Caitlin Clark and Kate Martin Marvel at Iowa Coach Jan Jensen's Mixtape
The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team looks much different than it did one season ago.
Of course, the biggest reason for this is because global superstar and generational talent Caitlin Clark is no longer on the team, as she has since become one of the WNBA's best players.
Clark's teammate and close friend Kate Martin has also moved on from Iowa and has carved out a role for herself on the Las Vegas Aces' WNBA roster.
But Iowa's changes from last year to this season aren't limited to their players. Longtime head coach Lisa Bluder decided to retire after 24 seasons at the school, which opened the door for her equally longtime assistant coach Jan Jensen to step into a new head coaching role.
Before Bluder and Jansen came to Iowa, they both coached at Drake University (where Jansen was one of the best players Bluder ever coached before becoming her assistant).
The Hawkeyes are playing Drake on Sunday, November 17. And prior to Jensen facing off against her alma mater, Iowa's Instagram account posted a video of her highlight reel that's captioned, "In honor of our matchup with Drake on Sunday, we present: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฝ".
And her former players are having a laugh at it.
Caitlin Clark dropped two comments; one of which was her saying, "This canโt be real ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ", while the other said, "Bruh she still shoots EXACTLY like this๐ญ".
Kate Martin added, "Shooters gonna shoot", and her and Clark's Hawkeyes teammates Gabbie Marshall also got in on the fun by saying, "Sheโs a dawg ๐ฅ".
kate and caitlin on coach jโs highlight reel๐๐ pic.twitter.com/HnbVrC1dFG
โ rachel (@juiccebox1) November 15, 2024
It seems these Hawkeyes legends had never seen their old assistant coach hooping before.
Grant Young covers Womenโs Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustratedโs โOn SIโ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelorโs Degree in Marketing and played on USFโs Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.