Johnson, Reese, and Clark were obviously exceptional in this game, but let's give a nod to Martin of Iowa for being the lady on the spot for the entire game. Great job by her!
Martin is Clark’s roommate and in her 5th year. She decided to come back, for 5th year after 2023 Championship game and give Caitlin another shot. So their in 2024 Final Four.
Paige Bueckers is, IMO, still the best that Women's college basketball has to offer. Just my opinion. I just wish that it worked out that Iowa vs UCONN was the championship game instead of the final four.
Over 12 million watched that game yesterday. The men’s NIT semis are tonight. A white guy for Indiana State nicknamed “Cream Abdul-Jabbar” is playing tonight 😂
As a South Carolina fan, Iowa and Clark still scare me. She beat us last year by herself and she could definitely do it again. South Carolina is the only undefeated team in the country and still a prohibitive favorite to win the championship. It's a very deep team with scorers outside, mid-range and under the basket. But Carolina really doesn't have a single transformative player like Clark or Connecticut's Page Bueckers. We have only one player who can create her own shot, Fulwiley, and she's still just a Freshman. But they probably need her on the court to win it all. Unless the team really plays up to their potential like when they beat North Carolina by 40 earlier in the tournament. The last two games, however, they have been a mess, and very lucky to win.
Thanks for this - I'm a Hawkeye. Nobody matches up well with SC's lineup, and like you say, the ability of a transformative player on a good team is the wild card for Iowa. NC State is kind of an afterthought here and a good Cinderella story. I hope they give you guys a game. Right now, it's all about us getting through UConn.
Being in Iowa I can tell you I haven't heard a bunch of people talk Basketball this much in a long time and being womens sport on top of it makes it pretty crazy the popularity she is bringing to the sport.
12.4 million viewers for this game. Imagine those kinda numbers watching your channel. Iowa has sold out every game all year. Even road games, where teams usually sell 3,000 tickets per game, when Iowa comes to town people drive six hours to watch and the opponent gets a sold out auditorium. The Iowa Hawkeyes Women's basketball team started their season by selling 53,000 tickets to play on the football field.
I was at this game and the video doesn't do the atmosphere justice. The entire arena was losing its mind; it was obvious that we were watching a once in a generation player! 🏀
In college basketball there's 40 minutes in a game for both men and women, in men's games they play in two halves with 20 minutes in each halve, in women's basketball they play four quarters with 10 minutes to play in each quarter.
The crazy thing is it's not just Clark. If she's having an off time the rest of the team can really fill the gaps. Especially between Marshall and Martin, those 2 catch fire when they need to.
Yeah, you are only seeing the highlights. When you see the full game there are still plenty of air balls and bricks being shot. Although none by Clark! Also Angel Reese is 6'3" and can't dunk. South Carolina's star center is 6'7" and cannot dunk. By comparison two of the smallest men to ever play in the NBA, 5'7" Spud Webb and 5'3"(!) Mugsy Bogues could both dunk.
@@tyreek.6815 Okay, let's not LIE! Where's the link? I know the casters made a huge deal about how Ashlyn Watkins barely scraped the ball over the rim for a one-hand dunk in some meaningless game, but I've watched every tourney game and I haven't seen Cardosa, Watkins, or anyone else on the team even attempt one. And I'm a Carolina fan!
Ice Cube offered Caitlin Clark 5 million to play in the BIG3. That's like 8 (or whatever it is) games: half court, 3 on 3....and she could still play in WNBA. I don't know how WNBA would feel about it, but...lol Crazy Good for her. I've also seen the video of the Office Blokes shooting basketballs. I'm sure Daz could take her. 🤣
I'm just honestly impressed with your familiarity with American culture (using feet for height, State Universities vs Universities of State, etc). Well done lol
They do play quarters in the NCAA March Madness. The other top player is on UCONN. And LSU beat Iowa last year in the championship game last year. That’s why this game was so exciting to watch, even though it is the Elite Eight.
This was a great game! I grew up in Iowa, live in Texas now. Iowa versus LSU last year for the championship and LSU won, Iowa played much better this year. We are hoping it will be Iowa versus South Carolina in the final.
South Carolina has a player named Ashlyn Watkins who dunked multiple times this season. I think you guys should react to their next game against NC State
This game was watched more than any NBA game since the 2022 NBA finals. This might be the turning point for Womens Basketball and the WNBA to becoming much more than it is right now. More people care about these two teams than the mens tournament.
Sort of correct (would've been the second most viewed NBA Finals game from last NBA season and fourth most viewed game from the 2022 NBA Finals). It is incredible though that women's college basketball is able to put up NBA equivalent numbers.
It's great to see people outside of these "race politics" in the united states watch and realize just like everyone here how different caitlin clark is on the court. She jumps off the screen more than anyone else.
The racist people are already in the comments trying to spread their hate to them. Very sad. Clark and Reese are friends and have said it many times. Clark doesn't even agree with these people who hate on Reese but its not clicking for those people unfortunately. Reese did the same things Clark did... yet they only attack Reese. Luckily the office blokes aren't dumb. They would never fall for these people trying to spread their hate on players.
