Stephen A. & Shannon Sharpe think THIS about LSU vs. Iowa 👀 | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Andraya Carter talk through the 2024 Women’s NCAA Tournament.
0:00 Women’s Final Four is almost set
0:45 Caitlin Clark’s legacy ahead of the matchup vs. LSU
4:30 LSU vs. Iowa
9:30 Where Andraya and Stephen A. disagree

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South Carolina still undefeated with a win over Oregon State to advance to its fourth straight final four the Gamecocks will play NC State to upset Texas which means the school’s women and men will be repping in the final four and the Stars will be out tonight Juju Watkins and USC

Take on Paige Beckers and Yukon USC is still seeking its first final four appearance while since 1986 while Yukon is looking to get there for the 23rd time now before that we’ll have a rematch of last year’s title game Caitlyn Clark in Iowa taking on Angel

Reese in LSU this will be the eighth championship game rematch in the NCA tournament the following year so a lot is on the line Stephen A I know we’re very excited about tonight so is Andrea and Shannon sharp I’m going to start with you on this one Stephen A will this

Game impact Caitlyn Clark’s Legacy at well it all depends on how she performs let’s get that out of the way let me let let me say this first legitimately I think you can look at the women’s games tonight M and this is one of the biggest nights in the

History of women’s college basketball I I don’t care what anybody says right as as far as I’m concerned right now they’re more popular than the men’s okay we’re looking at Yukon and Yukon looks Head and Shoulders even though Tennessee and Purdue that was a phenomenal game yesterday the the bottom line is we’re

Looking at Yukon and I yo Andrea Shannon it was 2323 I I man man I went and got some food from kmen I turned turned around and they were down 30 it was 53 to 23 it was a 30 to nothing run you just said

Damn I mean that Yukon is just on that level okay and obviously we look at the women’s game we look at South Carolina and that’s subject that we’re going to Broach because back-to-back undefeated regular season by Dawn stey in the University of South Carolina there’s a

Lot to be said but when you talk about tonight a rematch of the national championship game right Caitlyn Clark the best player in the game the most renowned player in the game going up against Angel Reese and the reigning defending Champions the national champions that is LSU that is the LSU

Tigers I mean you look at a matchup like this and this is epic I can’t wait I’mma Be by my tele I’mma Be right in front of my television I ain’t missing this okay and I got to tell you something when you ask the question in terms of this game

Impacting Caitlyn’s Legacy here’s how it will it all depends on how she plays no effect on her whatsoever if she plays lights out but they lose okay of course it would mean the world if she wins Andrea sh Shay but she can’t stink up the joint she can’t go up

Against LSU last year nine of 22 shooting from the field eight of 19 from three-point range 30 points eight assists wasn’t a bad showing but they still got drubbed they lost by 17 in the national championship game to LSU if you just don’t have the team you just don’t

Have the team we get that but you the person that’s been compared to the Cheryl Millers the Diana trasis the Banna stewards of the world and others you can’t show up in the game of this magnitude this rematch tonight and stink up the joint Caitlyn Clark has to show

Up she has to play at an elite level if she wins or loses but she plays at an elite level it’s not going to matter if she if she stinks up the joint and they lose that definitely will affect her Legacy in terms of the comparisons that

We thrown out there y’all she’s always going to be an elite scorer but Legacy as far as impact goes it could hurt her if she plays poorly if she plays great and they win it helps her Legacy only because they have a shot at winning the national championship for me seeing

Great performances from Caitlyn is phenomenal it’s wonderful it’s fun to watch but in terms of her resume and her Legacy the only thing that can bump it up a notch because it’s already so good is a national championship getting to a final four is wonderful but she needs

The national title to take her Legacy to the next level can I ask you guys a question what did the uh how did uh the losing to Magic Johnson affect Larry Bird’s Legacy it didn’t affect it didn’t affect it greatly how did so how did he play in

That championship game did he drop 40 no he a 30 he averaged 30 he averaged 33 right Caitlyn Clark took a a dormant program had we ever heard of Iowa women college basketball before Clayton Clark all the women that you’re naming can you name the programs they went to Yukon

Tennessee USC we’re talking about programs that were already on the map Caitlyn Clark took a program in Iowa that’s a football program and put women’s college basketball on the map I believe LSU have the better team Caitlyn Clark is a better player normally what we’ve seen is teams beat players I don’t

Believe you we talking about the all-time leading score in women’s college basketball we talking about a lady that going to finish top three in assist in women’s college basketball I don’t believe there’s anything that she can do to harm it now can she elevate it

She goes out and she has a Sher swoops type of game and we remember what she had I think she shot 16 or 22 she ended up having 47 points in the title game against Ohio State and I think Katie Smith was on that team now we’re talking

