Caitlin Clark hoped Fever got No. 1 pick in WNBA Draft, says team taking her was 'pretty set in stone'

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Caitlin Clark was thinking about how her Iowa Hawkeyes were going to beat their Big Ten Conference foe, the Wisconsin Badgers, on Dec. 10, 2023. But she admitted also having a keen eye on the WNBA Draft Lottery that would determine who owned the No. 1 pick in 2024. 

"When the draft lottery happened, I had a game on the same exact night, but I was hoping the Fever got the first pick," Clark told "The Pat McAfee Show" on Wednesday, two days after she was taken by the Indiana Fever first overall. 

It was a no-brainer for Indiana, a team that already saw an uptick in season-ticket purchases as everyone in women's basketball expected Clark, the NCAA all-time leading scorer, would be staying in the Midwest. 

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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever poses for a photo with Lin Dunn and Christie Sides during her introductory press conference on April 17, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)

Seeing the Fever own the top pick, Clark was excited, knowing she had the opportunity to stay relatively close to home. 

"Obviously, I’m a Midwest girl, I’m from Iowa. This is five hours from Iowa City, seven hours from Des Moines where I grew up. But I’m super pumped — this is a basketball state. People love it here," she said. 

And, of course, Clark knew she would be the one taken first off the draft board. 

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"Yeah, it was pretty set in stone for the most part," she said smiling to McAfee. 

While loving being close to home, Clark is excited about playing with her new teammates,