Great points. You are right on both. Society is slowly becoming more supportive of women's sports. Throw in the skill level of players, like Paige, Caitlin, Aaliyah Boston, Maya Moore, and Stewie over the years has helped greatly.
The class shown by the players helps too. I have liked wbb for a long time, especially when our homegrown A'ja Wilson took South Carolina to a title. Yeah,
I liked it.
However, I grew to love the game as the result of a loss, When Fran Belibi and Haley Jones rushed to console Boston in the FF4 after she missed the game winner even
BEFORE they rushed to celebrate with their Stanford teammates, I began to
love the game. The sportsmanship has all but disappeared from men's sports that are all about me-me-me-me-me. WBB still stresses us-us-us-us-us and the post-game handshake is more than an ancient ritual.
Yeah, I'm an old fjart from an era gone by. Oh well, I can still find what I like about sports in in wbb.