DALLAS — There hasn’t been much debate on the best team throughout the 2022-23 women’s college basketball season. South Carolina has been the wire-to-wire No. 1, is the defending champion and has an undefeated 36-0 record entering Friday’s women’s Final Four.
But there’s been plenty of debate on the nation’s best player, with two totally different types of players leading the conversation. South Carolina’s 6-foot-5 Aliyah Boston is the top post player and the anchor of the Gamecocks’ defense. Iowa‘s Caitlin Clark, who has won the Naismith, Wade Trophy and AP player of the year awards in the past two days, is the college game’s best point guard and 3-point threat.
Both players are likely to be staples in the WNBA over the next decade or more, but this weekend in Dallas their paths cross in a dream matchup for the women’s Final Four. Boston’s Gamecocks meet Clark’s Hawkeyes in the second semifinal Friday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App), following the Virginia Tech–LSU semifinal (7 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App).
They play completely different positions, so it’s hard to compare Boston and Clark, other than to say they’re the stars of their respective teams.
“I do follow them quite a bit,” Clark said of watching the Gamecocks. “I think what Coach Staley has been able to…
