YOUR STORM TEAM 8 FORECAST STACEY. THANK YOU, CHRIS. HAWKEYE, CAITLIN CLARK HAS CAPTIVATED THE COUNTRY. HER LIGHTNING FAST MOVES ON THE COURT FOR ACCURACY FROM BEYOND THE ARC AND HER ABILITY TO PUT ON A SHOW. CLARK IS YOUR 2023 NAISMITH COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. THE HUGE ACCOLADES CEMENTS HER STATUS AS THE BEST IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. AND NOW SHE IS LEADING IOWA IN THE FINAL FOUR FOR A MATCHUP YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS. vlog CREWS ARE TRAVELING WITH THE HAWKEYE WOMEN IN DALLAS TONIGHT. LET’S START WITH SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT ROYSTER. SCOTT, THIS FINAL FOUR COULD BE ONE FOR THE AGES. STACEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ALL TIME FOR BETWEEN NUMBER ONE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NUMBER TWO SEEDED IOWA HAWKEYES, WHO ARE JUST KILLING IT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE LIVE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, AS YOU MENTIONED. AND AS WE SEE THIS BUS WATCH THIS. THIS IS GOING TO PULL AWAY IN BEHIND ME. YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE? THAT’S THE SOUTH CAROLINA TEAM BUS THERE. STAND AT THE ADOLPHUS HOTEL, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS HOTELS HERE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS. SO THEY’RE RIGHT OVER THERE. AND HERE’S ONE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, THE AT&T ENTERTAINMENT PLAZA, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE WHERE THE FOCUS SHIFTS TOMORROW FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. PEOPLE CANNOT WAIT. SOUTH CAROLINA VERSUS CAITLIN CLARK, WHO, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE 2023 NAISMITH COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. MARCUS MCINTOSH WAS THERE WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE AWARD. NAISMITH WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. QUITE THE HONOR FOR IOWA’S CAITLIN CLARK, WHO’S NOT SATISFIED WITH INDIVIDUAL AWARDS. TO CAITLIN CLARK, THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. AND END GAME THAT TAKES THE HAWKEYES THROUGH THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS WITH NAISMITH NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR DAWN STALEY AND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR ELIZABETH AUSTIN. SHE RESPECTS BOSTON. STALEY AND THE GAMECOCKS. CLARK KNOWS THE TARGET ON HER BACK IS NOW BIGGER, BUT SHE RELISHES THE OPPORTUNITY TO FACE OTHER TEAMS THAT ARE TRYING TO TAKE HER AND HER TEAMMATE DOWN. I THINK I ALREADY KIND OF HAVE A BIG TARGET ON MY BACK AND I THINK OUR TEAM DOES TOO. YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO BE THE IOWA HAWKEYES, AND THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE FELT ALL YEAR LONG. SHE WAS CONGRATULATED BY IOWA’S VERY FIRST NAISMITH WINNER, MEGAN GUSTAFSON, WHO TOOK HOME THAT HARDWARE IN 2019. HER FAMILY WAS AT THE NAISMITH AWARDS CEREMONY. WE SPOKE WITH HER FATHER, WHO TOLD US IT’S CAITLIN’S PASSION FOR THE GAME THAT GETS HER AND HER TEAMMATES GOING. SHE JUST LIKES TO GET OUT THERE AND PLAY WITH HER TEAMMATES AND HAVE FUN WITH THE GAME. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT SHE PLAYS WITH A CERTAIN PASSION THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PEOPLE MAY NOT ENJOY AT TIMES, BUT I THINK IT’S WHAT MAKES HER REALLY GOOD PASSION THAT WILL BE PUT TO THE TEST FRIDAY AGAINST THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS IN DALLAS. MARCUS MCINTOSH vlog 8 NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. SO CAN THEY BEAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS? MARCAS AND ADVANCED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME? LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOUTH CAROLINA. YOU GOT A TEAM THAT HAS A 42 GAME WINNING STREAK AND THEY ARE BEATING TEAMS BY AN AVERAGE AN AVERAGE OF 30 POINTS A GAME, 29 AND A HALF TO BE EXACT. THEY HAVE SO MUCH SIZE, SO MUCH DEBT. LED BY ALIYAH BOSTON, WHO WON NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR WAS A FINALIST, LOST TO CAITLIN CLARK TODAY ACTUALLY BEST COACH IN THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE BEST COACHES IN THE COUNTRY, I SHOULD SAY, DAWN STALEY. AND THEY ARE GETTING IT DONE. HERE IS THE SLATE FOR YOU ON FRIDAY. BEST OFFENSE WITH IOWA TAKING ON ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSES. BUT FIRST, IT’S LSU, VIRGINIA TECH AT 6:00 ON ESPN AND THEN IT’S
Iowa's Caitlin Clark wins Naismith Player of the Year ahead of Friday's Final Four
