The truth about Iowa women's basketball is that they are currently the number one draw for fans. All of their home games are sold out. For their road games, their opponents are selling out or at least drawing multiple times as many fans as normal. This game, for example, attendance was 18,660, a sell-out. For Ohio State's other ten home games this season, average attendance was 5,668.
@@maxpower247 Iowa and Caitlin Clark are trying to grow the game of women's college basketball in a way that Connecticut, despite their long history of tournament success, never succeeded in doing. How much of that growth is uniquely dependent upon Caitlin Clark, we will find out.
I think you are making too much of one game, an overtime game at that, against a team I considered to be the favorite to win the Big Ten title this season. Remember that Iowa had a 12 point lead on the road in the fourth quarter. That they could not hold off Ohio State means they are vulnerable. But having such a lead in the fourth quarter means they are also a threat to anyone. You have been a big UCLA promoter, but UCLA just lost to Utah. Do you have a video in process with a title such as "The Truth about UCLA Women's Basketball"
Except ucla has around 5/6 ranked wins. Including impressive wins on the road and handing some pac-12 teams their first conference loss in one of the hardest, if not the hardest conference in women’s basketball. huge difference
@@violetforpb Iowa has wins against Virginia Tech (then #8) and Kansas State (then #16) and Indiana (then #14). Two of those (VT and KSU) were neutral site wins.
@@RichardII_Lionheart pre conference play. they were undefeated and played better competition. Regardless, ucla has most ranked wins in the country tied with uconn, and if SC beats lsu, they will also have 5 ranked wins. Still a better resume than iowa’s
@@violetforpb I never claimed that Iowa's non-conference schedule was particularly difficult, but neither was it it the cupcake which some some commentators claimed. Kansas State's current rankings are #4 (AP) and #8 NET). Iowa is the only team to have beaten Kansas State thus far. Virginia Tech's current rankings are #19 (AP) and #18 (NET). Overall the Big Ten strikes me as weaker this season than it was last season, which surprises me because I had thought several teams had improved their rosters in ways that have yet to show themselves in actual games. I have no trouble saying that UCLA's schedule thus far has been tougher than Iowa's. But I will note that at present, Iowa has more neutral site wins than anyone else. But all of that misses my basic point. MaxPower247 is prone to these grandiose generalities and exhibits less than objective assessments of his favorite teams. Iowa (#2) loses an overtime road game to Ohio State (#18) and the Hawkeyes are "exposed" as "not top tier". UCLA (#2) loses an overtime road game to Utah (#16). I am simply asking when the negative analysis of UCLA is going to come?
@Richard, I couldn't agree more. While I don't have the numbers with me, there's a video from ESPN talking about how close she is to 1,000 rebounds and assists. We do know her scoring is knocking on the door to Kelsey Plum.
I think of Iowa and remember that clip from the 90s Temptations film. "Ain't nobody" coming to see the team, they're watching for Clark. Unless there's another generational talent coming in, all the unnecessary hype and attention around that program will die the day she declares for the draft.
Attendance will drop after Caitlin is finished playing. No doubt about that. But so long as Iowa is competitive in the Big Ten, which they have been for many years, they will continue to be in the upper echelon in terms of home attendance. The real question is whether other programs will develop their own large fan bases.
Max, You are right…again! Nothing but facts. Here’s more FACTS: 1. Iowa was irrelevant prior to Caitlin Clark. 2. When Clark leaves Iowa, Iowa will return to the ranks of the irrelevant college WBB teams. 3. Iowa’s days are numbered in terms of media coverage and ESPN sweating then all over their website. 4. Clark is the best to ever play at Iowa. However, the rest of the roster is mid, at best. That’s why Iowa won’t win a natty with or without Caitlin Clark.
You can see the same thing about Michael Jordan when he was there for a couple years he was the main guy like Clark until he got some help what are you talking about Wingstop the fall back in West Virginia on your dirt road and your single wide trailer sitting on your porch drinking a Mountain Dew with your cat named Willie talk about what I could have and should have with your basketball career it never materialized
@@MarkHarper-ek8ss the thing is tho they right, they will go back into irrelevancy. I mean maybe not next season but the season after that they might especially if they lose many games which is kind of what happens when Caitlin doesn’t perform well.
Iowa had national player of the year Megan Gustafson just two years before Clark arrived, as well as Kathleen Doyle. The talent pool in Iowa and the surrounding states is incredibly deep, and all the 12-14 year old girls in that region currently worshiping Clark will undoubtedly produce some amazing talent that will want to follow in her footsteps in the next four to six years. Iowa will have no trouble remaining very relevant
@@davidedwards4720 yes but Caitlin Clark’s talents are generational you can’t copy even if you tried. And by Amazing talent do you mean offensively? Cause the B10 and the ACC are not known for their defense
You don't copy somebody else but you do get inspired by their skills. Caitlin was not born with the ability to do what she does. Those who have never worked with elite athletes think that the great players are merely gifted with talent. What they do not see is that 99% of the time the great players have worked harder, smarter, and more diligently developing their talents. The very best spend enormous amounts of time learning and perfecting the skills that separate them from all the other players. It is usually only a few skills that separate the all time greats from the average high level players. Unfortunately these few skills take a tremendous commitment to learn and very very few individuals put in the practice to master them. Most athletes when they reach a certain skill level focus on practicing those skills that make them look good. It takes a special athlete to focus on the skills they don't yet have, and put in the tireless hours learning them. By seeing the things that Caitlin has put the work in for, junior girl players who worship her the barometer has now been set on the things they need to develop. How many girls do you think were actively practicing (as in every day for hours) long range three point jump shots before Caitlin? Zero. How many are starting to practice this now? A lot. This happens in every sport as the once unthinkable becomes the possible. Before the first four minute mile was run this was considered impossible. When Pete Sampras won fourteen grand slam titles it was thought to be unreachable, and now Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic have all eclipsed that mark. And I am so tired of the myth that Caitlin can't play defense. Maybe other conferences like the SEC are known for good defense mainly because they are bad shooters? You see it isn't so simple is it? If Caitlin's defense is so bad, could you please list ten games over the past four years where the girl she was assigned to guard just lit up the scoreboard? How about five specific games? Ok, how about three? @@jjx1207
I think the ohio state and indiana game will interesting. OSU is at home but i still think indiana has a good chance if holmes plays like she usually does. This game will have a big impact on the regular season champions race. Also hannah/kate having a bad game during OSU game really killed iowa. I was also surprised on how much CC was passing in the second half. Usually in these situations she takes 30+ shots but her night ended at 24 which i found very surprising. She was really trying to get the supporting cast involved and nobody except molly really showed up.
Hey max power I have been watch you videos for a few months now and I love the way your mind thinks. I know this player graduated last season but can you do a video on Ashten prechtel at standford and how Tara benched her for almost the whole season last year? And another request if you can find the time to review the standford South Carolina game and how standford let that game slip away? Thank you and if you couldn’t tell I’m a standford fan but not so pleased with how Tara has developed player in the past years.
I'm wondering what teams besides South Carolina would you consider to be on a level that's significantly higher than Iowa. There are several really good teams (Iowa included) that are around the same level, and they all have more than one loss, just like Iowa. What team has 2 better losses than the ones Iowa has?
Sorry but there are several teams that are better than Iowa. I guarantee Iowa will not even make the Final 4 this year. The only reason the went last year was due to the refs helping them out which was very obvious. Sorry not sorry. C.C. is a great player, but like i said they don't stand a chance this year. They looks so good due to the weak schedule they play.
I agree with you but it's somewhat debatable. Like you mentioned they destroyed Indiana and Indiana is a decent team. But the OSU loss, even though it was in OT, was still pretty decisive with an 8 point margin at the end. And the Hawkeyes do have a weaker schedule. It feels like a down year for the Big Ten. Iowa also barely beat Michigan State at home. Iowa really doesn't have a great supporting cast around Caitlin. I think they're sucessful similar to Lebron's Cavs in 2007 or Dwight Howard's Magic in 2009, because they have several role players built around a superstar. They are a good team but don't have what it takes to win it all. The talent Iowa has outside of Caitlin is very average. Kate Martin is averaging double figures for the first time but she depends on Caitlin's creativity. Bluder has just begun to trust Hannah Stuelke which is baffling to me because she seems the most capable helping Clark. They just don't have that consistent 2nd option like Monika Czinano.
