Still, the huge gap in attendance only further highlights the popularity of Caitlin Clark. The Fever set plenty of attendance records in the sharpshooter's rookie year, and by the looks of it, Clark will continue to draw massive crowds in her second year.

Angel Reese is one of the best LSU women’s basketball players in recent memory. As a result, people around the women’s basketball world expected a large turnout of fans when the Chicago Sky played the Brazilian national team in a preseason exhibition game at LSU on Friday night.

Ahead of her return to Baton Rouge, Reese credited coach Kim Mulkey for toughening her up and said, "My life just changed," after winning a national championship there in 2023.