They Slowed Down Caitlin Clark And Still Lost 

She still scored 21 points with 8 assists and they won the game. I wouldn't exactly call that stopping her!

Minor note: it was Affolter that rebounded the missed free throw at the end (not Kate Martin as stated)

Edwards got lucky the refs only called her for an illegal screen once. She was doing that all game.

Across both teams she was second highest in points and first in rebounds and assists. Based on points and assists she contributed to half of Iowa's points. It shows how good she is when that kind of performance is considered "stopping" her. In the first half Uconn slowed her down by fouling her but that strategy is desperate when your rotation is 6 players.

A clear offensive foul, blocking the defender from following the player with the ball. She stuck her elbow out, extending her leg, it is obvious and stupid. Good call.

UCONN can gripe all they want, I am fairly certain in all those championship game wins they had more than a few questionable calls go their way

It’s just a reminder this is a team sport!

Funny how people may say that Clark was “shut down”😂 😂😂. If she put up 21 9 and 9…. You didn’t shut her down, you got lucky 😂😂😂😂. lol that’s almost a triple double. wtf???

The only problem is they still couldn't STOP Caitlin Clark. Contain her? Yes. They couldn't stop her.

Connecticut beat down Caitlin Clark, but Caitlin Clark couldn't be stopped; you need that attitude to win games. Caitlin Clark is a winner.

nice recap! In the live game it looked like a bad call by the ref, but in your replay, it showed an obvious moving screen by Unconn player. Good gusty call by the ref in such a big game.

Great analysis sir.... It was a very physical game on UConn's part and they could have been called on a lot of falls that didn't get called

Great analysis mate -- Glad you showed Paige's airball at the end that no one talks about. And Caitlin missed her free throw! It's the OTHER players that came up clutch down the stretch on both teams. Muhl's 3-pointer and Arnold's steal were so clutch for Uconn...wow! And Katie's offensive rebound sealed it for Iowa. Amazing game . . . tomorrow should be another classic. (i don't even know whose playing in the mens side, haha)

Paige P said it best! It’s not one play that makes or breaks a game!

Caitlin is a volume shooter. The more shots she puts up, the higher her shooting percentage gets.Example : she may only go 1-5 but then she will go 4-10 and then 12-20. Her shooting percentage climbs as she shoots more. UCONN did good by keeping the ball out of her hands. As UCONNs "hack-a-shaq" fouls amassed their defense softened and her touches increased, her shots increased, and it was a rap. Some costly TOs late in the game and UCONNs expert ability to cash-in made it close the last minute but IOWA did not quit. Clark finished with 21 and 8 after only having 6 in the first half. AND Iowa won the game. That is better than hitting 55 and losing. IOWA is a TEAM that does not quit even when it looks bad.

Uconn has great one on one and help defense, from its players, on Clark. They also had height on Iowa, at almost every position. They also managed to negate Iowa's running game for most of the game. Those were keys to their success for the first half and into the third quarter.

Did nobody notice that at 12:20 Gabby Marshall was illegally screened and pushed on the ground while Paige missed the shot terribly. UCONN got away with a lot of no calls, until they didn’t. Those huskies were put to sleep. Night night!

At 14.2 million viewers, last night's Iowa-UConn game averaged more viewers than: • Any women's CBB game ever • Every 2023 NBA Finals game • Every 2023 World Series game • The 2023 Orange Bowl • The 2023 Big Ten Championship • The 2023 Cotton Bowl • The 2023 Pac-12 Championship • The 2023 Big-12 Championship • The 2023 ACC Championship • The 2023 Peach Bowl • The 2023 Masters Final Round • The 2023 Daytona 500 • The 2023 Indianapolis 500 • Every tennis grand slam final (men's & women's) • Every 2023 CFB regular season game except one Even crazier, there is a legitimate chance that this year's women's national championship game draws more viewers than the men's. That's incredible.

The only person who stops Caitlin is Caitlin.

