PENN STATE VS. IOWA

Big 10 quarterfinals 6:30 p.m. Big 10 Network household name that people are coming from all over the country to see her play. There were some couples here — from Colorado and Kansas City — who are going to the Big Ten Tournament and have no connection to the teams other than wanting to see Caitlin play.

“When she broke the record, it was very intense. We had the sound blaring on the speakers. Everybody was cheering. It was a goose bumps moment, the type of moment we’ve always dreamed that we’d be able to hold with all these women’s sports fans who didn’t have to be cheering silently to themselves anymore.”

This week, hordes of tickets for Clarkless sessions could be scooped up for $1 on secondary ticket sites. Almost every available Iowa ticket is going for more than $100. Some were being hawked for four-figures.

How do you put a price on what has never been seen? On what may never be again?

“She is just crazy to watch,” said teenager Emma Martinek. “You’re always like, ‘How did she do that? How in the world did that just happen?’ ”

The lucky ones may watch Clark play three times in the span of 40 hours. They will collect anecdotes with no expiration. They will experience the payoff for so many forgettable hours spent watching sports.

They will see her playfulness, smiling and strutting. They will feel her intensity, through screams and stares. They will see her shoot like Steph, compete like Kobe, pass like Nash.

They aren’t here to see a show. They’ve come for a spectacle.

“She is like Taylor Swift,” said Donna Syverson. “Everybody should see her in person.”