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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 4, 2024 16:46:24 GMT
and now..........AP Player of the Year today for the 2nd year in a row too.........GOAT.........
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Post by tylosaur on Apr 4, 2024 23:17:25 GMT
Van Lith entering transfer portal. Clark torched her so bad she can't show her face on an LSU basketball court ever again.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 5, 2024 16:55:21 GMT
Ok, look.......I don't work on Fridays at all........I certainly don't work on a day when this game is happening so just saying - don't miss it "Show White vs. Um........the other Show White " predictions welcome if you want..... The UConn Huskies vs. Iowa Hawkeyes game will be played on Friday, April 5, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. PT). The game will be broadcast on ESPN and stream on ESPN.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 6, 2024 2:19:45 GMT
Ugh.....UConn up 6 at the half and Clark looking excedngly human..pacinoyes sinks.......is this the end ffs
Grrrrrrrrr
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 6, 2024 3:33:13 GMT
Fnck yeah - if anybody is going to get smoked against South Carolina it ain't gonna be the casual racists of UConn.....see you in Hell.....back to back finals, whoo-hooooo......great crazy game
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 6, 2024 3:34:53 GMT
Pacinoyes what I tell ya man?
Everybody and their granddad knew it was Clark vs Staley in the last game. Womens basketball isnt gonna be some shock wave.
Anyways, that rebound seemed too easy but UConn didnt box out well. But good game, even if Iowa gets knocked by South Carolina.
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Post by dazed on Apr 6, 2024 3:38:09 GMT
wish uconn would’ve got that shot off rather than the offensive foul being called on that screen.. just such a ticky tack call imo and hate seeing those calls in these kind of games, especially in the late stages. anticlimactic way to end the game. could have been a potential all time moment.
clark hit some big shots in the first half of the fourth though. that 4 point play was especially huge. love how she can miss 7 in a row but doesn’t lose her confidence. shooters shoot
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 6, 2024 4:00:30 GMT
Btw this is some old school playground shit..... - I love the imaginative, high IQ game she plays.....
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Post by tylosaur on Apr 6, 2024 7:30:32 GMT
Excited for Sunday. This is a true 50/50 battle: Caitlin Clark Refs vs. undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks. Should be an all-timer. If SC is not up by at least 6 in the final minute of regulation, they're doomed.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 6, 2024 22:25:21 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 7, 2024 11:03:22 GMT
Great-lin Clark plays her last college basketball game today........almost certainly she will lose it......but that isn't the point.....thanks for the memories - because Show White in college was The Beatles in the 60s.......Pacino in The 70s.......the Mats With Bob Stinson......after this it's just Jay Z after he had a kid .......Russell Crowe after he got fat and Van Halen with Sammy Hagar & Gary Cherone..........
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Post by dazed on Apr 7, 2024 19:39:40 GMT
almost 20 in the first quarter god damn that’s nutty
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 7, 2024 20:48:28 GMT
No worries Caitlin. Dont take this loss harshly. SC's Top 9 players equals Iowa's Top 3.
Messi couldn't win until he had a team that was at least equal to France and Germany.
Jordan couldn't beat the Pistons until Scottie Pippen became impossible to guard with his strength in the post and length in the perimeter, and then 7 years later when Rodman jumped from the Pistons to the Bulls.
Unfortunately it's hard to feel strongly for the WNBA so I'm not sure if the extent of her fame in the WNBA will be interpreted as glory. Theres no world cup in basketball. and the Olympics not sure if she'll get the majority of the credit even if the US dominates.
Maybe something will change tho in the structure of sports that will elevate Clark to the level of Messi and Jordan, but it's highly unlikely just because of the inherent irrelevancy of the WNBA.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 7, 2024 21:10:40 GMT
Hey - who's up for a Caitlan in the WNBA thread in a few months and periodic updates on my Caitlan Clark shirts swag and stuff?
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Post by countjohn on Apr 8, 2024 0:52:11 GMT
There is speculation about she and one of her college rivals like Angel Reese or Paige Bueckers becoming the WNBA's Magic and Bird and carrying over their college rivalry to dramatically increase interest in the league. It's just hard to get fired up about the Indiana Fever. Bird and Magic wouldn't have been quite the same if they'd ended up on the Nuggets and Jazz or something. Would probably be better for the league if she ended up in NY or LA. Although it does keep her in the midwest and Indiana is of course basketball crazy.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 8, 2024 22:11:46 GMT
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 8, 2024 22:24:25 GMT
Unreal. She beats Messi. Hard to beat Messi anywhere and in any time zone the game shows in. Does it beat the US womens soccer team in their own country? America's girl ? Nobody but Taylor Swift has this kinda pull. Watch Indiana Fever ratings shoot thru the roof and double the other games.
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Post by futuretrunks on Apr 8, 2024 23:30:29 GMT
Isn't Messi in the MLS?
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 10, 2024 0:49:45 GMT
Clean sweep on Player of the Year Awards 2 years straight - Naismith, AP, Wooden Award .......