Yep, The Law Firm of Czinano and Clark is what got them so far last year. Nobody's filled Czinano's shoes. Same with McKenna Warnoch leaving. The rest of the current team is just average, but it might tend to appear that way from being so outshined by a luminary like Clark. But I would be really surprised if they got to the sweet sixteen, if that. Just the way it is.
The Hawkeyes are my team to root for, and I do. But I try to be as objective as possible. Iowa's roster consists of Caitlin Clark, whom I consider to be the best active college player and one of the very best in NCAA history, and a slew of good, but not outstanding players, each of whom brings skills to the court, but also limitations. For whatever reason, Iowa has never been successful recruiting multiple highly ranked players out of high school. Just compare the high school player rankings for Iowa's roster with the rosters of Connecticut, Louisiana State, and South Carolina. This immediately puts them at a talent disadvantage. Still, Iowa has proved to be a very dangerous team which no opponent dares to take lightly. In some ways, Iowa has been better this season than last, when they made it to the national title game. But it is a stretch for me to expect another Final Four appearance. If they do make it that far, the reason will doubtless be they have Caitlin Clark and their opponents do not.
Richard, think how good Iowa would have been had Ava Jones not been in that crippling accident. She was at least a 4 star player until a drunk driver drove right into her family while in Louisville for an AAU tournament. I doubt that she will ever shoot a basket after all of her ligaments were torn in both knees and she got a TBI from it. I'm sure she had other injuries, but these will cripple her the most. Iowa would have really done well again this year as well as the next 3 years with her, because she would have been another large draw for women's basketball. What is so impressive about Iowa is that knowing she may never play, they never took away her scholarship, and for me, that was the right thing to do. After all, we are Iowa, and that's how we roll.
@@survivrs It is difficult to know what a healthy Ava Jones might have contributed as a freshman. She has some height at 6'2" but was listed at 150 pounds. That's pretty thin for 6'2" whether playing the wing or, especially, the post. It appears from video that she had some basic moves in the post and a pretty decent mid-range jump shot, but there was no clue there about the extent of her effective range. Alas, we will never know. I agree that it was a classy move for Iowa to keep her on scholarship.
@@RichardII_Lionheart I watched a video she had made the other day, and while she sounds upbeat, you can tell by her speech pattern that her TBI was significant. As you said, we'll never know.
Wow. Really good point about the networks putting all their eggs in one basket. Viewership will definitely drop if folks are expecting Iowa to return to the title game and they don't. That would be a shame since there are so many incredible players potentially in the Final Four this season.
Iowa has never been one of best teams as a school.What they have to their advantage is a player so great that there's always have a chance to win a game
Great show and thank you for calling out the media and espn for pushing their agenda. They have done the same with UCONN over the last seven years when clearly they have not been as dominant and other teams have out recruited them and won more Natty’s in that time period. ❤ We need media to bring exposure to wbb as a whole because there are numerous teams and players that have fantastic stories that should be shared which would promote the sport.😊
I think the uconn coverage is because of their long final four streak, which was the 14th at the time. And their undefeated seasons before falling in the ncaa. It’s pretty impressive.
Aside from last year, anyone can hardly remember when UConn missed a final four, and don't forget that UConn has a large fan base nationwide, so for once, ESPN had a point. If any other team had made it to the final four 14 consecutive times they would have been considered dominant, but since we're talking about UConn.....
I don't think anyone disagrees. The thing is if you remove Caitlin Clark from the NCAAW, ratings would be about the same as they were 4 years ago...and this take would have 74 views...
Non of this is true they actually didn’t get exposed look like someone was watching the highlights and not the actual game. Iowa had plenty of opportunities to close out the game but there coach is not a very good one she always gets out coached in big moments that’s what really happened she failed to make adjustments to stop Ohio state from coming back
@@elmiratchagop3642 she is volume chucker who chuck avg 12 3pts per game,her shot sellection is awful and turnover machine avg 4 turnovers per game,ballhogs asts represents you plays unselfish,when she has ball in her hand almost every procession like lechoke james,her game never impressed me🤫
@@lecowardjames cant be a ball hog and lead the nation in assists for the last 2 years those can not coexist. Like br you dont even know what a ball hog is. Her shot selection can get better but at the end of the day she is shooting over 40% from 3 this season which better than most guards can say across the country. ESPECIALLY when all of those 3s are heavily contested and often deep. You dont even watch the games so idk why u are acting like you do. Her game doesn’t have to impress you it just needs to help whatever team she is on👍🏾
Wow, your statement is so mind boggling!! Of course Iowa isn’t as good as their record. They have caitlain Clark and that’s it. She is carrying this team. Nobody can win a team game by themselves. Imagine how good Indiana is gonna be when she is paired up with Aliyah Boston. Caitlin Clark is still amazing. Try to argue that.
It is UNFORGIVEABLE that AP & Coaches polls have UConn above Ohio State, just unforgiveable. And sorry, UConn has yet to beat a top 17 team, PERIOD.t. They will be lucky to beat Notre Dame on Saturday night. PB is already hitting the floor in pain, it's just a matter of time. Losing Griffin to injury for the season is the worst thing that could have happened.
I love watching this and reading these comments. All the Caitlin haters and Iowa doubters. The made it to the title game and beat great teams to get there.
Give me a break. They play in a grueling conference, they beat the brakes off of Ohio in the tournament last year, going into overtime didn’t expose anyone. Wasn’t South Carolina going to squash them. Sure a lot of haters.
@maxpower247 I believe you put out these videos as clickbait! OSU deserves credit for the win they out hustle Iowa in overtime. But let's be real. Iowa had 2 blown opportunities to win the game in closing seconds of regulation. Cotie played lights out well above season average. Sometimes a player just gets hot. Also OSU shot 3pt above season average. You said OSU is better then Iowa. Right after you released your top 10 video OSU lost to Michigan. Your rankings have taken a hit with K State on top of B12, USC taking their 3rd loss and Norte Dame with 4 L's. Now LSU has 3L's. You are either a Iowa hater or posting for clicks. South Carolina maybe the only team with less than 3 L's by the end of season. Iowa's loss in overtime on the road to a ranked team doesn't prove anything.
Tennessee is #56 in NET ranking, and on the bubble right now. It is not "arguable" whether they are better or worse than last year. You lose all your credibility with statement like that.
Uconn was a flawed team last year. Remember, there was no Paige Bueckers, and Azzi was not healthy. And they had to give significant minutes to Nika Mul (not sure of spelling) who although is great defensively, could not shoot. To her credit, she is a significantly better shooter this year. It was not a surprise that Uconn lost to Ohio State.
Nika shoots a career high FG%, career high in rebounds, averages less turnovers, career high 3 point FG%, and leads the team in assists. The whole uconn starting lineup, including nika, shoots above 50%. But yeah, uconn losing to OSU was not a surprise. specially with many key pieces missing.
An overtime loss on the road against a ranked opponent is getting exposed? I guess UCLA is the on the exact same level of being good but not great by that logic. And every other team in the country not named South Carolina.
Iowa is a good team, no doubt. But they're not a top 10 team. Clark scored over 40 points just for Iowa to lose to OSU by 10 points. If Clark has a bad day or even what for her is an average day, they would have been blown out.
@@RichardII_Lionheart You're correct. OSU won by 8 points. Everything else I said was factual. Clark scored over 40 points and her team still lost by, yes, 8 points. The fact that the game went to overtime is irrelevant. The better truth is, if Clark would have had an average day, say, scoring only 30 points, her team would have lost in regulation. If Clark would have scored only 25 points her team would have been blown out. In regulation.
