IOWA CITY, Iowa — Officially, the recognition was for everything Caitlin Clark did for Iowa basketball. The scoring records. The titles. The back-to-back appearances in the national title game.

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark made a triumphant return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, as Iowa held a jersey retirement ceremony for her after stunning JuJu Watkins and No. 4 USC.

A season after Iowa became the first women’s basketball program in Big Ten history to sell every ticket for every home game, ...