Clark drops another 35.
On the big stage.
Freshman. Lord.
On the big stage.
Freshman. Lord.
The best basketball player at Iowa has a ponytail
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Anybody still think JBo can take her in a game of 1 on 1? Asking for a friend. 😉
I remember a couple of years ago I saw a clip of her playing in high school and stated that she would be able to start and play well for most boys high school teams in Iowa. I don't wish to dredge up that long and stupid thread again (I was right!), but I guess my point is you could tell pretty early on she was special. Just an amazing talent.
Nice win, ladies. Can we just hire Lisa to coach the men's team?
While I will ignore the Fran vs Bluder debate, I will never understand the negativity that Bluder gets from fans.
She constantly produces good teams, even in years where we shouldn't do as well as we have (like this one. We are so young!) Yes, like Fran, she plays a fun style that puts up lota of points but sometimes gives up too much on the defensive end. What I appreciate is that she rarely allows her squad to get beat by a vastly inferior team and can usually compete against the better teams.
Oh and Clark is unreal good.
Let’s be honest...she’s made multiple sweet 16’s and an elite 8. Fran hasn’t. Obviously she’s been there longer so hoping Fran can duplicate her tourney success at some point.
What are the rules on a woman playing point guard for the men?
Uhm, Lisa's teams compete. That said, Iowa womens team is possibly the worst team in all of D1 womens bball on the defensive side of life.
Multiple Sweet 16’s....I’d take it. Hope you’re not saying Fran’s defensive strategies are any better than Lisa’s?
Caitlin Clark is completely amazing. You cannot take that away from her. She would not be able to do the same thing playing against men. That being said, she is great fun to watch and I can't wait to see her in Carver. She is amazing.
Keegan has a LOOOOONG ways to go before he dominates like Caitlin does. Not even in the same ball park.
Good article in Daily Iowan on Caitlin Clark:
dailyiowan.com
‘We knew that she was the special one’: Caitlin Clark dominating in her first season with the Iowa women’s basketball team
Caitlin Clark grew up in the Hawkeye State, and now wears the Black and Gold for the Iowa women’s basketball program, but her childhood bedroom in West Des Moines is still painted baby blue. The freshman point guard was a North Carolina fan growing up, and while she’s taken the flurry of posters...
dailyiowan.com
The best compliment I can give her is that she shoots 3's like a boy, in the few times I've watched her play. Unfortunately they will likely give up 100 or so to UCONN, so the journey is about over for this year.
Caitlin wins if they play horse and only from the free throw lane and deeper.
You must be related to Jonesy5960 or you're both the same person...Stay on the Iowa State site please...
Stat they put up before the game said she was #1 in the country in ppg, assists avg and 3 pointers. How is she not first team AA?
Because she doesn't play for UConn. Paige Bueckers does.
I think that probably p*$sed her off. she’s out to prove herself. You go girl!
Lol she’s made the sweet 16 once and elite 8 once. Took her 22yrs of head coaching to make the sweet 16 (15yrs at IA) and 26yrs to make the elite 8.
Dropped this in a few relevant threads, but the Dan Patrick show led off this morning talking about how good Clark is. Basically called Saturday vs UConn must-see. Definitely good pub for the womens team.
I could care less if his grammar is poor. No really. I could care a LOT less.
It will be must see until UCONN goes up by 30, then not so much. The Women's Tournament has been extremely top heavy for a long time. I don't recall the exact stat, but I heard it randomly a few weeks back I believe it was about how many #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four over a pretty long stretch and it was an astounding number. I would guess Uconn, Tennessee, Stanford and Baylor dominate those numbers.
It won't be must see TV for me, but I wish the Iowa gals well.
You are right, and they didn't sell it as a game that might be close, but rather a matchup of talented freshmen (freshwomen?). And a chance that Clark could (out of necessity) have a big game again.
Yeah it's not really a fair fight. UConn will be taller, faster and more skilled at every position save one, and even at that UConn has a great player in Bueckers, who is a very close comparison to Clark. UConn has had a grand total of 3 close games all year. 3! They won by 6 at Tennessee and lost at Arkansas by 3, and beat #1 at the time South Carolina by 4. Iowa is not the type of team that can beat the Huskies. But still great accomplishment for Iowa to get to the Sweet 16.
It’s two sweet 16’s now. Fran has been head coach for 22 years and has not made a sweet 16. I like Fran but to think he’s had a better career than Lisa Bluder is asinine. Give her some respect.
Three Sweet Sixteens, three of the last four times Iowa's in the tournament. You all forget 2015?
UConn's Scoring Margin is 32.1 if we can get it lower than that I'll be happy.
Bluder's biggest failing in her career is that she hasn't been able to amass a full team of athletic talent that plays well on both ends of the court. She has had good teams, but not great teams, and has gotten stuck with very average seeds in the tourney. Very similar to Dr. Tom. 7 times we've had to play in the 8/9 game in the first round under her, winning three times just to get destroyed by a #1 seed the next game. Before 2019's Elite Eight run with Megan as a senior, the highest seed she had ever beaten in the tourney was a #8.
Having said that she's trending in the right direction. Recruiting has picked up to be top-25 caliber. Problem is that Women's basketball needs to reduce the number of scholarships down to 13 like men's. 15 scholarships allows too much talent hoarding at the top schools which doesn't allow them to trickle down to us. A prime example of this is Kiah Stokes, who could have stayed home and been an all-conference caliber player with huge minutes for us throughout her career. Instead she went to UConn to average 4 points and 15 min/g in her career.
Main premise of all of this, is that Clark is going to be the top dog for 3 more years for us. And that is likely enough for us to challenge for the sweet sixteen every year, but not knock off a UConn in the second weekend. Or, she can just prove me wrong and win the game this weekend.
Having said that she's trending in the right direction. Recruiting has picked up to be top-25 caliber. Problem is that Women's basketball needs to reduce the number of scholarships down to 13 like men's. 15 scholarships allows too much talent hoarding at the top schools which doesn't allow them to trickle down to us. A prime example of this is Kiah Stokes, who could have stayed home and been an all-conference caliber player with huge minutes for us throughout her career. Instead she went to UConn to average 4 points and 15 min/g in her career.
Main premise of all of this, is that Clark is going to be the top dog for 3 more years for us. And that is likely enough for us to challenge for the sweet sixteen every year, but not knock off a UConn in the second weekend. Or, she can just prove me wrong and win the game this weekend.
You bring up a good point but yes reducing scholarships in the women's game will be tough to make happen. For Title IX purposes and it will be pitched as reducing opportunities for women to get scholarships. Reducing scholarships in the men's game did help distribute talent to more teams. Over time, the depth of quality players is growing in the women's game (as it did on the men's side) but that will take time.