@@helgar791 As John McEnroe famously said in a different context: "You cannot be serious!" The fact that the game went to overtime is irrelevant only in terms that one team ended up with a win versus a loss. It is not irrelevant in terms of which team (both really) could have won in regulation. Your supposed "better truth" is true only in a wildly hypothetical way. That game I can play just as well as you. Cotie McMahon had not just a season high, but a career high with 33 points. Had she scored her season average rather than her career high, Ohio State would have lost rather badly in regulation. If Clark and McMahon had both scored their season averages (31 and 13 respectively) Iowa would have won convincingly in regulation. If Clark and McMahon had both scored their season lows (21 and 1 respectively) Iowa would have won convincingly in regulation. But games are not won or lost by an "if...then" dynamic of hypothetical propositions based on hypothetical "facts". The truth for this particular game is that Ohio State played better than Iowa and won a tight, contested game at home in front of a record home crowd. This did not particularly surprise me. Preseason, I had predicted Ohio State and Indiana to finish the Big Ten regular season ahead of or tied with Iowa.
@@RichardII_Lionheart Yes, it doesn't matter whether the game went to OT or not, and the fact of it is irrelevant. I feel what's most "relevant" is that one team "ended up with a win versus a loss". When the season is done no one will say, "but that game went to OT, so there "ought" to be an asterisk next to it". By definition, an OT game means both teams had chances to win. No matter how you pretzel your logic, Clark scored 45 points (on a mediocre 7-18 from 3 by the way) , and her team lost by 8. Clark scored, what? Over 35 points in regulation, and the team tied a solid, but not spectacular OSU team. These are the facts that on one hand, you seem to promote and relish. Yet how interesting that you can chastise me with seeming arrogance for my "if" scenario and then engage in a series of speculatory "could" and "ought" scenarios, and think that faulty logic proves your argument. By your poor logical sequencing,, Clark "could" have hit one more FT and would have won in regulation, or she "ought" to have scored 54 points and they'd have won in overtime.
@@helgar791 You are arguing against a statement I never made, which suggests either an unwilling deficit in reading comprehension or a willingness to misstate and mischaracterize what someone else has written. But even then your argument actually proves my point. An overtime game, almost by definition, could have gone either way in regulation. My own hypotheticals were clearly labeled as such and were intended to show the idiocy of what I took to be your attempt at serious, and seriously flawed, argument.
You couldn’t be more incorrect about your comments if you tried. You are false advertisement and shouldn’t even be allowed a platform. Just wait until OSU gets pounded against Iowa in Iowa City and again in the Big 10 tournament.
She always use that off arm to get her space and everybody should know you can’t extend your off arm on offense and push off but max u hit it right on the head!
She can do whatever it takes to score if you don't let her shoot because you are crowding her like you suppose to then the refs will allow her to push that is if they wanna keep calling games.
@@chasnami and you sound like you’re mad at the truth lol y’all Clark fans do know they make replica championship rings right? Y’all could chip in and get her a ring or two 🤦🏽♂️
You failed to mention that over half of Iowa’s team had food poisoning the night before the game. They were far from full strength in this game and still carried a double digit lead into the fourth quarter. Everything and I mean everything had to fall perfectly for Ohio State to take the win and credit to them it did. Remember Ohio State easily took out UConn in the tournament last year. They are an extremely talented team.
UConn is overall a better team than Iowa, Iowa has never beaten UConn even with Clark, last year they beat Iowa without BUeckers. The game that Ohio beat UConn was without Bueckers. However, you are correct in saying Ohio State is good, but Iowa will never beat UConn, they are a better team. The last I heard basketball was still a team sport not the "CLARK SHOW!
Yep it's always a reason or better yet an excuse if Iowa doesn't perform up to TV ratings with Jesus Christ on the team and come out short of the win. I mean last year in the championship game they was said to have not had enough rest... actually they didn't play any perimeter defense like in the semifinals which was obvious but oh no it was that they needed more rest.😮
@@politicallil7060Not an excuse just a fact. When half your team is in the bathroom all night before game day it undoubtedly affects their performance. We get it that you hate the Iowa team. It seethes through your words. That’s fine. They nor anybody else cares one flip about your bias and hatred.
Iowa will still most likely get a #1 seed, or if a #2, still a guarantee Sweet 16. I think all the points are valid, Iowa did get lucky with playing the teams they did up until the final four last year (with Georgia being the toughest team for them until the SC game) The one argument i would say is that a team still needs to bank on a high octane offense to keep pace, or a wonderful defense to stop Iowa. K-State won through a defense, and Ohio State through offense. Not a lot of teams can match those qualities, or execute ar the level when playing with the pressure of the best player and more faces watching then normal.
How did Iowa win over South Carolina, three-point shooting and rapid fast break. Oh yes South Carolina got outcoached. Iowa may not be the best team, but when their offense is going well, they can beat anybody and they have proven it in the past.😮
@@johnhughes3735Did you even watch the game? Iowa’s three point shooting wasn’t that great in that game. Yes they outran South Carolina because the Iowa girls were in much better shape for running. SC game strategy all year was to jack up a brick then have three players bouncing up and down like jumping jacks rebounding and putting back additional shots. The main way Iowa beat SC offensively was isolating them into a two on two game with Clark and Czinano running the pick and roll. Boston tried to switch onto Clark but was simply too slow to match Clark’s speed. If they doubled Clark Czinano broke to the basket for an easy layup.
South Carolina was doing this for years so was UCONN. Clark is the Great W#÷$= hope. Be real uconn has had great players, South Carolina, Baylor, LSU, many schools. Clark shoots more than anybody. She is good but its espn great W hope show to get ratings. Race card
IOWA beat SC in the Final Four after LSU lost by 20+ in regular season. In IOWA vs Ohio State the refs allowed Cotie to charge and push players out of the way. You screaming does not make your analysis intelligent; IT IS NOT !!! And remember, Foghorn, IOWA was 10 up on Ohio State shortly before the refs started calling fouls on IOWA every time Cotie bulldozed her way to the basket. There is a reason you have less than 2 K subscribers. Try speaking softly and do it after you perform a more in depth analysis. Consider, did IOWA expose South Carolina last year? South Carolina would have crushed LSU in the Final and given a second chance against IOWA would have probably crushed them as well.
I’m glad someone finally said it! I’ve been over Caitlin and the refs forever! Her getting away pushing off is crazy. All you have to do is look like you touched her and they blow the whistle. Meanwhile she’s pushing off the whole game with no whistle. K state really won the rematch. The refs helped Iowa win!
Iowa lost their star center after last year, and nobody has fillled her shoes. Also, McKenna Warnoch graduated, another of their top players. Clark will continue to put up great numbers, but the team won't go near as far as last year.
Kate Martin has more than adequately replaced Warnock and Affolter and Davis have replaced what Martin did last year. The post by committee approach is producing numbers similar to Czinano. Iowa is better offensively and defensively compared to last year because their players on the court are quicker and more athletic than last year, and they play much better defense and rebound better (The OSU game being an anomaly).
2022 Warnock 10.9-5.9-1.9 2023 Martin 12.1-6.1-2.5 And Kate is a MUCH better defender than Warnock was. 2022 Martin 7.7-4.2-3.6 (28.3 minutes) 2023 Affolter 7.4-6.5-1.9 (21.3 minutes) And Sydney might be a better defender than Kate was. 2022 Czinano-Stuelke-O'Grady 25.6-11.8 (in 46.4 combined minutes) 2023 Stuelke-Goodman-O'Grady 23.8-13.1 (in 43.9 combined minutes) There has been NO falloff in overall post production, or front line production compared to last year. This is a myth promulgated by both fans and haters of Iowa.
You are nuts. The big 10 is the toughest conference in the country, They pound each other all season and when it comes to the tournament their players are tired as in the champion ship games last year. Put some teams you think are so great in the big ten and they will get pounded. Indiana at home, Maryland at home,,Ohio state at home, Illinois at home. You think the big ten is so weak lets see some your teams jump in on the season rumbles in the big 10 and watch you choices get the sht kicked out of them,
@@jeffgrimm9487 hate to break it to you..the big ten has 3 ranked teams 💀 the ACC has 7, the PAC-12 has 6, the BIG12 has 4…which makes the big east, SEC, and WCC combine for 5. shows that the PAC-12 and ACC are more dominant and stronger. You think again sir
Espn so wack i dont know if that big deal is a good thing. Its like they're the world wide leader in dumb shit.. I wish everybody would watch the sporting events and turn off the bias ass sports talk mess. They remind me of unofficial score cards in boxing, there to sway public opinion.
