Geno Auriemma, a Basketball Hall of Famer and veteran coach of the University of Connecticut women’s team, said he thinks Indiana Fever player and No.
1 draft choice Caitlin Clark has been “targeted” with physical play. “Is she facing the rookie challenge, the rookie hardships that are inherent with being a rookie?
Yes,” Auriemma told reporters in Connecticut. “She’s also being targeted.” Clark’s confrontations with other teams reached a head on Saturday.
That’s when she was blindsided and knocked to the floor by Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter on an inbounds play. The referees called it a regular foul at first, but it was upgraded by the league to a flagrant foul 1 by the WNBA upon review.
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