Actually, this Board is a perfect reflection of the fanbase.
Well, it's finally over
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What is typical is nothing was called but late in the game a SC guard put two hands on an Iowa player and it was called and Rebeca Lobo doing the color said that is a foul (which it is ) and it has been called that way the whole game. Guess she missed the early push, no wait she said it was a push off.
My hok fan BIL after the beat down— “At least I was able to find two boxes of the Hy-Vee Caitlin Clark crunch cereal.”
I guess that's what they mean when they say she's good for the state of Iowa.
Wow... that is bad.
They are also measuring ratings differently now. They got rid of Nielsen and now count bars and streaming services.
WCBB will get more and more viewers as there is more parity. For so long, a couple teams dominated and the rest didn’t look like they even played the same game. The tournament went full chalk most of the way through. This led to not much interest and drama. While it isn’t up to the men’s game, there is more competition throughout the tournament with more teams playing that high level of basketball as the top teams.
Didn't we have the top two seeds playing in the championship and they each played 3 seeds in the semis? That's not like the men where an 11 seed, who had to win their CCG just to get in, made the FF. There is still about a handful of top teams at the beginning of the year that you know will win be the contenders to win the championship.
In 42 tournaments, the women's FF has only had a seed total of 10+ eight times.
Since 2005, it's only happened once:
2016 (14) - 1, 2, 4 (Syracuse), 7 (Washington)
Last seven tournaments:
2017 (6) - 1, 1, 2, 2
2018 (4) - 1, 1, 1, 1
2019 (6) - 1, 1, 2, 2
2021 (6) - 1, 1, 1, 3
2022 (5) - 1, 1, 1, 2
2023 (7) - 1, 1, 2, 3
2024 (8) - 1, 1, 3, 3
Compare that to the men's FF, which has been in single digits just once since 2009.
Kind of a chicken or egg. Considering the prior games on ESPN this year were putting up huge numbers, I think it's safe to assume the OTA network is a response, not a cause.
But absolutely I agree that the environment with NIL and getting these players on ads and everything is a huge snowball effect. It takes the right player and style of play like Clark to be of interest to get on those ads, and have them turn around and juice ratings. Let's keep in mind that players like Bird and Ionescu have been on ads recently, it hasn't generated a boost in WNBA ratings. I agree WNBA is in a tough viewership time, but I think if the advertisement aspect was the prime driver we'd see SOME effect on the WNBA.
It's a combination of the right player and the right environment. Interestingly with basketball in general, probably 40% or so of the players are just never going to be that interesting no matter how great they are just because of their style of play. Boston was a great player, great personality, but post players just don't capture the excitement that guards/perimeter players do. There's no denying that Edey is a dominant college player, but watching a giant establish low position and make 3' baby hooks and FTs isn't very exciting, nor is it relatable to more than a tiny percent of young players.
Bueckers is a fun player to watch. Fulwiley from South Carolina is a super exciting player that is going to be fun to watch over the next couple of years.
JuJu, Bueckers and Fulwiley next year will be really marketable. Probably not one individually as much as CC, but they are all exciting players that area fun to watch.
But, has three international gold medalsNever won a state championship
Never even played for a state championship
Never won a national title
Time to go back into your hole and post again in another 14 years.
Mods: change username to "CicadaHawk."
Thanks for confirming my post.
I remember seeing that near the end of the game. She was just dribbling into traffic trying to get calls and complaining when she didnt get one on every possession at that point. She really folded down the stretch. That and the inability to do anything with the ball against UCONN up 1 with 10 seconds left in the game were really bad showings in crunch time IMO. Getting Iowa to 2 championship games is incredible, but she needs to grow up if she wants to take her game to the next level and actually win her team a championship in the WNBA.
Be honest. You just really liked her pink shoes.Chloe Kitts
