Night after night, the Hawkeyes star put on a show that culminated into something bigger than a basketball tournament. 

After a month of doing what no woman had done before,

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Caitlin Clark did what athletes do all the time. She had tears in her eyes, a towel around neck and her head on teammate’s shoulder.

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She had no more basketball to play and nothing she could do about it.

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Monika Czinano was there to provide support, emotionally and physically,

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but no support was enough, emotionally or physically. Clark buried her head deeper into Czinano’s shoulder.

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Clark introduced herself to so many sports fans during this NCAA tournament, but now all she could think about was goodbye.

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