Barstool’s boss, Dave Portnoy, has castigated the “ racing bait ” who believe that Caitlin Clark is only popular because it is white after the publication of the audience of the NCAA female championship.
The appearance of IOWA in the confrontation of the title March Madness from last year with the South Carolina, the last Clark match for Hawkeyes, attracted 18.9 million viewers, the most for a female basketball match in history.
The Sunday championship match between the South Carolina and a Uconn team led by Paige Bueckers attracted 8.5 million viewers.
Portnoy is a longtime defender from Clark, defending her to almost all cases that could be controversial in his career.
“ I’m going to need all the racing baits that explain the popularity of Caitlin Clarks simply because it is white to explain why 10 million people more watched it last year that Paige Bueckers (also white) this year. I’m going to hang up and listen to ” said Portnoy on X.
Clark and Iowa set the record for the four most watched female basketball games of all time in a period of 13 months during its Iowa junior and senior seasons.
Portnoy castigated the “racing baits” that believe that Clark is only popular because it is white
Portnoy again published on Clark after the publication of the reigning viewers’ numbers
Clark drew 18.9 million for his last university match, while Bueckers only managed 8.5 million
Bueckers and Clark were both in the 2020 class who left the school, the UCONN star classified as the best hope in the country. Clark was n ° 4 with Angel Reese, Cameron Brink and Kamilla Cardoso completing the first five.
Bueckers now heads for WNBA where she is almost guaranteed to join the Dallas wings, who have the overall choice n ° 1 in the draft of next week.
Clark is the only one in this 2020 quintet to never win a national title in the college, losing the two appearances in the big match.
However, it is at the forefront of the increase in the popularity of women’s basketball in the past two years.
Now Bueckers will enter the professional scrum and try to keep its stellar shape intact, much like Clark at that time last year. Portnoy will be sure to stay around Clark while his second WNBA campaign is about to start.