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The debate is over. Ƿɲ’s Caitlin Clark is the best women’s college basketball player in the country. The junior guard, who played her high school basketball at Dowling Catholic in West Des Moines, was given the Naismith Trophy's Player of the Year award in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon in Dallas, Texas. Watch: Ƿɲ’s Caitlin Clark named Naismith National Player of the YearClark averages 27.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 1.6 steals for the Hawkeyes, who advanced to the program's first Final Four in 30 years by beating Louisville in the Elite Eight. Her 41 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists against the Cardinals made her the first player to record a 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history.On Wednesday she was also named women's player of the year in the Naismith Fan Vote. And on Thursday she was named AP Women's Player of the year. Second-seeded Iowa (30-6) plays returning champion and top-seeded South Carolina (36-0) at 8:30 p.m. Friday at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Clark was a finalist for last season's Naismith Award, which went to South Carolina center Aliyah Boston. Finalists for this year's award included Boston, now a senior; Virginia Tech senior center Elizabeth Kitley; and Villanova senior forward Maddy Siegrist.Megan Gustafson is the only other Hawkeye to win the Naismith award. She was player of the year and Iowa coach Lisa Bluder won Naismith National Coach of the Year in 2019.Boston on Wednesday was named Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley won Naismith National Coach of the Year.Caitlin Clark by the numbersIn 98 career games, Clark has 2,646 points. That's 881 points behind all-time NCAA Division I women's basketball career-scoring leader Kelsey Plum, who scored 3,527 points at Washington between 2013-2017.Clark scored 799 points as a freshman (26.6 ppg), 863 as a sophomore (27 ppg) and 984 (27.3 ppg) with at least one more game to go this season. She could play two more years due to a bonus COVID year of eligibility, so it's possible she could become the first 4,000-point scorer in Division I history. (LSU legend "Pistol" Pete Maravich is the men's career leading scorer with 3,667 points between 1967-1970.)Related coverageHow to watch the Iowa women's Final Four game against South Carolina Iowa students excited for the school's first Final Four in 30 yearsMeet Caitlin Clark, the Iowa women's basketball star making history Iowa women's roster: Meet the Hawkeyes playing in the Final FourIowa's road to the Final FourThe Hawkeyes opened the tournament with a 95-43 win against No. 15 Southeastern Louisiana and beat No. 10 Georgia in the round of 32, 74-66. They beat No. 6 Colorado 87-77 in the Sweet 16 before downing No. 5 Louisville in the Elite Eight, 97-83.Final Four: Iowa vs. South CarolinaTime: 8:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, March 31TV: ESPNLocation: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TexasNaismith Women's College Player of the Year award winners2023: Caitlin Clark, Iowa2022: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina2021: Paige Bueckers, Connecticut 2020: Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon2019: Megan Gustafson, Iowa2018: A'ja Wilson, South Carolina2017: Kelsey Plum, Washington2016: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut 2015: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut 2014: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut 2013: Brittney Griner, Baylor2012: Brittney Griner, Baylor2011: Maya Moore, Connecticut 2010: Tina Charles, Connecticut 2009: Maya Moore, Connecticut 2008: Candace Parker, Tennessee2007: Lindsey Harding, Duke2006: Seimone Augustus, LSU2005: Seimone Augustus, LSU2004: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut 2003: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut 2002: Sue Bird, Connecticut 2001: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame2000: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee1999: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee1998: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee1997: Kate Starbird, Stanford1996: Saudia Roundtree, Georgia1995: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut 1994: Lisa Leslie, USC1993: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech1992: Dawn Staley, Virginia1991: Dawn Staley, Virginia1990: Jennifer Azzi, Stanford1989: Clarissa Davis, Texas1988: Sue Wicks, Rutgers1987: Clarissa Davis, Texas1986: Cheryl Miller, USC1985: Cheryl Miller, USC1984: Cheryl Miller, USC1983: Anne Donovan, Old Dominion
DALLAS — The debate is over.
