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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2693517, member: 5798"] [SIZE=6][B]Arike Ogunbowale has lived the life of a rock star, but now she wants to get back to winning. [/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]This kind of talk (wanting to get back to winning) can be dangerous for other top ranked Division 1 programs. She is the kind of player/team leader that can stir up those kinds of emotions and "will-to-win" passions in her teammates. They're on top right now, the elephant in the room, and have no intentions of stepping down anytime soon. [B]They have no intention of waiting another 17 years before they win their next championship.[/B] As UConn fans, we should take this indictment seriously. UConn's recent dominance in WCBB is being seriously challenged. [B]Edit-[/B] This post is NOT intended to slam, discredit or take anything away from Ogumbowale or Notre Dame. She has earned and deserves [U]any and all[/U] accolades she's receiving. At this point, it’s probably easier to ask who [I]hasn’t [/I]heard of Arike Ogunbowale. The rising senior guard on the Notre Dame women’s basketball team is both sports hero and pop culture darling after making two miraculous shots in the waning seconds of two down-to-the-wire games in this year’s NCAA women’s tournament. In a Final Four matchup with college sports behemoth Connecticut, the 21-year-old hit a heavily contested pull-up jumper that left just one second on the clock in overtime to take down the Huskies 91-89. Just 48 hours later, on April Fools’ Day no less, Ogunbowale did it again, this time nailing a 3-pointer as the clock expired to lift the Fighting Irish over Mississippi State, 61-58. Since then, Ogunbowale has lived the life of a rock star. Kobe Bryant, her favorite basketball player, gave her two jerseys (one for her dog) on [I]The Ellen DeGeneres[/I] [I]Show[/I]. People want to rename — not [I]name —[/I]their children after her, and others think she could’ve added a much-needed spark to the following night’s men’s national championship game. On April 13 it was announced that she’d be the first active NCAA athlete to compete on ABC’s [I]Dancing with the Stars[/I]. [URL='https://theundefeated.com/features/arike-ogunbowale-notre-dame-women-basketball-national-champion/'][Article][/URL] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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