thats one depressing thing about women's basketball; just seems to be a huge gap between the top 4 teams & everybody else
Caitlin Clark: Nation's BEST GUARD. USBWA 1st Team All American. WBCA&USBWA Nat'l Freshman of YR. 799 Pts is Iowa FR Record. 26.6 PPG is #1 in Nation
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One thing you want when you are a massive underdog is a player like Clark. I wouldn’t count us out
The thing about this year's Maryland team is that its biggest strengths (3 point shooting, offensive rebounding, forcing opponents into turnovers) are some of Iowa's biggest weaknesses. Maryland might be the worst matchup in the country for this year's Iowa team, even though their defense isn't particularly great.
Outside of Bueckers, UConn doesn't shoot the three particularly well. If Iowa can force UConn into a lot of long jumpers and if Iowa can have a great shooting night, this game could stay relatively close. UConn is still the heavy favorite, but I think we'll do better than the Elite 8 team did against Baylor two years ago.
Outside of Bueckers, UConn doesn't shoot the three particularly well. If Iowa can force UConn into a lot of long jumpers and if Iowa can have a great shooting night, this game could stay relatively close. UConn is still the heavy favorite, but I think we'll do better than the Elite 8 team did against Baylor two years ago.
I hate this match up. Geno and the Mc D bag man will be too close to her
Hopefully Geno has to sit this one out too
she can get her shot off so quickly, too
i just hope the supporting cast is ready to step up to this huge challenge
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LOL well to be fair to them they didn’t say it was the MOST they just said she is the only player to put up those exact numbers ha!
So Paige has more steals. Unfortunately, after watching the first three quarters of the UConn game last night, I think they/she will have a lot of chances for more steals against Iowa with the lazy passes we sometimes toss around. Other than that, UConn didn't impress me last night. (yeah, they won by 30). If Syracuse could shoot, that could have been a good game.
They are both very good players but Clark is working in a different realm than Buekers who is surrounded by 5 star players. Look at the shots she took compared to Clark. The degree of difficulty is much different.
yeah, after watching Paige last night, shes good but she's no Caitlin
and how in the hell does Kentucky have a 1st Team All American on their squad????
I watched part of the Uconn game last night. If we play defense like we did yesterday we can give this game a chance. I do not know how they gave Freshman of the year to Paige. Sorry Caitlin is the better of the two . The numbers are not even close!!! And it isn't all because of Iowa having weaker players. I think Caitlin would do the same stuff on the U Conn team as she does now.
Ugly early - UConn - relentless defense and adapting on offence, turned it into a route.
Exactly who came to mind for me. Both shooting and passing at an elite level. Incredible court sense.
Syracuse was horrible offensively, however, and they were missing 4 players because of disciplinary reasons
UConn really didn't make me think that OMG, they are gonna kill us
but just watch, they will end up killing us LOL
Chastity Patterson ran her mouth how she was going to defend Clark. That did not work out for her. Pattersons HS coach(who has taken teams tot he TX state tourney) sent me a note. She has high standards and says Clark is really good.
And she's not even close to maxing out. I think next year we might finally see the whole team in rhythm and start to anticipate the movement. A 20 and 10 Clark with 4-6 other players in double figures is even more dangerous than a 3O plus Clark
Nation's Leading Scorers
| 1 | Caitlin Clark |
| 26.8 |
| 2 | Anastasia Hayes | 
| 26.5 |
| 3 | Cierra Hooks | 
| 25.1 |
| 4 | Kierstan Bell | 
| 24.3 |
| 5 | Naz Hillmon | 
| 24.3 |
| 6 | Dyaisha Fair | 
| 24.1 |
| 7 | Ashley Joens | 
| 23.9 |
| 8 | Micaela Kelly | 
| 23.9 |
| 9 | IImar'I Thomas | 
| 23.7 |
| 10 | Kionna Jeter | 
| 23.0 |
Here are the top single-season and career scoring leaders for Iowa women's basketball... oops, that is before this season. I think this could be Clark's highest-scoring season with a better overall team, but who knows. On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised to see Clark top 3,000 career points, especially if she returns for her fifth Covid bonus season. Note that Tania Davis made it into the top-40 career points with 1,007 points, but it took four years. Clark will be there by midseason next year, and she could be a top-10 career scorer by the end of her sophomore year. I would be remiss to not mention Czinano and her 1,109 career points. If she chooses to come back for her fifth Covid bonus season, she could sneak into the 2000+ club.
Tania Davis had two season ending injuries, if I remember correctly. She basically played three seasons' worth of games.Here are the top single-season and career scoring leaders for Iowa women's basketball... oops, that is before this season. I think this could be Clark's highest-scoring season with a better overall team, but who knows. On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised to see Clark top 3,000 career points, especially if she returns for her fifth Covid bonus season. Note that Tania Davis made it into the top-40 career points with 1,007 points, but it took four years. Clark will be there by midseason next year, and she could be a top-10 career scorer by the end of her sophomore year. I would be remiss to not mention Czinano and her 1,109 career points. If she chooses to come back for her fifth Covid bonus season, she could sneak into the 2000+ club.