@@tyreek.6815 there definitely were some differences in how they were playing up the antics, but at the end of the day who cares they're playing a kids game. It ain't that deep and people getting all worked up is weird.
Flau’Jae Johnson was laying it all out this game. Playing both ends of the floor at a high level. Iowa did their thing though. Good slate of Final Four matches this weekend.
Also this was huge because LSU beat Iowa in the national championship game last year, so this was the rematch, and it was the most watch women’s basketball game of all time, college or pros, and had more viewers than last years NBA finals
Paige Bueckers from UConn has been overshadowed a bit by Clark. she's equally impressive imo and is the more complete player. their matchup in the final four is gonna be amazing. both players just control the game at a higher level than any other women's player i've seen.
Yeah, Caitlin has had some impressive games on the big stage so she's getting a lot of love but for my money, I'd take Bueckers no question. Paige is, IMO, the better all-around player and their matchup in the final four should be terrific.
More complete meaning what? Better shooter? Better passer? Better ball handler? Better game manager? Better leader? I have to disagree as there are no metrics that help when you have athletes in completely different situations both outperforming by fairly wide margins.
@@darnell-mooney I disagree. There is one end game for offensive possessions, points. What metric allows you to say there is no arguing about finishing an offensive possession with a score? I can provide several metrics demonstrating a very high volume and comparable efficiency in this regard. Your use of "significantly" in either case, and suggesting there is no argument without evidence is simply bias talk with no support besides your belief. With these two, you just have to have data? The defense is indeed more situational with CC and Paige applies more here. I do remember Paige from High-School and have watched both for a long time. Like you say, both can control play. I appreciate your opinion, but that's all it is. I just see two completely different elite players that, if you do compare, it has to be metrics.
With your interest in North American sports, I wanted to suggest looking up viideos on our sports leagues that no longer exist: American Football League (AFL), 1960-1969 (merged into NFL in 1970); American Basketball Association (ABA) 1967-1977 (4 teams joined the NBA in 1977, the other 3 teams were bought out); World Hockey Association (WHA), 1972-1979 (4 teams joined the NHL, others offered financial packages by NHL); North American Soccer League (NASL), 1968-1984 (league ceased operations after 1984 season, 4 MLS teams named for and carry the traditions of their namesake NASL teams ...Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and San Jose).
I'll have to say a thing about before this game the LSU team hid from the national anthem. That's not respectable to most in the USA. Louisiana State University has been my favorite sports college. Iowa won because LSU didn't have heart.
Ironic how Uconn did the same thing yet you and everyone else didn't care to talk about it? Why is that? Also don't be weird. LSU did have lots of Heart. I wasn't going for either team but saying they lost bc they didn't have heart? Yea I don't believe you one bit being an LSU fan. They lost bc they were missing easy shots and mainly bc their head coach didn't make any adjustments. Flaujae should've guarded Clark. She was locking her down every time she got switched on her, but yes they lost bc of heart. Disrespectful to Clark giving us a generational performance.
You guys should watch the men’s basketball comeback of Iowa vs Michigan State for last year. That’s one of the biggest comebacks in college basketball.
In case on one told em yet.a..Iowa and LSU played for the National Title last year...LSU won that game. And during the final minutes of that game, with LSU leading by 15, LSU Star Trash Talker, Angel Reese, got up in Caitlin Clarks face and pointed at her 'ring' finger and also did the famous John Cena "I cant see you" hand gesture at Caitlin. Clark did not reacto to Reese and tried to walk away, but Reese, being the Low Character Human she is, jumped back in front of Caitlin several times and continued with the 'in your face' hand gestures... This created alot of the extra drama and interest in this rematch.
I love the one sided explanation of what happened. You totally have no bias. Funny how you didn't mention none of the shit talking Clark did to people last year. Funny how you didn't mention Clark doing the you cant see me taunt to another player right in front of her face. You def a Racist. Saying "this created a lot of extra drama" yet you leave a comment and have the opinion of what actually created the extra drama is wild. She didn't jump in front of Clark several times. She did it once. Get help who ever you are. There's a reason why Clark and Reese are friends and Clark strongly disagrees with y'all who lie and say bad things about Reese. Shes not racist.
What a great game - enjoyed your reactions! This women's march madness was more exciting than the men's this year. Helps to have Caitlin Curry/Clark. Angel Reese is good but she really has to work on her handle & transition game to get into the WNBA and actually play very much IMO. Everyone knows her name, but Flau'jae Johnson (only a sophomore w/a perfect looking jumper) was clearly LSU's best player w/the best handle and most athletic; her layup 4 halftime was the most athletic play of the game,, even though Clark went crazy . LSU's PG got worked by everyone she guarded. But it might not have mattered - although Reese did get hurt, so that sucks. I just don't get how they left that girl guarding her for so long; either of them, shoulda been Johnson then entire game, she's the only one that could even try on their team.
Even though the women can't dunk, I think they are better mid-range and 3 point shooters. But that could be shitty defense too; it was a lot in this game. LSU looked tired in the 2nd half cuz Iowa never stops running in transition.