It was a moving screen... Foul

Great game. The two players of the game were Muhl and Marshall. They both drew the toughest assignments in the game. Marshall played her usual great game against Beukkers and Muhl was spectacular against Clark. She was so tight on Clark that I would not be surprised if at breakfast Clark was looking for the pepper shaker.... and ..Muhl would have blocked her out! Nika got worn down and she was gassed late in the game. Though she made a huge 3 late. Iowa had more turn overs in the first half than an Amish bakery ...but as Geno said at the break we are not getting enough points off the steals and stops. He further said we cannot stop them forever and he was right. To me Muhl was both the difference and the player of the game. Defensive battle. The final will be different. SC are HUGE! So Iowa will have no hope inside or on rebounds .. On the other hand if they can run and gun and shoot the lights out outside they my have a chance. The hope if there is one is for Marshall and Martin to knock it down from the outside ,......or for transition to stress the bigger , slower, SC players. Marshall is streaky shooter. Who knows? I do not see a SC player who can guard Clark......BUT..if she has to drive the lane she will get snuffed out. Too big and too many from SC.

Nika Mühl stuck to Clark like Velcro. It was intimidating - which was the idea, of course. Not a pretty game, but both teams had their plans and both executed well. -- Thanks for the insights and straight commentary. The refs did not decide the outcome - if anything, Clark's assists and composure under intense pressure, plus Iowa's team, did it. A game to remember, and next the Final.

I did not like how the game ended. South Carolina about to get in their ass today

What an awesome recap man great job.

That was an illegal screen, she moved into the player she was screening. A proper screen is you dont move.

Yeah and note made it's probably not the first time someone has used this defense on her, she still holds the record and probably always will.

Very nice descriptive piece of work, bro. ⭐

That was an offensive foul 10 ways to Sunday but the refs might have let it go if Edwards didn't knock her back 5 ft like a tight end blocking a cornerback on a sweep play.

My guess is that SC will win. But what Iowa proved the other nite was that basketball is STILL a TEAM game. Even should Iowa lose, they deserve a ton of credit beating LSU and UConn, two programs that are chock full of high talent recruits, SC also. The reason CC is so good is that she is a throwback to the Magic Johnson/Larry Bird type of player, a player that is great by themselves, but ALWAYS puts TEAM FIRST and makes all the players around them BETTER. That is legendary greatness, not individual greatness.

Clark has actually got me watching the women ball, which I didn't think was humanly possible.

Congratulations on 200 k subs 🔥🔥

The refs never call Clark for pushing off to get open. I wonder why? Hmmmm

Lets not forget that CC had better stats than PB in their freshman years. PB won the award because she played on a better team.

Subbed because you made me feel like I was watching the game for the first time again.. cheers

Awesome coverage of the game. Thanks!

I'd say the exhaustion of running an 8 man rotation from the end of the season, through the championship and entire tourney, finally caught up with everyone. Paige had played EVERY SINGLE MINUTE, IN EVERY GAME OF THE TOURNEY. That takes a toll eventually. Not to mention the nonsense decision to call that after establishing a looseness with screen all game long until that moment.

She didn’t choke. That was a purposeful miss which allowed Iowa to have the ball. I know everyone has their own opinions and that’s fine. Why is everyone beating Iowa up for the win. The correct call is the most important at the last minute or seconds than in the first 10 minutes. CC still got 21 points but the Iowa team has more players than just her. They also must have a good defense or UCONN would have beaten them furiously as most wanted. Just let the winning team in this game enjoy this win. They still have work to do and there’s only going to be one champion team in the end. Cheer on the girl’s basketball teams. And you NBA players, just stay out of it. This isn’t about you and you guys cry, whine and have tantrums over everything you don’t like and still make millions.

Caitlyn and Paige have been playing against eachother since 8th grade. theyre both from iowa

It was a moderate scoring game with the primary scorers being covered very effectively. Game could have gone either way up to the last 2nds. The great screen by Cait's teammate was a perfect screen that led to the defender slipping and falling down giving Caitlin a brief moment to launch a 3 and she made it!

This was a game that a team effort wins the game rather than relying on one key player.

Good video! Yes, please cover them...subbed!😊

They couldn't stop Caitin. then along came Raven...

Could you find anymore stock photos from previous games to use? Stick to the game at hand

Nice analysis

Excellent analysis excellent comments. UConn had a great game plan against a team that should win 9 out of 10 times. Caitlin’s tenacity and more importantly her ability to let other team members rise to the occasion after being frozen out for almost 3 quarters won the game.

Your description to Paige is the defining point - "was" the best player. Stopping and locked her up with 21 points, 9 assists lol. How many points and assist did Paige get? I doubt you can shoot as well as Caitlin. Being a good or great player doesn't only mean playing well but also keeping healthy.

