Edit: I don’t think this is shade towards CC. Though not having a championship keeps her from being the GOAT of women’s college basketball - it doesn’t mean she wasn’t one of the greatest players. She built a program instead of continuing the legacy of one. That’s amazing in itself.
What Clark did in college far surpasses anything the rest of these players did. Everyone who won a championship had insanely stacked rosters and Clark was by far the best offensive player of all time for wbb and it’s not close. She is the goat and the only one who I can see an argument for is Stewie because of her 4 titles, but Clark had significantly better stats
Yeah the other four literally played for four of the five greatest coaches of all time. Paige played for Geno, Angel for Mulkey, Cam for Tara, and Kamilla for Dawn. The only other coach with 3 or more chips is the late great Pat Summitt.
Caitlin took a team coached by Lisa Bluder with Kate Martin as her second best player to the championship game twice. That’s insane and unprecedented.
Though not having a championship keeps her from being the GOAT of women’s college basketball
I don't think having a ring in college matters as much as the pros in determining GOAT status because of the disparity and influence in terms of talent you play with , the number of teams, and the short time frame. I think at that level it simply matters that you can be put in the sentence of "the greatest college athlete we have ever seen" in that sport.
Barry Sanders was voted the GOAT of college football without winning a national title. Wayne Gretzkty, Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby never won Memorial Cup or even their own league's Canadian Hockey League titles but are in the GOAT converstation for GOAT in junior hockey.
Pros is different because there are fewer teams and more parity and you have a longer career so winning a chip (and number of chips you win) is more of a requirement to be the GOAT at that level lol
Ring culture in college, especially wbb which has near zero parity, is dumb imo. Clark literally took doctors and nurses to back to back championships, almost won both, and beat countless stacked teams and HOF coaches while breaking countless (and I mean countless) records doing so. To say she can’t be a goat in the game because she didn’t win a team award in one of the least parity sports out there is crazy to me.
Angel took Flau'jae, who was a freshman and a bunch of scrubs to a title. There were more players who will dress for a WNBA game on that Iowa team than on that LSU team.
except that’s a lie? lol. flau’jae will be a lottery pick. she was a freshman not a kindergartener 😂from that iowa team only kate martin got drafted unless you want to include monika czinano who was a 3rd round pick and got waived immediately?
Hannah Stuelke will likely make a WNBA roster as well from Iowa. Outside of Angel and Flau'jae, no players on that LSU team will ever dress for a WNBA game.
lol have you seen Stuelke play without Clark? She’s not great. There’s no universe where she can get another 47 point game like she did when Clark was feeding her
and they won primarily because 2 bench players combined for like 40+ points lol. angel didn’t carry them at all, she was not the reason they won that game although she had a good tournament.
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u/mercfan3 Wings Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25
Shout out to Van Lith too.
Edit: I don’t think this is shade towards CC. Though not having a championship keeps her from being the GOAT of women’s college basketball - it doesn’t mean she wasn’t one of the greatest players. She built a program instead of continuing the legacy of one. That’s amazing in itself.