WHO: 1-seed South Carolina Gamecocks (37-0 overall, 16-0 SEC)
WHEN: 2:00 p.m. CT (Sunday, April 7)
WHERE: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio)
TV: ABC
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network
ONLINE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
MOBILE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @IowaWBB | @IowaonBTN
Messi and his Argentina team got two opportunities to win that elusive World Cup. The first came in 2014 against Germany in a game billed as Messi vs. The Machine. The matchup earned that moniker because the German team had several great players, but lacked a single clear star. The collective excellence of Germany trumped Messi's singular brilliance and the Germans earned a 1-0 victory.
In 2022 Messi and Argentina earned another shot at World Cup glory and faced another superteam in France in the final. The French had won the World Cup in 2018, and looked poised to do so again. Messi and the Argentinians had other ideas, going blow for blow with France in regular and extra time, then winning the World Cup in a penalty shootout. Messi finally had the one major trophy that had been missing from his G.O.A.T. resume.
South Carolina is very similar to those German and French superteams. In 2022, the Gamecocks went 36-2 and won the national title. Last year, they were undefeated until the Final Four when Iowa took them down 77-73 in one of the most stunning upsets in Final Four history. Now South Carolina is undefeated again and on the precipice of another title. Only Clark and the Hawkeyes stand in their way.
More here: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/national-championship-preview-iowa-wbb-vs-1-seed-south-carolina
WHEN: 2:00 p.m. CT (Sunday, April 7)
WHERE: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio)
TV: ABC
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network
ONLINE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
MOBILE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @IowaWBB | @IowaonBTN
Caitlin vs. The Machine
For years Lionel Messi was considered one of the best soccer players in the world and an all-time great. In discussions of who was the Greatest of All Time, though, critics dinged Messi for never winning the World Cup with Argentina. Sound familiar?Messi and his Argentina team got two opportunities to win that elusive World Cup. The first came in 2014 against Germany in a game billed as Messi vs. The Machine. The matchup earned that moniker because the German team had several great players, but lacked a single clear star. The collective excellence of Germany trumped Messi's singular brilliance and the Germans earned a 1-0 victory.
In 2022 Messi and Argentina earned another shot at World Cup glory and faced another superteam in France in the final. The French had won the World Cup in 2018, and looked poised to do so again. Messi and the Argentinians had other ideas, going blow for blow with France in regular and extra time, then winning the World Cup in a penalty shootout. Messi finally had the one major trophy that had been missing from his G.O.A.T. resume.
South Carolina is very similar to those German and French superteams. In 2022, the Gamecocks went 36-2 and won the national title. Last year, they were undefeated until the Final Four when Iowa took them down 77-73 in one of the most stunning upsets in Final Four history. Now South Carolina is undefeated again and on the precipice of another title. Only Clark and the Hawkeyes stand in their way.
More here: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/national-championship-preview-iowa-wbb-vs-1-seed-south-carolina
