Nothing better than the Sheehan center, play a game of hoops, then go for a swim.
Great point! I made that same one on Twitter last night when some (who rarely watch the women) were doing a bit of trash talk. Good luck to your team in the rest of the tournament.
This activity, on the part of both teams, is disturbing and a discredit to the game IMO. Put the effort into making layups and this game would have over early.
No one is saying she isn't a good defender. And it's fine to let your emotions drive you, until the point where you aren't in control. It's not just the fouls themself...it's fouling at the end of the clock that made it worse...in a close game. The tough door can swing both ways.
oooooh, del prete, purveyors of the finest sfogliatelle on planet earth. after my first, around age 2 or 3, that was it. wrecked any thought of mine forever where there could be a better confection in the world. then i went around the globe to check - nope. even the baklava up in the hills of turkey came in behind it.
The 5,000 students stood and cheered the entire game, becoming a true 6th man. The sound was deafening. It was like 1995 all over again.
Lucky Geno didn’t get t’d up on that horrendous call. If he had, the refs wouldn’t have made to 195 alive and it may have been a different ending.
I think Geno detected a bit of uneasiness with Carolyn’s demeanor on the court which I think is why she didn’t re-enter the game. Seemed obvious to me as well.
You are, but everyone else is allowed to have an opinion about your opinion. That’s kind of how the Internet works.
Thanks for these comments. Yes, it looks like the 9-player rotation that we have loved watching may be a thing of the past. I yelled at the screen most of the second half. Especially hard to watch Caroline back to looking like she did, before she became their best player, when Paige and Azzi went down. Hard to justify keeping Paige on the floor so long at this point , but I think he panics at times.
True, players need a good time and court awareness. We were having trouble getting over half court and setting up our offense due to great defensive pressure. Breaking their press was difficult so we ran a late clock offensive and resulted in many panic shots. Hope this changes. Other coaches we will play will pick-up on this short-coming. Some of our guards picked up their dribbles much too soon and settled in the backcourt allowing a trapping defense to work. When one of our bigs came to inside half-court we broke the press much better but then went into a stalling offense will little time left in the possession. Not good! We are a much better attacking team IMO.
When I walked into Gampel I thought they must have been giving free food or something to the students. I have never seen the students turn out for a women's game like that, and very rarely for the men. Yes, they were loud the whole game.
Nika was part of a 9-2 run.
Agree 200% if there is such a thing.
Not just her points, but her rebounding, defense, and length. Not long ago, after Azzi and Paige went absent, she was playing better than anyone else on the floor.
So interesting. I saw the coach and players leave without shaking hands. I assumed it was a COVID thing. I didn't realize it was a classless thing. BOOOO UCF!
Don’t discount Notre Dame as much as I’d like them to flop.
That would be a mistake, but you may be right.
I wonder if it was the roar of the crowd that through her off stride, more than UCF?