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Message: [QUOTE="BigTenGuy, post: 5002805, member: 12979"] I agree. I was quarreling with the assertion that Clark fell into Bluder’s lap, which is false. “If something good falls into someone's [URL='https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/lap']lap[/URL], it [URL='https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/happen']happens[/URL] to them without any [URL='https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/effort']effort[/URL] on their part.” [URL]https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/fall-into-someones-lap[/URL] Other definitions define fall into someone’s lap as something coming to a person even though he/she was not trying to get it. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%2Ffall%20into%20someone%27s%20lap#:~:text=informal,I%20was%20least%20expecting%20it![/URL] Clark landing at Iowa took 3 things, all of which were necessary: (1) enormous and sustained recruiting effort by Bluder/Jan Jensen; (2) timing, Iowa had just been to an Elite 8 and just produced a national POY, supporting the ideas that Final Fours/national accolades at Iowa were realistically possible; and (3) geographic location, Clark was from Iowa. Contrast that to Minnesota, where a steady stream of local McDonald’s AAs have rejected the home state team, which hasn’t been to a Sweet 16 since 2005. No coach from Minnesota would have followed Paige Bueckers to Thailand to watch her play for USA Basketball, because there was never much reason to hope that she would select the home state school. [/QUOTE]

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