Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="VAUConnFan, post: 4899630, member: 501"] No doubt Caitlin was impactful and I have no real concept of Iowa's WBB history except to know that women's basketball has always been huge in the state of Iowa. The reason I did not put Caitlin in the conversation was because all the other players mentioned led their respective teams to a Final Four with the exception of Durant who was The National Player of the Year as a freshman at Texas. Paige gets my nod as most impactful WCBB freshman of all time because UConn had never asked a freshman to step up and lead it from Day One. Not that freshmen have not come in and eventually lead it by seasons end. And Coach Auriemma has never backed away from putting the ball in a freshman's hands in critical possessions. But Coach Auriemma has had the incredible luxury of developing highly touted recruits at a much more leisurely pace. Not so with Paige. More importantly, she was up to the challenge. Am glad you brought Caitlin's name up. In today's victory over a very good Ohio State squad, in a game in which the Buckeyes shot 51% from the field, 47% from 3 in a losing effort, Caitlin Clark's stat line for Iowa was less than stellar, shooting 38% from the field, taking 41% of Iowa's shots and scoring 38% of their points. Is there anyone willing to take issue with how Iowa beat a very good team today? My point being that it does not matter how a team scores it points, as long as they score more than the other team. Caitlin Clark is the best option for Iowa and should take as many shots as necessary for her team to win. Some teams do not have the luxury of spreading the ball around. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach

Forum statistics

Threads: 164,443

Messages: 4,396,435

Members: 10,209

Latest member: gemini*trvl