Jay Williams said Saturday morning on the set of ESPN’s College GameDay that Iowa guard Caitlin Clark — the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women’s basketball history — has not yet achieved “great” status.

Williams, a national champion guard for Duke, argued that because Clark hasn’t led the Hawkeyes to a national championship yet, he can’t put her in the same category as other women’s college basketball greats. He referenced three-time NCAA champ Diana Taurasi and four-time champ Breanna Stewart.

It’s the same argument that has frustrated so many in basketball — collegiate or professional. What role do team championships play in evaluating individual greatness?

Does Clark need to lead Iowa to a national championship to be seen as one of the best to play the sport? Had she gone to UConn like Taurasi or Stewart, she might already have one or two rings.

Or has her already historic four-year career — in which she has led Iowa to its only national championship appearance in school history — shown enough? Williams’ comments prompted a pretty spirited debate on College GameDay.

“I think she is the Stephen Curry of women’s college basketball. I think she has changed the dynamics of the way the game is played. I think the way she plays, the pizzaz, like, she’s probably the most prolific scorer the game of basketball has ever seen,” said Williams. “I am unwilling — and maybe it’s the Kobe mentorship around me — to say that she is great yet.

“I hold ‘great’ or the levels of immortality or the pantheon to when you win championships. That’s just me. So, Diana Taurasi, when you win three consecutive national championships, three-time Player of the Year… It has to culminate with a chip. It has to. Breanna Stewart, if we’re talking about GOAT, legends of the game, she’s won four chips. … I’m not saying she’s not at a high, high, high level, but for it to go to the status of immortality, in my opinion, it has to culminate with your team winning a championship.”

Almost as soon as Williams ended, Jay Bilas chimed in and said he believes Clark is one of the greats.

“We can argue greatest,” Bilas said. “But she’s a cultural phenomenon unlike anything we’ve ever seen in basketball, and it goes beyond just the scoring record. She’s not just elevated the women’s game, she’s elevated the game. And in that regard, we will not see her like again. She’s been incredible for sports, for basketball.

“Can you imagine the young girls that are looking at her right now and dreaming in a way that they’ve never dreamed before about the game? She’s been remarkable. In my view, great isn’t even a discussion. We can argue about greatest, but we can’t argue about great.”

In setting the NCAA women’s scoring record on Thursday night, Clark poured in a career-best and program-record 49 points. She was responsible for 79 total points that night — the most by a D1 player over the last 25 years.

She’s the first D1 player to record 3,300 points, 1,000 assists, and 850 rebounds in a career. Over the last 25 years, no player — man or woman — has more 30-point performances than Clark (53). During the same time frame, Clark has gone for 30 points and 10 assists 18 times; no other woman has more than two such games.

Clark is also within striking distance of Pete Maravich’s NCAA men’s scoring record (3,667 points).

Not much left for her to do.