Time for a Real Discussion About Caitlin Clark

[MartyFine]

 

[67CY]

What is the over under on the number of times in the next 24 hours that Murph "rubs one off?"

That should be the poll question on kxno M&A today

 

[Cardinal2001]

Any news on America's Sweetheart?

 

[Gunnerclone]

JFC.

 

[cyspy]

Well, the NBA stopped the game in Utah when Kareem broke the NBA record at the time. I'm sure there will be a court rush when it happens tonight.

That game was actually played in Las Vegas. At the time Utah played a couple of games there.

 

[qwerty]

Does anyone know when Air Force One is expected to land?

After the Blue Angels flyover but it will be Marine One so they can drop him directly on the court . . . . as I am sure the roof will be blown off from the CC attention at the game.

 

[Drew0311]

If Clark played against Iowa State defense she would have 20 turnovers and zero points. For them to act like she is going to be drafted to a mens team is the dubmest **** ever.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Lol the game is on peacock.

 

[CRcyclone6]

That game was actually played in Las Vegas. At the time Utah played a couple of games there.

Thanks! I never knew that. Makes sense why they'd stop it.

 

[Marcelason78]

Hlas should be wondering how much she will be able to score on WNBA talent. There won’t be any more Big10 gimmes. Good grief, Mike.

 

[Cyched]

That would be such a shameless publicity stunt, that would end so poorly. Please do it.

 

[mj4cy]

Dear lord the local media is nauseating today. We get it, she's good. How about mention an instant classic where another local team beats the #7 team in a two OT thriller.

 

[trevn]

Lol what??? This is madness.

 

[cycloner29]

ESPN analyst Chiney Ogwumike says that this will not be her last record, but she is going for Pistol Pete’s record. Stated that Clark is in her 4th year but failed to say that Pete did it in three years. Go figure.

Will Iowa hang the banner with or without the asterisk when she passes it?

 

[BCClone]

It's a bit of a chicken and the egg thing for me. The CC industrial complex completely ignores it, though. She is playing a big role in the growth in interest of women's college BB, no doubt. But she is also riding a wave of interest, as well. There have been huge stars in the past, but interest never grew (Tarausi, Bird, Griner, Ionescu, etc). Why is that?

A. No social media. Unless you hit an incredible shot to win a game, women's college bball had zero coverage on Sportscenter. Now you can find all those on IG/TikTok.

B. No TV coverage AT ALL. How easy was it to watch an Iowa road women's game 5, 10 years ago? Before the conference networks and streaming, you were lucky if you could find the game on, at all. Now I can watch almost any major team via streaming. Hell, the networks now have their own gameday shows for women's bball.

C. No NIL, of course.

CC's passing abilities and logo-deep range make her a self-generating highlight reel perfect for our "5 second clip" culture. That's a credit to her and her skills. But people are ignoring that she's contributing to AND riding a wave that was already occurring; she hit her peak stardom at the perfect time.

People try to point to last years championship TV ratings jump. Well, it was the first year of it being in a major network so it was going to get a big boost no matter what.

 

[BCClone]

Good thing there wasn't a mass shooting relatively close or something important to report on.

Or HS state wrestling happening.

 

[jctisu]

ESPN analyst Chiney Ogwumike says that this will not be her last record, but she is going for Pistol Pete’s record. Stated that Clark is in her 4th year but failed to say that Pete did it in three years. Go figure.

Will Iowa hang the banner with or without the asterisk when she passes it?

And Pete did it without the three point line and still averaged like 44 PPG. I heard on Dan Patrick this morning that someone went through all of Pete's shot chart and added in the three point arc and then changed those two-pointers to three-pointers and the dude would have averaged 55 PPG!

And that's assuming he doesn't go for more three pointers knowing there is a three-point line.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

That would be such a shameless publicity stunt, that would end so poorly. Please do it.

NBA teams hate second round picks anyway and don't really want to have to use them so I could argue that the publicity is worth it.

 

[cycloner29]

I'll probably watch till she gets the eight, which shouldn't take too long, then the Duals at Daytona.

 

[nfrine]

Lol the game is on peacock.

This is bu*****t...this is not B1G protocol!