Caitlin Clark
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This was brilliant prose. Break it out, into short paragraphs in my opinion and I’m no language or grammar guy and I really hardly even care anymore but I like things that are easy to read lol.
“She’s quite literally a ball hog. Iowa would be a better team if Caitlin shot less.“
Say what?!?!?
If you delete that post soon, we’ll pretend we didn’t read it and give you as pass.
“Better team…”
Good grief!!!
Carryover from the Test Board. It is what it is.
That being said, she is a remarkable player. I like the fact that there is a thread about her, with people expressing appreciation for her obvious talents. Mens' basketball and womens' basketball are truly two different games. You have to appreciate the womens' game for what it is, and it is something different from the mens' game..
Hey dad, I got cast in a big Hollywood movie. I play a female athlete! The casting coordinator said it will be really good exposure for me."
And she is playing the way she has been asked to play & she’s adaptable. The FG %, on her “own team” …WTH?
Holy shit, how many times do you think Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant lead their teams in field goal percentage?!?! What the holy hell!!
There are so many tangential things that have to be figured in there to even make your numbers relevant…
Useage rate, effective FG %, offensive efficiency, +|- rate…hell I’m hardly a stats guy, but seriously brother?!
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it."
Talk about a stupid hill to die on.
It is quite possibly the dumbest rationale I’ve ever heard, Billy Madison even knows it. Lol
I've never seen anyone this clueless about a sport and we had people here that believed the offense was elite early in the season.
She is an average player…she’s usually not a great shooter and she doesn’t have great hands. No way any team should ever allow her to score 47.
I guess Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Steph Curry, and anyone else who scores the bulk of their team’s points is a ball hog. If you have someone who’s great at rebounding, you want them to rebound. If you have someone who’s great at passing, you want them getting assists. If you have someone who’s great at scoring (and that’s a pretty rare thing), you want them to score. Everyone has a role and some have the role of scorer. Calling them a ball hog is what jealous middle schoolers do.
Well she is a sophomore, and has been shooting 62% for the year, so there’s that and I’m not sure a team should really allow anyone to sting them for 40 plus, right?
Certainly not someone who’s only broke 20 a few times. And I am aware she’s a sophomore, so she will get better, but I’m talking about her now. She is definitely not a player that any team should allow to sore 47 points. I’d rather give up 50 to Clark and lose than get beat by Stuelke.
Hillbilly? - at least come up with a more appropriate insult unless you have no idea how flat Iowa is.
Okay, a simple wrong would have done just fine.
Well, both those results are the same outcome and they both suck lol…
But I get your premise🤷♂️ I think in either scenario I’d be frustrated.
So what. Makes no difference. Their hands are much smaller. Ask any man that plays it’s harder to shoot a women’s ball for them than a men’s.
I am aware…I coached a few years in girls basketball. I’ve also shot that sized basketball many times. It is easier to shoot, but it’s also easier to shoot it from two feet away, so the smaller ball doesn’t explain why they shoot threes better than layups.
Then shouldn’t they shoot every shot better regardless of where they are on the floor?
I spent some time as the division, three coach, specifically a shooting coach. The size of the ball is smaller than men’s, but hand size is a very definite variable in the situation. Generally those with smaller hands do a little bit better job of shooting the ball more consistently provided they have solid mechanics.
In the least shocking news ever, Clark came up a wee bit shy of the record against Nebraska.
So it all comes down to the next game at home.
LdN
So it all comes down to the next game at home.
LdN
She had a rough fourth quarter…I think she was as surprised as everyone else when Nebraska came back from being down 14 and she forced some shots. Nebraska played a hell of a game…they have some shooters.
Just an incredible talent but I also wouldn't be one bit surprised to see both OSU and Indiana go farther in the NCAA tournament. I think the surprise team this year in the tournament will be Indiana who gets overlooked by both Iowa and OSU.
They don't play above the rim like men do, hence the reason they shoot 3's better.
And some of those 3 pointers she shot were more like 4 or 5 pointers Hell, they were almost from half court.
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