“Caitlin Clark is Not Terribly Efficient”: Shannon Sharpe Compares Paige Bueckers to Iowa Star
March Madness enters its second week of action and has not disappointed. The NCAA Women’s Division has incredible young talents who have made a name for themselves with their performances this season. Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers are two of those players who were in action last night and led their team to the ‘Sweet 16’. Their respective performances had ESPN’s ‘First Take’ analyst Shannon Sharpe debating between the two players.
Caitlin Clark is having a record-breaking season and is now the NCAA’s leading scorer.
The Iowa Hawkeyes player was in action last night against the West Virginia Mountaineers and scored 32 points to help the team advance in the tournament. Bueckers, on the other hand, led her UConn Huskies team to a victory against the Syracuse Orange and scored 32 points for her team.
The girls’ performances led Shannon Sharpe to compare them. Mentioning that Bueckers had a better game last night compared to Clark, who is having a better season, the analysts said:
“Although Caitlin Clark is not very efficient. Sometimes you look at the stats and she’s 12 for 30 and we look at the 35 or 40 points she scored when it took her 35 shots to get there. But Caitlin Clark was the best player this year.
She has been the best player this year. Although Paige Bueckers had the best game last night.
There is no doubt that Clark had the best season. She surpassed Kelsey Plum to become the NCAA’s leading women’s scorer and then broke Pete Maravich’s record for all-time NCAA scoring title.
Her ability to score from long range is unparalleled in women’s basketball. Bueckers has All-American honors and earned major Player of the Year honors in 2021. Returning from injury, the player leads her team into the NCAA Tournament.
Sharpe acknowledges the fact that his colleges are only as good as their superstar players. It is their respective performances that will determine how far they will go in the tournament. However, Sharpe insisted that Clark has been the better player over the past two years, regardless of what the analytics say.
Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes
The NCAA Women’s Tournament has just concluded its second round and the stage for the ‘Sweet 16′ is set. The Iowa Hawkeyes’ first-round matchup against the Holy Cross Crusaders was an easy affair, with the team winning 91-65. Clark led all scorers with 27 to secure the victory for her team. In the second round, the Hawkeyes played the West Virginia Mountaineers and the game went down to the final minutes. Clark led the team to victory with 32 points on the night and hit some clutch free throws down the stretch to secure a spot in the ‘Sweet 16’.
The Iowa Hawkeyes’ path to the championship will become more difficult as teams are eliminated from the tournament. They will face the Colorado Buffaloes in the next round, scheduled for March 30. The fifth-seeded Buffaloes are coming off an incredible upset against fourth-seeded Kansas State and will look to advance their run against the Hawkeyes.
