I agree. She still makes the great passes but the finishes are a lot lower percentage. Still averaging 7.6 per game this year so not too bad.
Time for a Real Discussion About Caitlin Clark
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I absolutely get that. She's still averaging 7.6 so far this year. I'm guessing she'll still be top 2-3 in the country at years end. She's a great passer.
There's no sugar coating it, that was a bad basketball game last night. Iowa State is really young and they just aren't a good team right now. That's the second Iowa game I've watched this year and they have been very underwhelming in both games. The first game was Va Tech. Yes they won both games but they don't look like anything close to a top 5 team. Bluder needs to get her team back and cancel the Clark show. For them to come anywhere close to their goals they will need to play team basketball. Last nights performance will get you beat by a lot of teams.
She has the ball in her hands the majority of every possession. She tallies a lot of assists by simply making a pass to a shooter.
Her usage rate is astronomical so of course she's going to have high assists along with scoring.
Brown, Crooks, Joens, Jackson, and Bristow are all young and played A LOT. Keeping the game that tight, that long, would concern me a little bit if I was an Iowa fan.
At an event this summer, Billy Fennelly told me the ISU women's team is the youngest in the nation. This is going to be a rough year, but there are bright spots and I believe there will be some incredible moments for this team in the near future.
I was amazed they couldn't find a quality transfer post. Cziano made an entire career out of being wide open on the pick and roll.
That flop was not received well by the fans...and by my count, it was the third flop by that same player.
Until the refs call it, it will only get worse. Just like Adam Woodbury.
She's averaging 7.6 assists mainly because the ball is always in her hands. She will either shoot the ball or drive/dish to an open player who then shoots. The stats are misleading
I never take much from a road game against ISU. What one expects to happen rarely actually happens with in-state rivalry games. Hilton is a hostile environment (compliment to ISU) for any opposing team but especially so when it's Iowa. The main issue for Iowa was that no one other than Martin stepped up to provide scoring. Marshall, Davis and Affolter went a combined 0-9 from deep and they were all good looks. I was impressed with Crooks. Iowa just didn't have anyone who could stop her.
The problem for her next year is that her supporting cast gets thin if she stays. Martin, Davis, and Marshall all graduate and have all used their COVID years. That leaves her and the two post players with any meaningful playing time.
Their bench didn't do much last night. Kylie has regressed, McCabe plays lost, O'Grady added nothing, and Affolter is inconsistent.
I don't think it was at the expense of her team since she carried them through the 3rd quarter.
Now that K State game where she wasn't hitting anything but still launched over half of her team's shots...
