Women's basketball was on the come up in the past couple of years, and had benefitted from the men's teams being kind of lackluster, but yes, I don't think many people were talking about her before Angel did that.
that first spike in 2023 is the you can't see me/ring finger incident. Before that.... flat- likely just interest from hardcore ball fans.
Also did a search on here for how many of us were talking about her or Iowa before the LSU-Iowa Championship game (not the elite 8 rematch, but the championship game) and didn't find many results. (doesn't mean there wasn't discussion, just that I couldn't find any) I think this thread was started at or after their semifinal game
Again, I like Clark, but her game is incomplete right now. She's an awful defender- but most of her team is too. I'll live with the turnovers (comes with the territory of running point) She's a fantastic passer, has excellent vision and seems to actually be getting better with dribble penetration, but she doesn't seem to have a very good midrange J, and I think she has some mobility/handle issues for a 1 (all fixable).