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Baylor vs Notre Dame 4/7

Baylor vs Notre Dame

  • Baylor

    Votes: 29 72.5%

  • Notre Dame

    Votes: 11 27.5%
  • Total voters
    40
  • Poll closed .
PacoBlaze said:
This a serious inquiry and am just wondering...
There seems to be a few posters here that are actually fans of other teams. So, why are you here and not on your team's board? Or are you posting there too?
Thanks.
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I post on the BY because I like the WBB knowledge of the BY posters. No other message board, especially women basketball boards, have the quality posters that exist on the BY. To me the BY welcomes posters from WBB fans so long as they post respectfully. No other board has the WBB fan participation from non home team fans. That is what makes the BY unique and IMHO the BEST!
 
PacoBlaze said:
This a serious inquiry and am just wondering...
There seems to be a few posters here that are actually fans of other teams. So, why are you here and not on your team's board? Or are you posting there too?
Thanks.
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We have a WBB board for A&M and I post there but there are more active discussions here of things involving WBB in general. Even when I was just a lurker for years, I liked seeing the perspectives of people who follow other teams more closely.

I went from lurker to poster when Howard and Williams were being discussed as possible transfers to UConn.
 
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DeeHusky said:
They have a chance to win it again next year
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That was said about ND after last season. It's hard to win two years in a row unless your initials are GA. This takes the disappointment out of UConn's loss Friday for me. I don't see how UConn would have beaten Baylor. They were just too tall, strong, and athletic. They were as good as they were because of both Brown and Cox. You saw what happened when one of them was not playing. Next season they may be good but not championship good.
 
Orangutan said:
But very proud of Notre Dame. They made one hell of a title defense.
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I don't agree, actually. Not to pile on, but I can't let this balloon go un-popped..

Given they were the defending champs and who all they had coming back, Notre Dame should have been one of the most dominant teams in history. I'm not kidding. On paper they had every reason to aspire to be among the most dominant teams of all time, along with Texas 1986, Tennessee 1997, and UConn 2002, 2009-10 and 2014-16.

But they couldn't do it. They were humiliated on their home floor by UConn in a game that featured some of the worst sportsmanship I've ever seen from an elite team. Then they laid two more stinky eggs throughout the season. They collapsed under the weight of being the favorite. Which is just one of many reasons why Muffet will never be Geno's equal.
 
Orangutan said:
How does it feel to have never done something you later regretted in college?
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Who said they regret it? They "apologized" in a classic non-apology that was clearly compelled by their superiors.
 
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I am really excited to watch Nalyssa Smith next year. She is a game changer offensively and as a rebounder. She is gonna be really good once she gets her defense locked down.

In the limited minutes she played, she put up 14 points and 6 rebounds with a block.
 
eebmg said:
So Rebecca will have to dress as a Leprechaun but in the end, the Golic's will eat some crow.

And now, is Arike's final buzzer beater replaced with her agony of defeat missed FT for next year promos?
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Something tells me we won't have to endure watching it a zillion times like the buzzer beater. Watching ND lose never gets old!
 
Plebe said:
I don't agree, actually. Not to pile on, but I can't let this balloon go un-popped..

Given they were the defending champs and who all they had coming back, Notre Dame should have been one of the most dominant teams in history. I'm not kidding. On paper they had every reason to aspire to be among the most dominant teams of all time, along with Texas 1986, Tennessee 1997, and UConn 2002, 2009-10 and 2014-16.

But they couldn't do it. They were humiliated on their home floor by UConn in a game that featured some of the worst sportsmanship I've ever seen from an elite team. Then they laid two more stinky eggs throughout the season. They collapsed under the weight of being the favorite. Which is just one of many reasons why Muffet will never be Geno's equal.
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They lost by one in the championship game, dude.

I don't know what else to tell you.
 
triaddukefan said:
then why are you in this thread? Or in the General board? :confused:

:p:D;):cool:
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There was a commercial on "Killing Eve", I switched to ESPN and saw the last 3 seconds of the game. Then came here to check out what people were saying. So I guess I should leave now, is that what you are saying?
(Killing Eve is paused)
 
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I don’t like Notre Dame I don’t follow Notre Dame I don’t even like Muffet McGraw but someone mentioned something about December 3rd??what happened that day??
 
Baylor finishes 7th all-time in NCAA margin of victory +159.

Highest team not named UConn ... surpassing a team from LaTech.

(tho TBF, LT did it in 5 games, so their avg is much higher)
 
Plebe said:
Unfortunate??? Are you kidding. That's called REAPING WHAT YOU SOW. She earned every last bit of it and then some. May it haunt her for many years to come.
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Wow, that's cold. I get where it comes from though....I'm trying to keep my own id-driven comments to myself. If Arike were to end up on the Sun, I'd be hugely conflicted.
 
I might have to make a return trip to Waco to attend a victory parade.

Quite seriously, they showed tremendous resilience to overcome the horrible injury to Cox after seeing their lead evaporate in 4Q. What a memorable fight and win.
 
Well I like to answer this Paco guy who keeps asking why people are here, I believe this is a general thread, and I actually appreciate it as an Ohio State Alum that there is such a great board for women’s basketball here on the boneyard and as I have stated in my very first post ever here a few days ago that I am a UCONN fan for women’s basketball and the only team in the world that I would ever root for the UCONN to lose against is my alma mater. I appreciate it that they actually welcome other people here.
 
Plebe said:
I might have to make a return trip to Waco to attend a victory parade.

Quite seriously, they showed tremendous resilience to overcome the horrible injury to Cox after seeing their lead evaporate in 4Q. What a memorable fight and win.
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Agreed. I thought they were mentally fried after Cox went down and Mabrey and Arike went nuts. Chloe was a stud.
 
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vowelguy said:
Before the season I thought ND was gonna have an epic dominant season. Undefeated, cruise thru the tournament. And they should have. 4 players who are in the top 14 of ESPN's mock W draft, even though it's a deep year. A pretty big disappointment.
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Some people thought that about UConn's team last season.
 
At least it was a very entertaining game. A lot of drama when cox went down. It looked extremely bleak for Baylor when ND had a major surge in the 4th quarter and was in the bonus with over 7 minutes to play. Helluva team effort to over come that and make the clutch shots and stops needed to win. That was a complete team win and no one panicked when things went south.

Definitely will be a classic.
 
Plebe said:
I might have to make a return trip to Waco to attend a victory parade.

Quite seriously, they showed tremendous resilience to overcome the horrible injury to Cox after seeing their lead evaporate in 4Q. What a memorable fight and win.
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well if you make it to waco.... fedex me some chicken fried steak... unfortunately no baylor fans brought me any when they came to Greensboro :oops:
 
Plebe said:
Yes, I'm aware of the score in today's game. That doesn't detract from my point.
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Ok, substantive response.

Yes, ND returned 4 starters from last year's NC team and brought back Turner. However last year's team trailed at halftime in their last 4 tourney games. ND could just as easily have lost in the Elite 8 last year.

It was something of a minor miracle ND won last year. They were not the best team in the country. Probably UConn was. But the best team doesn't always win a single-elim tournament.

So in my opinion (yours seems to differ greatly), getting those players back simply made this a team that might *actually* be the best in the country.

In the end, they won the ACC championship (regular season and tourney) and earned the #2 overall seed in the tournament. Then in the tournament they made the final where they lost to the #1 overall seed by 1 point.

This team had enough talent that only a national championship could be considered a complete success. However, yes, I think they made an excellent title defense.
 
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