CAITLIN CLARK CEMENTS WHAT GREATNESS IS! - Stephen A. puts EMPHASIS on Iowa's win | First Take 

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Big facts

Same she’s the reason I watch

No foreal, I kept saying I don’t remember a time I got this hype for a woman’s basketball game and all four delivered great games!!

Youve been suckered

You are deserving of RESPECT

Same slightly more than casual but same even as a LSU fan

She figured it out like MJ in '91

5 years ago I would of thought I was joking if I said I can not wait to watch Female basketball. I recorded it and now watching espn talk about it. She changed the game.

@@stevensplash1716 Straight up cuz! I remember when I first saw Clark last year, I LITERALY said out loud, "Come on man!" My girl Flau'jae also be putting on moves that get me hyped. Because the girls play below the rim, you need that locker room range from Caitlyn. You need that showtime style from Flau'jae as well as the passion of an Angel. The WNBA can only hope to capture some of that magic.

​@@aceboon4624 Flau'jae's spin move in beginning part of the game was flawless

@@MoonMoon-fx1op Straight up got an, "Oh my goodness," out of me! Tight!

@@aceboon4624 same! I had to rewind it 😂

Unc gonna hold that record for a minute💀

he meant 3x SB champion. we all make mistakes with words.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Muhammad Ali is in over 12 hall of fames

THREE TIME HOF “Shay Shay” 😳👀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ HOF Football. HOF dressing like a spoiled rich 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💅 teenager with tight clothes & sassy BFF on his hip like a handbag. HOF “zero basketball knowledge” (along with nearly all football players, & nearly all reporters)- specifically NBA- and who’s KALEY Van Lith (stated TWICE, for the “everyone makes mistakes with words” types)?

Still is nothing compared to 3-points like Curry has done with NBA playoff pressure.

bro Clark has the entire pressure of women's sports on her back- way more than Curry has ever had in the NBA, even in playoffs. It's not comparable@@ashokathegreat4534

@@ashokathegreat4534 LOL @ yet another Curry fanboy. Curry is the Caitlin Clark of the NBA.

Almost as impressive as the great Brian Scalabrine. Greatest baller i've ever seen.

3 times in the hall of fame 1Football 2TV personality 3RU-vider ?

State Hall of Fame, HBCU Hall of Fame......maybe lol

Getting inducted in the HOF 3 times is quite impressive. Kudos to Shannon

I meant Football Hall of fame, Going to be in Journalist hall of Fame, and Then I'll give him Trash talking Hall of Fame

lol I noticed that too. She kept cheesing the whole time. lol she’s really enjoying it. 😊

They All PAID. Great Game ❤

LSU GOT KARMA FOR DISRESPECTING USA

You are a person deserving of RESPECT

​@@amac6624shut up

Yummy lsu tears

I prefer it to most nba games, especailly the regular season

@@seanwhitehouse2274 I definitely understand

Less lesbians and Woke stuff being promoted with College basketball compared to WNBA.

Fr the WNBA needs to take some notes

I prefer watching paint dry on a wall than watching wnba or women college!

The "rest of Iowa's team" is irrelevant if Caitlyn is not having a good game, especially at this level. Yeah, they score key buckets now and then, but they are not going to carry Iowa if Caitlyn is not scoring.

You are so right. Although Iowa would not have the success they are having without Caitlyn, history also shows that Iowa would not have made two straight final fours without a solid supporting cast. Consider, for example, Pete Maravich. He put up insane scoring numbers in college, averaging 44.2 points per game. He was also named Most Valuable Player in 1970. Yet the LSU team he was playing for never made the Final Four. In fact, they never made even made the NCAA Tournament (although they were invited to the National Invitation Tournament after posting a 22 - 10 record in his final season).

She's nothing like Larry Bird who was a tall forward and rebounder. She plays and looks JUST like Curry when he was at Davidson bringing up a program that literally had no talent. NONE of the rest of her teammates are good enough to play in the WNBA and maybe a couple are overseas. Don't be SORRY, EDUCATE yourself!!

