Caitlin Clark

[Fried Chicken]

Jay Williams is saying Clark is the biggest brand in college sports right now. I don’t watch women’s basketball but I sure hope our team does everything they can to pay back Clark (really ESPN) for the hype they give her while continuing to minimize Boston. I am sure Boston gets her due…but best player in the nation for the National Champs and undefeated team? And they push Clark. She’s a good player sure. Some may claim race, but I’d say in basketball pushing a white person is rare, not the norm.

 

[TeeCock]

Jay Williams is saying Clark is the biggest brand in college sports right now. I don’t watch women’s basketball but I sure hope our team does everything they can to pay back Clark (really ESPN) for the hype they give her while continuing to minimize Boston. I am sure Boston gets her due…but best player in the nation for the National Champs and undefeated team? And they push Clark. She’s a good player sure. Some may claim race, but I’d say in basketball pushing a white person is rare, not the norm.

She is Iowa. You stop her, you stop Iowa. That's not the case with Boston.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

She is Iowa. You stop her, you stop Iowa. That's not the case with Boston.

Kind of a dramatic set-up. Hawkeyes will be the underdog.
Media will play this up, but that's expected.

 

[HillsToSea]

Jay Williams is saying Clark is the biggest brand in college sports right now. I don’t watch women’s basketball but I sure hope our team does everything they can to pay back Clark (really ESPN) for the hype they give her while continuing to minimize Boston. I am sure Boston gets her due…but best player in the nation for the National Champs and undefeated team? And they push Clark. She’s a good player sure. Some may claim race, but I’d say in basketball pushing a white person is rare, not the norm.

If you watched, you would see what they are talking about. 58% from 3 point distance. Many of her 3 pointers are from 25+. Never seen one like her

 

[Prestonyte]

I'm certain Dawn sees Clark as a great player and a challenge but will have a plan to win!
Our defense will be tested but they too will accept the challenge!

 

[Evilchicken]

Clark is a generational player, even better than Boston; BUT, I’m so over the Caitlin hype I could vomit! I can’t wait to see SC shut her down!!

 

[SC95]

Kind of a dramatic set-up. Hawkeyes will be the underdog.
Media will play this up, but that's expected

The way the announcers talked about Iowa and Clark, I hope the Gamecocks can keep it close. SC may get run out of the gym.

 

[SC95]

If you watched, you would see what they are talking about. 58% from 3 point distance. Many of her 3 pointers are from 25+. Never seen one like her

Clark has range. 10-minute highlight video of outside shots.

 

[DaboSits2PeePee]

Clark is a generational player, even better than Boston; BUT, I’m so over the Caitlin hype I could vomit! I can’t wait to see SC shut her down!!

I disagree. She scores a lot bc she shoots a lot. She’s all Iowa has. So she gets all the opportunities. It’s hard to double and triple team a guard. But Boston gets that treatment constantly. Don’t get me wrong. She’s a hell of a player. Definitely a top 5 national player. If I were picking a team, I’d pick Boston first all day over Clark.

 

[Evilchicken]

I disagree. She scores a lot bc she shoots a lot. She’s all Iowa has. So she gets all the opportunities. It’s hard to double and triple team a guard. But Boston gets that treatment constantly. Don’t get me wrong. She’s a hell of a player. Definitely a top 5 national player. If I were picking a team, I’d pick Boston first all day over Clark.

Disagree? First player in women’s tournament history to get 40 pt triple double?? Okay bro

 

[DarkCock]

I disagree. She scores a lot bc she shoots a lot. She’s all Iowa has. So she gets all the opportunities. It’s hard to double and triple team a guard. But Boston gets that treatment constantly. Don’t get me wrong. She’s a hell of a player. Definitely a top 5 national player. If I were picking a team, I’d pick Boston first all day over Clark.

Both are great players, but Boston would go before Clark in a WNBA draft. Aliyah is a 2 way player. She's the best defensive player in the country and draws triple teams on offense.

 

[USC9195]

Clark is a generational player, even better than Boston; BUT, I’m so over the Caitlin hype I could vomit! I can’t wait to see SC shut her down!!

