There are 913 miles between Iowa City and Baton Rogue, 913 miles of differences between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. They are rivals by default. Last year’s national title game between Clark's Iowa team and Reese's LSU squad ensured that, and an impending rematch between the two is only fueling the fire.
They’ve been compared to Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, a notion Reese refutes, purely because of generational disconnect.
“I'm a little too young to have seen them,” Reese said.
But other people see the similarities.
“Whenever there are two players it’s, ‘Are you a Celtics fan with Bird?