As part of a profile with Wright Thompson's lengthy profile, Caitlin Clark expressed disappointment that she wasn't recruited by UConn. Iowa and UConn will meet in the semifinals of the women's NCAA tournament in Cleveland on Friday.

UConn received a commitment from Paige Bueckers on April 1, 2019. Bueckers was the No. 1 recruit in the incoming class of 2020, while Clark was the No. 4 point guard in the class. Clark chose Iowa over Notre Dame seven months later.

Geno Auriemma gave his side of the recruiting story ahead of the game.

"Well, there's a lot of kids we didn't recruit and there's a lot of kids who don't want to go to UConn," Auriemma said Tuesday. "I committed to Paige Bueckers very, very early and it would have been silly for me to say to Paige, 'Hey listen, we're going to put you in the backcourt and then I'm going to try really hard to recruit Caitlin Clark.' I don't do it that way.

"Caitlin is obviously a tremendous player, a generational player. But if Caitlin really wanted to come to UConn she would have called me and said, 'Coach I really want to come to UConn.' Neither of us lost out. She made the best decision for her and it's worked out great. We made the decision we thought we needed to make."