2024 NCAA Championship Thread

[Cheriehoop]

Hate to say it but Iowa needed to hit the portal last year to give Clark more help especially inside. Their coach has done an awesome job and coached them up for sure but to battle the Cardosa’s and PauPau’s (who transferred just this year from Oregon), Iowa needed to make some strategic additions to compete for a national championship. Love their loyalty and belief in themselves but they needed just a little more firepower to help out. Sorry didn’t see the previous post about the portal.

 

[UpstateSM]

Iowa been getting one hell of a whistle this quarter haha

 

[swish7]

Clark way too casual, losing the ball on every trip

 

[swish7]

How TF is that on iowa?

 

[llandz]

OMG. Iowa is such deniers. Not us. lol... We don't foul.

 

[orange79]

Can we stop trying to shoot in the paint with Cardoso right in your face?

 

[Cuse99&01]

Hate to say it but Iowa needed to hit the portal last year to give Clark more help especially inside. Their coach has done an awesome job and coached them up for sure but to battle the Cardosa’s and PauPau’s (who transferred just this year from Oregon), Iowa needed to make some strategic additions to compete for a national championship. Love their loyalty and belief in themselves but they needed just a little more firepower to help out. Sorry didn’t see the previous post about the portal.

This has been the sentiment here in Iowa city all season

 

[Cuse99&01]

Left Stuelke on bench too long

 

[llandz]

Clark had a crazy 1Q and then that was pretty much it.

 

[swish7]

Clark must be gassed. She hasn't played well in this micro stretch. Would like to see more of her trademark 3s, rather than dribbles to nowhere

 

[orange79]

Clark must be gassed. She hasn't played well in this micro stretch. Would like to see more of her trademark 3s, rather than dribbles to nowhere

Yep. Barely hit the rim on the little 6-footer.

 

[UpstateSM]

Cocks were inevitable

 

[swish7]

SC is super talented. Kudos to them.

 

[bpo57]

OMG. Iowa is such deniers. Not us. lol... We don't foul.

If you chugged a beer every time Dawn Staley barked about a refs call you'd be wheeled into the ER by halftime.

 

[Cuse99&01]

A single 5 star (with no bench help) player can’t beat a team full of them by herself.

 

[swish7]

SC
+10 FGs
-1 3s
+11 offensive rebounds
+11 defensive rebounds
7 players w 4 or more rebounds; Iowa w 2
+35 bench points
+3 assists
+12 points
+4 blocks
+2 steals
+4 TOs; Clark had 4 by herself
-3 FT attempts

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Cardoso 17 boards

 

[CuseFaninVT]

SC is super talented. Kudos to them.

And deep.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Why can’t you box out in the women’s game? Iowa had what looked like position on 3 that were called fouls. I don’t get it.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[Cheriehoop]

Wonder how Iowa’s coach would do with higher level talent? I‘ve been impressed with the job she did with the talent she had.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Time for some new blood in the Women’s FF. Orange blood, that is. And real Orange, not the creamsicle crap.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[swish7]

Saw it live & thought it was very classy.

 

[OrangeFoo]

A single 5 star (with no bench help) player can’t beat a team full of them by herself.

Not knocking Clark at all but I think she knew it was over after she had consecutive possessions where she bricked the logo 3 and then a really tough inside shot.

Both UCONN and SC basically face guarded her the second she crossed half court. Her vision and her passing are unreal… I put them up there with the true greats I’ve seen in my lifetime. Her teammates were not able to convert enough of her dimes and it got against a superior talent.

SC reminds me of the UCONN men’s team… can beat you in so many ways. Well deserved win.