She is, but I don’t think most coaches would pick her over Boston. Maybe they would. She’s certainly an unreal offensive player. Boston affects the game on the defensive end in many ways that don’t show up on the stat sheet. Clark will turn the ball over.…had 9 against Indy.

 

[BetaLiberalCock1]

Clark has range. 10-minute highlight video of outside shots.

"That ain't Clark. That's Steph Curry disguised as Clark" ~ BetaLiberalCock1

Good Lord.

What's her free throw shooting %? Best plan might be to insert a freshman and literally just foul her every single time she touches the ball and put her on the line. When the 1 freshman fouls out, put in another freshman and rinse / repeat. Literally don't let her shoot a 3 all night.

Hack a Clark strategy. ???? Could work.

 

[DaboSits2PeePee]

Disagree? First player in women’s tournament history to get 40 pt triple double?? Okay bro

A wonderful singular accomplishment. Boston just has more tools in her tool belt.

 

[01Fatboy]

"That ain't Clark. That's Steph Curry disguised as Clark" ~ BetaLiberalCock1

Good Lord.

What's her free throw shooting %? Best plan might be to insert a freshman and literally just foul her every single time she touches the ball and put her on the line. When the 1 freshman fouls out, put in another freshman and rinse / repeat. Literally don't let her shoot a 3 all night.

Hack a Clark strategy. ???? Could work.

you just giving them 2 points that way

 

[BetaLiberalCock1]

you just giving them 2 points that way

yes but the last time I checked with reality in this universe, the math states that 2 points is less than 3 points.

I could be wrong because lately there are tons of people who will swear to you that 2+2 = 97 / with a straight face / and they are quite serious. (delusional)

 

[USCEDGE]

The media will hype this game as if it were the greatest matchup in women's college basketball ever. It will be an interesting matchup of contrasting styles but these games rarely live up to the hype. Iowa is a very good team. South Carolina is a great team! Let's not forget that Iowa lost 6 games this year. We have 3 common opponents in UCONN, NCST and MD. They lost games to all 3. We beat MD twice and they split the season series with them, losing the last game by 28 points. Ironically, Clarke had a season high 45 points in the loss to NCST.

Only 1 player for Iowa could start for Carolina. Dawn will have a plan on defense even if it is just to play Clarke straight up with Beal and Amihere. She may get a few points but she will not shoot 100% which is what she would probably need to do for her team to have a chance against us. Once again we will dominate on the boards and if we keep turnovers to a minimum and play defense as we have all year we win handily....

 

[Rk_kerk]

As a Hawk fan, South Carolina is a terrible matchup for Iowa. SC should win by 15-20.

Iowa struggles against any quality post, and rebounding. Two things SC has in spades. SC has very good perimeter defenders. To make Clark work for everything. Maryland matched up better than Iowa.

 

[vacock]

Iowa has how many loses? Ha

 

[92Pony]

Clark is a generational player, even better than Boston; BUT, I’m so over the Caitlin hype I could vomit! I can’t wait to see SC shut her down!!

I watched some of the Iowa/Louisville game the other night. The CC love-fest was . She’s talented, no doubt. I’d love it if we were to hold her to a single-single and have her foul out! (Of course I don’t see any of that happening. I don’t think she really gets herself into foul trouble either.)

 

[winloseortie]

Clark is a phenomenal player. She has changed the women’s game in what is thought possible for 3 point shooting.

If she stays healthy WNBA championships, Olympic gold medals, MVPS are in her future.

When the media pits them vs each other it is just bogus. Different positions, different responsibilities and expectations. Compare the easy to grasp stats and Clark ALWAYS wins. Clark totally changes the game when the ball is in her hands. Boston changes the game simply by stepping on the court.

 

[DaboSits2PeePee]

Clark is a phenomenal player. She has changed the women’s game in what is thought possible for 3 point shooting.

If she stays healthy WNBA championships, Olympic gold medals, MVPS are in her future.

