Jay Williams is unwilling to say that Caitlin Clark is great yet 👀 | College GameDay 

Anytime you are the TOP of ANY record book, you are for sure GREAT at what you do. Case closed.

The person with most points of all time isn’t great yet 🤣🤣🤣

That's fair. I'm kind of in the same boat: I'm unwilling to admit Jay Williams is good at his job yet. Maybe if he keeps at it someday he'll be decent but right now he's just dropping L's.

Caitlin is exactly what female basketball is missing she’s bringing excitement to woman’s sports

Don’t be a Sheryl, Jay.

Im not gonna say she's the best ever but to say she's not great is pretty ridiculous. Also kind of unfair to compare chips for Caitlin who's playing at IOWA, to Stewart or Turasi who played at Uconn...

😂 J Will got the crazy boos 😂

Lil hate in jay Williams heart I see

She’s probably the best college female hooper ever let’s be honest right now she’s putting up nasty numbers

Bro, she's at IOWA not UCONN or South Carolina. I'm pretty sure she would've had multiple rings if she went to those "better" programs.

Jay Williams.... reverse racism pure and simple!! What a jack ahz!!

So by Jay's logic, all of the legendary NBA players like Ewing and Barkley aren't "greats" because they don't have championships?

Jay is confusing "great players" with "great teams".

Jay Williams with one of the most idiotic takes over semantics smh - he says Clark is the Curry of women's college basketball and "probably the most prolific scorer the game of basketball has ever seen", yet can't even call her "great" yet because of no 'chips. Good Barkley analogy and also the point that college is only 4 yrs vs NBA/WNBA potentially having up to 20+ yrs to win it all. But beyond that, there's also: - Taurasi and Stewart who he brought up and most others who win it all on the women's side have teams that are stocked with talent for years since WNBA prospects have to stay for 4 yrs or until age 22 until they can get drafted, so it isn't just 1 player carrying most of the load the entire season like Clark has to. - Clark has NEVER had a 5-star recruit teammate, and has never had better than 1 4-star & 3 3-star starting teammates in each of her years at Iowa. - This season, Clark's starting teammates include 1 unranked/no-star, and they also lost their 2nd & 3rd leading scorers from last yr while not adding a single recruit or transfer. So the fact that Iowa has been able to remain in the top 5 the entire season so far is a further tribute to Clark.

Terrible argument by J Williams! Comparing the recruits that UCONN Women’s get vs Iowa’s is laughable. If Caitlin played at a powerhouse she’d have 2-3 titles.

Will Perdue and Luc Longley must have been great centers. They have 7 NBA championships between them.

The argument is over! GOAT!

I guarantee you if CC played in Storrs for Geno you would see Jay give her flowers. The fact she chose to be a face for a program like Iowa in her home state is admirable. She doesn't need a title to be considered great.

How could you call someone the Steph Curry of blank, and them not be great? 😂

I think J Will offended that a white woman shoot better than him

The championship argument is so lazy. First off, Diana Taurasi was surrounded by 4 & 5 star talent. So was sue Bird. Caitlin could have gone to UConn or SCar or LSU if she wanted to and she’d probably have 2 or 3 natties by now. And guess what, she’d still be putting up the same numbers, and would be considered the greatest ever. Since she plays at Iowa, she is surrounded by mostly 3 star talent (a few 4 stars) and is carrying her team to victories. Plus, she made it to the championship game last year and upset the #1 team in the F4. That has to mean something. Anyway, she is the greatest women’s player and Jay saying she isn’t great yet is ridiculous. What’s he gonna say when she wins multiple WNBA championships? She didn’t win enough? Jays just being contrarian because he feels like someone has to or he just wants to hate.

When Jay said that the producers should have gotten up and yanked him off that court

Not great? She's the biggest star in the sport, and is putting on a show almost every time out. Women's College is made of superteams. Iowa has a great team, but it's no superteam like South Carolina or LSU.

This might be the dumbest thing anyone has said on tv

a woman could literally break all-time records and a dude will still find a way to undermine that

If you want to say she’s not the greatest yet bc she hadn’t won it all then fine but to days she’s not a great player is pretty wild ngl.

@darchon5 You absolutely nailed it! So many people forget Caitlin isn’t playing with 3,4 and 5 star recruits! This is not to diminish those young ladies playing with her. They play exceptionally hard and fully understand their roles as team players, but CC has to do so much to carry everyone whether it be through scoring, assists, etc. I know people want to say, “but their competition is weak.” Folks, it’s D1. These opposing teams may not be the same caliber as SC or LSU but they’re still very good and CC still got buckets against these loaded teams last year!

I continue to laugh so hard when people use the argument against the national championship. She plays for Iowa. Do you understand who is getting the top recruits here in and year out? It is LSU, Baylor, USC, SC, UCLA. No way Iowa is competing with those recruits. She has elevated an ENTIRE TEAM. To give Bluder and her stuff credit, they do get the second tier recruits. But they're not getting the top 1-5 players in the country to play along with her. No one, and I tell you, NO ONE, can elevate an entire team like she has. She's already the greatest. Even if she quits today. Case closed.

