Not appropriate.
Dawn was owned tonight. Makes it even more sour that it was by "that" group. I'm sure she'll blame BYU...
I don't really think the better team won. I think the team who executed its game plan won, though. Our girls looked lost on offense, with the exception of Zia. I don't think we needed more outside shooters as much as we needed to actually execute _our_ offensive plan, which is to pound it inside.
Agreed. I honestly didn't think Clark would be thay good. Hadn't seen her play before tonight.
Better balanced team? One girl is all they have. None of the other 4 could even start for us. But we do lack outside shooting. I don't think that will be an issue next year....
They were certainly the better team tonight.
They couldn't start for us because that's not the style Dawn plays. We only have one girl that would likely start for them.
One more thing: Boston has had a tremendous college career and I hope she has a great WNBA career as well. But she would absolutely DOMINATE if she . . . jumped. She doesn't have to jump like a deer - that's not her. But I think she gets most of her rebounds and blocks without her feet ever leaving the court.
Better team won my ***. That same team lost to Maryland by 22 a few weeks ago. You’re telling me the 5 11 girls are blocking Boston and Cardosa shots under the basket with the ball high above their heads? It was an inside hack show and Butch the ref was calling every little touch on us in both halfs. How many fouls did u see get the called under the basket as we were shooting? Maybe 2 out of 25.
Blame the refs. Classy! Clark is on their team and will be be again for at least one more year. Maybe we can play in a tournament w/o Clark?
Time for the racist rednecks to head to bed. Put down the bottle.
White girls won because there were three trashy low life white refrees. No way that should happen with a team like Iowa. It was a set up from the beginning.
We certainly agree on that first statement. As for Clark's assists, you are exactly right. Which is why I said in another thread the other day that we should treat her like Jordan in his early years with the Bulls (pre-Pippen and a substantial supporting cast). She's going to score her points anyway, so just make sure nobody else gets a bunch of easy points. Don't get suckered into double-teaming her 15 feet from the basket only to leave somebody else wide open underneath. Let Clark score 40 or 45 points in a loss.
Here we go with the excuses. We were simply outplayed.
Stats look even worse. We could have lost by more.
That's what I kept asking myself. If Cook wasn't making those acrobatic shots, it would have been real ugly.
I said it before the game and still believe a triangle and two with our two best defenders on Clark would have been successful. Keep the ball out of her hands.
Laughed because it won't let me like and laugh. Had to pick one. The Hoosiers comment made me spit my water.
We shot 57% against LSU for example, so yes many times. Games like this one and Uconn not so much. Sometimes you just tip your cap to the other team. Clark is an amazing player.
No other team we played had Caitlin Clark -- she was the difference maker (and her coach).