About it but to knock it down when she’s coming from a program in which she came from she put this program on the map you can’t say what woman put uh uh Tennessee on the map what woman put a Yukon on the map they’ve had so many from Rebecca

Lobo to swing cash to D toaz to suberg De Mo Tina Charles on and on and on and on Tennessee on and on and on name somebody other than Caitlyn Clark from hour well I don’t have to and that’s my and that’s my argument against you

That’s my point I’m saying I I I don’t I don’t have to because first of all there is no other name other than her you’re you’re absolutely right about that but what I would ask you Shannon is to haarken back and Rewind the clock to the kind of discussions that we’ve been

Having over if you’re just talking about her greatness as an individual of course we didn’t stop there Andre Andrea will confirm this we did not stop there we brought up alltime great we brought up nay Smith and wooden Award winners we brought up Champions and so what happens

Is is that when you’re getting compared to those people as an individual you know this hell of a hell of a lot better than me Mr Hall of fameer three time Super Bowl champion you know the fact is is that in the moments when we talk

About greatness when we try to Define it it’s moments that do it for us we already know she’s great we already know she’s an alltime great no no question there’s nothing to talk about there you’re right about that but when we start bringing up the bana Stewart’s

Champion all four years of Diana terasi a three- time Super Bowl a three- time Champion National Champion when we start the Olympic gold medalist and all of this the Maya Moos of the world the chery Millers of the world and others when you start bringing up historical names and you’re talking about her

Eclipsing them you cannot have a moment with a final four birth on a line against a team that bounced you out in convincing fashion for the national championship last year you can’t then turn around and have that matchup and stink up the joy not saying you can’t be

Average I’m not saying that you have to be Sensational but what what it can’t be is we’re looking at you and we’re saying it’s your fault we can look at the team and say there a superior team to Iowa what we can’t do is look at you as an

Individual and say you wet the bed you didn’t get it done when the moment arrived you came up small we cannot do that and then still mention her in the same breath as those great Champions you just can’t do that yeah yeah I I I I

Agree with Stephen A and the thing is let me tell y’all this right now I have zero doubt in Caitlyn Clark her I have so much belief in Caitlyn Clark and the product that she is going to put on the floor and the skill set that she is

Going to show out there on the court it might not be enough to get the win but when we’re talking about this game impacting Caitlyn’s Legacy I’ve came I’ve come on the show and said this in the past Caitlyn cannot be in the goat conversation without a championship so

This game impacts that Legacy because if she wins she has a chance to move into the goat conversation if she loses she’s not in the goat conversation she could be the greatest scorer of all time she could be one of the greatest players we’ve ever seen she could be the biggest

Impact on the game but when we’re talking goat talk you need a championship to be in that conversation I believe if she wins a championship her resume is goated there’s not another resume that can stack up against Caitlyn Clarks with a championship on it she’s got to get a championship so this game

Impacts that in in the history of women’s college basketball we’ve only seen one woman Cheryl swoops do what we’re asking Caitlyn Clark in the history and it goes back to the ltech the lady Teamsters when they beat Cheney state in the first round in the first

The first one that I can remember now maybe there was some played before that but I mean the ltech the lady sh uh uh teamer uh the ladies Teamsters they W back to back we got to go back way back so in the history of women’s college

Basketball we we’ve seen one woman do what we’re asking Caitlyn Clark the other team the breed we’ve seen it done before so it’s not impossible we’ve seen it done before that’s what I’m saying shann Shannon but here’s where here’s where Andrea and I disagree I don’t think Caitlyn Clark needs to win the

Championship she’s saying she does I don’t believe that I’m saying she can’t be in a game of this magnitude and stink up the joint I don’t believe she will too for that I understand I understand that but what I’m saying is my goodness what if it happened what if she goes out

There tonight and LS Sho completely completely hamstrings her completely straps her and she can’t do anything and she has an awful awful performance that is what I am saying would be the problem I’m not saying that if she wi plays well but they don’t win Shannon that it it it

It changes anything it doesn’t but she cannot play Bad Andrea I’m I’m G have to give you a little push back with the goat I don’t know if you can be in the goat with one title especially when Briana and DT and shm H claw and Cheryl Miller

They have multiples and they also have player of the years I but I hear you shanon but you just mentioned all of the teammates that played with them they had WNBA firstr draft picks alongside them so they won multiple as a program you don’t win multiple as one player like

You don’t win multiple championships as the only five-star recruit on the roster you don’t win multiple championships as the only player in the top 100 ranking except for one other teammate like that’s a sophomore Hannah’s a sopore so like yes there are teams that have won multiple but those are programs Shannon

Like look on the list of the players that play with Brianna Stewart there’s like six of them still in the WNBA right now yes yes but but you yes yes cherl SWS is 6465