Caitlin Clark will be occupied on ladies’ Last Four weekend in Cleveland regardless of whether her Iowa Hawkeyes make it that far. Thursday, USA B-ball affirmed Clark is welcome to participate in the Olympic instructional course in Cleveland April 3-5. The Last Four is April 5-7. Clark’s Hawkeyes are the No. 1 seed in the Albany 2 Locale, and face No. 5 Colorado here on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). Iowa is expecting to make the Last Four for the second year straight. In the event that the Hawkeyes miss the mark, Clark can participate in the USA senior group camp. She has acquired three gold decorations with USA Ball junior public groups, most as of late with the 2021 USA Ladies’ U19 Public Group. Clark, who drives Division I in scoring, helps and 3-pointers, is supposed to be the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick by the Indiana Fever on April 15. No dates have been declared for when the ladies’ U.S. Olympic 5-in 5 and 3×3 groups will be named for the Paris Games, which are July 26 to August 11. Clark could be named to one or the other group, however there is a great deal of U.S. veteran profundity at watch. The Americans are going for their eighth continuous 5-on-5 gold decoration, and they won the debut 3×3 Olympic competition at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Altogether, nine previous Olympians will be participating in the Cleveland camp, including five-time gold medalist Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury. The other past Olympians are: Ariel Atkins (Washington Spiritualists); Chelsea Dark, A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Youthful (Las Vegas Pros); Brittney Griner (Mercury); Jewell Loyd (Seattle Tempest); and Breanna Stewart (New York Freedom). The beyond two WNBA No. 1 picks, Aliyah Boston (Fever) and Rhyne Howard (Atlanta Dream) are likewise among those welcome to the camp.
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