@@recifebra3 Well Iowa should have never stopped running against SC, because they looked pitiful during the final championship game. Clark/Iowa are 2 time floppers, and extremely overrated. I've see JV players more talented than Clark/Iowa; high school and/or NIL. Stop with all of the Clark/Iowa hype. They came up empty with no trophy and no Rings... Clark does not know how to play defense...she'd rather wave players off than to put in the work... The media/fan just hyped her up for monetary gains/profits.
Yeah, women have 4Qs of 10mins and men have 2 20 min halves. No idea why the men's is the way it is when high school ball goes in quarters and NBA goes in quarters .. just doesn't make sense imo. "This time it's Iowa" was said because LSU and Iowa met for the championship last year and LSU came out victorious. This year they met before then. Clark shot about 9-20 from 3 this game, so she definitely misses haha. During the broadcast they said Clark's average distance from 3 is around 26.3 ft (8.01624 meters) and just for reference the line is right at 22 feet 2in (6.76656 meters).
I am old enough to remember the days when girls were required to play half-court basketball because the prevailing thinking was that all that running on a full court would endanger the reproductive organs. Things started to change when I was in High School and then Title IX passed in 1972. By 1974, when I graduated, schools already had girls basketball teams playing full court. It is really satisfying to see how far we have come.
The first half of this game was brilliant! Back and forth ...tied. BUT Iowa had run them to death and wore them down utterly. LSU was gassed in the second half. Players like Marshall just beat them up with speed and intensity, They could not stand the gaff of that speed and transition.
This was last year's #1 vs #2 national championship, and Iowa lost. So this is a rematch of last year's championship game. Caitlin Clark and the Iowa team has worked tirelessly to make it back to the national championship. I'm so happy for them. But they still have 2 more games to go! Go Hawks! #22
@@tyreek.6815 oh I’m aware she was already a star to people in those circles. But there’s a big difference between being hyped on youth basketball circuits and being a national sensation who overnight made people who’ve never watched a women’s game in their life watching every game. My friends, mom, aunt everyone is talking about her and they didn’t know her before last years tourney. Small sample size I know.. I’m just saying star yes.. but global star not till that last years season and tourney
People love a rivalry. however contrived, between two very talented players. If they happen to be different colors , you luck into 2x the hype and clicks and viewers, driven by melanin alone. It is what it is. Remember Bird/Magic college finals? Same deal. Both young ladies handled the tournament and everything that comes with it very well.
It makes me laugh bc those racist are in these comments trying to spread misinformation to them lol. But like I was saying it makes me laugh bc Clark and Reese are friends. They have to say it every media interview.
Caitlin Clark broke all of the records this year, out of men and women's college! Most points. Most assists. Most in a tourney She is the real deal. #1 round draft pick for the WNBA!
Not sure why everyone seems to be forgetting about Paige Bueckers from UCONN. She is an absolute beast and will give Caitlin & Iowa quite a test. I just wish that UCONN vs Iowa was for the championship instead of the final four. Should be a hell of a game either way though
22 Thee SHOOTIST = Caitlin Clark is a Female Larry Bird .... Brutal cold as ice with the ball, outside shot of a sniper and handler & inside work you will not stop ..... Iowa has several talented players ..... but, Clark is a monster for sure.
She Already SOLD-OUT season Tickets in WNBA Indiana Fever here in Indianapolis (She’s Dating the Assistant Coach Of Indiana Pacers Too). Might get a Clark Indiana-Fever Jersey
Caitlin Clark is by far the most popular player in men's or women's college basketball. The prices for numerous things associated with her are very high. For example a regional grocery store (mostly in Iowa) sold 20,000 boxes of Caitlin Clark cereal for $5 a box. Since the release about 3 months ago they have been routinely selling on ebay for $20 to as much as $50 a box. Glad I could just go to the store to buy it. On a popular sports betting site for a while they've just had a category called Caitlin Clark instead of putting her in some generic prop bets section like they do for everybody else.
Women's game has quarters plus 5 foul bonus per quarter and bonus equals 2 shots not 1 and 1. They are all newer rules and make for a much better game. Men's game won't change from halves because they get a an extra 2 ad breaks because of them. Women can also advance the ball to half court with timeouts under a minute left in the game. All these women's rule match pro and international rules.
Watch Friday 9.pm UConn faces Iowa .interesting Paige from UConn and Caitlin were team mates team USA and friends Paige is complete player with hi court I.Q my heart is with Iowa what great team ! !
They played last year in the championship and LSU won. Clark is going to have to beat South Carolina in order to win a championship…in the last 76 games south Carolina has only lost 1 game and that was to Iowa last year in the tournament.
Many LSU top players were transfers from other colleges. None of Iowas best players are transfers and are original to their school. LSU is thought of as a sports factory with low academics for this reason, it’s also a reason a lot of Americans don’t have a lot of respect for LSU
LSU is a very black school in a state that is a culture shock in terms of culture and lifestyles. Even Midwest rednecks would be shocked at life in the country of LA... so I think we know the real reason why. Why do you think Joe Burrow is so loved?
LSU women beat Iowa last year and won the women basketball championship 2023 .also UConn men won the men College basketball championship last year 2023 too.
