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Not on Monday!

Unless I misread the brackets and teams' results, UCONN and South Carolina are the only teams left that lost to NOBODY outside the Sweet 16 this season. Gotta be good to beat us.

The win at DePaul. Maya's steal and Swanier coast to coast.

Allison Janney, obviously.

I wouldn't say the "overpaid vets" part to Bonner's face. And anyway, like many Boneyarders, I suspect, I root for whatever WNBA team has the most UCONN alumnae. And against Arike. And all Mabreys.

About 10 days or so before game one of the tournament, so let's hope whatever time Aubrey needs she can get. Also, time enough for Caroline to ice her head!

So much to learn! Is Lou OK? Will Dorka be OK?

Aalijah saw their Canadian flags on her way into the tunnel at the end of the game and high-fived them all!

I think I'm sitting with them! Just got a couple of their extra tix and Mrs. Vballcoach and I are getting in the car to head up to Storrs. First game since pre-pandemic!

So, Aaliyah, Dorka, Caroline, Lou, and Nika. I still like our chances. Bench order? Ayanna, Amari (if she gets there), Inez. Wow. This will be one tough team by the end of the season.

Seattle certainly is missing Canada, and Moriah might fit in there. Minnesota doesn't look like they WANT a guard (cut Clarendon and Dangerfield), but they sure look like they NEED one. Now that she's gone from Dallas, I can root against Mabrey and Arike energetically and without any hesitation.

January, Bird, and Prince have logged a lot of miles over the years. They might well need a younger guard, just for some insurance. Stewie/Magbegor, Russell/Cunane, Gabby/Talbot, Jewel/Prince, Bird/January. That leaves two spots. Maybe one big and one small. Herbert-Harrigan (who's not listed on...

This is a wonderful bunch of athletes, and I applaud them, even as they lost tonight. They were pretty valiant in their attempt to stay in the game. I'm sure we'll find that Azzi was far from healthy and that Evina could barely walk. Everything had to go right, and very little did, but this was...

Where's Piath?

Sandy Brondello is out for Phoenix and Walt Hopkins is out for the Liberty. Interesting!

Kia being unavailable was HUGE for the series. I thought maybe Vandersloot might have been MVP. She made it all happen.

Sales

This is why I’m optimistic about Lou and her chances for success in Seattle. I think there’s great basketball in her, but she really didn’t get a chance in Chicago (coach didn’t trust her) or Dallas (chaotic Arike-centered offense).

The Liberty become MUCH better right away with Howard, whom the Storm will have to replace with Ezi and DuPree, at least right away, and Lou instead of Sami, Not a bad trade off. The Liberty will miss Kia, but she'll be great behind those Phoenix guards. What Dallas can make of this year's first...

I've been hoping for just such a move. Lou could thrive in Seattle. Now I can root against Arike and Mabrey with a clear conscience.

So, Aubrey made a layup with 8:17 left in the 4th quarter. And that was the last time somebody other than Paige scored.

In the snow at Gampel, and they were giving out larger-than-life-sized Svetlana posters.

ESPN's website, the Courant, and the UCONN website say 6.

One has to assume that the fact that ONO and AG didn't get yanked after what felt like a thousand of those shots means that Geno was fine with those shots. Indeed, once Jones, Charles, and Dolson became threats from that spot (or, to be fair, a little closer in than that), they became HUGE...

The Seattle Storm as well.

It's one of the UCONN baskets with a name: Bird at the Buzzer, Gardler's Hair, Wrong Way Swin, Rizzotti Coast to Coast, Swanier for the Win, Strother Behind the Back, Pulido in the Final, Buck in the Final, Sales after the Injury, And then, of course, all of DT's: 3 point play vs. Oklahoma...

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/30451125/texas-longhorns-charli-collier-projected-go-no-1-new-york-liberty It doesn't look like that exciting a draft, and with so many players (one imagines and hopes) returning to the league after a 2020 away (EDD, Tina, Chiney, Renee, Cambage, Plum...

Just finished watching Phoenix-Dallas. Just about the best WNBA game of the season , and I withdraw everything I said and thought about Arike, who was magnificent. Nice to see Lou get big minutes and play so well. It's always tough to watch DT lose, though.

Sorry. 8th in 3point %

So, Lou is 6th on the team in minutes this season, so she's getting time on the floor, even at key moments, like the end of close games. As for Arike, she's 8th on the team in three point percentage, despite taking almost twice as many as anyone else. That's not going to work. Yes, Arike will...

Angie Paccione from my little high school in upstate New York in the late 1970's. I watched her score 62 one day to set what was then the state single game record, back before 3 pointers and shot clocks. Angie played at Stanford and some USA hoops as well. In my memory, she'd bring the ball up...

Very specific question, but you're the people to know the answer. Mrs. Vballcoach and I are watching JUST games from NCAA tournaments UCONN won to pass the time during the pandemic, and we're up to the '09 tournament. At the very end of the second round win over Florida (Renee's final game at...

Hang in there, all. I've decided to watch all of the NCAA tournament games from seasons that ended in a championship. At one game a day, that's two months of happiness! My takeaway so far is that the 2000 team was wonderful. Shea was a beast; Svet was better than EVERYONE; Bird was Bird, even...

Where to start on the announcers? "Ladies"! They both coudn't stop saying "Ladies." Honestly! Plus, the banana cheer.

I think we all knew, deep down, it was going to be Notre Dame, because that was the most painful to a Husky fan. That's one exciting weekend of hoops, though it was heartbreaking to watch tonight. I'd still rather be a fan of our team. How many days until they open?