As an Iowa fan myself I need to ask............what the f*** are you crying about?
Women's tournament thread
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How is that any different than Edey?
I get why you think it’s unfair but it’s not like you can pick any massive woman off the streets and she’ll be a great basketball player.
I watched the Cyclone postgame interviews. Listening to Audi I could tell she's so much more than an athlete. For being just a freshman she's very mature and intelligent with many other talents. She's been through adversity with the loss of her dad 3 years ago and I think that's what drives her. This Hawkeye fan wishes her the best moving forward.
Absolute bullshit take my man. You know how hard it is to go 18-20 in a game at any level? She is a problem.
Why would anyone shit on that young woman and her accomplishments?. Amazing night for her to bring her team back from 20 down in the tournament
WVU's suffocating defense is going to frustrate the hell out of Clark.
It's a very low-scoring game overall.
It's a very low-scoring game overall.
However, he does have a point…the bulk Crook’s points are layups. She simply uses her girth to carve out space. She does have soft hands, so does a good job of catching entry passes.
If you'll permit Ol' Doodle to editorialize for a moment. The women's game is better than it has ever been. But "The CC Effect" can only fix so much.
A primary reason, IDHO, the men's tournament is still so much more compelling is the upsets. The Cinderellas. The "Whoa! No one saw that coming!!" moments.
In the women's tourney, with the first round almost complete, so far exactly ONE lower seed has won. Meanwhile on the men's side, ELEVEN lower seeds won. Yep...a full 1/3 of the first 32 games produced upsets.
There is more parity in the women's game than there has ever been. And at the very top, the competition and drama is ultra compelling. But the lower half seeds are essentially annual sacrificial lambs, leaving the women's tournament with a long way to go to catch the men in terms of start-to-finish, full field of 64 intrigue.
Hopefully it keeps making strides after CC is off to the WNBA. Sports fans like unpredictability. Unfortunately, even as competition has improved, the Women's tourney is still all too predictable.
A primary reason, IDHO, the men's tournament is still so much more compelling is the upsets. The Cinderellas. The "Whoa! No one saw that coming!!" moments.
In the women's tourney, with the first round almost complete, so far exactly ONE lower seed has won. Meanwhile on the men's side, ELEVEN lower seeds won. Yep...a full 1/3 of the first 32 games produced upsets.
There is more parity in the women's game than there has ever been. And at the very top, the competition and drama is ultra compelling. But the lower half seeds are essentially annual sacrificial lambs, leaving the women's tournament with a long way to go to catch the men in terms of start-to-finish, full field of 64 intrigue.
Hopefully it keeps making strides after CC is off to the WNBA. Sports fans like unpredictability. Unfortunately, even as competition has improved, the Women's tourney is still all too predictable.
Part Of the reason for less upsets is the top 16 have home court advantage to make the sweet 16. You will see more then.
To the point TV showed her dad telling her to “be quiet” from the crowd? Migraine or not….,.opponents from here on out, are gonna push and shove #22 from the time she steps on to the court until she walks off the court. That’s the way the game works……Migraine or not……no excuses. If she’s sick, maybe she shouldn’t be playing?
Yes, #22 is that important from here on out.
It was Stuelke that wasn't feeling well. Clark was physically fine today-- as far as anything that has been reported.
So why aren’t there any other girls her size putting up 40 points in their first NCAA game. Guess they aren’t skilled.
Don’t be offended……I think most Clown fans are f’en dorks, not just you.
Only 1 upset in the entire women's tournament so far. 11 Middle TN over 6 Louisville. They play LSU now.
That's chalky...
For Iowas sake, I hope it remains chalky until the final game.
That's chalky...
For Iowas sake, I hope it remains chalky until the final game.
Those shots don’t count? I’m assuming you didn’t think Monica Cyzano had much skill either or Hanna Stuelke for that matter…🤷♂️
Meh….Iowa, Iowa St fans….all similar. Very, actually…
You do realize of course, your comments say more about you and your jealousy &/or just poor bball acumen, right?
We recruited her…
Women's hoops is still at the point where the top priority is getting people into the seats. Until that changes, there are going to be few upsets because of the home court advantage for the better teams.
So…I watched way more women’s b-ball the last couple days than men’s. The Big 10 looked decent, actually their top 4 teams, all looked quite good.
Michigan honestly had a chance to help us look really good, they had that game in the bag.
Saw most of our bracket play. It’s been commented by all that it’s a tough bracket. It is, As I’ve watched these teams play, I actually believe these are great matchups for Iowa.
I noted earlier in the year that I didn’t think I’d wanted to have to play that Princeton team. And although I think they were probably the most well-rounded team, West Va started turning them over and they couldn’t recover.
I’m excited about playing that press. They actually aren’t particularly big and their posts are slow. Their guards are 5-6,5-8,5-8, 5-10 & 5-11. They play 7 girls and don’t shoot FTs well. Or 3s…
Everyone talks about our interior and it being a matchup issue, but at this point. I watched UCLA, and Colorado. Those teams will struggle getting up & down the court with us.
Like many of you, I felt that game was quite a bit of a struggle and that we weren’t really ever in sync but outside of that girl getting loose for four wide open three-pointers in the first quarter. We actually kicked the shit out of them, go back and look at the box score…
Michigan honestly had a chance to help us look really good, they had that game in the bag.
Saw most of our bracket play. It’s been commented by all that it’s a tough bracket. It is, As I’ve watched these teams play, I actually believe these are great matchups for Iowa.
I noted earlier in the year that I didn’t think I’d wanted to have to play that Princeton team. And although I think they were probably the most well-rounded team, West Va started turning them over and they couldn’t recover.
I’m excited about playing that press. They actually aren’t particularly big and their posts are slow. Their guards are 5-6,5-8,5-8, 5-10 & 5-11. They play 7 girls and don’t shoot FTs well. Or 3s…
Everyone talks about our interior and it being a matchup issue, but at this point. I watched UCLA, and Colorado. Those teams will struggle getting up & down the court with us.
Like many of you, I felt that game was quite a bit of a struggle and that we weren’t really ever in sync but outside of that girl getting loose for four wide open three-pointers in the first quarter. We actually kicked the shit out of them, go back and look at the box score…
And good footwork and an amazing touch.
If I read the box score correctly, WV was 18-36 on FTs?
That's almost unbelievable.
That's almost unbelievable.
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