Espn and questionable decisions, behavior, comment? NO....REALLY....DUH! By the way, Big 10 womens basketball, power 5 and elite shouldn't be used in the same sentence. Good yes. Championship level tough....?
That was absurd for the only two things to come out the Ohio vs Iowa game was Catlin's 45 points and her getting ran into by a fan. They promote her like she is the second coming of Christ. Allows her to push off so she can shoot and affords her any other means of thrilling the audience not to mention disregard all other players performances. Here you had an LSU freshman hit 42 point on 15 of 50 shooting which is 75% from the field in regulation and not a mention by this institutions of her prowess. But we need not point out why... she ain't Clark and don't look like her either. 😂
That’s one terrific performance but Clark has put together four unprecedented years of performances. Setting records nobody else will come close to. You’re fixated on something Clark can’t control and you’re so obviously obsessed with this that it is truly sad. She is promoted because she is once in a lifetime talent. I’ve never seen in my life one player in a team sport move the needle compared to her peers as much as she has. This hurts you which is obvious. Also promoting Clark helps all the teams in the NCAA including yours. A mature person would celebrate what her popularity is doing for the sport and for all the young women of all backgrounds who play D1 basketball. Money and attention are pouring into the sport largely because of Clark. Girls in youth basketball are seeing the insane things she is capable of and it raises the bar of expectations that they have for themselves. This will enrich the sport for a generation to come. I really feel sorry for you that you are so marinated in your hatred steeped in bias that you can’t even begin to fathom any of this.
I’m black. And honestly, her popularity is not because of her skin color. She is a flat out baller. And the things she is doing is bringing positive attention to the woman’s game. It reminds me of when Stephon Curry was at Davidson. He too was heavily promoted and rightly so. And it had nothing to do with ‘the way he looked’. He was bringing immense attention to the college game because of his insane talent. And Clark is doing the same. Does she push off, yep. Does she get calls on ticky tack fouls, yep. Not her issues. That’s on the refs. Remember, Michael Jordan got a lot of calls too. Ask any older Knicks fan. But there’s no denying her talent and gifts. But the video was acknowledging that the team is not as good as the pundits are saying and I agree. They can’t play defense and that will hurt them when they play offensively gifted teams. By the way, I think you meant 15 of 20.
Hahaha, that was funny about the referees but it costed South Carolina national championship last year. I’m glad some one else notice the referees and their phantom call on the other teams and no call on him, Caitlin Clark, he deserve no favors from the referees
You are so right but 100% wrong. No one in the basketball power structure cares about your opinion or analysis. The asset owners by hook or crook will have Clark in the final four and most likely the championship game. They are going to set up the tournament and arrange refs to ensure they get their money maker in position to keep loading up their tournament pockets. If Paige doesn't get hurt UConn will be the likely tournament opponent the other two teams in the final four will likely be coached by white males. I said that before the season even started. These institutions the NCAA, ESPN, Media and WNBA promote the players, teams and programs they feel will serve their buying audience and will maximize profits. They can make mega dollars positioning those two assets Iowa and UConn in the championship game. They not tolerating no more predominantly black teams in the championship round so SC and LSU can forget that dream. These institutions don't want the SEC in the conversation. If it's not looking like Iowa and UConn in the equation then it's going to disturb the cash flow. Yep SC is the best team hands down but if they want Catlin or Paige sporting that ring it's going to happen by any means necessary. If by happen stance SC finds a way to smash Iowa or UConn after 50 fouls then so be it. They'll will spend the next year smashing SC and trashing their name, their characters and accusing them of ungodly things. Capitalism is a cut throat, low down dirty underhanded game. Anyone who gets in the way of Catlin's March to glory will pay way more than price of admission that LSU paid last season they will be destroyed. It's market manipulation and there is no market on earth that is not manipulated by capitalist 😂. And you be careful exposing the obvious you don't own the platform you speaking on they can pull the plug on you too.😊
Interesting theory. And what if that doesn't happen? After all, hardly anyone thinks Iowa will go as far this year, even some Iowans. You talk like EVERY other team is going to get the shaft, with everyone watching, a historic number no less, and no one will notice.
You sound like a better person than never made it to the show or can't dribble b r o I just have to go past this podcast 200 likes your analogy of the Iowa basketball team is garbage go back to working at Wingstop
All of your facts are correct! They were not a #2 ! A lot of their close wins should have been loses but the refs will call every lame play in Clark’s favor even when she is the one pushing off. I honestly believe the only reason stadiums are selling out because they are marketing her more than other players! What if other teams/players had the same spotlight. I know LSU, UCLA and UCON are also selling out away games but unless you follow you would not know this. They will cheat but Iowa will only make it to the Sweet 16!
You need to learn how to separate fact from speculation. Example, attendance numbers (tickets sold) are facts. Predicting how the NCAA tournament will play out is speculation. You can speculate all you want before the fact, but your claim that "LSU, UCLA and UCONN are also selling out away games" is decidedly untrue, or at least untrue on any regular basis. As you can see from the numbers below, Iowa is averaging far more fans in the seats for both home and away+neutral games than any of the three you specifically identify. LSU is averaging 11,059 home and 4,490 away+neutral. UCLA is averaging 4,602 home and 7,584 away+neutral. Connecticut is averaging 10,255 home and 4.959 away+neutral. Iowa is averaging 14,998 home and 10,673 away+neutral.
@@RichardII_Lionheart You need to learn how to read. Imagine being partially illiterate and trying to correct someone. I never said they sold out ‘all’ home games. I don’t care what you researched. Please stop being delusional! My opinion is they are not a number #2 team and they will not go further than the Sweet 16. I was being nice but if you want me to go low I will! Therefore, the fact is you salty and I will speculate that you need to get a life! Learn the difference please and thank you! I have time today Richard🤐🤐🤫
The truth about Iowa women's basketball is that they are currently the number one draw for fans. All of their home games are sold out. For their road games, their opponents are selling out or at least drawing multiple times as many fans as normal. This game, for example, attendance was 18,660, a sell-out. For Ohio State's other ten home games this season, average attendance was 5,668.
I never said they weren’t? Making money has nothing do with how far they’ll go in the tournament
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Iowa and Caitlin Clark are trying to grow the game of women's college basketball in a way that Connecticut, despite their long history of tournament success, never succeeded in doing. How much of that growth is uniquely dependent upon Caitlin Clark, we will find out.
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I have no idea what point, if any, you are trying to make with your emojis.
@@RichardII_Lionheart👀 AGREE WITH U 💯💪🏾💯💪🏾💯💪🏾💯💪🏾💯 POINT BLANK FACTS.
I think you are making too much of one game, an overtime game at that, against a team I considered to be the favorite to win the Big Ten title this season. Remember that Iowa had a 12 point lead on the road in the fourth quarter. That they could not hold off Ohio State means they are vulnerable. But having such a lead in the fourth quarter means they are also a threat to anyone.
You have been a big UCLA promoter, but UCLA just lost to Utah. Do you have a video in process with a title such as "The Truth about UCLA Women's Basketball"
Except ucla has around 5/6 ranked wins. Including impressive wins on the road and handing some pac-12 teams their first conference loss in one of the hardest, if not the hardest conference in women’s basketball. huge difference
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Iowa has wins against Virginia Tech (then #8) and Kansas State (then #16) and Indiana (then #14). Two of those (VT and KSU) were neutral site wins.
@@RichardII_Lionheart pre conference play. they were undefeated and played better competition. Regardless, ucla has most ranked wins in the country tied with uconn, and if SC beats lsu, they will also have 5 ranked wins. Still a better resume than iowa’s
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I never claimed that Iowa's non-conference schedule was particularly difficult, but neither was it it the cupcake which some some commentators claimed. Kansas State's current rankings are #4 (AP) and #8 NET). Iowa is the only team to have beaten Kansas State thus far. Virginia Tech's current rankings are #19 (AP) and #18 (NET).
