UConn's Geno Auriemma hopes Iowa's Caitlin Clark won't 'drop 50 on us' in Final Four

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The UConn women's basketball team will spend this week preparing for a challenge. 

The Huskies will have to get past Caitlin Clark and the top-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes if they want to reach the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament title game. UConn's longtime head basketball coach Geno Auriemma is fully aware of the difficulties that come with facing a team led by Clark, the NCAA's all-time leading scorer. 

Auriemma kept a close eye on Iowa's Elite Eight matchup with the LSU Tigers. Clark finished the game with 41 points and 12 assists to help the Hawkeyes clinch a spot in the Final Four. 

Auriemma decided to shower Clark with praise in the days leading up to the highly anticipated UConn-Iowa game, with the hope that the Iowa star will not singlehandedly knock the Huskies out of the tournament.

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Head coach Geno Auriemma of the UConn Huskies speaks with Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes following the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Womens Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 27, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Although Auriemma now famously did not recruit Clark when she was in high school, the legendary women's college basketball coach seemed to be doing everything he could to prevent her from having any extra motivation for Friday's Final Four game.

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"It’s pretty remarkable," Auriemma said after UConn defeated USC to clinch a spot in the tournament semifinals. "Next weekend should be just as much fun as this weekend. Yeah, I hope Caitlin Clark had a personal