Ƿɲ’s Caitlin Clark is the best women’s college basketball player in the country.
The junior guard, who played her high school basketball at Dowling Catholic in West Des Moines, was given the Naismith Trophy's Player of the Year award in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon in Dallas, Texas.
Watch: Ƿɲ’s Caitlin Clark named Naismith National Player of the Year
Clark averages 27.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 1.6 steals for the Hawkeyes, who advanced to the program's first Final Four in 30 years by beating Louisville in the Elite Eight. Her 41 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists against the Cardinals made her the first player to record a 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history.
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On Wednesday she was also named women's player of the year in the . And on Thursday she was named AP Women's Player of the year.
Second-seeded Iowa (30-6) plays returning champion and top-seeded South Carolina (36-0) at 8:30 p.m. Friday at American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Clark was a finalist for last season's Naismith Award, which went to South Carolina center Aliyah Boston. Finalists for this year's award included Boston, now a senior; Virginia Tech senior center Elizabeth Kitley; and Villanova senior forward Maddy Siegrist.
Megan Gustafson is the only other Hawkeye to win the Naismith award. She was player of the year and Iowa coach Lisa Bluder won Naismith National Coach of the Year in 2019.
Boston on Wednesday was named Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley won Naismith National Coach of the Year.
Caitlin Clark by the numbers
In 98 career games, Clark has 2,646 points. That's 881 points behind all-time NCAA Division I women's basketball career-scoring leader Kelsey Plum, who scored 3,527 points at Washington between 2013-2017.
Clark scored 799 points as a freshman (26.6 ppg), 863 as a sophomore (27 ppg) and 984 (27.3 ppg) with at least one more game to go this season. She could play two more years due to a bonus COVID year of eligibility, so it's possible she could become the first 4,000-point scorer in Division I history. (LSU legend "Pistol" Pete Maravich is the men's career leading scorer with 3,667 points between 1967-1970.)
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Iowa's road to the Final Four
The Hawkeyes opened the tournament with a 95-43 win against No. 15 Southeastern Louisiana and beat No. 10 Georgia in the round of 32, 74-66. They beat No. 6 Colorado 87-77 in the Sweet 16 before downing No. 5 Louisville in the Elite Eight, 97-83.
Final Four: Iowa vs. South Carolina
Time: 8:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, March 31
TV: ESPN
Location: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
Naismith Women's College Player of the Year award winners
- 2023: Caitlin Clark, Iowa
- 2022: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
- 2021: Paige Bueckers, Connecticut
- 2020: Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon
- 2019: Megan Gustafson, Iowa
- 2018: A'ja Wilson, South Carolina
- 2017: Kelsey Plum, Washington
- 2016: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut
- 2015: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut
- 2014: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut
- 2013: Brittney Griner, Baylor
- 2012: Brittney Griner, Baylor
- 2011: Maya Moore, Connecticut
- 2010: Tina Charles, Connecticut
- 2009: Maya Moore, Connecticut
- 2008: Candace Parker, Tennessee
- 2007: Lindsey Harding, Duke
- 2006: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- 2005: Seimone Augustus, LSU
- 2004: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
- 2003: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
- 2002: Sue Bird, Connecticut
- 2001: Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
- 2000: Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
- 1999: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
- 1998: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
- 1997: Kate Starbird, Stanford
- 1996: Saudia Roundtree, Georgia
- 1995: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
- 1994: Lisa Leslie, USC
- 1993: Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
- 1992: Dawn Staley, Virginia
- 1991: Dawn Staley, Virginia
- 1990: Jennifer Azzi, Stanford
- 1989: Clarissa Davis, Texas
- 1988: Sue Wicks, Rutgers
- 1987: Clarissa Davis, Texas
- 1986: Cheryl Miller, USC
- 1985: Cheryl Miller, USC
- 1984: Cheryl Miller, USC
- 1983: Anne Donovan, Old Dominion
