>To your point, unless you're making an anomalous number of 3s,
>you just can't win when you're getting smooshed on the glass
>like that.

yet Iowa did exactly that last year! they got absolutely annihilated on the glass and didn't make many threes, but Clark was on a scorcher from everywhere and the rest of the team hit their shots when needed

this year Clark was great but not superhuman, the team missed some crucial looks that could have turned the game, and South Carolina shot the ball a lot better

which leads to...

>South Carolina's too good to
>beat once you're that far behind.

this is the main thing: SC is too good

Dawn really took that Iowa loss to heart last season and came back with probably her best shooting team ever -- same defensively smothering, glass-eating formula as her previous two teams that went 71-3, but with 40% three-point shooters instead of 30% ones?

too damn good for anybody, even Caitlin Clark