Breaking News:Caitlin Clark May Face Suspension After Entering Dangerous Territory with WNBA – ‘I Feel Like I’m Getting Hammered’

For the WNBA to carry forth the momentum created by the buzz around the star power of this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, they need former University of Iowa star Caitlin Clark both scoring and on the court.

On the first count, Clark seems to be acclamating to the WNBA’s increased talent level; after a series of dodgy performances to start the year, she’s scored 50 points in her last two games, according to ESPN, bringing her points-per-game up to 17.3 for the season.

That’s good enough to be the top scorer for the Indiana Fever — although what that proves is still up for debate, considering the team that held this year’s No. 1 pick also seems to be on track to be in the draft lottery for the first pick next year. Despite being one of the league’s top draws thanks to Clark and 2023 first-round pick Aliyah Boston, the Fever are a meager 1-8.

Once a WNBA player hits seven technical fouls and serves that first suspension, they can be suspended for every other technical foul accumulated. That means a one-game suspension for a ninth foul, 11th foul, 13th foul, and so on.

(Technical fouls are typically assessed for unsportsmanlike conduct like aggressive taunting or excessively complaining to a ref.)

Clark has 31 games to go this season. If she continues to rack up T’s at the same rate she’s doing right now, she’ll end up sitting out at least four games.

The latest technical came after Clark confronted Seattle Storm guard Victoria Vivians during a 103-88 loss for the Fever Thursday night. Both players were hit with technicals for the confrontation.

Fever coach Christie Sides also got hit with a T after Clark was quite obviously fouled underneath the basket but the refs decided to let it slide.

However, the casual fan isn’t tuning into a WNBA game to see Victoria Vivians, a former Fever player who hasn’t managed to score over 10 points per game in any of her six seasons in the league. Nor are they tuning in to watch the Storm — a team that may be 5-3 compared to the Fever’s 1-8, but which haven’t captured the audiences that Indiana has during Clark’s first year in the league. And they aren’t tuning in to watch Sides, who isn’t exactly the Vince Lombardi of women’s hoops.