Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark made a triumphant return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, as Iowa held a jersey retirement ceremony for her after stunning JuJu Watkins and No. 4 USC. To celebrate the momentous day,

Caitlin Clark wasn’t back in her home arena to play a game. Still, the “butterflies,” the former Iowa guard said, were quite similar. Clark returned to Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday to have her number 22 retired in a ceremony after the Hawkeyes’ 76-67 win over No.

A season after Iowa became the first women’s basketball program in Big Ten history to sell every ticket for every home game, the Hawkeyes repeated that feat. Despite an inconsistent year compared to its recent success, the environment Sunday was every bit as electric as what took place in Clark’s final season.