As Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and boyfriend Connor McCaffery marked two years together, someone else made headlines for joining in on their love story.
Connor McCaffery shared a heartfelt Instagram post to celebrate his second anniversary with Clark.
The assistant basketball coach at Butler University posted a photo of the couple holding hands with a simple message.
“Two years. Keep being u,” Connor McCaffery captioned.
But Connor McCaffery’s younger brother, Patrick McCaffery, added a humorous twist to the occasion.
“Two years of third wheeling with a lifetime to go,” Patrick McCaffery commented, in response to his brother’s anniversary post.
Fans quickly picked up on the joke, reacting to the Butler Bulldogs forward’s comment as both funny and relatable.
Clark, who rose to fame as a standout guard for the Iowa Hawkeyes before being selected No. 1 overall in the WNBA Draft, also responded to Connor McCaffery’s post.
“Love you,” she wrote, along with a red heart emoji.
The couple began dating in April 2023 during their time as student-athletes at the University of Iowa, per PEOPLE. Clark was breaking scoring records while leading Iowa to back-to-back national championship appearances and Connor McCaffery played both basketball and baseball for the Hawkeyes.
Though they only went public with their relationship after five months of dating, Clark and Connor McCaffery have since become one of sports’ most admired young couples.
Even as Clark gears up for her WNBA debut on May 3 with the Fever, it’s clear she and the McCafferys are keeping things fun off the court. Whether it’s game day or anniversary day, there might always be a third wheel—but at least he has a great sense of humor.