@@jehuslay5238 Bird had incredible outside shooting in addition to the ability make incredible passing for assists and a basketball IQ and court sense to know where people would be before they even made the move to get there. That is exactly what Caitlin does. Perhaps you should educate yourself on Larry's game and not just what position he played. I never said that the rest of the Iowa team would be in the WNBA or even top NCAA players. It seems like you are not understanding what you read and apply whatever meaning you want so you can reply to it. But, they are MUCH better than they are being given credit for. Without Kate Martin stepping up on offense, they would have lost against LSU. The entire team hung in there on defense against LSU. Caitlin Clark alone would not be a final four team. She needs a good defense. She needs players who can receive and follow through on her assists. The general failure to recognize this is why pundits predicted they would lose one of the last two games...and were wrong. It seems to me that Iowa's final score was 94, not only Caitlin's 41. It is to the doom of Iowa's opponents to not recognize this fact...and it is to the embarrassment of critics who predict losses who underestimate the rest of Iowa's team.

@@ld4974 They do more than score "key buckets now and then." How can you say that when Kate Martin gets 21pts? Or, when 4 other players score in double digits against Colorado? The truth is that Iowa would not be in the Final Four without other players stepping up to contribute...they would have lost, badly, to Colorado if Iowa was not a well rounded team. Without Kate Martin stepping up, they would have lost to LSU. That is all I am saying, to give them some credit in addition to Caitlin. Yeah, Caitlin is a star, but that star shines brighter because of the players who surround her.

She's the glue. She always plays big to whatever role is needed. Insane team!

Her and Affolter are filling the lanes as well as Staulke, enabling C C to disect on the fly, they are most dangerous in transition, deadly.

Definitely missing Ms Davis ball handling but these girls all have stepped up in her absence.

She’s probably my second-favorite player on the squad.

But how good is Kate Martin really? I can guarantee she won’t even be drafted

Got to get the ball out of her hands. There is plenty of adjustments could of been made

I think Mulkey didn’t put Johnson on Clark because she didn’t want her getting gassed running after her all game.

@@Mr24MTexactly makes somebody else beat you

LSU Coach didn't make anything adjustments, Clark was cooking the white girl. Johnson should have guarded her because of her speed and agility. Also, double team her to force other teammates to shoot. IOWA is Clark or BUST, I am a soccer player and I can clearly see the mistakes smh. I don't really watch basketball

Mullkey having Van Lith guard Clark instead of Flau’jae was criminal

And she'll get paid like Seth Curry

@@justincasillas8728 As she should. There's no defense. And zero athleticism.

@@justincasillas8728I wish but women don’t get that much money but she going to have good endorsements

@@justincasillas8728 no, she won’t, she will get paid like Sabrina Ionescu

No, she won’t, she will be similar to Sabrina Ionescu - though she might take more shots if rules and schemes allow

Not an excuse just game plan why would you put HVL on her ? You literally had VIDEO EVIDENCE tht ish wasn’t going to work. A few times Johnson picked her up she had to read and react with HVL , CC was juss having a DAY😂💯

Its because she’s white lol. The woke/lesboz are going to have a meltdown if a straight white player like Clark becomes the face of the WNBA 😂

Dude what? You absolutely can be critical of coaching when I heard Van Lith was even starting this game I was questioning like I ride Poa and Flo. I’m sending doubles and depend on Reese to play the passing lane on Stuelke and force her to make the decision if we don’t get the steal.

Casual comment

They're bums. All they do is make excuses. They didn't do this last year after the championship game. They only do it because their precious angel clown reese lost. So they literally will do anything tk discredit iowa. It's pathetic.

I said the same thing, Bird............

Agreed. When I watch, her game is a mix of Steph Curry, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson.

This was her year. Great Game

​@@seanmcnally4818what are you talking about. She would get destroyed by high school boys and you're comparing her to all-time greats...

@@sexyscorpio8087her year WAS?… so it was just getting to the Final Four? IDIOCRACY CONFIRMED

@truth4566 Well you need to become a basketball fan now lol!

@@patrickfranks2734 other than football I don't pay much attention to other sports until late into the playoffs.

Exactly! Point blank period!!!! Nothing else to be said!!!!!!!!!!

