DALLAS, TEXAS – APRIL 02: Angel Reese #10 of the LSU Lady Tigers reacts towards Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes during the fourth quarter during the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament championship game at American Airlines Center on April 02, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Women’s college basketball hasn’t been talked about like this for quite some time.

Millions of people surely tuned in to watch the LSU Tigers take on the Iowa Hawkeyes, but it would be the end of the game that had people talking.

LSU enjoyed a record-setting victory over Iowa in the national championship of the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball tournament, dropping 102 points to win its first-ever national title.

Angel Reese held nothing back during the waning moments of the game, taunting Hawkeyes superstar Caitlin Clark straight to her face several times. She hit Clark with WWE legend John Cena’s “you can’t see me” hand motion late in the fourth quarter after LSU had put the game out of reach.

Social media loved and hated it.

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To the people who thought it was classless, former NFL player Emmanuel Acho posted a video online that showed Clark doing the very celebration against the Louisville Cardinals as he brought up other excellent points.

“If it wasn’t “classless” when Caitlin Clark did it, don’t call it classless when Angel Reese does it. Let the women compete, it’s sports!!”

Reese made her own bit of college basketball history, setting a record with 34 double-doubles on the season, the most ever in a single season by an individual in women’s NCAA Division I history.

She finished the game with 15 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists.

Clark outplayed her, but only one of them left the arena with a ring.

The Entire Internet Is Destroying WNBA Legend Lisa Leslie For Her Controversial Take On Caitlin Clark & Angel Reese

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese (Photos via Getty Images)
Basketball fans are teeing off on a WNBA legend over her controversial take on rookie superstars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.

Caitlin Clark, the first overall pick of the 2024 WNBA Draft, is a virtual lock to win Rookie of the Year honors. The 22-year-old is playing like an MVP candidate, averaging 18.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 8.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Angel Reese broke the WNBA rebounds single-season record on Sunday against the Minnesota Lynx, surpassing the mark of 404 that Sylvia Fowles set in 2018. Reese is already up to 418 on the year.

After Reese broke the record, Basketball Hall of Famer and two-time WNBA Champion Lisa Leslie took to X/Twitter and stated that both Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese deserve to win Rookie of the Year honors:

Needless to say, plenty of fans weren’t buying Leslie’s hot take:

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Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark are both having remarkable and historic rookie seasons, but it’s hard to argue that the Chicago Sky star will win the award over the Iowa product.

The Fever haven’t finished above .500 since 2015, and they last made the postseason in 2016. Clark joined an Indiana team that went 6-16, 6-26, 5-31 and 13-27 over the 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Both Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have played significant parts in growing the WNBA this year, and they’ll continue to do so for years to come. But without a doubt, the Rookie of the Year Award is Clark’s to lose.

Caitlin Clark & Fever Have A Playoff Spot In Their Grasp

Barring an awful collapse of historic proportions, the Fever (17-16) will end their eight-year playoff drought this year. They have been on fire coming out of the Olympic break and sit 5.5 games clear of the ninth-seeded Atlanta Dream, who are on the outside looking in.

A playoff spot is essentially locked up. All the Fever have to do now is try and secure home advantage for the opening round.