The Day Caitlin Clark Ended The NCAA's Biggest Debate 

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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)

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 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

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.

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.

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!

It was a moving screen... Foul

The only person who stops Caitlin is Caitlin.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Very nice descriptive piece of work, bro. ⭐

Congratulations on 200 k subs 🔥🔥

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

Nice analysis

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.

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.

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

Awesome coverage of the game. Thanks!

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

Wait a doggone minute! The great Taurasi warned that Caitlin won’t be playing 18-year olds, but seasoned professionals. How then, did this rookie drop 21 points against these seasoned professionals?! How?!

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

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

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

❤Paige and CC!

Started off with just lamelo ball content. Seeing little views. Now covering women's basketball blown up! Shout out DKM.

Bro I don’t care what anyone says until you win a ring I don’t wanna hear shit,stats is cool but until you get a ring stats is stats

Great video

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.

-- 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.

Great vid

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.

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

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 …

IT WAS NOT CONTROVERSIAL. IT WAS AN ILLEGAL MOVING SCREEN. A FOUL IS A FOUL.

I dont know what game this guy watched, I believe he is just creating controversy to get views and comments..congratulations on this matter…CC was too much for UCON , and Paige developed first as basketball player, understandably so since she is a few months the elder and dedicated/committed to basketball earlier . However, CC has catch up and there is not going back on that matter..the only thing UCON accomplished was get CC work so hard that she was tired after the first Q against SC…considered the final 4 schedule to be to tight…If the championship game had been played a week later or so…CC would be champion by now…She is either way now, the best college player to ever step in a basketball court..

Great game - two exceptional teams. Could have gone either way.

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.

OMG paige will be at sparks. It now makes sense that sparks just stopped playing half way through the season. She will make the same kind of impact as CC.

Caitlin was off tonight like the GOAT Michael Jordan in rare games. It happens to the best. She missed a bunch of open shots & defense was very good, but you could tell she was not mentally there.

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.

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

Translation-Iowa sucked in this game and uconn still wasn't good enough to beat them.

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

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.

3:02 She was getting so frustrated that you changed out different color jerseys between quarters. :)

Iowa and uconn was the closest womens game ever. Exciting. The wnba will become more strong in the ratings with these additions.

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…..

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.

She still did what was needed to get the W . We all should know that points are not the only statistic: Assist,rebounds and steals matter too .

I’m surprised we haven’t seen more injuries from playing against Angel

I only watched women's college basketball because i discovered Paige while still in Hopkins uniform. The problem with Uconn was that they failed to protect their early lead.

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

If you stop her scoring, you won't stop her passing

Not an offensive rebound. "Jump ball" possession arrow was for Iowa.

Katie Martin did not get that huge rebound. It was #3 Sydney Affolter they got that rebound

I’m sure South Carolina took notes.

No, Clark just always does bad against Paige, and uconn, its all psychological.

Can't wait to watch USC vs IOWA

I love Catlian's following, that has to do with 'little girls ' over the rest ofthe fan base. They probably went estactic when the final score favored their 'beloved' Hawkeyes. Double team, triple team, DON'T WORRY, the team as a whole revolve around her with rebounding, with assists ... chunk of assists [confidence in how each player responds accordingly when their leader is in a shooting slump]. I can't wait for the final outcome of how Catlian's fans and followers will respond for their Hawkeyes winning the WNCAA Title. GO HAWKEYES!!!

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.

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.

Great basketball super exciting to follow the w ncaa

And she took her loss like a champ. Now she will move on to do bigger and better things. She didn't come up with no excuse

Ok, that was actually fun to watch, even if it was all highlights, the WNBA is a lot better than majority of the NBA these days.

The secret to stopping her is enabling the 4 other players on the team. They are no slouches, Clark is just the most impressive of the lot.

This narrator calls 21pts 9reb 7assist being "locked down". Shows how good Clark is that a performance like that is the result of being locked down.

10 points below her season average Nika and Paige played nasty Defense

That last-second illegal screen was . . . an illegal screen. Edwards is twice Marshall's size. She could have set a clean screen, but she basically blew Marshall off her feet. Marshall was trailing over the top of the screen and she was in prett close pursuit.

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

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...

I hope fans realize the games are fixed. Pay attention to who guarding how, who gets hurt, who going to the WNBA & how much pay is going on. the main two girls are always in on the fix

THE TEAM PLAYS GREAT TOGETHER YUKON WAS GOOD BOTH PLAYED HARD NOW WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TODAYS GAME NOT GOING TO BE EASY BUT WILL BE A GOOD GAME GO HAWKEYS ❤❤❤❤❤❤

I truly wish her well in the WNBA

It’s amazing how they say they stopped her when she still scored 21 points what are they expected to score 40 every game I mean it’s ridiculous. She’s the best player in women’s college basketball and she more likely be the best player in the WNBA so all you whiners and crybabies just shut up. Glory to GOD!