@@PronounsFU She def not going to be exposed by bigs. Shes fine in the paint. She needs to be more offensive focus that's all see needs. IDK where you getting this exposed things from.
ngl watching this made me feel a bit sorry for poor Hailee Van Lith having to guard Caitlin all game long. Just demoralizing; a lot of those shots in the 3rd were well defended and she's knocking them down like she's playing in the gym by herself.
Btw she hit the transfer portal. I don't want to laugh or talk about how her coach set her up but yes... she got put into a blender to the point she had to transfer.
While they both are good at what they do comparing Reese to Clark is weird.. Reese plays like Draymond Green and Clark plays like Steph Curry.. total different games and skill levels. I'm not trying to knock Reese at all she's just not on the same level unless we're talking about rebounding and getting in other teams heads. Reese is also surrounded by blue chip recruits at LSU while Clark isn't. I hope both of these ladies excel in the WNBA it should be great for the league in general if they can carry their game over.
We're comparing a Center/PF to a point guard. Lol. It's not a knock at all. There's a reason why there's more greats at PG, SG, and SF, than PF, and Center. You can not compare the two. I will say Reese does has more potential in terms of their games. If Reese works on being more offensively minded then she would be a better ball player than Clark. I will say Reeses IQ is unmatched. She just doesn't care too much about offense so you cant compare them.
Hope we meet up again this year!! The Gamecocks Will take care of Catlin. Don't get me wrong she is a beast but as a team we r better with brand new starters. !! Go USC. Yes a brother. He is in hail😂
This was the most watched women's college basketball game in history.
Interesting
*Final Four
@kennymccormick9292 most viewed of all time. Final four or other wise. Google it if you don't believe me.
I don't know of one person who watched it or even cares. Most probably didn't even know a thing about it.
@@suicyco4life666 kind of like this comment, huh? Lol
That third quarter from Clark was one of the most insane individual performances I've ever seen
Johnson, Reese, and Clark were obviously exceptional in this game, but let's give a nod to Martin of Iowa for being the lady on the spot for the entire game. Great job by her!
Martin is Clark’s roommate and in her 5th year.
She decided to come back, for 5th year after 2023 Championship game
and give Caitlin another shot. So their in 2024 Final Four.
Don't forget Marshal and Stuelke
Martin stepped it up this season. Check out her averages for this year compared to last year.
Thank you for showing womens sports appreciation lads
LSU beat Iowa in the finals last year. It's where the Reese and Clark "rivalry" started.
its a rivalry for angel clark dont give a shit
For the title as well. Don't forget that.
@@xxuy393neither does angel. Y’all are the only ones talking about it. They don’t have any issues with each other.
@@TheIcemanthomas yea she just chased her after winning taunting her did u see clark do it when she shit on lsu nope thats the difference
@@xxuy393 Oh brother lol
We, the US of A, are going to have a MONSTER women’s team @ the Olympics in Paris 👏
🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
As usual
@@joshuaverkerk4532 Yes, however the world is catching up. You cannot discount that.
@@heshy14 yes we can. You think you're catching up.
@@johnzubil2875 Huh?
this visually just looks so much better than women’s basketball did ten years ago
High school teams, women's college teams, and the NBA play 4 quarters. Men's college teams play two halves.
Women’s college used to be two halves. I used to cover the games for my university newspaper.
The UConn-USC game after this one was a good one as well. Good showing for the women's Elite Eight this year.
Both of those games could have been final four with how well matched they were. Both were great to watch
Yeah LSU beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the national championship game last year
Angel Reese, Caitlyn Clark and Juju Watkins have made women’s basketball super popular this was the most watched women’s game ever.
Paige Bueckers too
Paige Bueckers is, IMO, still the best that Women's college basketball has to offer. Just my opinion. I just wish that it worked out that Iowa vs UCONN was the championship game instead of the final four.
Over 12 million watched that game yesterday.
The men’s NIT semis are tonight. A white guy for Indiana State nicknamed “Cream Abdul-Jabbar” is playing tonight 😂
😂😂😂
As a South Carolina fan, Iowa and Clark still scare me. She beat us last year by herself and she could definitely do it again. South Carolina is the only undefeated team in the country and still a prohibitive favorite to win the championship. It's a very deep team with scorers outside, mid-range and under the basket. But Carolina really doesn't have a single transformative player like Clark or Connecticut's Page Bueckers. We have only one player who can create her own shot, Fulwiley, and she's still just a Freshman. But they probably need her on the court to win it all. Unless the team really plays up to their potential like when they beat North Carolina by 40 earlier in the tournament. The last two games, however, they have been a mess, and very lucky to win.
Thanks for this - I'm a Hawkeye. Nobody matches up well with SC's lineup, and like you say, the ability of a transformative player on a good team is the wild card for Iowa. NC State is kind of an afterthought here and a good Cinderella story. I hope they give you guys a game. Right now, it's all about us getting through UConn.
I'm glad you finally realized how awesome the women's game is.
Being in Iowa I can tell you I haven't heard a bunch of people talk Basketball this much in a long time and being womens sport on top of it makes it pretty crazy the popularity she is bringing to the sport.