Overall the Big Ten strikes me as weaker this season than it was last season, which surprises me because I had thought several teams had improved their rosters in ways that have yet to show themselves in actual games. I have no trouble saying that UCLA's schedule thus far has been tougher than Iowa's. But I will note that at present, Iowa has more neutral site wins than anyone else.
But all of that misses my basic point. MaxPower247 is prone to these grandiose generalities and exhibits less than objective assessments of his favorite teams. Iowa (#2) loses an overtime road game to Ohio State (#18) and the Hawkeyes are "exposed" as "not top tier". UCLA (#2) loses an overtime road game to Utah (#16). I am simply asking when the negative analysis of UCLA is going to come?
@Richard, I couldn't agree more. While I don't have the numbers with me, there's a video from ESPN talking about how close she is to 1,000 rebounds and assists. We do know her scoring is knocking on the door to Kelsey Plum.
I think of Iowa and remember that clip from the 90s Temptations film. "Ain't nobody" coming to see the team, they're watching for Clark. Unless there's another generational talent coming in, all the unnecessary hype and attention around that program will die the day she declares for the draft.
Attendance will drop after Caitlin is finished playing. No doubt about that. But so long as Iowa is competitive in the Big Ten, which they have been for many years, they will continue to be in the upper echelon in terms of home attendance. The real question is whether other programs will develop their own large fan bases.
Max,
You are right…again! Nothing but facts.
Here’s more FACTS:
1. Iowa was irrelevant prior to Caitlin Clark.
2. When Clark leaves Iowa, Iowa will return to the ranks of the irrelevant college WBB teams.
3. Iowa’s days are numbered in terms of media coverage and ESPN sweating then all over their website.
4. Clark is the best
to ever play at Iowa. However, the rest of the roster is mid, at best. That’s why Iowa won’t win a natty with or without Caitlin Clark.
You can see the same thing about Michael Jordan when he was there for a couple years he was the main guy like Clark until he got some help what are you talking about Wingstop the fall back in West Virginia on your dirt road and your single wide trailer sitting on your porch drinking a Mountain Dew with your cat named Willie talk about what I could have and should have with your basketball career it never materialized
@@MarkHarper-ek8ss the thing is tho they right, they will go back into irrelevancy. I mean maybe not next season but the season after that they might especially if they lose many games which is kind of what happens when Caitlin doesn’t perform well.
Iowa had national player of the year Megan Gustafson just two years before Clark arrived, as well as Kathleen Doyle. The talent pool in Iowa and the surrounding states is incredibly deep, and all the 12-14 year old girls in that region currently worshiping Clark will undoubtedly produce some amazing talent that will want to follow in her footsteps in the next four to six years. Iowa will have no trouble remaining very relevant
@@davidedwards4720 yes but Caitlin Clark’s talents are generational you can’t copy even if you tried. And by Amazing talent do you mean offensively? Cause the B10 and the ACC are not known for their defense
You don't copy somebody else but you do get inspired by their skills. Caitlin was not born with the ability to do what she does. Those who have never worked with elite athletes think that the great players are merely gifted with talent. What they do not see is that 99% of the time the great players have worked harder, smarter, and more diligently developing their talents. The very best spend enormous amounts of time learning and perfecting the skills that separate them from all the other players. It is usually only a few skills that separate the all time greats from the average high level players. Unfortunately these few skills take a tremendous commitment to learn and very very few individuals put in the practice to master them. Most athletes when they reach a certain skill level focus on practicing those skills that make them look good. It takes a special athlete to focus on the skills they don't yet have, and put in the tireless hours learning them. By seeing the things that Caitlin has put the work in for, junior girl players who worship her the barometer has now been set on the things they need to develop. How many girls do you think were actively practicing (as in every day for hours) long range three point jump shots before Caitlin? Zero. How many are starting to practice this now? A lot. This happens in every sport as the once unthinkable becomes the possible. Before the first four minute mile was run this was considered impossible. When Pete Sampras won fourteen grand slam titles it was thought to be unreachable, and now Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic have all eclipsed that mark. And I am so tired of the myth that Caitlin can't play defense. Maybe other conferences like the SEC are known for good defense mainly because they are bad shooters? You see it isn't so simple is it? If Caitlin's defense is so bad, could you please list ten games over the past four years where the girl she was assigned to guard just lit up the scoreboard? How about five specific games? Ok, how about three? @@jjx1207
I think the ohio state and indiana game will interesting. OSU is at home but i still think indiana has a good chance if holmes plays like she usually does. This game will have a big impact on the regular season champions race.
Also hannah/kate having a bad game during OSU game really killed iowa. I was also surprised on how much CC was passing in the second half. Usually in these situations she takes 30+ shots but her night ended at 24 which i found very surprising. She was really trying to get the supporting cast involved and nobody except molly really showed up.
Hey max power I have been watch you videos for a few months now and I love the way your mind thinks. I know this player graduated last season but can you do a video on Ashten prechtel at standford and how Tara benched her for almost the whole season last year? And another request if you can find the time to review the standford South Carolina game and how standford let that game slip away? Thank you and if you couldn’t tell I’m a standford fan but not so pleased with how Tara has developed player in the past years.
I'm wondering what teams besides South Carolina would you consider to be on a level that's significantly higher than Iowa. There are several really good teams (Iowa included) that are around the same level, and they all have more than one loss, just like Iowa. What team has 2 better losses than the ones Iowa has?
Sorry but there are several teams that are better than Iowa. I guarantee Iowa will not even make the Final 4 this year. The only reason the went last year was due to the refs helping them out which was very obvious. Sorry not sorry. C.C. is a great player, but like i said they don't stand a chance this year. They looks so good due to the weak schedule they play.
@@chrissimmons6358 You didn't name a single one
I agree with you but it's somewhat debatable. Like you mentioned they destroyed Indiana and Indiana is a decent team. But the OSU loss, even though it was in OT, was still pretty decisive with an 8 point margin at the end.
And the Hawkeyes do have a weaker schedule. It feels like a down year for the Big Ten. Iowa also barely beat Michigan State at home.
Iowa really doesn't have a great supporting cast around Caitlin. I think they're sucessful similar to Lebron's Cavs in 2007 or Dwight Howard's Magic in 2009, because they have several role players built around a superstar. They are a good team but don't have what it takes to win it all. The talent Iowa has outside of Caitlin is very average. Kate Martin is averaging double figures for the first time but she depends on Caitlin's creativity. Bluder has just begun to trust Hannah Stuelke which is baffling to me because she seems the most capable helping Clark. They just don't have that consistent 2nd option like Monika Czinano.
Thanks for your detailed analysis, it’s great!
Yep, The Law Firm of Czinano and Clark is what got them so far last year. Nobody's filled Czinano's shoes. Same with McKenna Warnoch leaving. The rest of the current team is just average, but it might tend to appear that way from being so outshined by a luminary like Clark. But I would be really surprised if they got to the sweet sixteen, if that. Just the way it is.
The Hawkeyes are my team to root for, and I do. But I try to be as objective as possible. Iowa's roster consists of Caitlin Clark, whom I consider to be the best active college player and one of the very best in NCAA history, and a slew of good, but not outstanding players, each of whom brings skills to the court, but also limitations. For whatever reason, Iowa has never been successful recruiting multiple highly ranked players out of high school. Just compare the high school player rankings for Iowa's roster with the rosters of Connecticut, Louisiana State, and South Carolina. This immediately puts them at a talent disadvantage.
Still, Iowa has proved to be a very dangerous team which no opponent dares to take lightly. In some ways, Iowa has been better this season than last, when they made it to the national title game. But it is a stretch for me to expect another Final Four appearance. If they do make it that far, the reason will doubtless be they have Caitlin Clark and their opponents do not.