Never have searched for any female basketball player besides her, shes bringing the whole game up and is GOING to be great

Here's why Jay is COMPLETELY wrong. College sports are built on RECRUITING and the ability to get players to come to the school. It's unfortunate that Iowa couldn't add better talent around her, but as far as Caitlin goes, she's the greatest women's college basketball player in the history of the sport.

Pistol Pete scored more points, without a 3 point line (and he was a Shooter), and Pistol scored all of his points in 3 years because he wasn't allowed to play as a Freshman! GOAT

Certain segment of the population is highly offended by her for some "unknown" reason...LOL

And we all know why he won't say it

Referees took Caitlin out of the national championship game. Plus LSU was hitting threes like never before or since. Seven three pointers including a thirty five foot buzzer beater by a player who hadn’t scored in three games. Luck often plays a role in the ncaa tournament. Yes I’m still bitter. 😆😆😆

Jay Williams knows that playing certain cards is how you succeed at ESPN. Donkic, Jokic and Clark all must be diminished to keep your career on track at the 4 letter.

Ridiculous Comment- If Jay didn’t play at Duke he would have found it difficult to Win a National Championship too. His Roster at Duke had 4 or 5 Teammates who were drafted by the NBA annually. Comment seems to have a different agenda instead of building someone up he tears her down. Plus she has 1,000+ Career Assists

The wokies at ESPN sure do have a hard time giving it up to Caitlin...I wonder why??

she is already the greatest female shooter ever, so yeh, shes Great.

Please stop bringing up Pistol Pete. He did it in 83 games and only 3 seasons were used. His freshman season, not included in his totals, he averaged 44 ppg. Pistol is untouchable in college basketball

she’s not the greatest yet, she among the greats

She a great college player so yeah she’s great.

I've never wanted to see a College Women's game until Catlin Clark showed up .... She's the GOAT

I am surprised ESPN didn't cut Jay Williams' mic, they hate when someone disagrees with them

There are so many players to never win a championship. Pistol Pete never even made a NCAA tournament so he’s not considered great. Big surprise super teams win championships. Clark nearly won them a title on her own. Stewart and Taurasi certainly didn’t win on their own. Do we consider Bill Russell the greatest player ever? He won 11 titles. No we don’t consider him the greatest ever but he was great. Jay Williams is religiously dumb though. He’s the one guy they have on every show to play devils advocate.

Such an ignorant take by Jay (obviously he’s just saying this for views). I can’t believe nobody pointed out the difference between Stewart and Taurasi winning championships in a UConn dynasty vs Clark trying to win one for Iowa. Caitlin has elevated a historically slightly above average program and accomplished things that have never been done in the history of the program (Iowa had never been to a national title game before last year). If Caitlin leads Iowa to a national title this year, it’s a greater accomplishment than all of Stewart and Taurasi’s championships combined.

She got me to go to an NCAA game for the first time. I am now watching NCAA games because of her. I have never watched a WNBA game, though. Maybe when she goes there. Ill watch. She is great.

This needs to be said. If there was a 3 point line, based on the shot charts Pistol Pete would have averaged between 50 to 55 points a game. The scoring record would have been out of reach. Also notice no one says he was the greatest because he never won a ring. She can't be the greatest without a ring.

Who is Jay Williams?

Teams win championships, not single players. Are you telling me Shaq was not a great college player? Never won a ring in college. Did Larry Bird win a championship in college? Guess he wasn't great. Did Clyde Drexler? Nope, guess he wasn't great either. Did Jay Williams? Well, when you play on a stacked Duke team, odds are a lot better you will.

Tom Byrne made a great point tonight on Mad Dog Sports. 'Hey Jay, name one other great Iowa female player, either right now or ever. I bet you can't.' He also pointed out that Taurasi, Stewart, etc. were on great teams. All-time teams. Iowa has never had an all-time team on the Women's side. Stop trolling Jay.

Caitlin Clark LIVES in Jay Williams head 😂😂😂😂😂

Welp congrats. You got me to click on the video

Jay bugging! She is great!

Why they black balling Maya Moore her College run was amazing too and she won in the league.

Jay is showing his true prideful self right here!! The mirror is telling him there's someone much fairer than he, and look at that spiteful bitterness of his, would ya?!?

she’s the greatest female hooper I’ve ever seen

Yikkkkes she’s the greatest woman college player of all time

By Jay's definition of "great", here are some of many (that almost anyone sane would call great) men's college players who felt short of "greatness" due to Jay's definition, as they didn't win a college national championship: Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Pete Maravich, KD, Hakeem Olajuwon, Julius Erving...and way too many others to list. To apply this standard to a college player is totally asinine as they have only up to four years to get it done, and there's such a difference among supporting casts among the hundreds of college teams. Caitlin Clark carrying an otherwise average Iowa team to the NCAA final last year was remarkable!

