March 18 games thread

[Sifaka]

I had a writing assignment deadline; guess I missed a bit. Hope someone has posted Holly's presser. Recorded the Carter heroics. Now we enjoy Harry vexing Notre Dame or v-a-v!! Our patience is being rewarded. Fun NCAAs so far.

Holly's post-game: She gets going at about 5:50. Poor sound quality. Hard to watch. She's feeling pretty beat up. Gets emotional the last minute.

 

[ASweet3781]

LOL I forgot what a royal pain the butt playing Nova was!

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[Orangutan]

LOL I forgot what a royal pain the butt playing Nova was!

If they would stop making 2/3 of their 3s, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Plebe]

Ha that was a funny close-up of Muffet screaming her head off. Someone should screenshot that.

 

[j66kicker]

Here is some good insight from Dean.

Thanks. Dean's solutions for improvement...

Offense
Be more demonstrative in getting to the hoop
Better offensive rebounding

Defense
Effort & toughness

So basically his approach to improving next year is, "play harder." In that special place you guys are trying to get back to everybody plays hard. Good luck.

 

[Puppy Love]

Shepard just elbows her defender in the head, Nova player gets called for her 2nd foul.

Shepard elbows or shoves someone nearly every trip down the floor.

 

[DefenseBB]

WHo are these two announcers for the ND games?

 

[triaddukefan]

Ha I'm just taking a wild guess. If I'm wrong I trust that @triaddukefan will correct me

You are correct ......... people will remember that victory... but will forget that we were playing without 3 PG's.... two of which were 1st round WNBA picks

Still haven’t explained why rooting for Georgia over Duke!

I was being facetious... i probably should have thrown in a face. I have never and will never root against any of the teams I love.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Here is some good insight from Dean.

What's his coaching assignment?

 

[Plebe]

WHo are these two announcers for the ND games?

Brooke Weisbrod is the color analyst. She's outstanding.

 

[Vowelguy]

Be more demonstrative in getting to the hoop

Next season all Tenn players will scream "I'M HEADING TOWARDS THE HOOP!"

 

[DefenseBB]

Here is some good insight from Dean.

Why are you posting an Assistant Coach’s interview vs. Holly’s?

 

[toadfoot]

You are correct .... people will remember that victory... but will forget that we were playing without 3 PG's.... two of which were 1st round WNBA picks



I was being facetious... i probably should have thrown in a face. I have never and will never root against any of the teams I love.

Ah! I thought maybe it had something to do with Joanne P.

 

[Vowelguy]

Villanova is not gonna hit 10/15 from 3 in the 2nd half

 

[Orangutan]

WHo are these two announcers for the ND games?

Brooke Weisbrod is the woman. I believe the man's name is Roy Philpott.

 

[Blue Huskie]

Well I didn't expect this! Tied at the half.

 

[Centerstream]

Tied at 45 at the half .

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Not a good omen to be 10-15 from three in a half and still only tied.

 

[DefenseBB]

I am sort of shocked ND isn’t doing a better job on the perimeter. ND seems to play down to their competition. I suspect that ND will pull away in the second half as the Nova shots cannot keep falling at their current rate...law of averages!

 

[Orangutan]

Villanova is not gonna hit 10/15 from 3 in the 2nd half

You wouldn't think.

 

[toadfoot]

Brooke Weisbrod is the color analyst. She's outstanding.

Maybe it’s just me, but the guy seems like a bit of a ND homer. He’s referred to ND a few times as “we”.

 

[Plebe]

Not a good omen to be 10-15 from three in a half and still only tied.

Villanova can't do enough to defend Notre Dame, even with the walk-on on the floor. Three-point shooting is their only hope to even stay close.

 

[wbball novice]

Well, Nova's not shooting 60 3s tonight but the percentage is going to be way better. Will their 3s overcome the unguardable Young and Ogunbawale? Notre Dame seems to bring out the fire from outside shooters -- reference Louisville.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Why are you posting an Assistant Coach’s interview vs. Holly’s?

Coherence maybe, but boy is he running scared too.

 

[Orangutan]

I am sort of shocked ND isn’t doing a better job on the perimeter.

I'm not. 'Nova is playing 5-out on offense. Shepard and Nelson are too slow to defend on the perimeter. Muffet is so desperate for another guard that walk-on Katie Cole played 9 minutes in the 1st half.

 

[Zorro]

I had a writing assignment deadline; guess I missed a bit. Hope someone has posted Holly's presser. Recorded the Carter heroics. Now we enjoy Harry vexing Notre Dame or v-a-v!! Our patience is being rewarded. Fun NCAAs so far.

Didn't see Hollys presser, but can tell you what she said; "I just don't know"."

 

[mbr33ct]

True. Not all players have her talent. With the off-season to work on her game. I think you will see a significant improvement in her game.

Listen, most of us are not ready to move to "next year" yet. We still have some dancing to do.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I am sort of shocked ND isn’t doing a better job on the perimeter. ND seems to play down to their competition. I suspect that ND will pull away in the second half as the Nova shots cannot keep falling at their current rate...law of averages!

I think Muffet has adopted a strategy forced on her by a nonexistent bench. Open the game up and try to outshoot them. This short handed ND team can still put up impressive #es.

 

[Orangutan]

Notre Dame seems to bring out the fire from outside shooters -- reference Louisville.

Destiny Brooks from CSU Northridge, who was shooting sub-30% from 3 on the season, made 8 3s in ND's first round game. Some of it is bad defense, but it certainly feels like every opposing team's shooters are lights out against ND.