Richard, think how good Iowa would have been had Ava Jones not been in that crippling accident. She was at least a 4 star player until a drunk driver drove right into her family while in Louisville for an AAU tournament. I doubt that she will ever shoot a basket after all of her ligaments were torn in both knees and she got a TBI from it. I'm sure she had other injuries, but these will cripple her the most. Iowa would have really done well again this year as well as the next 3 years with her, because she would have been another large draw for women's basketball. What is so impressive about Iowa is that knowing she may never play, they never took away her scholarship, and for me, that was the right thing to do. After all, we are Iowa, and that's how we roll.
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It is difficult to know what a healthy Ava Jones might have contributed as a freshman. She has some height at 6'2" but was listed at 150 pounds. That's pretty thin for 6'2" whether playing the wing or, especially, the post. It appears from video that she had some basic moves in the post and a pretty decent mid-range jump shot, but there was no clue there about the extent of her effective range. Alas, we will never know.
I agree that it was a classy move for Iowa to keep her on scholarship.
@@RichardII_Lionheart I watched a video she had made the other day, and while she sounds upbeat, you can tell by her speech pattern that her TBI was significant. As you said, we'll never know.
Thank you sir
On point
Wow. Really good point about the networks putting all their eggs in one basket. Viewership will definitely drop if folks are expecting Iowa to return to the title game and they don't. That would be a shame since there are so many incredible players potentially in the Final Four this season.
Iowa has never been one of best teams as a school.What they have to their advantage is a player so great that there's always have a chance to win a game
Great show and thank you for calling out the media and espn for pushing their agenda. They have done the same with UCONN over the last seven years when clearly they have not been as dominant and other teams have out recruited them and won more Natty’s in that time period. ❤ We need media to bring exposure to wbb as a whole because there are numerous teams and players that have fantastic stories that should be shared which would promote the sport.😊
I think the uconn coverage is because of their long final four streak, which was the 14th at the time. And their undefeated seasons before falling in the ncaa. It’s pretty impressive.
Aside from last year, anyone can hardly remember when UConn missed a final four, and don't forget that UConn has a large fan base nationwide, so for once, ESPN had a point. If any other team had made it to the final four 14 consecutive times they would have been considered dominant, but since we're talking about UConn.....
You are right
Without CC Iowa would struggle to win 20 games.
I don't think anyone disagrees. The thing is if you remove Caitlin Clark from the NCAAW, ratings would be about the same as they were 4 years ago...and this take would have 74 views...
Non of this is true they actually didn’t get exposed look like someone was watching the highlights and not the actual game. Iowa had plenty of opportunities to close out the game but there coach is not a very good one she always gets out coached in big moments that’s what really happened she failed to make adjustments to stop Ohio state from coming back
Caitlyn with a team behind her will be awesome ..iowa is not a elite team Caitlyn is ..
If she stays another year they need to get some portal pickups
clark is overhyped🤫
@@lecowardjamesclark been deserving of the hype she gets since her sophomore year. It only just arrived her junior year cause of torney run
@@elmiratchagop3642 she is volume chucker who chuck avg 12 3pts per game,her shot sellection is awful and turnover machine avg 4 turnovers per game,ballhogs asts represents you plays unselfish,when she has ball in her hand almost every procession like lechoke james,her game never impressed me🤫
@@lecowardjames cant be a ball hog and lead the nation in assists for the last 2 years those can not coexist. Like br you dont even know what a ball hog is. Her shot selection can get better but at the end of the day she is shooting over 40% from 3 this season which better than most guards can say across the country. ESPECIALLY when all of those 3s are heavily contested and often deep. You dont even watch the games so idk why u are acting like you do. Her game doesn’t have to impress you it just needs to help whatever team she is on👍🏾
Wow, your statement is so mind boggling!! Of course Iowa isn’t as good as their record. They have caitlain Clark and that’s it. She is carrying this team. Nobody can win a team game by themselves. Imagine how good Indiana is gonna be when she is paired up with Aliyah Boston. Caitlin Clark is still amazing. Try to argue that.
It is UNFORGIVEABLE that AP & Coaches polls have UConn above Ohio State, just unforgiveable. And sorry, UConn has yet to beat a top 17 team, PERIOD.t. They will be lucky to beat Notre Dame on Saturday night. PB is already hitting the floor in pain, it's just a matter of time. Losing Griffin to injury for the season is the worst thing that could have happened.
Good lord somebody on here needs some serious help.
I love watching this and reading these comments. All the Caitlin haters and Iowa doubters. The made it to the title game and beat great teams to get there.
Give me a break. They play in a grueling conference, they beat the brakes off of Ohio in the tournament last year, going into overtime didn’t expose anyone. Wasn’t South Carolina going to squash them. Sure a lot of haters.
What you talking about the BIG 10 plays No defense it’s all offense that why they lost to LSU last year
@maxpower247 I believe you put out these videos as clickbait! OSU deserves credit for the win they out hustle Iowa in overtime. But let's be real. Iowa had 2 blown opportunities to win the game in closing seconds of regulation. Cotie played lights out well above season average. Sometimes a player just gets hot. Also OSU shot 3pt above season average. You said OSU is better then Iowa. Right after you released your top 10 video OSU lost to Michigan. Your rankings have taken a hit with K State on top of B12, USC taking their 3rd loss and Norte Dame with 4 L's. Now LSU has 3L's. You are either a Iowa hater or posting for clicks. South Carolina maybe the only team with less than 3 L's by the end of season. Iowa's loss in overtime on the road to a ranked team doesn't prove anything.
I love how popular this white girl is. People be spending too much time posting videos of her. She really is growing the game 💪
Tennessee is #56 in NET ranking, and on the bubble right now. It is not "arguable" whether they are better or worse than last year. You lose all your credibility with statement like that.
This prediction didn’t pan out quite like you said.
Uconn was a flawed team last year. Remember, there was no Paige Bueckers, and Azzi was not healthy. And they had to give significant minutes to Nika Mul (not sure of spelling) who although is great defensively, could not shoot. To her credit, she is a significantly better shooter this year. It was not a surprise that Uconn lost to Ohio State.
Nika shoots a career high FG%, career high in rebounds, averages less turnovers, career high 3 point FG%, and leads the team in assists. The whole uconn starting lineup, including nika, shoots above 50%. But yeah, uconn losing to OSU was not a surprise. specially with many key pieces missing.
An overtime loss on the road against a ranked opponent is getting exposed? I guess UCLA is the on the exact same level of being good but not great by that logic. And every other team in the country not named South Carolina.
Yes cause when you Iowa and you have Caitlin no game should ever be close
Close enough to cause an over time especially if you were up 20 in overtime
Iowa is a good team, no doubt. But they're not a top 10 team. Clark scored over 40 points just for Iowa to lose to OSU by 10 points. If Clark has a bad day or even what for her is an average day, they would have been blown out.
Ohio State won by 8 points, not 10, and the game went to OVERTIME. Iowa had a chance to win in regulation.
@@RichardII_Lionheart You're correct. OSU won by 8 points. Everything else I said was factual. Clark scored over 40 points and her team still lost by, yes, 8 points. The fact that the game went to overtime is irrelevant. The better truth is, if Clark would have had an average day, say, scoring only 30 points, her team would have lost in regulation. If Clark would have scored only 25 points her team would have been blown out. In regulation.
@@helgar791
As John McEnroe famously said in a different context: "You cannot be serious!"
The fact that the game went to overtime is irrelevant only in terms that one team ended up with a win versus a loss. It is not irrelevant in terms of which team (both really) could have won in regulation.
Your supposed "better truth" is true only in a wildly hypothetical way. That game I can play just as well as you. Cotie McMahon had not just a season high, but a career high with 33 points. Had she scored her season average rather than her career high, Ohio State would have lost rather badly in regulation. If Clark and McMahon had both scored their season averages (31 and 13 respectively) Iowa would have won convincingly in regulation. If Clark and McMahon had both scored their season lows (21 and 1 respectively) Iowa would have won convincingly in regulation.
But games are not won or lost by an "if...then" dynamic of hypothetical propositions based on hypothetical "facts". The truth for this particular game is that Ohio State played better than Iowa and won a tight, contested game at home in front of a record home crowd. This did not particularly surprise me. Preseason, I had predicted Ohio State and Indiana to finish the Big Ten regular season ahead of or tied with Iowa.