@chashall7573 0 seconds ago I dislike when people refer to someone as NOT being great just because they lack a championship ring! Most fans could name many “great” players who never won a championship ring. Many fans could also name several players who have been on championship winning teams… who had less than stellar stats that wouldn’t even categorize them as being an “average” player! There is a plethora of things that can make a great player and Caitlin Clark is certainly great! It’s not just her ability as a scorer either. She has a high basketball IQ, demonstrates leadership ability, gets her teammates involved through assists just to name a few. She has a great presence off the floor as well. You can’t call someone a “good” player with all her personal achievements. She’s great… chip, or no chip!

The RACE is on

Shocker.....hes right. Theres no such thing as true greatness in any lower level of sports. Its all relative. Will she be great? Maybe.

Jay Williams doesn't understand what greatness is

The hate is real...🤦‍♂️

You cannot deny this whole package player , got game !

That’s a dumb take. Breanna Stewart and Dianna Taurasi teams were STACKED. Of course they won. Who expected IOWA to sniff a championship but she got there.

Jay is just being a hater. Give Caitlin her flowers! How is her being the all time collegiate scoring leader not great?! So Shaq and Bird in college weren’t great because they didn’t win titles?

Titles alone don't define greatness. Plenty of HOFers with no title. Team game.

I agree with J Will .... i need to see a championship ring 💍 !!! I mean folks are comparing her to Steph Curry and Michael Jordan !!!

Williams is exactly right. Iowa was a solid favorite in the national championship game last year, and Caitlin Clark didn't deliver when it mattered. She has Big Ten caliber players around her. Last season, she had one of the better bigs in the country, Czinano, and she still lost to LSU. Unless she does something improbable and takes Iowa to the championship this season, which is doubtful when you look at South Carolina, then her legacy will always be that of a scorer who never won anything in college.

Great player but Maravich played without 3 point line and could not play his freshman year due to rules blocking freshman from playing varsity.

Yes, she is a great player and a great shooter and enjoys playing the game of basketball🎊 Her three-point shooting range is absolutely amazing😊

Caitlin is individually great as a baller. You can't subtract from one's greatness based on their victories in team sports....

I see what Jay is saying

I’m with Jay on this one, we need to keep the same energy. She needs to win a Championship or just empty stats.

How do you be the most prolific scorer the game has ever seen and not be "great"? 😂

J Will is crazy. If she was on SC or LSU she would have a ring every year.

Jay Williams: "Caitlin Clark isn't great - YET! Once she becomes a black lesbian, then I'm willing to say she's great."

Nobody remembering her . I forgot her already. Who is she again 😂😂😂

the last should be a politician🤣🤣🤣🤣

By Jay’s logic, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Hakeem, Len Bias, and the entire fab five were not great collegiate players.

Facts Jay

It’s crazy if you state your opinion you get labeled a hater, we all don’t have one mind and I agree with Jay you need championships to be labeled great

C/C IS A ABSOLUTE BEAST AND DATS A FACT 💪🏿⚡❤️

So tired of a team accomplishment being held against a player in the greatest debate.

This generation is terrible..win some championships, it’s a frickin team sport !

Jay Will is RIGHT, he’s not saying she isn’t good he’s saying she needs hardware before you crown her. How many “great” college players go to the league and do nothing?

CC is a great player!!

Just look at the disdainful look on William's face. It's surprising, given the comments of a fellow Duke player.

There is much more parity now in WCBB than there was when Diana was at UConn.

She also helped beat the greatest basketball team of all time in South Carolina. Caitlin is the goat.

SHES THE GREATEST PLAYEE EVER. Doesn’t have the best career but no player is better than her.

Caitlin would have 3 Championships had she gone to UCONN, and Stewart and Taurasi would have zero if they were at Iowa.

Jay Williams don't go away mad just go away!

Brilliant move by Rece to turn it into a comedy show and save Jay from further embarrassment

Lynette Woodard 3649 points highest score to this day. Put Lynette at the top of the list. Congrats to Ms. Clark.

The sad thing when she goes into the WNBA, she will be forgotten.

@darchon5 Mostly, I was observing one of the many excuses people come up with to diminish CC’s achievements, which is silly. Ahh she’s a scorer, but… she throws up 100 shots a game. Ahh she’s good… but she’s 30 years old. 🤣 Ahh she’s good… but the Big10 is a weak conference. Ahh she’s good… BUT…. My point is that when someone has something going so well for them people will continually make excuses. CC is great and people need to accept that. Ahh, she’s good… but she hasn’t won a championship. Stop it people! You have probably never played beyond high school basketball!

“She’s the most prolific scorer of all time, but she’s not great” OK Jay. Nice one. You do you.

Jay Williams prolly thinks angel Reese should be #1 pick 😅

THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL IS NOT GREAT??She doesn't even have to play another game and she is a LEGENDARY PLAYER.PLUS SHE GOING TO BE A MILLIONAIRE JUST ON COMMERCIALS ALONE.