Topps Launches First-Ever March Madness Cards Featuring Clark, Reese, Edey and Sheppard
With NCAA Tournament brackets now set, Topps tips off March Madness a little early today with a first-of-its-kind licensed trading card offering. The brand today is launching a new collection - Bowman U NOW March Madness - featuring 20 existing Topps athletes who will be playing in the NCAA Division I Men's and Women’s basketball championships over the next month.
Going live today at 3:30PM ET on topps.com for $139.99, the set features star players such as Caitlin Clark of Iowa, Angel Reese of LSU, Zach Edey of Purdue and Reed Sheppard of Kentucky. Topps' full roster includes:
Women’s:
- Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech
- Cameron Brink, Stanford
- Paige Bueckers, UConn
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa
- Aaliyah Edwards, UConn
- Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
- Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
- Angel Reese, LSU
- Hailey Van Lith, LSU
- Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Men’s:
- Armando Bacot, UNC
- Stephon Castle, UConn
- Rob Dillingham, Kentucky
- Zach Edey, Purdue
- Kyle Filipowski, Duke
- Dalton Knecht, Tennessee
- Kevin McCullar Jr., Kansas
- Tristen Newton, UConn
- Reed Sheppard, Kentucky
- Cody Williams, Colorado
All cards will incorporate NCAA March Madness logos and other intellectual property. In each eight-card pack, are six base cards, one guaranteed autograph and one guaranteed parallel card. Among the cards fans will be chasing: a dual-autograph card featuring likely repeat National Player of the Years Clark and Edey - there will be one rare dual autograph card every 10 packs - and dual autograph cards such as: Clark/Angel Reese, Reese/Hailey Van Lith and Sheppard/Dillingham.
Beyond this unique set, Topps and the NCAA look to continue to explore ways to celebrate the student-athlete in the NIL era.
Topps has launched more than 120 Bowman U Now cards this season including 61 cards featuring college basketball student-athletes such as the making Clark, who has had 13 of her own, the most of any college student-athlete.
