Caitlin Clark recalls 'frustrating' media storm over 2023 national championship loss

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The 2023 women’s college basketball national championship saw LSU’s Angel Reese take down Iowa’s Caitlin Clark with the former giving the latter a taste of her own medicine.

Clark talked about the in-game rivalry between the two players and lamented that it became all anyone would talk about for days instead of the two lifting up the game. Clark’s comments were made on ESPN’s docuseries "Full Court Press."

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LSU forward Angel Reese gestures to Iowa guard Caitlin Clark after the final round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on April 2, 2023. (Kevin Jairaj-USA Today Sports)

"That's the only thing people wanted to talk about when we just went on this magical run and united so many people, and that, like, was frustrating to me," Clark said in one episode, via The Daily Mail.

Iowa coach Lisa Bluder also hit out at the media for trying to "create a circus out of racial things."

Clark and Reese both insisted at the time, and during the 2023-24 season, there was no animosity between them.

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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever handles the ball during the Atlanta Dream game on May 9, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

"Me and Caitlin Clark don't hate each other. I want everybody to understand that. It's just a super competitive game," Reese said before the two met in the Elite Eight back in April. "Once I get between those lines, there's no friends. I have plenty of friends on the court that I talk to outside