12.4 million viewers for this game. Imagine those kinda numbers watching your channel. Iowa has sold out every game all year. Even road games, where teams usually sell 3,000 tickets per game, when Iowa comes to town people drive six hours to watch and the opponent gets a sold out auditorium. The Iowa Hawkeyes Women's basketball team started their season by selling 53,000 tickets to play on the football field.
Indiana Fever Tickets in WNBA are SOLD OUT for next season here in Indianapolis too
She is a beast!! Great game
I was at this game and the video doesn't do the atmosphere justice. The entire arena was losing its mind; it was obvious that we were watching a once in a generation player! 🏀
Sounds like a great time
Tickets to this game were going for twice the price of the men's "elite eight" games! Cheers you two! Scott Ritchie
In college basketball there's 40 minutes in a game for both men and women, in men's games they play in two halves with 20 minutes in each halve, in women's basketball they play four quarters with 10 minutes to play in each quarter.
The crazy thing is it's not just Clark. If she's having an off time the rest of the team can really fill the gaps. Especially between Marshall and Martin, those 2 catch fire when they need to.
Caitlin Clark is just unconscious. She reminds me of Larry Bird. She not only scores she passes to her teammates and even gets some rebounds.
She more of Curry than Bird but in terms of having white players guard her then I agree with you. LMFAOOO
990 rebounds
She was 10 rebounds shy of a Triple -quadruple for her college career.
With 3,900 points to boot
Clark made her OPPONENTS do the Jordan shrug. Reese and Van Lith 😂
You two give a good take. Interesting listening to you. If you guys live across the pond, say hi to a Harbron for me 🏴❤
Yeah, you are only seeing the highlights. When you see the full game there are still plenty of air balls and bricks being shot. Although none by Clark!
Also Angel Reese is 6'3" and can't dunk. South Carolina's star center is 6'7" and cannot dunk. By comparison two of the smallest men to ever play in the NBA, 5'7" Spud Webb and 5'3"(!) Mugsy Bogues could both dunk.
Sad but true
Okay lets not lie. SC literally has been dunking LMFAOOO.
@@tyreek.6815 Okay, let's not LIE! Where's the link? I know the casters made a huge deal about how Ashlyn Watkins barely scraped the ball over the rim for a one-hand dunk in some meaningless game, but I've watched every tourney game and I haven't seen Cardosa, Watkins, or anyone else on the team even attempt one. And I'm a Carolina fan!
Ice Cube offered Caitlin Clark 5 million to play in the BIG3. That's like 8 (or whatever it is) games: half court, 3 on 3....and she could still play in WNBA. I don't know how WNBA would feel about it, but...lol Crazy Good for her. I've also seen the video of the Office Blokes shooting basketballs. I'm sure Daz could take her. 🤣
I feel like if she did it she'd mess around and get a triple double (every game).
She should take the money. She will be a nobody in about 2 years.
It was all for show...he knew she'd never accept the offer.
I'm just honestly impressed with your familiarity with American culture (using feet for height, State Universities vs Universities of State, etc). Well done lol
They lived in the US for many years. Also Aiden was born in the US. I say it all the time... ONE OF US!! Lol.
12 million people watched this game last night. A record!
They do play quarters in the NCAA March Madness. The other top player is on UCONN. And LSU beat Iowa last year in the championship game last year. That’s why this game was so exciting to watch, even though it is the Elite Eight.
OBDaz said "70 airballs" haha
Hell yea! if the Brits are taking notice you know you are doing something right 👍
This was a great game! I grew up in Iowa, live in Texas now. Iowa versus LSU last year for the championship and LSU won, Iowa played much better this year. We are hoping it will be Iowa versus South Carolina in the final.
Iowa has scored 90+ points in 26 different games this season.
very nice, iowa born and raised here, we are all very proud of Caitlin, also born and raised here.
Over 12 million viewers. LSU beat Iowa in last year’s championship game.
12.3 million people watched this game, peaked at 16 million
Caitin is forgoing her last year of college ball to go pro.
The final four game was even better
Seeing Ted lasso lose his cool was the best 😅
South Carolina has a player named Ashlyn Watkins who dunked multiple times this season. I think you guys should react to their next game against NC State
This game was watched more than any NBA game since the 2022 NBA finals. This might be the turning point for Womens Basketball and the WNBA to becoming much more than it is right now. More people care about these two teams than the mens tournament.
Sort of correct (would've been the second most viewed NBA Finals game from last NBA season and fourth most viewed game from the 2022 NBA Finals). It is incredible though that women's college basketball is able to put up NBA equivalent numbers.
Keep dreaming.
More people do not care about Iowa and LSU woman’s team than the men’s tournament. Hold your roll
@@TheRockkickass Then why do the ratings reflect that they do care about Iowa and LSU more than anything in the men's tourney?
@@TheGeorgeD13 they don’t lol.
It's great to see people outside of these "race politics" in the united states watch and realize just like everyone here how different caitlin clark is on the court. She jumps off the screen more than anyone else.
The racist people are already in the comments trying to spread their hate to them. Very sad. Clark and Reese are friends and have said it many times. Clark doesn't even agree with these people who hate on Reese but its not clicking for those people unfortunately. Reese did the same things Clark did... yet they only attack Reese. Luckily the office blokes aren't dumb. They would never fall for these people trying to spread their hate on players.