@@RichardII_Lionheart Yes, it doesn't matter whether the game went to OT or not, and the fact of it is irrelevant. I feel what's most "relevant" is that one team "ended up with a win versus a loss". When the season is done no one will say, "but that game went to OT, so there "ought" to be an asterisk next to it". By definition, an OT game means both teams had chances to win. No matter how you pretzel your logic, Clark scored 45 points (on a mediocre 7-18 from 3 by the way) , and her team lost by 8. Clark scored, what? Over 35 points in regulation, and the team tied a solid, but not spectacular OSU team. These are the facts that on one hand, you seem to promote and relish. Yet how interesting that you can chastise me with seeming arrogance for my "if" scenario and then engage in a series of speculatory "could" and "ought" scenarios, and think that faulty logic proves your argument. By your poor logical sequencing,, Clark "could" have hit one more FT and would have won in regulation, or she "ought" to have scored 54 points and they'd have won in overtime.
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You are arguing against a statement I never made, which suggests either an unwilling deficit in reading comprehension or a willingness to misstate and mischaracterize what someone else has written. But even then your argument actually proves my point. An overtime game, almost by definition, could have gone either way in regulation. My own hypotheticals were clearly labeled as such and were intended to show the idiocy of what I took to be your attempt at serious, and seriously flawed, argument.
winning out in the Big Ten in any sport is unrealistic. Do you expect Ohio State to win out in the Big Ten?
Why don’t you just sit back and enjoy the show. Why does everything have to be over analyzed? Everything will work itself out on the court.
You couldn’t be more incorrect about your comments if you tried. You are false advertisement and shouldn’t even be allowed a platform. Just wait until OSU gets pounded against Iowa in Iowa City and again in the Big 10 tournament.
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She always use that off arm to get her space and everybody should know you can’t extend your off arm on offense and push off but max u hit it right on the head!
She can do whatever it takes to score if you don't let her shoot because you are crowding her like you suppose to then the refs will allow her to push that is if they wanna keep calling games.
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You sound like a Uconn cry baby fan!!
@@chasnami definitely not! I’m from South Carolina and speaking of uconn they gone get smashed too!
@@chasnami and you sound like you’re mad at the truth lol y’all Clark fans do know they make replica championship rings right? Y’all could chip in and get her a ring or two 🤦🏽♂️
You failed to mention that over half of Iowa’s team had food poisoning the night before the game. They were far from full strength in this game and still carried a double digit lead into the fourth quarter. Everything and I mean everything had to fall perfectly for Ohio State to take the win and credit to them it did. Remember Ohio State easily took out UConn in the tournament last year. They are an extremely talented team.
UConn is overall a better team than Iowa, Iowa has never beaten UConn even with Clark, last year they beat Iowa without BUeckers. The game that Ohio beat UConn was without Bueckers. However, you are correct in saying Ohio State is good, but Iowa will never beat UConn, they are a better team. The last I heard basketball was still a team sport not the "CLARK SHOW!
@@jeromedanielson4422 You sound like a jealous Paige fan btw
Yep it's always a reason or better yet an excuse if Iowa doesn't perform up to TV ratings with Jesus Christ on the team and come out short of the win. I mean last year in the championship game they was said to have not had enough rest... actually they didn't play any perimeter defense like in the semifinals which was obvious but oh no it was that they needed more rest.😮
@@politicallil7060You just sound like hater.Where did Uconn finish last year
@@politicallil7060Not an excuse just a fact. When half your team is in the bathroom all night before game day it undoubtedly affects their performance. We get it that you hate the Iowa team. It seethes through your words. That’s fine. They nor anybody else cares one flip about your bias and hatred.
Iowa will still most likely get a #1 seed, or if a #2, still a guarantee Sweet 16.
I think all the points are valid, Iowa did get lucky with playing the teams they did up until the final four last year (with Georgia being the toughest team for them until the SC game)
The one argument i would say is that a team still needs to bank on a high octane offense to keep pace, or a wonderful defense to stop Iowa. K-State won through a defense, and Ohio State through offense. Not a lot of teams can match those qualities, or execute ar the level when playing with the pressure of the best player and more faces watching then normal.
How did Iowa win over South Carolina, three-point shooting and rapid fast break. Oh yes South Carolina got outcoached. Iowa may not be the best team, but when their offense is going well, they can beat anybody and they have proven it in the past.😮
Iowa also beat Colorado and Louisville in the tournament, hardly a light draw.
@@johnhughes3735Did you even watch the game? Iowa’s three point shooting wasn’t that great in that game. Yes they outran South Carolina because the Iowa girls were in much better shape for running. SC game strategy all year was to jack up a brick then have three players bouncing up and down like jumping jacks rebounding and putting back additional shots. The main way Iowa beat SC offensively was isolating them into a two on two game with Clark and Czinano running the pick and roll. Boston tried to switch onto Clark but was simply too slow to match Clark’s speed. If they doubled Clark Czinano broke to the basket for an easy layup.
@@johnhughes3735lowa got zero chance against uconn🤫clark is shot sellection is awful,also she is volume chucker,turnover machine and poor defender🤫
South Carolina was doing this for years so was UCONN. Clark is the Great W#÷$= hope. Be real uconn has had great players, South Carolina, Baylor, LSU, many schools. Clark shoots more than anybody. She is good but its espn great W hope show to get ratings. Race card
IOWA beat SC in the Final Four after LSU lost by 20+ in regular season. In IOWA vs Ohio State the refs allowed Cotie to charge and push players out of the way. You screaming does not make your analysis intelligent; IT IS NOT !!! And remember, Foghorn, IOWA was 10 up on Ohio State shortly before the refs started calling fouls on IOWA every time Cotie bulldozed her way to the basket. There is a reason you have less than 2 K subscribers. Try speaking softly and do it after you perform a more in depth analysis. Consider, did IOWA expose South Carolina last year? South Carolina would have crushed LSU in the Final and given a second chance against IOWA would have probably crushed them as well.
Referee's did.
@brealoveforanimalsclark overhyped🤫2696
Nahhh OT lucky😊 Kate and Hannah just had a bad game.
Indiana ended up beating Iowa.
I’m glad someone finally said it! I’ve been over Caitlin and the refs forever! Her getting away pushing off is crazy. All you have to do is look like you touched her and they blow the whistle. Meanwhile she’s pushing off the whole game with no whistle. K state really won the rematch. The refs helped Iowa win!
clark is overrated
@@lecowardjames😅😅😅😅😅😅
Facts
@@colleenposadas8415 volume chucker and turnover machine🤫
@@lecowardjames 16-2. Will soon be leading all time scorer. EVER!!!😅🤣😂
you are right on the money.
Bro thats your opinion, put some respect on clark name.
Right! 95% ppl wouldn’t even be watching women basketball if it wasn’t for Clark
@@paosaefong5125no you wouldn’t. And because you are bandwagon women’s college basketball has always been more popular than men’s college basketball
And who’s disrespecting Clark
@@jjx1207 bs men’s barely watch women colleges basketball lol. Quit selling woof ticket
@@paosaefong5125 cap all people talk about is women’s college basketball
UCONN will beat Iowa and I’m a Gamecocks fan 😤
I have been asking this all season thus far, "Who has Iowa played?" don't believe the hype
Beat Virginia Tech. Beat Kansas State. Beat Indiana. All are ranked teams.
Very good point about ratings and coverage. Media needs 4-5 compelling narratives, not 1-2.
True.
I keep saying Iowa is ranked toooo high!
Woman's sports need a great white hope ...and she's very hopeful on the right team ..WNBA she will be not Iowa
Finally the truth !!! thank you
Iowa lost their star center after last year, and nobody has fillled her shoes. Also, McKenna Warnoch graduated, another of their top players. Clark will continue to put up great numbers, but the team won't go near as far as last year.
Stuelke is better than Czinano
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Two different players, two different skill sets.
Kate Martin has more than adequately replaced Warnock and Affolter and Davis have replaced what Martin did last year. The post by committee approach is producing numbers similar to Czinano. Iowa is better offensively and defensively compared to last year because their players on the court are quicker and more athletic than last year, and they play much better defense and rebound better (The OSU game being an anomaly).
