Time for a Real Discussion About Caitlin Clark
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they can be such dbags. at the ISU womens game saturday there was a guy strutting around in his hok sweatshirt, looking all smug and proud, while carrying around his daughter dressed as a cyclone cheerleader and having another one walking beside him decked out in cyclone colors. surprised they weren't wearing cc clothes. at least the girls will grow up right.
Understand they are planning on placing a commemorative marker on the seat Nolan Ryan sat in....
It would have been interesting to have asked all the people at the game yesterday if they will come back next year and watch a game where CC is not playing, and how many plan on buying season tickets.
If you don't count freshman year and count all field goals for two points only, she's still got a little ways to go (2493 points vs. 3667 points for Pistol).
edit: oops, used 3PA instead of 3PM.
edit: oops, used 3PA instead of 3PM.
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Pistol averaged 44.2 ppg. CC is nowhere near that level... even with a 3 point line AND a shot clock.
I was off there sorry, used three-pointers attempted instead of three-pointers made. But she's still ~1200 points short.
Which is remarkable, considering the other team could have held the ball as long as they wanted to in order to prevent him from scoring. To get the 44.2 average and no 3 point line, you have to shoot more.
Agree, 38+ shots per game at that time is pretty remarkable.
If not for Iowa wrestling, They could easily consider building a new arena the size of Baylor or Houston.
The light bulb will go on for Hawk fans one of these days that you actually have to shoot more to score more. They are always knocking Pete for how much he shot.
In order to score in 3 years the amount CC scored in 4 years…. you need to shoot…. a LOT. Kinda how math works.
You mean to tell me Pistol scored 44 points/game without a shot clock? That's remarkable if so.
Apples to oranges again but CC also is shooting over 13 3 pointers a game currently which is insane.
The mens and womens scoring records really cannot be compared. They are 2 very different games:
- different rules, different eras
- shot clock vs no shot clock
- no 3 point line vs 3 point line
- regulation sized ball vs smaller ball
- 4 years playing vs 3 years playing
I don't disagree, apples and oranges to compare and I haven't really cared all that much about CC and the Pete record.
That said, in looking at your list, the first three points could be applied to the men's college game/record all by itself. MBB today is a different era with different rules. MBB today has a shot clock whereas decades ago it didn't. MBB today has a 3 pt shot, whereas it didn't decades ago. And even your last point, what if a MBB player came along and scored more points than Maravich by playing 4 years instead of 3? I know it's not likely, but it's possible, and if it did happen, would that record be recognized given that it would've been achieved with all of the same advantages as CC has had?
Almost happened last year with the guy from Detroit Mercy. In fact Detroit Mercy was trying to shoe horn their way into a post season tournament to get him the record.
My feeling on this is if we are going to give record across gendered sports; then we have to recognize the lower level scoring leaders as the rightful record holders.
CC is the greatest scorer in women's basketball history and that's pretty cool the state produced that talent. We don't have to try and make it something more than that.
