All of us cherished watching Caitlin Clark play for Iowa within the NCAA Match, particularly during the last two seasons as she guided the Hawkeyes to a pair of appearances within the nationwide title sport.
Clark wowed followers with deep 3-pointers from outrageous ranges, neck-breaking assists and her infectious swagger and confidence. She was must-watch appointment TV as she bulldozed by way of milestones, rewrote information and talked trash.
However — newsflash — Clark isn’t taking part in faculty basketball anymore. She’s within the WNBA the place she gained Rookie of the 12 months whereas main the Indiana Fever to the playoffs.
Nevertheless, there’s excellent news: There’s a handful of gamers which have Clark-like qualities taking part in on this 12 months’s NCAA Match.
In the event you discovered your self enamored with Clark within the earlier two editions of March Insanity, right here’s who you must take note of because the Massive Dance will get underway this season.
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky
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Like Clark, Amoore has a penchant for taking pictures long-range 3-pointers and dispensing highlight-worthy dimes. She made 2.4 pictures from the behind the arc per-game this season and handed out 6.9 assists — adequate for third-best within the nation. Her play helped flip Kentucky right into a group that gained simply 4 video games within the SEC final 12 months to at least one that may be a No. 4 seed on this 12 months’s NCAA Match.
Kentucky opens March Insanity play in opposition to Liberty on Friday.
Ta’Niya Latson, Florida State
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The nation’s main scorer this 12 months, Latson is a dynamic and electrical guard who can rating in and out, and from just about anyplace on the court docket. The junior averaged 24.9 factors and 4.5 assists per sport whereas taking pictures north of 45 p.c from the ground and 35 p.c from 3-point land. She’s scored 35 factors or extra in three video games this season.
Florida State performs George Mason on Saturday night time.
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
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Blakes was eighth within the nation in scoring and was named SEC Freshman of the 12 months. She did one thing this season that Clark by no means did — becoming a member of Mississippi Valley State’s Patricia Hoskins as the one gamers to attain 53 factors or extra twice in a season. She additionally set the NCAA single-game factors report for a freshman, surpassing Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne.
Vanderbilt faces Oregon within the first spherical on Friday.
Alyssa Durazo-Frescas, Grand Canyon
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The Lopes made the Division I NCAA Match this season for the primary time ever and the play of Durazo-Frescas was a significant cause why. She leads the nation in 3-pointers made per sport at 3.7 and knocks down 45.8 p.c of her deep vary makes an attempt, adequate for twentieth nationally. The senior from California has made no less than 5 3-pointers in a single sport 9 occasions this season.
Grand Canyon performs in opposition to Baylor on Friday.