@@tyreek.6815 there definitely were some differences in how they were playing up the antics, but at the end of the day who cares they're playing a kids game. It ain't that deep and people getting all worked up is weird.
Flau’Jae Johnson was laying it all out this game. Playing both ends of the floor at a high level. Iowa did their thing though. Good slate of Final Four matches this weekend.
Also this was huge because LSU beat Iowa in the national championship game last year, so this was the rematch, and it was the most watch women’s basketball game of all time, college or pros, and had more viewers than last years NBA finals
This game was watched by more people than the average of last year's NBA Finals games or the World Series games
Paige Bueckers from UConn has been overshadowed a bit by Clark. she's equally impressive imo and is the more complete player. their matchup in the final four is gonna be amazing. both players just control the game at a higher level than any other women's player i've seen.
And come from a pretty close geographical area , two adjoining States, Des Moines Iowa (Clark) and Mineapolis Minn (Bueckers)
Yeah, Caitlin has had some impressive games on the big stage so she's getting a lot of love but for my money, I'd take Bueckers no question. Paige is, IMO, the better all-around player and their matchup in the final four should be terrific.
More complete meaning what? Better shooter? Better passer? Better ball handler? Better game manager? Better leader? I have to disagree as there are no metrics that help when you have athletes in completely different situations both outperforming by fairly wide margins.
@@PatrickORourke-yz3xn well for one, paige is a significantly better defender and finisher, there's not really arguing those 2 things.
@@darnell-mooney I disagree. There is one end game for offensive possessions, points. What metric allows you to say there is no arguing about finishing an offensive possession with a score? I can provide several metrics demonstrating a very high volume and comparable efficiency in this regard. Your use of "significantly" in either case, and suggesting there is no argument without evidence is simply bias talk with no support besides your belief. With these two, you just have to have data? The defense is indeed more situational with CC and Paige applies more here. I do remember Paige from High-School and have watched both for a long time. Like you say, both can control play. I appreciate your opinion, but that's all it is. I just see two completely different elite players that, if you do compare, it has to be metrics.
With your interest in North American sports, I wanted to suggest looking up viideos on our sports leagues that no longer exist: American Football League (AFL), 1960-1969 (merged into NFL in 1970); American Basketball Association (ABA) 1967-1977 (4 teams joined the NBA in 1977, the other 3 teams were bought out); World Hockey Association (WHA), 1972-1979 (4 teams joined the NHL, others offered financial packages by NHL); North American Soccer League (NASL), 1968-1984 (league ceased operations after 1984 season, 4 MLS teams named for and carry the traditions of their namesake NASL teams ...Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and San Jose).
I'll have to say a thing about before this game the LSU team hid from the national anthem. That's not respectable to most in the USA. Louisiana State University has been my favorite sports college.
Iowa won because LSU didn't have heart.
Ironic how Uconn did the same thing yet you and everyone else didn't care to talk about it? Why is that? Also don't be weird. LSU did have lots of Heart. I wasn't going for either team but saying they lost bc they didn't have heart? Yea I don't believe you one bit being an LSU fan. They lost bc they were missing easy shots and mainly bc their head coach didn't make any adjustments. Flaujae should've guarded Clark. She was locking her down every time she got switched on her, but yes they lost bc of heart. Disrespectful to Clark giving us a generational performance.
On the secondary ticket market, tickets for the women's final Four are going for more than the men's final Four. That is all due to Caitlin Clark.
I looked up Catilin Clark's advanced statistics, and her Player Efficiency Rating is 43.9. It's hard to explain how dominant that is.
Nobody cares about Player efficiency rating.
@@areguapiri And yet you cared enough to respond.
Need some Wembanyama highlights!!!
You guys should watch the men’s basketball comeback of Iowa vs Michigan State for last year. That’s one of the biggest comebacks in college basketball.
Go Hawks!!💛🖤💛🖤
In case on one told em yet.a..Iowa and LSU played for the National Title last year...LSU won that game. And during the final minutes of that game, with LSU leading by 15, LSU Star Trash Talker, Angel Reese, got up in Caitlin Clarks face and pointed at her 'ring' finger and also did the famous John Cena "I cant see you" hand gesture at Caitlin. Clark did not reacto to Reese and tried to walk away, but Reese, being the Low Character Human she is, jumped back in front of Caitlin several times and continued with the 'in your face' hand gestures... This created alot of the extra drama and interest in this rematch.
I love the one sided explanation of what happened. You totally have no bias. Funny how you didn't mention none of the shit talking Clark did to people last year. Funny how you didn't mention Clark doing the you cant see me taunt to another player right in front of her face. You def a Racist. Saying "this created a lot of extra drama" yet you leave a comment and have the opinion of what actually created the extra drama is wild. She didn't jump in front of Clark several times. She did it once. Get help who ever you are. There's a reason why Clark and Reese are friends and Clark strongly disagrees with y'all who lie and say bad things about Reese. Shes not racist.
