Congrats to ND

[CocoHusky]

Gutsy season, Gutsy FF.

 

[Bretski]

Damn Arike. Ice water in them veins.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Never should have been in that position. Should have been William shooting FTs at the other end.

 

[vballcoach]

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?

 

[my2cents]

Worst non call EVER...full on tackle , at half court....ND is more football team than anything else

 

[iri10]

I would have trouble summoning a smile on my face if ND saved a classroom full of children from a burning bus!

But I do respect this year's group a lot. Winning the NC after all those injuries. And they can't be blamed if the refs missed an obvious call against them here or there - that's the ref's job.

 

[Chong-Master]

Gutsy season, Gutsy FF.

Yep, and ND will be loaded again next season. The Women's game keeps getting better and better and more great teams emerging

 

[Chong-Master]

Mabry should have been called for the foul... State should have won. No congrats for winning dirty.

I love UCONN too, but give it a rest. In a game like this you just don't call that a dirty foul. Heck, you may not like Mabrey, but you can't call her a dirty player. UCONN is all about respect, let's give some to ND.

 

[bballnut90]

Huge congrats to Muffet. Never ever thought this would be the year that she’d win it all. Keep in mind she wasn’t able to with Diggins/McBride/Loyd/Turner/etc but she pulled it off with just 7 scholarship players and Mabrey playing point.

They also had an incredibly tough road to win it all. They had to beat:
-Texas A&M, a very good 4 seed who gave them a good run
-Oregon, the #2 seed who most predicted would beat Notre Dame. Game was in PNW too. Was down by 6 at the half.
-UCONN, the 14 point favorite and undefeated team. Clawed back from down 11 and down 8 in the 4th.
-Mississippi State, a 1 seed who went 37-2. ND was down 40-25 in the 2nd half and down by 5 in the last minute or so.

They did not play their best basketball today and yes, they did benefit big time from the no call on Mabrey, but Arike came up huge and ND simply made the plays down the stretch. Over the last year, the individual improvement we saw from each player (Arike, Mabrey, Shepard, Nelson and Westbeld) was remarkable. Huge congrats to ND and Muffet. Enjoy your championship.

 

[Chong-Master]

Worst non call EVER...full on tackle , at half court....ND is more football team than anything else

Again, we all love UCONN, but we should all love the Women's College Game just as strongly. Let's take the hate out of the game, fans.

 

[stwainfan]

I didn't think ND without Turner.Then with the other injuries. I didn't think that they would get to the FF. What a great job by coaches and players.

 

[Chong-Master]

Probably one of the greatest Coaching Jobs done ever in the history of the D1 Woman's Basketball Game. 4 Scholarship Olayers go down with ACL's and they come back from that and win a National Championship. Insane performance by Muffet. I tip my UCONN cap to you Coach MrGraw

 

[HoopsFan21]

ND gets my vote for pre-season #1 based on who they have coming back. They are gonna be tough next year.

 

[Wally East]

Yeah, that was an amazing run. Kudos to them and Muffet.

 

[stwainfan]

Watch the reaction from Lobo.

 

[Checkmate]

ND gets my vote for pre-season #1 based on who they have coming back. They are gonna be tough next year.

I agree, but who starts? Turner replaces Westbeld. Do they start a freshmen point guard, or play without a true PG again?

 

[iri10]

Watch the reaction from Lobo.

I also like Amin's emphatic pen toss after making the call.

 

[bballnut90]

Watch the reaction from Lobo.

Lawson seems to have inherited Doris Burke’s “I’m not impressed” look.

 

[HoopsFan21]

Lawson seems to have inherited Doris Burke’s “I’m not impressed” look.

Yeah that was weird. She's like a robot. I was thinking to myself "blink if you don't run on batteries."

 

[bballnut90]

I agree, but who starts? Turner replaces Westbeld. Do they start a freshmen point guard, or play without a true PG again?

They’ll go with Mabrey/Arike/Young/Shep/Turner, Johnson back up PG and pushed Marina to the wing when she’s in. I’d also look for one of the two freshman posts to get PT spotting Turner or Shepard. I think that’ll be their 7 man rotation.

 

[oldude]

Never should have been in that position. Should have been William shooting FTs at the other end.

Never should have been MS St in the finals. Should have been Hines-Allen shooting FT’s in the semifinal for Louisville.

 

[LesMis89]

Congratulations to Notre Dame bc and their fans!

 

[bballnut90]

Yeah that was weird. She's like a robot. I was thinking to myself "blink if you don't run on batteries."

She definitely looked excited during both of Mississippi State’s big shots in the Final Four but no emotion in either of Arike’s shots. Doris looked straight up po’d last year when William hit the buzzer beater.

 

[Reypl21]

She definitely looked excited during both of Mississippi State’s big shots in the Final Four but no emotion in either of Arike’s shots. Doris looked straight up po’d last year when William hit the buzzer beater.

Everyone seemed leaning towards Mississippi st. During the pre-game, Landers was expressing his "concerns" for MSU. It wouldn't mean anything if he said anything about ND. He was only concerned about MSU.

 

[BostonCanuck]

Watch the reaction from Lobo.

Click to expand above. And then trust me on this one... Adam Amin is no national treasure.