When the media pits them vs each other it is just bogus. Different positions, different responsibilities and expectations. Compare the easy to grasp stats and Clark ALWAYS wins. Clark totally changes the game when the ball is in her hands. Boston changes the game simply by stepping on the court.

Agreed. It's also tricky to compare the stats b/c Clark averages 8 more minutes a game than AB. It's a double edged sword, but AB usually ends up not playing for much of the 4th quarter b/c she's already helped dominate someone into submission. CC has to play the majority of every game they play, averaging a little over 36mpg. And that's actually down from the last couple of years.

 

[KingWard]

We have to win one 40-minute game with them - and one more point than them would be good enough. We should be able to do it.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

We have to win one 40-minute game with them - and one more point than them would be good enough. We should be able to do it.

"Just win".

 

[Thunderstick]

yes but the last time I checked with reality in this universe, the math states that 2 points is less than 3 points.

I could be wrong because lately there are tons of people who will swear to you that 2+2 = 97 / with a straight face / and they are quite serious. (delusional)

U.S. Congress?

 

[atl-cock]

The media will hype this game as if it were the greatest matchup in women's college basketball ever. It will be an interesting matchup of contrasting styles but these games rarely live up to the hype. Iowa is a very good team. South Carolina is a great team! Let's not forget that Iowa lost 6 games this year. We have 3 common opponents in UCONN, NCST and MD. They lost games to all 3. We beat MD twice and they split the season series with them, losing the last game by 28 points. Ironically, Clarke had a season high 45 points in the loss to NCST.

Only 1 player for Iowa could start for Carolina. Dawn will have a plan on defense even if it is just to play Clarke straight up with Beal and Amihere. She may get a few points but she will not shoot 100% which is what she would probably need to do for her team to have a chance against us. Once again we will dominate on the boards and if we keep turnovers to a minimum and play defense as we have all year we win handily....

Unfortunately, we did not play NC State this season - word through the grapevine is that schools like Dook and NC State now refuse to schedule USC until Boston moves on.

Sure wish we could have played them regularly in men's hoops after leaving the ACC.....

 

[winloseortie]

Unfortunately, we did not play NC State this season - word through the grapevine is that schools like Dook and NC State now refuse to schedule USC until Boston moves on.

Sure wish we could have played them regularly in men's hoops after leaving the ACC.....

Iowa turned us down for a home and home as well.

 

[winloseortie]

The media will hype this game as if it were the greatest matchup in women's college basketball ever. It will be an interesting matchup of contrasting styles but these games rarely live up to the hype. Iowa is a very good team. South Carolina is a great team! Let's not forget that Iowa lost 6 games this year. We have 3 common opponents in UCONN, NCST and MD. They lost games to all 3. We beat MD twice and they split the season series with them, losing the last game by 28 points. Ironically, Clarke had a season high 45 points in the loss to NCST.

Only 1 player for Iowa could start for Carolina. Dawn will have a plan on defense even if it is just to play Clarke straight up with Beal and Amihere. She may get a few points but she will not shoot 100% which is what she would probably need to do for her team to have a chance against us. Once again we will dominate on the boards and if we keep turnovers to a minimum and play defense as we have all year we win handily....

They gave up
86 to UCONN
94 to NCSU
82 to UMD in a win
84 to UMD in a win
96 to UMD in a loss

They gave up 88.5 in those 5 games. They just don’t play D. They want to run you dizzy and set a pace You can’t keep up with. They will need to score high 80s to beat us. Hold them to 70, which 20 above our average and we win easily.

 

[DaboSits2PeePee]

As a Hawk fan, South Carolina is a terrible matchup for Iowa. SC should win by 15-20.

Iowa struggles against any quality post, and rebounding. Two things SC has in spades. SC has very good perimeter defenders. To make Clark work for everything. Maryland matched up better than Iowa.

Agree. I expect Iowa to be creative early to try to get CC free for open shots, and they'll be somewhat successful. But as the pace of the game evens out and USC adjusts, I think it will be as you said...15-20 win. I think the major differentiator will be defense. USC has only given up 70+ in regulation twice in 36 games...@UCONN (77) and Maryland (75) a few days ago. Iowa has done so 18 times this year. USC is #1 nationally in scoring D. Iowa is 307th.

