Baylor vs Notre Dame 4/7

[Orangutan]

Whelp. Good job Baylor. Very deserving champions.

Jackson was excellent and made tons of clutch shots.

Couldn't get stops or make enough free throws down the stretch. That's what it takes to win championships.

But very proud of Notre Dame. They made one hell of a title defense.

This year, like last year, the title game came down to which team made one play more. This year it was Baylor.

It stings but ND probably doesn't have a chance at the end if not for Baylor's horrendous misfortune in the shape of Cox's injury.

So all in all the right team won.

Now I must retire to my fainting couch.

 

[triaddukefan]

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.

this is the general board... created for non-uconn fans to hang out without disturbing the peace. Thanks.

 

[nwhoopfan]

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.

Many other teams have pretty much nothing in the way of a message board devoted to women's bb.

 

[eebmg]

I saw the same thing last sunday

Don't teams practice missing FT's?

 

[Plebe]

I think that's unnecessary. I'm just glad to see the wealth spread - if it's not Uconn every year, best to have many other teams share in the glory. Arike already had one, now it's Cox, Brown, and Jackson's turn.

Which part is unnecessary?

I'm not even speaking as a UConn fan. I'm speaking as someone who opposes her and Muffet's abject classlessness. If I were at one time a Notre Dame fan, I would have stopped being one last December 3.

 

[Blue Huskie]

Notre Dame shot 15 FTs in the second half to Baylor's ZERO! How can you possibly call that well reffed?

IMO another example of why the NCAA needs to adopt the NBA flopping rules. If it's detected during a game a "T" should be assessed. That insanity needs to stop. Some teams seen to "teach" it.

 

[jaydee602]

Notre Dame shot 15 FTs in the second half to Baylor's ZERO! How can you possibly call that well reffed?

I agree that the calls were lopsided, but I can't really single out any blatant calls that were missed. Notre Dame drives to the basket trying to draw fouls while Baylor scored on jumpers & layups.

 

[Kaizen]

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.

Yes, I am with you .. wish she can remember this FT forever....

 

[bballnut90]

Notre Dame shot 15 FTs in the second half to Baylor's ZERO! How can you possibly call that well reffed?

Were any of those fouls wrong though? ND was the more aggressive team in the 2nd, especially once Cox went down.

 

[eebmg]

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?

 

[PacoBlaze]

this is the general board... created for non-uconn fans to hang out without disturbing the peace. Thanks.

I understand that but don't other team's forums offer similar opportunities? I have no problem with the posting, I just wondered why here instead of there.

 

[Blue Huskie]

Were any of those fouls wrong though? ND was the more aggressive team in the 2nd, especially once Cox went down.

You're joking right?

 

[nwhoopfan]

IMO another example of why the NCAA needs to adopt the NBA flopping rules. If it's detected during a game a "T" should be assessed. That insanity needs to stop. Some teams seen to "teach" it.

There's the issue w/ the flopping being rewarded. I find the most concerning part that Baylor couldn't get a trip to the charity stripe to save their life for 20 minutes of game time. That's virtually impossible, yet it just happened.

 

[Vowelguy]

ND tweeted the other day about being the only team with a winning NCAA record against UConn

Something you wont see them tweeting: ND, 2-5 in NC games.

 

[jaydee602]

Don't teams practice missing FT's?

The trick is making sure the ball hits the rim. Arike tried hitting the front of the rim, but the ball skimmed the rim & went into the basket.

 

[PacoBlaze]

Many other teams have pretty much nothing in the way of a message board devoted to women's bb.

Thank you.

 

[Orangutan]

Which part is unnecessary?

I'm not even speaking as a UConn fan. I'm speaking as someone who opposes her and Muffet's abject classlessness. If I were at one time a Notre Dame fan, I would have stopped being one last December 3.

How does it feel to have never done something you later regretted in college?

 

[PacoBlaze]

No, they don't have similar opportunities. Have you looked at other forums?

Nope, I only care about the Huskies.

 

[Jmsdawg]

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.

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!

 

[biobioprof]

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.

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.

 

[jaydee602]

Jackson MOP
Brown, Cox, Arike, Mabrey

Might as well call it the All Finals team. Nobody from UCONN or Oregon??

 

[triaddukefan]

I understand that but don't other team's forums offer similar opportunities? I have no problem with the posting, I just wondered why here instead of there.

Cause no use in having a thread to myself talking about the Baylor-ND game on a Duke Message board

 

[donalddoowop]

They have a chance to win it again next year

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.

 

[Plebe]

But very proud of Notre Dame. They made one hell of a title defense.

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.

 

[Plebe]

How does it feel to have never done something you later regretted in college?

Who said they regret it? They "apologized" in a classic non-apology that was clearly compelled by their superiors.