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“I’m going to need all the race baiters who explain Caitlin Clark’s popularity simply because she’s white to explain why 10 million more people watched her last year than Paige Bueckers (also white) this year,” Portnoy, 48, wrote via X on Monday, April 7. “I’ll hang up and listen.”
A graphic breaking down the viewing stats for Clark’s championship game last year over Bueckers’ this year accompanied his message. The photo stated that 18.9 million viewers tuned into the 2024 Women’s College Basketball National Championship (an all-time record) to see Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes play — and lose — to the South Carolina Gamecocks.
The 2025 Women’s College Basketball National Championship, which took place on Sunday, April 6, only drew in 8.5 million viewers, who saw Bueckers, 23, and the University of Connecticut Huskies win over the Gamecocks.
“This may be the most incredible Caitlin Clark video I’ve ever seen,” he wrote alongside a video of Clark shooting and making several three-pointers. “A lost scrimmage video vs the men’s practice team at Iowa in which Caitlin goes berserker mode and scores 22 points in 2 minutes. She is the one.”
Portnoy has defended Clark several times throughout her basketball career. In December 2024, he went on a rant claiming that Clark’s “popularity has absolutely nothing to do with the color of her skin.”
Now, Clark is weighing in on the possibility of Bueckers joining her in the WNBA — but on a different team, of course. If Bueckers is the top pick in the WNBA Draft, which is set to take place in New York City next week, she’ll join the Dallas Wings organization.
“I think she’ll honestly fit right in,” Clark said of Bueckers during the NCAA championship broadcast on Sunday. “[College Park Center] is fun to play in too. It’s a small place, it’s loud. You know, honestly, they should move every game to American Airlines [Arena] because I think Paige has that type of draw. She’ll be able to bring those types of fans in.”
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