Jaeson Maravich remembers stopping by his mom’s house last March while she was watching the women’s Final Four.
She asked if he’d seen “the girl from Iowa” who was terrorizing previously undefeated South Carolina.
Oblivious to women’s college basketball back then, Jaeson answered, “No, she any good?”
“She’s unbelievable,” his mom replied, prompting Jaeson to join her in front of the TV.
The rest of that game was Jaeson’s welcome-to-Caitlin-Clark moment, his introduction to Iowa’s incandescent star. Jaeson watched with admiration as Clark sliced through South Carolina’s formidable defense, tallying 41 points on an array of audaciously deep 3-pointers and dazzling drives to the rim.