Caitlin Clark is a great player, but just remember that Iowa is a run and gun team, so the individual stats are bound to be inflated due to the team's style of play.

@@ZenigundamYou thought you did something there? 32/9/7 is just that, no matter the style played (especially when it’s winning basketball)

@@ayoomisope6563 J.J. McCarthy had pedestrian stats at Michigan, but now he's one of the most coveted QBs out there. Almost any GM would take him over any air raid or scrambling QB with inflated stats.

@@ZenigundamI’d argue a little different. Easier to impact more aspects of a game as an individual player. Never played football though so maybe just opinion

@@Zenigundam nah style of play means nothing. number dont lie

@TayR323 I noticed that too lol!

she’s HIM 🔥

Nah nba is full series, making it to this point in a win or go home tournament is different

@@Jolahyup eay diffeent games has some luck in it compared to a 7 game series

Exactly. She got cooked by CC last year. If anything it was a confidence boost. Bad coaching on display.

I was thinking the same thing. I was like why is she still on her. They should have put Flau jae on her, she was more effective. I wonder if HVN begged her coach to let her guard her or something. 😅

I think Van Lith was always a little overrated, and her offensive success at Louisville was due to the system. At her size, she has to be a dynamic athlete, and she isn't. I can think of a lot of women players her size who dominated in women's hoops, but they all had great agility, flawless mid-range games, and could finish in close against much bigger players. I don't think she has any of those qualities.

Jackie Stiles, the little engine that destroyed the big girls, look her up! She be like......... get the f**k out of my way!😡😡😡💪💪💪😁😁😁

@@Zenigundam yea she def got exposed yesterday. Even her inability to pass in the post showed. But hey she's cute tho 😂

No she switched it up and the other chick got 3 fouls early.

No, some players can't be stopped

Great Game. All These Young Ladies are PAID ❤

Caitlin Clark showed she is superior to Reese in every way!!!

She didn’t deserve death threats from old men. She didn’t dish death threats

@@seanwhitehouse2274 why is this even the narrative? AR broke records this season too. Let both these women be great.

@@kayg7195 Now its "old men"?! C',mon...you clearly got an axe to grind with guys. How you know who those people were? And no she doesnt deserve death threats from anyone... but she also had zero self awareness on how her arrogance and attitude would be perceived by the public. Her criticisms were mostly self inflicted ... and literally saying 'I dont mind playing the villain" then crying about it means shes either a liar or a narcissist (or maybe both) because she did mind. She needs to learn humility and getting a big dish of humble pie was a long time coming. True character is shown in the moments of adversity and the moments of success... and both times she wasnt very humble or respectful. She earned her reputation. That doesnt happen for nothing

​@@Yourobsessionisshowinglowest GPA in all of college basketball isnt a record

Because she would be exhausted down the stretch. How is this so hard to comprehend. She was the only one scoring because the other guards were so gassed they couldn’t even pass. Just say CC got in them cheeks and no matter who you put on her was getting dicked up and down the court.

@@RobAustinKane that’s what flaujee did every single game up until this game. That what you do in big games like this… so van lith wasn’t exhausted on her the whole game ?? Your response makes no sense you sound like a fan girl. Caitlyn Clarke played all 40 minutes with no breaks wouldn’t she be exhausted??? Yeah but it’s an elite 8 game so she did what she had to do same thing flaujee should have done. They literally did a different game plan then what got them there

​@@RobAustinKanethe lamest excuse. You're supposed to pick up their best player the whole game. If you're that girl, go defend their best. THE WHOLE GAME!! You're supposed to do that.

@@melanatedgod5337you’re right. Coach didn’t have faith in Big 4 to get it done on both sides of the ball

You think you can coach better than a D1 head coach? They are paid well. Why don't you call LSU and tell them you are available? Flaujee FOULED OUT and she wasn't even guarding Clark ? She would have picked up fouls and watched the game from the bench.

BETTER CHANCE OF MEN’S/WOMEN’S SWEEP? UConn. More historical? NC State! I’m a Longhorn. But I’m cheering NC State the rest of the way!