2022 Warnock 10.9-5.9-1.9
2023 Martin 12.1-6.1-2.5
And Kate is a MUCH better defender than Warnock was.
2022 Martin 7.7-4.2-3.6 (28.3 minutes)
2023 Affolter 7.4-6.5-1.9 (21.3 minutes)
And Sydney might be a better defender than Kate was.
2022 Czinano-Stuelke-O'Grady 25.6-11.8 (in 46.4 combined minutes)
2023 Stuelke-Goodman-O'Grady 23.8-13.1 (in 43.9 combined minutes)
There has been NO falloff in overall post production, or front line production compared to last year. This is a myth promulgated by both fans and haters of Iowa.
You are nuts. The big 10 is the toughest conference in the country, They pound each other all season and when it comes to the tournament their players are tired as in the champion ship games last year. Put some teams you think are so great in the big ten and they will get pounded. Indiana at home, Maryland at home,,Ohio state at home, Illinois at home. You think the big ten is so weak lets see some your teams jump in on the season rumbles in the big 10 and watch you choices get the sht kicked out of them,
the ACC, SEC, and PAC-12 are definitely tougher.
Each one of those conferences has maybe 2 good teams, The big 10 is loaded with teamsin the top 20. Think again.
@@jeffgrimm9487 hate to break it to you..the big ten has 3 ranked teams 💀 the ACC has 7, the PAC-12 has 6, the BIG12 has 4…which makes the big east, SEC, and WCC combine for 5. shows that the PAC-12 and ACC are more dominant and stronger. You think again sir
@@jeffgrimm9487how many ranked teams are in the big 10?
Espn so wack i dont know if that big deal is a good thing. Its like they're the world wide leader in dumb shit.. I wish everybody would watch the sporting events and turn off the bias ass sports talk mess. They remind me of unofficial score cards in boxing, there to sway public opinion.
Espn and questionable decisions, behavior, comment? NO....REALLY....DUH! By the way, Big 10 womens basketball, power 5 and elite shouldn't be used in the same sentence. Good yes. Championship level tough....?
That was absurd for the only two things to come out the Ohio vs Iowa game was Catlin's 45 points and her getting ran into by a fan. They promote her like she is the second coming of Christ. Allows her to push off so she can shoot and affords her any other means of thrilling the audience not to mention disregard all other players performances. Here you had an LSU freshman hit 42 point on 15 of 50 shooting which is 75% from the field in regulation and not a mention by this institutions of her prowess. But we need not point out why... she ain't Clark and don't look like her either. 😂
15 of 50 is not 75%
That’s one terrific performance but Clark has put together four unprecedented years of performances. Setting records nobody else will come close to. You’re fixated on something Clark can’t control and you’re so obviously obsessed with this that it is truly sad. She is promoted because she is once in a lifetime talent. I’ve never seen in my life one player in a team sport move the needle compared to her peers as much as she has. This hurts you which is obvious. Also promoting Clark helps all the teams in the NCAA including yours. A mature person would celebrate what her popularity is doing for the sport and for all the young women of all backgrounds who play D1 basketball. Money and attention are pouring into the sport largely because of Clark. Girls in youth basketball are seeing the insane things she is capable of and it raises the bar of expectations that they have for themselves. This will enrich the sport for a generation to come. I really feel sorry for you that you are so marinated in your hatred steeped in bias that you can’t even begin to fathom any of this.
I’m black. And honestly, her popularity is not because of her skin color. She is a flat out baller. And the things she is doing is bringing positive attention to the woman’s game. It reminds me of when Stephon Curry was at Davidson. He too was heavily promoted and rightly so. And it had nothing to do with ‘the way he looked’. He was bringing immense attention to the college game because of his insane talent. And Clark is doing the same. Does she push off, yep. Does she get calls on ticky tack fouls, yep. Not her issues. That’s on the refs. Remember, Michael Jordan got a lot of calls too. Ask any older Knicks fan. But there’s no denying her talent and gifts. But the video was acknowledging that the team is not as good as the pundits are saying and I agree. They can’t play defense and that will hurt them when they play offensively gifted teams. By the way, I think you meant 15 of 20.
clark shot sellection is always awful since day one🤫
Hahaha, that was funny about the referees but it costed South Carolina national championship last year. I’m glad some one else notice the referees and their phantom call on the other teams and no call on him, Caitlin Clark, he deserve no favors from the referees
You are so right but 100% wrong. No one in the basketball power structure cares about your opinion or analysis. The asset owners by hook or crook will have Clark in the final four and most likely the championship game. They are going to set up the tournament and arrange refs to ensure they get their money maker in position to keep loading up their tournament pockets. If Paige doesn't get hurt UConn will be the likely tournament opponent the other two teams in the final four will likely be coached by white males. I said that before the season even started. These institutions the NCAA, ESPN, Media and WNBA promote the players, teams and programs they feel will serve their buying audience and will maximize profits. They can make mega dollars positioning those two assets Iowa and UConn in the championship game. They not tolerating no more predominantly black teams in the championship round so SC and LSU can forget that dream. These institutions don't want the SEC in the conversation. If it's not looking like Iowa and UConn in the equation then it's going to disturb the cash flow. Yep SC is the best team hands down but if they want Catlin or Paige sporting that ring it's going to happen by any means necessary. If by happen stance SC finds a way to smash Iowa or UConn after 50 fouls then so be it. They'll will spend the next year smashing SC and trashing their name, their characters and accusing them of ungodly things. Capitalism is a cut throat, low down dirty underhanded game. Anyone who gets in the way of Catlin's March to glory will pay way more than price of admission that LSU paid last season they will be destroyed. It's market manipulation and there is no market on earth that is not manipulated by capitalist 😂. And you be careful exposing the obvious you don't own the platform you speaking on they can pull the plug on you too.😊
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Interesting theory. And what if that doesn't happen? After all, hardly anyone thinks Iowa will go as far this year, even some Iowans. You talk like EVERY other team is going to get the shaft, with everyone watching, a historic number no less, and no one will notice.
Ohio state is the real thing!! I predicted that too!! Next gane ohio state gonna beat iowa 2 mores times... Yep.i pointed tgat
Incompetent video - watch more basketball and do better.
You sound like a better person than never made it to the show or can't dribble b r o I just have to go past this podcast 200 likes your analogy of the Iowa basketball team is garbage go back to working at Wingstop
Clownshow 😂Genius call to predict Iowa won't go undefeated. LOL Duh why is this even a video????
I mean you guys are already have a few losses
So that been over
All of your facts are correct! They were not a #2 ! A lot of their close wins should have been loses but the refs will call every lame play in Clark’s favor even when she is the one pushing off. I honestly believe the only reason stadiums are selling out because they are marketing her more than other players! What if other teams/players had the same spotlight. I know LSU, UCLA and UCON are also selling out away games but unless you follow you would not know this. They will cheat but Iowa will only make it to the Sweet 16!
You need to learn how to separate fact from speculation. Example, attendance numbers (tickets sold) are facts. Predicting how the NCAA tournament will play out is speculation. You can speculate all you want before the fact, but your claim that "LSU, UCLA and UCONN are also selling out away games" is decidedly untrue, or at least untrue on any regular basis. As you can see from the numbers below, Iowa is averaging far more fans in the seats for both home and away+neutral games than any of the three you specifically identify.
LSU is averaging 11,059 home and 4,490 away+neutral.
UCLA is averaging 4,602 home and 7,584 away+neutral.
Connecticut is averaging 10,255 home and 4.959 away+neutral.
Iowa is averaging 14,998 home and 10,673 away+neutral.
@@RichardII_Lionheart You need to learn how to read. Imagine being partially illiterate and trying to correct someone. I never said they sold out ‘all’ home games. I don’t care what you researched. Please stop being delusional! My opinion is they are not a number #2 team and they will not go further than the Sweet 16. I was being nice but if you want me to go low I will! Therefore, the fact is you salty and I will speculate that you need to get a life! Learn the difference please and thank you! I have time today Richard🤐🤐🤫