UConn post presence looms large in matchup with Caitlin Clark, Iowa

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CLEVELAND --- Iowa coach Lisa Bluder made a plea on Thursday, knowing that the ship she was trying to anchor already had sailed.

"I do not want this to be a game that's promoted as Caitlin versus Paige, and I know it already has been. But I don't want that," Bluder said. "I want it to be Iowa versus UConn and let these two women do what they do best."

Too late.

No. 1 Iowa and