Kansas Crimson

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:42 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:10 pm

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:23 pm

Fwiw (A loss to South Carolina and a few Pop Corners that I'm eating right now?)
If I am not mistaken, I think Clark shot a better % from behind the 3 point line as a Freshman as she did as a Senior. Yes, she probably took shots from deeper as a Senior but I would rather have my player shoot and make 3s from closer range than miss them from further.

P.S. She missed 8 more 3 pointers than she made last night. Just like she did against Colorado.
She missed 9 more than she made against West Virginia.
She had games during the season where she shot 2-14, 3-16, 2-11, and 2-16.

And Steph Curry, widely recognized as the greatest shooter the NBA has ever seen, has had games this season of 0-8, 0-9, 0-9, 1-10, 3-13, 4-14 etc....

And..... You and I understand that great shooters have off days/nights.
Sure, she's a great shooter but the FACT is, there were a whole bunch of players who had better 3 point shooting percentages than she did.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-bas ... e/dir/desc

And.... You and I understand many of those players weren't defended by their opponents best defenders nor "keyed" on as often as Clark was.

And.....
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Sorry, I'm just not as in awe of her as a shooter as many other people are. That's all. If that makes me a hater, then so be it.
Speaking of being in awe, today I was in awe of my 90 year old mother rambling off things about Caitlin Clark that I didn't know.
My mother actually knew that she led the NCAA in assists during the regular season. I admit I didn't know that.
What I do know and am impressed about her is that she is averaging 7.6 rebounds and 9.4 assists in the tournament. That impresses me more than her averring 22 shots a game.

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:09 pmYou blew it Clark.

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:09 pm 30pts is impressive....until you see it took 28 shots.

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:13 pm I didn’t watch.
Checked out the box score.
10-28 is bad.

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:29 pm That is an Iverson line.

Sparko wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:23 pm They could have cut the lead to four and just played sped up as it got away. Forcing shots inside againt the tall trees. I did enjoy it. South Carolina won the game recruiting.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:48 pm Here we go. She's not necessarily wrong and brings up good points but..... she's also kind of pulling a Gale Sayers.

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/stat ... 4971521135

twocoach wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:34 pm

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:48 pm Here we go. She's not necessarily wrong and brings up good points but..... she's also kind of pulling a Gale Sayers.

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/stat ... 4971521135

She's 100% wrong. If she said that her achievement was more impressive then she would be right. But she no longer has the record.

twocoach wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:32 pm

Sparko wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:23 pm They could have cut the lead to four and just played sped up as it got away. Forcing shots inside againt the tall trees. I did enjoy it. South Carolina won the game recruiting.

South Carolina killed Iowa on the glass and were just better than Iowa overall. Clark took a lot of really terrible shots that she normally hits a few more of. No one on Iowa could hit much of anything in the 2nd half and Iowa had zero bench help of any kind.