On paper, this looks like a terrible matchup for Iowa. While Iowa is #1 in scoring, USC is 7th, with Iowa scoring 7 pts more per game. But they're giving up 20+ more per game on D.

 

[DaboSits2PeePee]

I'm certain Dawn sees Clark as a great player and a challenge but will have a plan to win!
Our defense will be tested but they too will accept the challenge!

I guarantee you there's a little chip on her shoulder as well about CC getting all the hype she's gotten over AB. You know that comment by JWill got her attention.

 

[Uscg1984]

The media will hype this game as if it were the greatest matchup in women's college basketball ever. It will be an interesting matchup of contrasting styles but these games rarely live up to the hype. Iowa is a very good team. South Carolina is a great team! Let's not forget that Iowa lost 6 games this year. We have 3 common opponents in UCONN, NCST and MD. They lost games to all 3. We beat MD twice and they split the season series with them, losing the last game by 28 points. Ironically, Clarke had a season high 45 points in the loss to NCST.

The situation reminds me of Jordan's early Bulls teams when he was their only weapon. I think he scored 69 in a playoff game they LOST to Boston. I'm not sure the Gamecocks have to stop Clarke as long as they shut down the other Iowa players and grab about 65% of the rebounds. You can waste a lot of double-teams trying to stop a generational player like Clarke, leaving their other players wide open for easy baskets. Just play her straight up so you can play the other players straight up. She'll get her points, but we're going to win 4 out of 5 of those matchups.

 

[HillsToSea]

I agree with the TV pundit who said, “ the only team that can beat Carolina is Carolina “

 

[vacock]

We just need to win the game, not the press or Clark.

 

[atl-cock]

Iowa turned us down for a home and home as well.

Makes you want to tell them to "jump off of a cliff" when they come calling to schedule you in the coming years.....

 

[USCEDGE]

Unfortunately, we did not play NC State this season - word through the grapevine is that schools like Dook and NC State now refuse to schedule USC until Boston moves on.

Sure wish we could have played them regularly in men's hoops after leaving the ACC.....

My bad.......wishful thinking I suppose.

 

[atl-cock]

My bad.......wishful thinking I suppose.

Wishful thinking on my part too.

Cal Poly got to host us, and they don't even have to come east for a return game.

 

[DaboSits2PeePee]

I agree with the TV pundit who said, “ the only team that can beat Carolina is Carolina “

Yep. I usually hate that cliché, but it's 100% true here. What's the weakness someone can exploit?? 3pt shooting, I guess? And I'm not even sure you can exploit it, b/c it means you're doing a great job down low at limiting Boston, Cardoso, and Saxton, forcing the ball outside. If that's you're weakness it's going to be very, very hard to beat you. And it's not like the other parts of the game we're just average in. We are the best rebounding team in the country, best defense in the country, top 7 scoring offense, and #1 in scoring margin. It's just really, really impressive to look at the totality of what this team has done.

 

[KjCush]

"That ain't Clark. That's Steph Curry disguised as Clark" ~ BetaLiberalCock1

Good Lord.

What's her free throw shooting %? Best plan might be to insert a freshman and literally just foul her every single time she touches the ball and put her on the line. When the 1 freshman fouls out, put in another freshman and rinse / repeat. Literally don't let her shoot a 3 all night.

Hack a Clark strategy. ???? Could work.

She shoots 84% from the FT line. You are a bona fide moron.

 

[winloseortie]

Wishful thinking on my part too.

Cal Poly got to host us, and they don't even have to come east for a return game.

Well in all fairness, we needed a second game on the West Coast. They volunteered, promoted the heck out of the game and were gracious enough to lose 76-39.
Charleston Southern got rewarded with a home and home for stepping in to the schedule late. I imagine the crowd next season will be rather pro gamecocks

 

[DaboSits2PeePee]

She shoots 84% from the FT line. You are a bona fide moron.

What's your take on the game, Hawkeye?