What a great game - enjoyed your reactions! This women's march madness was more exciting than the men's this year. Helps to have Caitlin Curry/Clark. Angel Reese is good but she really has to work on her handle & transition game to get into the WNBA and actually play very much IMO. Everyone knows her name, but Flau'jae Johnson (only a sophomore w/a perfect looking jumper) was clearly LSU's best player w/the best handle and most athletic; her layup 4 halftime was the most athletic play of the game,, even though Clark went crazy . LSU's PG got worked by everyone she guarded. But it might not have mattered - although Reese did get hurt, so that sucks. I just don't get how they left that girl guarding her for so long; either of them, shoulda been Johnson then entire game, she's the only one that could even try on their team.
Even though the women can't dunk, I think they are better mid-range and 3 point shooters. But that could be shitty defense too; it was a lot in this game. LSU looked tired in the 2nd half cuz Iowa never stops running in transition.
@@recifebra3 Well Iowa should have never stopped running against SC, because they looked pitiful during the final championship game. Clark/Iowa are 2 time floppers, and extremely overrated. I've see JV players more talented than Clark/Iowa; high school and/or NIL. Stop with all of the Clark/Iowa hype. They came up empty with no trophy and no Rings... Clark does not know how to play defense...she'd rather wave players off than to put in the work... The media/fan just hyped her up for monetary gains/profits.
Conditioning seemed to be the big factor. The Iowa pace left the Tigers with more tired legs after three quarters.
Yeah, women have 4Qs of 10mins and men have 2 20 min halves. No idea why the men's is the way it is when high school ball goes in quarters and NBA goes in quarters .. just doesn't make sense imo. "This time it's Iowa" was said because LSU and Iowa met for the championship last year and LSU came out victorious. This year they met before then. Clark shot about 9-20 from 3 this game, so she definitely misses haha. During the broadcast they said Clark's average distance from 3 is around 26.3 ft (8.01624 meters) and just for reference the line is right at 22 feet 2in (6.76656 meters).
This reminds me of the Bird-Magic rivalry. Hopefully this gets more people interested in the sport.
Keep dreaming, my friend.
I am old enough to remember the days when girls were required to play half-court basketball because the prevailing thinking was that all that running on a full court would endanger the reproductive organs. Things started to change when I was in High School and then Title IX passed in 1972. By 1974, when I graduated, schools already had girls basketball teams playing full court. It is really satisfying to see how far we have come.
The first half of this game was brilliant! Back and forth ...tied. BUT Iowa had run them to death and wore them down utterly. LSU was gassed in the second half. Players like Marshall just beat them up with speed and intensity, They could not stand the gaff of that speed and transition.
This was last year's #1 vs #2 national championship, and Iowa lost. So this is a rematch of last year's championship game. Caitlin Clark and the Iowa team has worked tirelessly to make it back to the national championship. I'm so happy for them. But they still have 2 more games to go! Go Hawks! #22
Angel Reese"s cousin ,Jordan Hawkins play for UConn and is a guard for the basketball team.
LSU beat them in the championship last year. Tourney was what made clark a star.
The tourney is NOT what made her a star?? LMFAOOOO. She was the face of Womans ball since high school. Curry cosigned her and everything.
@@tyreek.6815 oh I’m aware she was already a star to people in those circles. But there’s a big difference between being hyped on youth basketball circuits and being a national sensation who overnight made people who’ve never watched a women’s game in their life watching every game. My friends, mom, aunt everyone is talking about her and they didn’t know her before last years tourney. Small sample size I know.. I’m just saying star yes.. but global star not till that last years season and tourney
It will All be on Television when you move to the States!
Clark Will be With the Indiana Fever (she’s dating the Assistant Coach of Indiana Pacers) .
People love a rivalry. however contrived, between two very talented players. If they happen to be different colors , you luck into 2x the hype and clicks and viewers, driven by melanin alone. It is what it is. Remember Bird/Magic college finals? Same deal. Both young ladies handled the tournament and everything that comes with it very well.
It makes me laugh bc those racist are in these comments trying to spread misinformation to them lol. But like I was saying it makes me laugh bc Clark and Reese are friends. They have to say it every media interview.
Caitlin Clark broke all of the records this year, out of men and women's college! Most points. Most assists. Most in a tourney She is the real deal. #1 round draft pick for the WNBA!
Not quite.
Not sure why everyone seems to be forgetting about Paige Bueckers from UCONN. She is an absolute beast and will give Caitlin & Iowa quite a test. I just wish that UCONN vs Iowa was for the championship instead of the final four. Should be a hell of a game either way though
@@mcigloo I haven't forgot about Paige! She's a beast too! It's going to be a great game! Go Hawks!
This game beat the NBA viewership - and they’re not even pros yet. This is college basketball.
USC is Southern California (LA area)
Big rival , UCLA , University of California Los Angeles
You should react to the one from last year also
Yea Flaujae Johnson a beast and she has a real record deal with Jayz Roc nation she’s a rapper as well!!!!
LOL A rapper!
@@trhansen3244 Lol Yea you right she’s an Artist! She also sings thank you my boy for reminding me.
@@jihadgrady7157 LOL An artist!
