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Or...she's injured? You can re-watch this and the past few games where after the ball is inbounded to her to bring up court she almost always put her hand on her lower back/hip. That hasn't always been how she dribbles so something has changed. Important to remember that SDS has always been...

UConn had their lead cut to 49-37 on a late 3 to end the 1st half by Ratay after a Cash FT miss. Riley had barely scored and sat on the bench for the final 6+ minutes w/ 2 fouls and Ivey joined her soon after w/3. Injuries or not with what UConn still had available personal wise compared to ND's...

ND signed the #3 class the season after Ivey left.

Ivey had a longer tenuer with ND and "out-ranked" Cunningham in title, responsibility, and accolades while at ND. While Cunningham did have head coaching experience at VCU before returning to ND her real success there and in their conference coincided with eventual WNBA level talent in Q...

They should also pay attention to the defense you face. I guarantee you when teams face Dallas they're planning on how to stop Arike. Collier isn't the main focus of any teams defensive efforts against the Lynx.

To be fair that "only four to five points" is roughly 50% of Collier's scoring average. I understand Collier does so many things besides score well, but that is a significant stat that will be considered when they vote. As well how you finish a season vs how you start. Those numbers are trending...

I'm confused. Katie is a former player, but she's an administrator. Has been for 15+ years. I think she's an Asst. Athletic Admin. Weird timing to try to become a coach. Plus ND is all guards currently and have a history for being known for their guards. I don't see Capps involved there. Not...

Except it's a bunch of crap. Muffet cares so much about winning over execution that every single in game interview when her team is clobbering the opposition she complains about what they aren't getting right. The morphing of Geno/Tara and Mulkey/McGraw is suspect as well. There is only one of...

2 AA's.

ND's fluff includes Harvard, who beat Stanford, and a formerly ranked Drake. You're giving UConn credit for future games against Louisville and South Carolina. ND will have future games of at least one matchup, if not two against Louisville or NC State. Not to mention 4-5 other games vs teams...

Revisionist history. ND's starters played more minutes than UConn's starters. They were either all gassed or running on adrenaline. Both teams had injured players as most NCAA teams in every sport have at the end of the season. UConn had KLS and CD that you mentioned for sure and I imagine...

She was wearing pants

Ruth Riley

Let's not let Geno off the hook totally for their resent spat. He was extremely vocal about blaming ND for all that ails the former BE and college sports in general. ND is Muffet's employer and more than that... her home. She has a right to be defensive.

#10 overall, #2 wing in PN rankings

Weren't they just in the E8 last year?

Good stuff! As much as they suggest sitting in on successful teams practices and emulating what they do that's only part of the equation. Finding and successfully recruiting players that can change your program is the other component like Baylor or ND in recent years. Changing your practice...

As a ND fan this is surprising. Perhaps it is merely the timing of the game offered. UConn likes to play OOC during the conference schedule...ND does not. ND already has one game OOC scheduled during the conference season with Tennessee next year and the year after.

Well documented that they had a tough time scheduling games with the conference change. Heck, they were even backed into playing UT twice in a row at TBA in order to get that game. It's not like they didn't try to schedule UConn, but UConn's OOC slate was full this season. UConn is the only OOC...

Does that make South Bend, IN the East Regional?

No team may ever be heir apparent to UConn. Just like no team may ever have as many wins in a short span as ND did over UConn. I don't see were any BY'rs are suggesting ND is heir apparent only the respect that comes with the wins that ND managed.

I don't know how much "coaching" was involved with a once in a lifetime player like McCoughtry who he didn't recruit. She's proven she can carry a pro-team to a championship not alone a college team. Walz is a great motivator in my opinion that can get his kids to believe, but I'm not sure how...

From a ND perspective its great news. It wasn't until ND beat UConn that they ascended to the next level the past few years. That first win changed the mental landscape of the players and the coaches. Now they feel they belong in the discussion and they play that way. The past 3 years of ND's F4...

Or part of the pg and coach combo that couldn't get to the F4 twice with a 6'8 all everything nearly unstoppable center. Put Griner on UConn or ND's roster and you have at least 2 more if not 3 national championships. Either way without a doubt wouldn't fail to make a F4.

If it's about attendance in the first 2 rounds then award the top 16 schools in attendance from the previous year. Let the schools build the tickets into their season packages for additional cost. The list of schools top 16 in attendance generally qualify to the tourney. You'd have lower seeded...

Why does it have to be Muffet? Or about Calhoun at all?

Box score for ND vs Duke was 6606 which does barely squeak by Spokane. I'd say that upsets in the early rounds by Kansas and Nebraska effected the attendance. South Carolina would have been geographically more likely to draw some fans and T A&M would have traveled well. It really is a case of...

Not sure. May come down to the new coach (who is the old asst coach). Achonwa will likely try-out and attend some of the scrimmages which are in Europe too, but then leave for the ND trip. The goal of the team this year is the Americas qualification which is in September. Achonwa will likely...

Or....their future colleges are taking their once every four year allowable Euro tour. ND is on schedule to take theirs this summer. The same thing kept UConn players from trying out for the last WUG when Hartley and Kelly were among the "regulars" named to USA teams.

I'll take that bet. That statement isn't true for ND. No way MM says that. Plus she has a player by the name of Loyd that I think by the time Sierra would arrive would be the one taking them to a F4.

You'd be correct IMO. Skylar has shown up in championship games. Novosel had iffy showings in both of her championship game appearances. The 2011 title slipped through their fingers and I think a UConn hangover had a lot to do with both championship games. I remember Peters at the beginning of...

B12 is crazy too. The deal Texas has with the media only flies because where would the other teams go. That conference is controlled at the top. If ND's maneuvering bothers you then watch out for Texas. When the first shoe dropped years ago with re-alignment the first trip the ND AD made was to...

"It’s really hard to imagine UConn losing 4 times to a team. Especially in games that were so close. Will they hold on to a lead late in the game? They had that situation in all 3 games and failed." UConn didn't have a lead late in the third game. UConn had a 2pt lead that lasted 24 seconds...

Chiney was one vote shy of being unanimous along with Griner and Diggins. She deserves her spot. I'm cool with KML being on the 1st team, but it isn't Chiney that should be bumped down.

Agreed. She's and Lawson are my favorites. This year she seems to be giving more of the standard ESPN shouted one-liners. Even has that kind of sing-song up and down tone that reminds me of how people imitate sports announcers in comedy skits.