Women May Outshine Men In March Madness

By Mardeio Cannon | OBSERVER Columnist Angel Reese of LSU. We are in the middle of March and as all of you hoop fans know, that means “March Madness”. Quick! Name one outstanding player in Division 1 men’s college basketball? Why the silence? I am still waiting! OK, you can’t name one outstanding men’s player in all of college basketball this year! Now, let’s go over to the women’s side, where all of the hoopla and action is this year. Have you heard of Caitlin Clark who is shattering every shooting record that ever existed in her final season at the University of Iowa? Coach Dawn Staley has led her South Carolina Lady Gamecocks to a second-consecutive unbeaten season heading into the NCAA Tournament. Angel Reese has finally reconciled with her head coach Kim Mulkey and has led the defending national champion LSU Lady Tigers to the No. 8& ranking heading into the Big Dance, as the national tournament is called. And the USC Lady Trojans have a budding superstar in freshman JuJu Watkins. The focus will be on the women’s side rather than the men. Arenas are selling out at the women’s game while no one player in the...