Lisa Bluder answers how to make life easier for the next Caitlin Clark

Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark has become one of the best-known athletes in the country amid her historic career and senior season. In many ways, she’s changed women’s college basketball. Now, her head coach Lisa Bluder is looking for an answer on how to make life easier for the next Caitlin Clark.

When asked about it ahead of the national championship game, Bluder explained that everyone is different and that Clark has handled it very well. However, other players may need their own advice.

“That’s a great question,” Lisa Bluder said. “I haven’t given thought to that. Every kid is different. Every human being is different. I think the way that Caitlin has handled this has been almost textbook on how to manage outside expectations and all the extra media.”

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“I would tell another kid, a child or player coming up, you can all say no. You don’t have to do everything. You don’t have to answer every question. You don’t have to do every interview.”

This season, Caitlin Clark became the all-time leading scorer for a career in college basketball, for both men and women. There have been numerous things requested of her, but Bluder believes knowing what to turn down has been important.

“We’ve done, I think, a very good job, I think our sports information department has done a very good job of limiting Caitlin’s requests because she would want to say yes to everybody because that’s the type of person she is. Most young women want to say yes all the time to people who want to have a request like that,” Bluder said.

“I would really caution them on having a good sports information protector around her. And also it’s okay to say no and don’t let it get to your head.”

After coming up short in the championship game against LSU last season, Iowa is looking to win it all this year against South Carolina on Sunday.

Caitlin Clark on matchup with South Carolina

Ahead of playing for a national championship, Caitlin Clark shared her thoughts on the matchup with South Carolina.

“I think this matchup, you can’t ask for anything better. I think it speaks to the way women’s basketball has been tremendous on all levels all throughout the year. We know we have our hands full. Everybody around the country knows South Carolina has been the team all year. They’ve observed that. They’ve earned it. They’ve just been incredible,” Clark said.

“I’ve turned on the TV most of the times they’ve played because they’re so much fun to watch. The depth that they have, the way they rebound the ball, the way they’re shooting the ball. They’ve just been incredible.”