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 10, 2024 21:01:15 GMT
THe Indiana Fever are apparently America's team now..........
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Post by countjohn on Apr 10, 2024 21:25:32 GMT
What if they don't draft Clark because none of her teammates went to her birthday party and everyone's stuck watching a bunch of random Indiana Fever games?
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 10, 2024 21:45:06 GMT
What if they don't draft Clark because none of her teammates went to her birthday party and everyone's stuck watching a bunch of random Indiana Fever games? Somewhere in this thread I taked about how her story is almost like a Hollywood scriptwriter wrote it: She was from Iowa.......played for Iowa......UConn didn't pursue her so she fell into Iowa ffs......and she has several other things that made her appealing to the masses: ie the unique style of her game, her relatively normal size, she's white, Catholic, straight........no face tattoos, no bones through her nose.....she is not exactly pretty but is insanely likable.........lovable really.......she will get to play for a Midwestern team in the same state where her boyfriend works........aside from not winning a Natty - you can't script her career to date any better.........it's kind of evil tbh I am havng a hard time thinking of such a no brainer pick that would be such a shock if they didn't take her.......good topic for this thread MAR Peeps.......worst draft picks ever in NBA / NFL?
Have we done that one yet fellas?
Class? Bueller? Bueller
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Post by quetee on Apr 10, 2024 21:58:36 GMT
Well hopefully the hype translates to more views and more money for WNNBA players.
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Post by countjohn on Apr 11, 2024 0:43:29 GMT
What if they don't draft Clark because none of her teammates went to her birthday party and everyone's stuck watching a bunch of random Indiana Fever games? Somewhere in this thread I taked about how her story is almost like a Hollywood scriptwriter wrote it: She was from Iowa.......played for Iowa......UConn didn't pursue her so she fell into Iowa ffs......and she has several other things that made her appealing to the masses: ie the unique style of her game, her relatively normal size, she's white, Catholic, straight........no face tattoos, no bones through her nose.....she is not exactly pretty but is insanely likable.........lovable really.......she will get to play for a Midwestern team in the same state where her boyfriend works........aside from not winning a Natty - you can't script her career to date any better.........it's kind of evil tbh I am havng a hard time thinking of such a no brainer pick that would be such a shock if they didn't take her.......good topic for this thread MAR Peeps.......worst draft picks ever in NBA / NFL?
Have we done that one yet fellas?
Class? Bueller? Bueller People are of course emphasizing the women's sports angle but it does beg the question of how much of Clark's appeal is because she's a white American (not Dirk or Jokic). If there was a male Caitlin Clark it might have been an even bigger phenomenon, there's a segment of the country that's been waiting for another midwestern farm boy like Larry Bird for ages. The whole thing is very much like Bird, even the not winning a championship in college for more buildup in the pros, and I think her having a contrasting (which probably means black) rival would take the thing to another level and help her sustain her popularity in the WNBA. As for most shocking draft fall, maybe Aaron Rodgers/ He wasn't viewed as a slam dunk but a lot of people had him going no. 1 and he slid all the way to 24. Happened with Marino too although I'm not sure how high people thought he would go to start with.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 11, 2024 1:13:05 GMT
Somewhere in this thread I taked about how her story is almost like a Hollywood scriptwriter wrote it: She was from Iowa.......played for Iowa......UConn didn't pursue her so she fell into Iowa ffs......and she has several other things that made her appealing to the masses: ie the unique style of her game, her relatively normal size, she's white, Catholic, straight........no face tattoos, no bones through her nose.....she is not exactly pretty but is insanely likable.........lovable really.......she will get to play for a Midwestern team in the same state where her boyfriend works........aside from not winning a Natty - you can't script her career to date any better.........it's kind of evil tbh I am havng a hard time thinking of such a no brainer pick that would be such a shock if they didn't take her.......good topic for this thread MAR Peeps.......worst draft picks ever in NBA / NFL?
Have we done that one yet fellas?
Class? Bueller? Bueller People are of course emphasizing the women's sports angle but it does beg the question of how much of Clark's appeal is because she's a white American (not Dirk or Jokic). If there was a male Caitlin Clark it might have been an even bigger phenomenon, there's a segment of the country that's been waiting for another midwestern farm boy like Larry Bird for ages. The whole thing is very much like Bird, even the not winning a championship in college for more buildup in the pros, and I think her having a contrasting (which probably means black) rival would take the thing to another level and help her sustain her popularity in the WNBA. As for most shocking draft fall, maybe Aaron Rodgers/ He wasn't viewed as a slam dunk but a lot of people had him going no. 1 and he slid all the way to 24. Happened with Marino too although I'm not sure how high people thought he would go to start with. Ok Why do you think she needs a rival?? What rival did Jordan have? She just needs to elevate to being the best player in the WNBA, and for the Fever to be America's team much like Lakers/Celtics/Bulls in the 80s, then the 90s. It's not impossible for the Fever to rise from the bottom to the top in a hurry. It's way easier to do that than in the NBA. WNBA has no relevant history, and the league is still seen as a joke to most people.
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