SC a savage

@@shyne1308 Goliath

N😊 😊

Wheew, that’s horrible! That’s the reason I ended up declining to play college soccer. What’s the point when , if I were to advance to pro, I’d make LESS money than I do at my 9-5??

Why you going to the games?

1-10 in the 2nd half is not that fabulous

@@79glane928 she was playing hurt ? Ankles tighten up as the game goes on how quickly we forget ! 17 points , 20 rebounds . saying you don't like her second half performance is like saying you don't like Charlize theron because of her toes 😂

She'll score from outside. But she'll break in half if she drives the lane and gets fouled.

​@@rickyiglesias5384like a twig

@@Tev901 exactly. I love her game. But let's be honest. if she ran straight into LeBron or Zion and they just stood there still, she'd die. lol

@@rickyiglesias5384 Lol and let's not even talk about embid or a big mofo like Steven Adams

They All Great and PAID ❤

Maybe Paige fire and that girl freshmen girl from SC

shes doing stuff no man ever done

I think Brianna Stewart is the goat. What she did at UConn was insane

​@@thegoatudontknowdone stuff no man has ever done? Is she playing against men? Is she even using the same size ball? Is the defense the same as the men's? Please stop trying to compare women's basketball to mens.. its not even close..

What goat never won a chip?

Fla could not guard Her get real she would have destroyed her to get real.❤❤

Probably a good idea in hindsight, but she would have gotten in foul trouble

Van Lith is a nothingburger. She should have stayed where she was.

I don't recall anyone calling them "near-equals".

Stop it.

Yes you can now you can't be the best team ever without a championship

Oh yea!? Go take a look at all of her records she’s set. You’ll change your mind. Go take a look at them all….

Ppl sure show ignorance! A team wins the championship… the PLAYER shows THEIR greatness!!!

he been loud FOREVER! his persona...let him live!

Nope, you should compare her with Steph Curry

Larry was better 😊I was there 😊

@@keithwisdom1663 Larry could do it all... and with either hand. He was ambidextrous.

Way to move that goal post lmao

@@mambalevel1017 learn what moving goal posts mean before using it.

@@AshleyMona Oh so you want to compare team success now. UConn the f'ing college basketball FACTORY for women the past 30 yrs getting nothing but the best recruits, and you're using that as a template to define whos better. Hilarious, and intellectually dishonest. Are you purposely being misleading to fit your personal narrative? No one, and I mean no one cares about Maya Moore. Maya didnt sell out areans or break ratings records, Maya doesnt/didnt bring the male audience. Maya could not, in ten thousand years shoot Steph Curry level 3's and does not have anywhere near the bag or passing ability of Caitlyn Clark. Averaging 32 and 9 and dropping 30 and 40 point triple doubles is asinine and completely dwarfs anything Maya Moore ever did. Not in the same galaxy,. But oh herr derrrr big east player of the yr! lol, get out outta here

Highly disagree. Moore was at UConn when UConn was still THE place to play in women's basketball. Stacked, from top to bottom, every year. Clark made Iowa relevant in a way they would not have been otherwise.

I agree with you 💯.

No it’s missing her

Exactly, I hope they leave the lineup the same as it is right now. Molly's too small, and at this stage they need all the size they can get. The only thing I'd like to see her back in the game for, is to bring it up the floor if Clark needs a breather.

They dont have the decades and decades of refinement that comes with coaching and money to support the growth of the game like men's basketball does. The NBA is the 1% of the 1% of athletes on the planet and they are nurtured from birth to become straight hoopers

Actually its fundamental bball

So u didn't like Jordan the goat? You was sour with the bulls greatness huh lol

They have different skillsets can't really compare the two.

That's if the Thug Lay Bohs pursposely injure her!

😂😂😂😂😂ouch that mean

Just a final 4 berth. No biggie. Lol.

Same thoughts, she might do the next season NBA 3 point challenge Vs Curry

Yep she's gonna transcend the WNBA

Whatever.

Don't compare her to #30 haven't seen her broke no ankles or dunk the ball

They can’t help it.. when they get 1 they got one.. meanwhile we got hundreds everyday..

Dirk is a HOF but Tim Duncan is definitely the best PF every...I Totally agree

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