Great vid

Great detailed break-down.

The Uconn gameplan was the same as Michigan State in 79. Caitlin's teamates, unlike Bird's, actually stepped up.

5:38 yep, at this point I honestly thought it was most likely that Iowa was going to loose. Really solid game analysis

Great video

UConn lost last night and won this morning by getting the #1 recruit in the nation Sarah Strong. This was the tale of the game UConn 3/4 Iowa 10/14 the free-throw stat line

You got it right on the illegal screen, it sure was a moving screen. But the final rebound wasn't the rebounder, it was Sydney Affolter.

Then they ran into South Carolina the national Champs. They said the buck stops here.

1. You cant put a team away in the 1st quarter 2. While yes, technically any 3 players on one team standing equal distance from each other form a triangle, thats not the triangle offense, its called Horns. 3. thank you for a great vid as i didn't get to see the game 4. algorithm 5. it was an illegal screen 6. i dont think page will be back

Angel reese is a champion

Good rendering TY!

Thank you for this because I don’t follow WB and I have no idea what is going on

The reason for setting a screen is for the opposing player to run into you….not the other way around.

If Iowa prevails over South Carolina, it will be because Caitlin Clark got tested hard by a great defensive plan. If they had encountered no serious resistance in this or any other game, they would be more ripe for getting blown out in the championship. They needed a challenge to remind them that nothing is given. They may still lose, but without this test, they would likely be more flummoxed by their first taste of adversity in the final.

Lebron even (incorrectly) complaining about officiating in someone else's game... The GOAT of self entitlement ...

Do they still call hand checking in women's basketball? If they let a close defender use her hands to grab and push and check than it becomes very difficult to get free.

This is very good work sir. So much better than ESPN

That was great recap of the game… and yeah, that was definitely a foul when she put up her elbow. The ref had to call. It doesn’t matter if it happens at the beginning or at the end she had kept her elbow down. I think it probably would’ve passed but thrown the elbow, sealed it.

That no secret double and triple team anyone you will stop them, but you also leave 2 or more person open, and most of the time ppl in foul trouble as was seen in the game

I was shocked at how sloppy both teams were playing. This is the first full women’s game I have ever watched

From what I saw of Caitlin I think she has been battling a cold, she doesn’t quite look herself. She had some good looks on her first half shots but they just didn’t fall. Yes, I credit UCONN defense, but if CC would have really been on, she would have put up another 12 to 15.

Uconn had Clark in check in the first half. The problem was that Uconn did not score points. With the turnovers Uconn forced, they should have been up by at least 20 points at the half.

This isn’t a secret Caitlyn, doesn’t do well with defenders her size. So goes from unstoppable to very good. People forget she is 6’. A 6’ point guard in women’s college basketball is lethal. UConn had the size, but with a depleted team of only 6 in rotation, they didn’t have the stamina at the end. I’ll say Iowas is lucky UConn ran out of gas at the end. 4th quarter nothing was dropping, fatigue factor. This team played full minutes the entire tournament.

Not only was it illegal, it was against the primary defender. Also, Le-flop James has zero right to complain about the refs.

What was controversial about it? A moving screen is, in fact, illegal.

You would think that as many coaches that were on the ucon bench that surely they advised Edwards to be still on the screen, maybe they did.

I'm going to support Caitlin no matter what because I've never seen anyone in the NBA or in the WNBA fight with such passion and such professionalism. Everybody has off days but I really hope that she doesn't let this get to her and that she's able to continue down the road to greatness

She is less accurate on threes when she is under a lot of pressure.

Good Game.... Both Team did Good I was Shaking while Watching.... Caitlyn Clark still going to WNBA 1ST PICK

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Clark and Bueckers met in high school when they both played on an elite team.

Huh? What I saw was someone who adjusted and played with her team and still scored and rebounded well. That’s how teams win. They adjust, they rise to the challenge. They did just that.

don't the scottish still throw big sticks and rocks around? how is this guy schooling us on basketball? 😂

Was the game plan good? Sure. Does it mean it would work consistently? Maybe. Did Caitlyn Clark have a bad shooting night? Possibly. It happens all the time in basketball. Need a larger sample size to really see how effective it was.

