The title game is on ABC. It'll due huge numbers.
What do you think of Caitlin Clark?
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You know it is a day that ends in Y when some unhinged looney on the Hawks 247 board is making a post claiming a bunch of Clark stats over all ISU men and women’s players, only about half of which are accurate.
Yeah I expect she will be good eventually, she was a pretty big recruit and was conference sixth woman of the year as a freshman. Good athlete and she plays hard. She's always the first one up the court seemingly, she got a ton of buckets from just outrunning everyone and getting a long pass from Clark. Needs to get stronger and develop a real post game (which Jansen has typically been good at coaching) but she's always going to be undersized. They could probably use a transfer veteran center with some real size or a big wing who can defend and shoot like Warnock but not sure they'll do it, it's pretty crowded.
I am not sure how Czinano could come back for a 6th year. She has played 5 full seasons:
She'd have to adapt to the men's ball, but if she could I think she could absolutely play for the men's team at Iowa.
Not sure if this is a dig at the Iowa men's team or not.
She's a great women's player. She is the women's version of Pete Maravich. But, let's get real here. She wouldn't even get a shot off in a men's game if the opponent didn't want her to. She would be the smallest, slowest and weakest player on the floor. By far. Imagine your run of the mill 6-3 male d-1 point guard flying around the court against women teams.
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So? Bragging about Friday ratings is like bragging about being the skinniest kid at fat camp. Nobody watches tv on Friday nights. Rupal's dragshow has some of the highest ratings on Friday nights.
Do you think NBA games have traditionally outdrawn men's march madness? I read an article the other day about how more people watched the Pro Bowl than the NBA All-Star game. C. Clark in the elite eight is going to outdraw NBA games all day. Not sure why this is a big surprise to people.
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Nah. MBB is called so differently from WBB, defenders are allowed to be way more physical than in WBB, she'd never be able to adapt, plus she's barely 6' tall, her shots would be getting blocked left and right.
They are unless someone leaves after the NCAA's. Somebody might. Folks taking 5th years like Czinano and now Martin and Marshall sort of complicate the recruiting. Other than bringing in Molly Davis as a reserve guard, Bluder hasn't exacting hit the portal. Iowa will also be carrying their injured 2023 recruit on the roster. She's not likely to ever be able to play but they are honoring their scholarship to her after the tragic car accident. They could get a medical waiver for that scholarship but that would require her to "retire" and give up on her dream to play again.
Wonder if Murph is spooning with Clark's parents? Just seem that he is constantly interviewing them.
The women's team for my high school was one of the best in the state.
The men's team for my high school was probably the worst in the state.
We scrimmaged as the freshman boys against the varsity girls one time. And crusheddddd them.
Clark is a great women's basketball player, but that doesn't mean she'd stand a chance against men.
They will be full in 2023-2024 unless there are transfers.
Kate Martin, Gabbie Marshall will return to the Hawkeyes in 2023-24
Iowa women's basketball: Kate Martin, Gabbie Marshall announce that they will return to the Hawkeyes for 2023-24, and McKenna Warnock will not. Meanwhile, the chase for a Big Ten title continues Tuesday at Maryland.
www.thegazette.com
Monday’s news, coupled with Iowa Coach Lisa Bluder’s subsequent confirmation that McKenna Warnock will conclude her career after this season to pursue dental school, means that Iowa will operate at the 15-scholarship limit next season.
I said she could play on the men's team. I didn't say she'd be any good.
No idea what Bluder will do- but with the Final 4 and Clark exposure and the bulk of the team coming back next year, she should be able to have the pick of the Transfer Portal. Go find a post or three to replace Warnock and Czinano - players who can run the floor and finish off passes but don't need the ball in their hands. That really shouldn't be a problem in this day and age.
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