Edit: From the responses, I obviously need to work on my communication skills. I wasn't trying to bring up the well-known fact of the change to the smaller ball. I was trying to suggest that it was odd, or curious, for Bluder of all people to say, after saying that Woodard had the real record before last night, that we should all remember that Woodard and the AIAW players played with a larger ball and no 3-point line. Is the import of what Bluder is saying that Clark had it easier with the smaller ball and 3-point line? Or that we should value the AIAW records above the NCAA records because they were earned under harder conditions? Or perhaps a new record book merging AIAW and NCAA players should identify the AIAW players and note they played with a bigger ball and no 3-point line?
Over the years, many WBB advocates have bristled when critics try to devalue WBB shooting accomplishments, highlighting the smaller ball. Bluder surely is familiar with this. So I thought it odd that Bluder would bring up the larger ball in the AIAW days. But it seems it struck me differently than other people.