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I don't think anyone did, lol. My favorite part of March Madness is soaking up all the reaction after a big win. Not much reaction after a Monday matinee where the victorious team controlled the game throughout! Funny how quickly all those Ole Miss upset picks turned into "Ho hum, 2 seed wins...

Hannah certainly likes to call her own number a bit, but she did finish 2nd in the tournament in assists and 1st in assists/40 min with a 2.9 ast/turnover ratio. Then again, I once watched Sonia Citron play in the U19 world cup with Caitlin Clark at the point, so I understand the frustration of...

This guy is a good news aggregator for ND recruiting but his predictions are bad. He also didn't expect either Hidalgo or Prosper to choose ND.

Your previous post is still up...so we can read that this post is clearly inaccurate.

Well then she just didn't want to be a Hawkeye :p I need to cling to the idea that she would have come to ND but for the location, lol

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Iowa is closer as the crow flies but maybe more difficult logistically.

I had started to get the feeling that UCLA was most likely. One of the ND beat reporters wrote yesterday "it appears Betts wants to stay out west". That's incredibly vague but it got me thinking about location preferences. One of the articles written after her commitment feature quotes from...

I don’t know that anyone is expecting DeWolfe to be more than an 8th or 9th player. But ND did need someone to spell Hidalgo if Miles isn't ready to start the season. And a proven 3 point shooter to mitigate the loss of Mabrey. Seems like DeWolfe does that. If she's a top contributor like...

Here's ND's Mabrey replacement/insurance against Miles not being able to play some or all of next season.

Hmm...a team comfortable with taking siblings, you say? The Mabreys, the Westbelds, now the Betts sisters?

DePaul didn't have all that much else going on. I'm just hesitant to think that just because she shot a ton at DePaul, she'll shoot a ton wherever she goes. I sure wouldn't want her attempting 209 3s and only making 25.4% for ND. If she's willing to play in a team offense concept and operate...

There are some Irish fans who are skeptical of Morrow's potential fit with ND, but I think they're thinking too hard. Yes, ND would prefer more of a 5 than a 4 like Morrow would be, but they need a consistent frontcourt producer. ND has a stacked guard group but the forwards are inconsistent...

As heavily reliant on transfers as Louisville is, having their star player that they signed out of high school enter the portal is very, very funny to me.

Lots of fans are going to be calling "dibs" on her, lol From what I understand, Iowa doesn't have scholarships to spare, though that won't stop fan speculation about big name frontcourt transfers. I feel like the obvious suspects here are ND and SCar, maybe UConn, but UConn has more frontcourt...

I would be very surprised if she ends up at UConn. I think that ship has probably sailed. I don't know how she is in the locker room. I know she was a part of some social media drama regarding her personal life. Whoever brings her in will be making a bit of a gamble, I think. Can she stay...

Haha, well intentionally leaving shooters open is the disrespectful part, but yeah Iowa leaves plenty of shooters open unintentionally.

Leaving shooters completely wide open means that you don't respect their ability to shoot. Hence, "disrespectful". This is Morris' quote: "I don't think you can just leave me open on the perimeter or leave us open on the perimeter. Me personally, I find it very disrespectful, so I'm going to...

Controversy creates cash. All the discussion about Angel Reese and her gestures to Clark are great for the game. It gets people talking.

I've done a 180 on Reese. I like her as a great pro wrestling heel. She's going talk her talk regardless. If it winds people up so much the better. It's actually funny to me how much pearl-clutching I'm seeing. I really dislike Mulkey but otherwise I was happy LSU won. South Carolina was...

I don't know what their organization, facilities, etc. are like, but basketball-wise, I don't think Indiana is such a bad spot. They are starting to put together a good, young nucleus of talent including her would-be frontcourt mate, Nalyssa Smith.

That's incredibly reductive and doesn't properly account for Stewie's impact. 2013 ND was loaded. Diggins, Achonwa, McBride, Loyd. Beat UConn 3 times. Then Stewie went supernova for the NCAA tournament and UConn cruised in the final four. It's not like there were no other strong, star-studded...

Agreed. If she plays two more years and wins two more NPOYs, then maybe she's in the conversation. I get the argument that Stewie had a better supporting cast but Stewie was also 3x NPOY. Right now, her resume is closer to Kelsey Plum than Stewie or Maya.

My impression is than the ESPN rankings seem pretty accurate. Juju Watkins looked the part of #1 recruit. No one could stay in front of her (drew 10 fouls!) and she knocked down 3 triples as well. Mikaylah Williams had a relatively quiet 15 points and also looks like a fine inside-outside...

The complaints Maryland are making today are exactly the same ones Notre Dame fans were making after ND's loss to Maryland. Sometimes you benefit from the officiating and sometimes your opponent does. In this case, it's probably to be expected that the undefeated #1 seed and quasi-home team...

I hear ya. ND beat Miami, Virginia Tech, and Louisville 2x. Injury luck plays a big part in the tournament.

They were almost exactly the same game in many ways. Team dealing with injury issues can't overcome pressing defense and struggles with frontcourt foul trouble.

Consider it a backhanded form of admiration towards Louisville's defense. Similarly Muffet's ND teams were (and are) derided in these parts as "floppers" because of how effective they were at getting to the free throw line.

I'm talking about the Louisville-Iowa matchup. Less bitterly, I think a significant question in determining who wins is how aggressive Louisville is allowed to be defensively against Clark. If you want to argue with me about the Notre Dame-Maryland game, find me in another thread.

If ND had any chance, it was going to be to leverage their size to counter Maryland's speed. Ebo, Westbeld, and Watson all being in foul trouble removed any chance of that.

Will Louisville get to hack Caitlin Clark like they were allowed to hack Citron. If so, they win. I think Iowa should be favored but if Van Lith can stay hot, Louisville has a chance.

Refs definitely gave them every chance to get back in it. I think Miami had 8 or 9 fouls in the 3rd and Nova had none.

Villanova down 3 threw it to a double-teamed Siegrist who missed the heavily contested 2. Perplexing. If you insist on forcing it to Siegrist, at least have her shoot a 3.

I don't know that I agree with your Lawson takes but I do appreciate their spiciness.

Van Lith involved in a testy exchange? I'm shocked :rolleyes: She won the pr battle though, so good for her.

You beat me to it. Well said.