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Caitlin Clark simply made her Saturday Night Live debut to dunk on Michael Ché.
The SNL comic has had rather a lot to say about women's basketball this season, even throughout final evening's episode. “University of Iowa announced that basketball star Caitlin Clark will have her jersey retired and replaced with an apron,” he joked earlier than welcoming the record-breaking player on Weekend Replace.
After watching a super-cut of Ché's jokes in regards to the WNBA, the 22-year-old athlete had the 40-year-old comic learn some headlines of her personal. I will not spoil all of the jokes, however here is my favourite: “The Indiana Fever have the first pick in this Monday's draft—a reminder that Indiana Fever is a WNBA team and not what Michael Ché gave to dozens of women at Purdue University.”
There is a purpose Caitlin Clark is largely predicted to be the WNBA's primary draft decide this yr. In March 2024, Clark grew to become the all-time NCAA scoring leader—male or feminine—and broke Stephen Curry’s document for many three-pointers in a single NCAA Division-I season.
Not solely did Clarke lead the Iowa Hawkeyes to the NCAA Girls’s Basketball Nationwide Championships two years in a row, however she helped convey thousands and thousands of eyes to girls's basketball whereas doing it. In keeping with Nielsen data, at the very least 18.9 million viewers watched the South Carolina Gamecocks defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes (87-75), making it the “most-watched basketball game—at any level—since 2019.”
“I want to personally thank Caitlin Clark for lifting up our sport,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said following her workforce's victory on April 7. “She carried a heavy load for our sport and it’s just not going to stop here on the collegiate tour, but when she is the number one pick in the WNBA draft, she’s going to lift up that league up as well.”
Throughout her Saturday Night time Dwell look, Clark took the chance to thank the ladies who paved her manner, together with Staley. “I'm sure [my first WNBA season] will be a big step for me, but it's just one step for the WMBA thanks to all the great players like Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Cynthia Cooper, the great Dawn Staley, and my basketball hero, Maya More," Clark said. "These other women that kicked down the door so I could walk inside. So I want to thank them tonight for laying foundation.”
