Recent content by Dillon77

Now, that dates VdJ...and all of us. Speaking of degrees, that's an interesting trail to pick up on: how many total degrees are hoopsters picking up during the course of their respective careers? So, VdJ will get three. So will Olivia Miles (undergrad and one Masters from ND; one from TCU)...

I (still) consider this a bridge year for the Irish, although this group has been making it interesting at times (this next stretch of games should be illuminating). However, it didn't behoove the team to bring Leah Macy back if she wasn't able to hit the court running. She'd lose a year of...

Leah Macy Will Not Play This Year; Start Eligibility in 2026-27

Touche. The most exciting and gratifying win of the three @oldude mentioned in his post just above was the middle one, which was also played at Storrs. Olivia Miles and Cass Prosper were both injured and out for the year, so the Irish were playing with a shortage of players (again). Yet Hannah...

Think she's taking the Ali Patberg approach to college......

Perfectly understandable. Hannah plays well, as you know, against UConn, but she doesn't have her two buddies this year, Sonia Citron and Maddy Westbeld (sigh). On the other hand, a certain guard with the initials PB isn't around.... 😉

Good to hear from you, Defense BB and thanks for the interest. Some quick hitters, in no particular order: I initially wrote some of this post for McGraw's Bench and always like to comment on the opponent. I took most of it out for The Boneyard, but felt the comments on Nyla Harris were...

Sorry for recent relative absence from the 'yard recently, but I've been busy on a number of back-to-back family/friend matters that have taken up time and effort. (Luckily, most were/are being resolved.). Rather than go back in time (although I have read most of the recent posts), I'll pick it...

Woo Hoo! Go Lions! Great school, great coach in Megan Griffiths.

Yup. ND's Athletic Department is known for obtuse, open-ended descriptions. Some of that is due to privacy, but they also border on "huh?" Having watched KK Bransford go down that game, it looked like the kind of fall that comes about due to an ACL, as opposed to what happened to Sonia Citron...

Hannah Hidalgo led the Irish with 30 points and set the tone defensively, in which the Irish had 17 steals: 4 each by HH, Malaya Cowles and Cass Prosper and 3 by Vanessa de Jesus. With those four steals, Hidalgo passed her coach - Niele Ivey -- to take over the second-most steals in ND WBB...

ND Wins First At-Home ACC Game Against Out-Matched Pitt Panthers 94-59 final and the Irish pretty much put this away with the 24-12 second quarter. Third was virtually even but Irish had a run in the early fourth that extended the lead (way) beyond a doubt. Iyana Moore was consistent and...

Hah. Words have meaning in ways many can't even comprehend (particularly when you drop UConn next to a highly ranked prospect 😉 )

Agree. Counter programming/posting! (Start a fire....)

ND Goes to 8-2 After Win at JMU. Some Monday AM-Thoughts: In Sunday's 78-65 win at Harrisonburg, Va., ND beat a team that has a few P5 wins under their belt and the place was packed to lend support. The Irish led wire-to-wire, which helped with tonality (keeping the volume down). ND had a...