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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 4791173, member: 7492"] Dumb take? Seriously? I find offense to that and while you can disagree, don't be so rude. My whole point was on a "national Televised schedule" you had the two former winners of the Wooden award playing and you could see their direct impact in games before a national audience. So yes, both players will have good and bad games over the course of the season (and [USER=5169]@Reypl21[/USER] what Caitlin did last year in the NCAA Tournament, has NO BEARING on this year's voting by the writers). With both Paige and Caitlin having good and bad games. What I do know is Paige will have a higher shooting percentage and more steals. Caitlin will average more points, have more assists and more rebounds. UConn will have a stronger schedule (including both conference and OOC games). I have been a very vocal supporter of Ms. Clark since she came on the scene 3 years ago and felt she earned 1st All-American consideration with her performance over her whole freshman year. I noted numerous times on this forum that just because you said Caitlin was a great basketball player (and she is) does not mean Paige or any other player isn't, you can like both. Last year however, Caitlin was NOT the best player in the country, Angel Reese was and it wasn't even close. I posted numerous stats based on game scores (points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, turnovers, fouls) showing how Angel was dominating the game with Caitlin a distant second. My point? Both Angel and Caitlin are polarizing players with their attitudes and demeanor at times. While Caitlin did not demonstrably complain about a lack of foul calls last night, she has been "over the top" about that this year alone. Plus, as you saw in the closing minute of the game last night, when she missed, she was not exactly "Charlie Hustle" on defense. Does that mean she's not a great player? Of course not, but she should be called out by the media that extolls her virtues some much just like they have to Ms. Reese. What's fair is fair. Paige certainly has her exuberance moments and will "discuss" calls with the refs but as was seen last night when she got hit in the head by Ms. Sellers (I thought the refs call an initial foul on her due the elbow to Paige's head?), Paige was less than pleased and did pull Sellers down to the floor and was assessed a Technical. She was not shown complaining on the TV which did cue to her numerous times during the aftermath. This is in stark contrast to how Ms. Clark has handled similar calls. If my "take" or perspective irks some of my fine fellow BYers, I am sorry but I am allowed my view which I am qualifying so please feel free to disagree in a respectful manner with evidence supporting your view. [/QUOTE]

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