Good comparison! BTW, the guy at Houston is about to break Maravich's NCAA scoring record, but if ever an asterisk was needed: this guy played four years, Pistol Pete did his in three: freshmen weren't eligible in those days...
Weren’t seasons shorter too?
That AND I thought it was a foul on the screen by Czinano. At least similar to several called previously. Still I was rooting for Iowa and the refs swallowing the whistle made it happen, imo.
Worse and seems to make faces if a teammate makes a bad play.
Indiana really didn't play defense against her very good all game. She had many easy layups caused by matador defense. Didn't work to deny her the ball if she didn't have it. Last shot most defense was inside the 3 point line.
Boston is not a high minutes player gets gassed.
He works for ESPN, ESPN owns the SEC network, ESPN controls, $, the WCBB tournament. UCONN basically plays in a mid major conference, ESPN pushes the big guys.
When was Holmes fouled? I think the first contact before the shuffle.
She is the NPOY, yes, but makes a game winning shot then goes to the stands first, look what I did, before her teammates.
I’d say Indiana didn’t play much defense on the perimeter all game. I was disappointed by what I saw. I mean we throttled Clark and would have blown them out if Martin hadn’t had the game of her life. Was this just an off night for IU? Or are they capable of really challenging the good teams?
Overcoming immaturity is a process. Maturity, humility... some get it younger than others. Some get it in the context of their relationships younger than others. That's what makes UConn players impressive. You get the impression that they recruit for such qualities.
Disagree. Clark is a phenominal shooter and passer. Boston is really good, and is covered by the officials.
Nika has a tendency to not follow up on the transition when she feels that she was fouled with a no call. Love the kids toughness, but to watch her standing over the end line, complaining, when the play is going the other way needs to be adressed.
How about because the Hoosiers wanted to be up by two, rather than take the chance of being up by one.
Oh contrare--I make a distinct difference between Nika's reaction to refs and Clark's: Nika is an agitated vociferous barker, but not a whiner. Does Nika complain too much? Probably so, but I guess I can tolerate Nika's barking more than Clark's whining --she comes across as a spoiled child...
Their center is a Covid fifth-year player but the other three are eligible to return. There is no reason to believe they won’t.
Best game of the year. I kept thinking, in the Uconn bracket is one of these teams. Very good defense,both sides, Offense some of the best and Uconn may meet them?
With different personnel, we already beat Iowa handily (though they made a good run in the third quarter). In our current configuration, only assuming everyone is well rested, I think it would be a tossup. Same for IU — with the team we had in November it wouldn’t even be close. But now a tossup.
You hit the salient point, quick rebound, time out and then your options open up from half court only needing 2 to win. You can’t contest the rebound on the missed foul shot for fear of a foul. Not a horrible call to miss the 2nd foul shot but it by no means assures victory with the time out moving the ball to half court. Frankly, the bigger Indiana blunder IMO was playing one person on Clark and having 4 people below the 3 point line essentially inactive. After the defender was picked no one ran at Clark but everyone stood and watched her fire. Not sure that was what the coach drew up but when Clark lined up on the opposite side of the court from the ball, the play seemed very predictable.
Nika?
Great call. I agree 100% with this post. They didn't pressure the inbounder so it was 5 on 4 and they still allowed Clark to get a relatively clean look. Garzon was protecting the lob, but it seems kinda like she went to defend the inbounder after the pass to Clark. It's a great shot and a split second decision. But If she woulda tried a bit more to contest Clark, maybe it would've been an even more difficult shot.
I watched the game and thought the exact same thing. I guess in a game like that where every point counts, that plan of action was just contradictory to everyone's basic thought process. Also, if Iowa got the rebound cleanly and called a timeout, a simple bucket would have beaten them. C.Clark factors into that decision.