twocoach wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:10 pm
RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:23 pm
Sparko wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:36 pm
Watched the game and enjoyed seeing both teams hit open shots. Liked the extra passes. I watched the Kansas women, and there is a bigger talent and fundamentals gap at the top than I thought. And fundamentals were not crisp in many games.
Clark has introduced a consistent extended range game and it is shockingly better than a few years ago to someone who hadn't watched much except KU. I think Clark is astounding. She is more like Bird than I understood. But with Curry range. I watched the WNBA quite a bit here in San Antonio. But not paying much attention to college while there were only a few good teams in the NCAA. Yow. Last night was better than any of the Silver Stars games I watched over the decade.
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.
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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.