22 Thee SHOOTIST = Caitlin Clark is a Female Larry Bird .... Brutal cold as ice with the ball, outside shot of a sniper and handler & inside work you will not stop ..... Iowa has several talented players ..... but, Clark is a monster for sure.
She Already SOLD-OUT season Tickets in WNBA Indiana Fever here in Indianapolis (She’s Dating the Assistant Coach Of Indiana Pacers Too).
Might get a Clark Indiana-Fever Jersey
I wanted to see Juju vs Caitlyn. Too bad USC couldn’t pull it off. Now we get Caitlyn vs Paige Buckets
Yep lsu beat iowa for the national championship last year. And this year they met in the elite 8 round
Caitlin Clark is by far the most popular player in men's or women's college basketball. The prices for numerous things associated with her are very high. For example a regional grocery store (mostly in Iowa) sold 20,000 boxes of Caitlin Clark cereal for $5 a box. Since the release about 3 months ago they have been routinely selling on ebay for $20 to as much as $50 a box. Glad I could just go to the store to buy it.
On a popular sports betting site for a while they've just had a category called Caitlin Clark instead of putting her in some generic prop bets section like they do for everybody else.
Women's game has quarters plus 5 foul bonus per quarter and bonus equals 2 shots not 1 and 1. They are all newer rules and make for a much better game. Men's game won't change from halves because they get a an extra 2 ad breaks because of them. Women can also advance the ball to half court with timeouts under a minute left in the game. All these women's rule match pro and international rules.
Gents really enjoyed it, not a big fan of the women's game, that changed when C Clark came on the scene
Watch Friday 9.pm UConn faces Iowa .interesting Paige from UConn and Caitlin were team mates team USA and friends
Paige is complete player with hi court I.Q my heart is with Iowa what great team ! !
Watch the one from last year
They played last year in the championship and LSU won. Clark is going to have to beat South Carolina in order to win a championship…in the last 76 games south Carolina has only lost 1 game and that was to Iowa last year in the tournament.
Game took place about 20 minutes from my house, my boss brought her 12 year old son and they had a blast, this is definitely all the hype right now!
Yeah they both played each other last year and Reese and LSU got the better of Iowa
You guys should just live in the USA. You know it all.
Angel Reese's the one with the championship ring.. Caitlin Clark couldn't get one..😂😂😂
It's actually easier for right handed shooters to square up to the basket when they are going left.
Mens is forst half second half women are 4 periods both games are 40 min
LSU beat Iowa last year and won the championship
Angel Reese is 6 foot 3 so you were close
She will fit right in the WNBA.
Iowa played LSU in 2023 Championship Game.
LSU won that game.
Many LSU top players were transfers from other colleges. None of Iowas best players are transfers and are original to their school. LSU is thought of as a sports factory with low academics for this reason, it’s also a reason a lot of Americans don’t have a lot of respect for LSU
LSU is a very black school in a state that is a culture shock in terms of culture and lifestyles. Even Midwest rednecks would be shocked at life in the country of LA... so I think we know the real reason why. Why do you think Joe Burrow is so loved?
LSU women beat Iowa last year and won the women basketball championship 2023 .also UConn men won the men College basketball championship last year 2023 too.
LSU beat Iowa in the National Championship last year
bloke on the left should brush up on his ricky gervais impression - he could nail it easy - yeah?
Angel Reese is projected to go #7 overall in the draft.
She won't go this year. She knows she'd be exposed by the pro bigs. She's not going too be a lost in the pros & her outside game sucks.
@@PronounsFUAngel declared for the WNBA draft today.
@@PronounsFU She def not going to be exposed by bigs. Shes fine in the paint. She needs to be more offensive focus that's all see needs. IDK where you getting this exposed things from.
ngl watching this made me feel a bit sorry for poor Hailee Van Lith having to guard Caitlin all game long. Just demoralizing; a lot of those shots in the 3rd were well defended and she's knocking them down like she's playing in the gym by herself.
Btw she hit the transfer portal. I don't want to laugh or talk about how her coach set her up but yes... she got put into a blender to the point she had to transfer.
While they both are good at what they do comparing Reese to Clark is weird.. Reese plays like Draymond Green and Clark plays like Steph Curry.. total different games and skill levels. I'm not trying to knock Reese at all she's just not on the same level unless we're talking about rebounding and getting in other teams heads. Reese is also surrounded by blue chip recruits at LSU while Clark isn't. I hope both of these ladies excel in the WNBA it should be great for the league in general if they can carry their game over.
We're comparing a Center/PF to a point guard. Lol. It's not a knock at all. There's a reason why there's more greats at PG, SG, and SF, than PF, and Center. You can not compare the two. I will say Reese does has more potential in terms of their games. If Reese works on being more offensively minded then she would be a better ball player than Clark. I will say Reeses IQ is unmatched. She just doesn't care too much about offense so you cant compare them.
A 6'4" male basketball player can generally dunk. A 6'4" female player generally can't.
Hope we meet up again this year!! The Gamecocks Will take care of Catlin. Don't get me wrong she is a beast but as a team we r better with brand new starters. !! Go USC. Yes a brother. He is in hail😂
LSU beat Iowa last year in the national championship
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