9:30 Clark finds "a tiny bit of space" after breaking from Shade's attempt at the classic MMA move of Russian tie-up to arm drag.

How did they finish the half only five down? When you have to/choose to focus defensively on one player you stand a real chance of losing because the rest of the team can score too.

The call at the end was legitimate. UCONN was grabbing Clark all game and no call. Plus many offensive fouls uncalled as usual. UCONN did a hell of a defensive job and they're a great team with a great coach.

Just a quick correction: while yes UConn did a much better job than LSU and guarding Caitlin (mainly because Kim Mulkey was either ill-prepared with her defensive schemes *why are you running a low drop on ball screens on CC LOL* or her players where totally lost when it came to guarding the best womens basketball player of all time. Even if they knew the coverage they have never guarded someone like Caitlin Clark so they just let her get to her spots with ease), they did not do a good enough job in the second half of the game which is ultimately where the game was lost. A team throwing the kitchen sink at you defensively and you still get 20 9 7 2 stl is not being stopped to say the least

I was really disappointed in how she at times just stood around when she couldn’t get open after the first attempt. A good coach would have made sure to have the team practice multiple pick and rolls and other types of screens to get her open even if she had to try multiple times per possession.

She went in at half and fugured it out. Hannah, Kate, Lindsey and that defensive sparkplug, Gabby made what Cait had to do work. Yeah that was a well played foul by Gabby. She did all season. Always gotta have those haters. Go Hawks.

Nika Muhl had the clamps on CC! A defensive masterclass!

Clark move like Manu Ginobili, his way to run.

Stop her? She scored 20 points, but got her teammates a lot of points on 9 assists along with 9 rebounds. Almost a triple Double is not stopping her. Of course a boys high school team would beat them as I saw no defense being played...in this game...

Ima say you didn’t watch this game and just watch replays because she was getting her shot she just was missing them and the reason they were still in it was Stuelke 23/3 and Caitlin put up some good numbers 21/9/7 I think that’s pretty good

If uconn had a bench, this game would’ve been a lot better. But Caitlin Clark prevailed in the 4th qtr

11:46 the definition of a carry. The basketball league officials,for decades, have realized that if you play by the actual rules, basketball is HARD. So, ignore the rules and turn the game into something Naismith didn't invent. SMDH.

Great video. Thanks brother. Go hawks

-- Hey man, great, I'm with you. Guarantee you Clark learned a lesson she won't for get from that. I do have something to point out. When you said Tri-angle offense. That wasn't triangle offense. That was just peeps standing in a triangle. I'm not hard on you there. I've studied Phil Jackson. I mowed lawns to get to those Bulls games in the late 80s-90s to get to the Madhouse. Just figured you ought to know. But thumbs up.

If you call allowing her 21 points, "stopping" her.

She exposed all of y’all and made adjustments and what nobody is talking about. They fact she is in excellent shape and third quarter she owns it she don’t get tired, her mental is off the chart!!! You can tell she trains at a higher peak she is pushed to max limitation…..

You said two things I agree with, in not hitting her first several threes was to keep coming, and their D kept them within 6 at half. Shooters shoot … that she did so much else when she wasn’t hitting is testament to her supreme game. She makes a 1-2 of her first three pointers, the rest of your comments go away. She is leading a team of women playing in an orchestra with her, offense and defense, enjoy it! After all that, UConn up only six at half …

All you pointed out early was that Clark didn't score well and didn't have many possessions. Guess what captain obvious, - - - all of that attention on her (which everyone know was coming) allowed for many open, successful shots by her team mates. Everyone on the team did their job just as they always do and it is never any one particular player - that's called unselfish, successful TEAM PLAY and that is what Clark is all about.

Shooters have bad games. If Steph Curry goes 1/9 we don’t say teams “figured out” Curry because we know he just missed shots, and the very next game he might go 10/12 and drop 40+. Not to compare her to Curry, but just trying to show that all shooters, even the greatest one, have bad games where they just miss shots. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve been “figured out.”

What exposed that she’s also a very good team player. They may have had a plan for Caytlin but they couldn’t stop her assisting her teammates and getting them all involved in the game. Face it Cattlinnis just an all around player..!

Mika Muhr played great physical defense. Her teammates stepped up to help. Caitlin should have kept driving to basket and get Muhr in foul trouble. It wasn’t till Mika got hurt that she was able to get going.