Kibitzer Memorial Badass Award

[Puppy Love]

Ash…I would have been in the ER after that hit.

 

[Kibitzer]

As several people have noted, Paige is on the board for an absolute banger of a night, but for taking a banging and keeping on keeping on, CheeseDanish and I tip our hat to Ash for our Badass pick.

-Mrs. Kib

 

[Majic Hands]

Ash​

 

[meyers7]

Well gotta give it to Ms Bueckers. But it was nice to have Shade show up today with Fudd and Strong off a bit.
What was really nice was UCONN winning and TN losing on the same day.

 

[Inthepaint]

Paige must be from Mars, not Minnesota.But Ash was the Badass

 

[MSGRET]

Well gotta give it to Ms Bueckers. But it was nice to have Shade show up today with Fudd and Strong off a bit.
What was really nice was UCONN winning and TN losing on the same day.

You forgot to add ND to the loss column, that made it even nicer.

I'm going with Paige, she was fouled hard in the first quarter after making a three by Beers and Dee Kanter just stood there without calling it. Both of the announcers stated that it was a hard foul and should have been an and 1 on top of the made three pointer.

Honorable mention goes to Ash, at least the foul was called on Oklahoma on that play.

 

[PacoSwede]

You forgot to add ND to the loss column, that made it even nicer.

I'm going with Paige, she was fouled hard in the first quarter after making a three by Beers and Dee Kanter just stood there without calling it. Both of the announcers stated that it was a hard foul and should have been an and 1 on top of the made three pointer.

Honorable mention goes to Ash, at least the foul was called on Oklahoma on that play.

PLUS an early foul on beers ... horrendous failure in reffing

 

[Zarathustra]

Ashlynn, for taking the shot from Beers. Looked like something from WWF.
Paige was unbelievable, though

Ashlynn gets " extra credit " as Honorable Mention "BADASS" for just getting up
off the floor!! OUCH... one tough cookie!! NICE: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3! steals!

 

[DEFCONN1]

In any other time and place, Ash would have been the bad ass for her D, scoring and getting up after being body slammed, but this happened in a game where Paige was slammed by the same player on a 3 pointer, no call, played superior hard nosed D and basically played other worldly…so yeah, Paige gets my vote for the badass GOAT

 

[Huskie78]

My avatar is what Paige was yesterday.
Flex it!
Mighty!

 

[MooseJaw]

Bad asses, who could argue against Paige, a huge assist goes to our quiet assassin, ASH

 

[Big Fan]

Paige was like a God playing against mortals but Ash was the badass

 

[MinneHusky]

Ash, for being able to get up after that fall.

 

[EricLA]

So here's why Paige (aside from the nod from Mrs. Kibitzer)...

I forget the exact definition of it on the BY, but according to the urban dictionary:

bad·ass
/ˈbadˌas/
informal • North American
noun
a tough, uncompromising, or intimidating person.

The team wasn't shooting well, aside from Ash. Oklahoma punched back and got up 4 at halftime. Paige gave her teammates plenty of chances to score and contribute, but when it seemed clear none of that was happening, she took on all the responsibility herself.

Sure we continued to play great defense, but on offense, with the OK defense staying put around the basket, Paige was able to operate around screens all 2nd half and nail jumper after jumper. Oh, and her 3 point shot was en fuego as well...

Ash is tough as nails. Sarah was very instrumental in limiting Beers (with lots of help side defense by Ash and KK), but Paige saw what was needed, put the team on her shoulders, and gave one of the best performances of her career...

 

[oldude]

So here's why Paige (aside from the nod from Mrs. Kibitzer)...

I forget the exact definition of it on the BY, but according to the urban dictionary:

bad·ass
/ˈbadˌas/
informal • North American
noun
a tough, uncompromising, or intimidating person.

The team wasn't shooting well, aside from Ash. Oklahoma punched back and got up 4 at halftime. Paige gave her teammates plenty of chances to score and contribute, but when it seemed clear none of that was happening, she took on all the responsibility herself.

Sure we continued to play great defense, but on offense, with the OK defense staying put around the basket, Paige was able to operate around screens all 2nd half and nail jumper after jumper. Oh, and her 3 point shot was en fuego as well...

Ash is tough as nails. Sarah was very instrumental in limiting Beers (with lots of help side defense by Ash and KK), but Paige saw what was needed, put the team on her shoulders, and gave one of the best performances of her career...

That the longest BadAss nomination I have ever seen…

 

[Kat]

I watched a postgame interview with Ash where she was asked how she popped up so quickly after getting clothes lined by big Beers. She said that her father and brother would not let her carry on or cry after getting knocked down. Ash said she was thinking of them after the hit and was glad to prove her toughness to them. She said all this with her trademark wide smile. All props to Paige but I'd give Ash the award for her play against OK and especially for taking a hit like that. It was so badass.