Caitlin, with the steal and the stick. March madness, its a nationwide celebration and the fact that she was so good in the tournament captured peoples attention. You wanna watch the best shooter in college basketball, men or women, its Caitlin Clark. Shes the show. Everything is Caitlin Clark. She is the biggest brand in College Sports right now. Were sitting there together after the game and her phone, like every time you refresh on instagram, its like another 10,000 followers, 20,000. Shes like, oh, you know, tom brady just followed me. This is crazy. And im like, yeah, it is. [commentator] far. Again shes almost fictional. A 40 point triple double. I always said i want to take this team to the final four, so there was probably the most pressure ive ever had in my life. [commentator] for the First Time Since 1993, iowa is headed to the final four. crowd cheering here they are on the biggest stage at the womens final four. On paper, no one in the world thought iowa was going to upset South Carolina. [commentator] and we are underway as South Carolina wins the tip. The expectation from all fans and those of us in the media was that South Carolina was going to win a National Championship. [commentator] clark gets a clean look and knocks it down. Clark has the mismatch, all Caitlin Clark. Now you see her, now you dont. Its just one of the most incredible performances ive ever seen. crowd cheering [commentator] a deep one. You bet crowd cheering and the mythical mastery of Caitlin Clark continues. Iowa has conquered South Carolina. That iowa team upset that experienced, dominant team that had won wire to wire all season long. Its one of the greatest upsets weve seen in the tournament. Lets go, baby. hand banging oh yeah players cheering it was just crazy like were going to the National Title game. [commentator] and the National Championship game is underway. Angel reese facilitating again, Flaujae Johnson lays it in, plus the foul. Poole going for the dagger, you bet lsu has captured its very first National Championship. pensive music instead of the focus being on what was really a great game, social media was stirring after the controversy surrounding lsu player angel reeses celebration that mimicked a previous celebration by iowa player Caitlin Clark. [speaker] excessive celebration in her face after the game is over. Im too hood, im too ghetto, yall told me that all year, but when other people do it, yall dont say nothing. [press] theres a lot blown up on twitter about angel reese following you around, pointing to her ring finger and taunting you. Honestly, i have no idea. I was just trying to get to the handshake line and shake hands and, you know, be grateful that my team was in that position. pensive music the media was trying to create a circus out of racial things, out of trying to make hatred come up and she just wouldnt let it happen. Thats the only thing people wanted to talk about when we just went on this like magical run and united so many people and that like was frustrating to me. I want my legacy to be the impact that i can have on young kids and the people in the state of iowa. I hope i brought them a lot of joy this season. I hope this team brought them a lot of joy and i was just that young girl so all you have to do is dream and you can be in moments like this. Im a competitor. I wanna be in the National Title game again. Its like you wanna end it the right way. crowd cheering South Carolina started their season in paris, just representing on one of the biggest stages in the world. The nba, nfl, they take their team overseas and play a regular season game and i always thought why couldnt we do it . I think its super cool that were in this movement where were wanted. [commentator] bonjour, everybody, so happy to be with you for the start of this Womens College basketball season. What a way to start it here in paris, the first game ever played here for the ncaa. A top 10 matchup that features South Carolina. A team that has gone to three straight final four. Last year sent five players to the wnba. This year, five newcomers, three freshmen. With this team, i think we heard a lot of stuff. Oh my god, South Carolinas not gonna be good. South carolina is rebuilding. They lost too many players. The expectations for kamilla are really high. You lose aaliyah boston, the number one pick in the wnba draft, you lose your starting five. This is your time to shine. I told her this, i said, kamilla, youre the difference maker. announcer speaking in Foreign Language i was like, okay, im starting for South Carolina. That was like the most nervous i felt before a game in my life. Ball went up for the tip. We all like loosened up and its like, okay, we got this. Lets just play. [commentator] rejected. Kamilla cardoso with the block. Wiley dumps it inside, cardoso the catch in the finish. If you cant make a clear pass to a guard, go to kamilla, okay . I want kamilla. You just go. [commentator] a little floater from powell, while cardoso, just impossible to stop. You could have another 67 person that has great hands, or you can have a big that is mobile. Theres not a big that has all of it, and thats who kamilla is. crowd cheering and won. [commentator] South Carolina putting on a parisian show. , i like that. [commentator] South Carolina so impressive and the gamecocks win at over notre dame 100 to 71. crowd cheering if were gonna win a National Championship, she is the key, its a heavy load. When you decide to pick up and leave your family, its a huge sacrifice and i know she doesnt wanna let her family down. birds chirping gentle music i grew up on a bad part of brazil and you either have ways, you make it out, or you stay on the hood. pensive music i came from a poor family. It was me, my mom and my sister. My granddad and my grandmother passed away when they was really young so my mama had to give up on her school to go to work. She started working in a spice stand. janete speaking in Foreign Language janete speaking in Foreign Language janete speaking in Foreign Language janete speaking in Foreign Language birds chirping kamilla and family speaking in Foreign Language kamilla and family speaking in Foreign Language i left brazil to chase my dreams, which was play basketball in a high level, get a better education, give my family a better life. The first time that i heard about kamilla was this blog in brazil. I saw a picture of her and they were talking about this 64 kid, like 14 years old. He came to me, he was like, oh my gosh, youre super tall, youre very talented. And then he talks to my mom about the united states. I opened their minds like talking about high school and whatever like us could provide to her. He was like, theres a coach in there that really wants her. She thinks shes really good. She thinks she got a lot of potential. janete speaking in Foreign Language my mom was a little nervous because i was like 14 at the time. I didnt speak no english. I was moving to a whole different country. I didnt know nothing about the culture. On the first two months that i left home, it was the hardest months for me. I wasnt eating, i lost like almost 20 pounds. I was very sad, but like i used to call them every day and they just used to tell me like, you just gotta stay strong and continue to chase your dreams. jessica and kamilla speaking in Foreign Language jessica and kamilla speaking in Foreign Language i feel like if you wanna be great in life, youre gonna have to make some sacrifices and thats what i did and thats my biggest sacrifice, just being away from my family. Just hug me on my worst days whenever im feeling down. Lets go. Come on, come on. Kamilla, you see this . Right here, lets make this adjustment. You know how were just coming here. Come right here. Yes, yes, yes, kamilla. [kamilla] money and basketball is what is gonna give my family a better life. [coach staley] lets go. Good. My mom not having to work anymore. Just taking care of them the way that they took care of me when i was younger. [coach staley] yes, kamilla yes, kamilla dont give it up traffic humming shoes squeaking score. Yes, man my first scholarship offer was in 8th grade. It started feeling crazy my freshman year, maybe like 40 College Coaches just lined up on the side of our game. My dad always thought it would be a good idea for me to kind of just look at yale academically. My brother goes there, both my parents went there, but i always knew that i wanted to go to a school that valued basketball more. Good job. Safety. Hey, this is real. Lets go. She is seeking out greatness. She came to ucla for an opportunity to do somethin