Caitlin Clark is off in the WNBA, but the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament still has plenty of must-watch guards, like Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson.
We all loved watching Caitlin Clark play for Iowa in the NCAA Tournament, especially over the last two seasons as she guided the Hawkeyes to a pair of appearances in the national title game.
Clark wowed fans 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 through milestones, rewrote records and talked trash.
But — newsflash — Clark isn’t playing college basketball anymore. She’s in the WNBA where she won Rookie of the Year while leading the Indiana Fever to the playoffs.
However, there’s good news: There’s a handful of players that have Clark-like qualities playing in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
If you found yourself enamored with Clark in the previous two editions of March Madness, here’s who you should pay attention to as the Big Dance gets underway this season.
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky
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Like Clark, Amoore has a penchant for shooting long-range 3-pointers and dishing out highlight-worthy dimes. She made 2.4 shots from the behind the arc per-game this season and handed out 6.9 assists — good enough for third-best in the nation. Her play helped turn Kentucky into a team that won just four games in the SEC last year to one that is a No. 4 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
Kentucky opens March Madness play against Liberty on Friday.
Ta’Niya Latson, Florida State
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The nation’s leading scorer this year, Latson is a dynamic and electric guard who can score inside and out, and from pretty much anywhere on the court. The junior averaged 24.9 points and 4.5 assists per game while shooting north of 45 percent from the floor and 35 percent from 3-point land. She’s scored 35 points or more in three games this season.
Florida State plays George Mason on Saturday night.
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
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Blakes was eighth in the nation in scoring and was named SEC Freshman of the Year. She did something this season that Clark never did — joining Mississippi Valley State’s Patricia Hoskins as the only players to score 53 points or more twice in a season. She also set the NCAA single-game points record for a freshman, surpassing Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne.
Vanderbilt faces Oregon in the first round on Friday.
Alyssa Durazo-Frescas, Grand Canyon
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The Lopes made the Division I NCAA Tournament this season for the first time ever and the play of Durazo-Frescas was a major reason why. She leads the nation in 3-pointers made per game at 3.7 and knocks down 45.8 percent of her deep range attempts, good enough for 20th nationally. The senior from California has made at least five 3-pointers in a single game nine times this season.
Grand Canyon plays against Baylor on Friday.
