Maryland beats Notre Dame

[Boreifs]

Citron is a stud. It will be interesting to see who ends up guarding her.

 

[uconnfan68]

Didn't Taurasi do that to Duke?

No. She told them to give her a call.

 

[Iluvacc2]

Is this the Terps first win against the Irish?

 

[triaddukefan]

This old school commercial seems appropriate

 

[Forego]

Didn't Taurasi do that to Duke?

When speaking of her in the same breath as Duke, please have the respect to use her full name, HH Princess Leia Organa. (You may add Amidala, Skywalker, and Solo if you feel it is necessary.). But it would be difficult to put all of that on the scoreboard.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Is this the Terps first win against the Irish?

The Terps beat Muffet in 2007 in the preseason WNIT.

 

[hoopsfan22]

No. She told them to give her a call.

So Geno allowed one of his players to make a gesture toward the crowd after a win just like Diamond Miller did?

 

[Surly1]

After watching the game I like UConn’s chances this coming Sunday as well as the Sunday after that….

This was a fun game to watch. There were multiple good WB games last night as well. After watching NC St/Iowa, what I took away is that Conn's team defense doesn't receive its due credit. Gene provided Wes Moore the blueprint to take away Czinano and that forces Iowa to rely on Clark. Although she is phenomenal - delivering 45 points, one player can't do it all. Also, UConn made her work harder for her 25 than did NC St. NC St looked much better than they did against UConn, but I'm unsure if it was due to playing Iowa or if they are slowly starting to jell. Last Rivers showed why she was one of the top players coming out of high school. She has talent.

ND is a talented team, but I question the so-called experts always doubting UConn. You would think after 38 years.... Although it is a home game for ND, they are coming off a loss, and it is UConn, I still feel UConn will win. As other posters have mentioned, Miles may get hers, but she is going to have to work for it. The same applies to Citron. Conn's defense, combined with their efficiency on offense wins the contest.

By the way, I'd like to see how UConn handles Ohio State's full court pressure. So far this season, OSU wears the other team down, but UConn is so well coached, I think they will find holes.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

The game was over, nothing wrong with that. As someone said above, Diane has done similar things in the past.

It's a little showmanship. Ali had it. Kobi had it. Many had it. If you can back it up and it's not over the top, I'm good. An appropriate response to a hostile crowd.

 

[HuskyNan]

This was a fun game to watch. There were multiple good WB games last night as well. After watching NC St/Iowa, what I took away is that Conn's team defense doesn't receive its due credit. Gene provided Wes Moore the blueprint to take away Czinano and that forces Iowa to rely on Clark. Although she is phenomenal - delivering 45 points, one player can't do it all. Also, UConn made her work harder for her 25 than did NC St. NC St looked much better than they did against UConn, but I'm unsure if it was due to playing Iowa or if they are slowly starting to jell. Last Rivers showed why she was one of the top players coming out of high school. She has talent.

ND is a talented team, but I question the so-called experts always doubting UConn. You would think after 38 years.... Although it is a home game for ND, they are coming off a loss, and it is UConn, I still feel UConn will win. As other posters have mentioned, Miles may get hers, but she is going to have to work for it. The same applies to Citron. Conn's defense, combined with their efficiency on offense wins the contest.

By the way, I'd like to see how UConn handles Ohio State's full court pressure. So far this season, OSU wears the other team down, but UConn is so well coached, I think they will find holes.

Didn’t UConn already play a team that was touted as having a devastating press? Texas, Nc State, Duke…?

 

[HuskyNan]

By the way, Iowa lost to NC State last night.

Caitlin Clark's 45 points not enough for No. 10 Iowa women's basketball in loss to No. 11 NC State

Caitlin Clark did all she could to keep No. 10 Iowa afloat in one of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge’s premier matchups. But it wasn't enough.

www.hawkcentral.com

 

[hoopsfan22]

By the way, Iowa lost to NC State last night.

Caitlin Clark's 45 points not enough for No. 10 Iowa women's basketball in loss to No. 11 NC State

Caitlin Clark did all she could to keep No. 10 Iowa afloat in one of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge’s premier matchups. But it wasn't enough.

www.hawkcentral.com

Clark put up 45 points, and of course Martin reverted back to her usual self: 7 pts on 2 for 5 shooting.

 

[HopJim]

Interesting game. 1st half, if Maryland wasn't so sloppy, should have pulled away from ND. Maryland doesn't appear to be well coached but won at the end of game just gaving ball to Miller who did great job using picks and going to basket. Miles was constantly driving to basket, using her long arms to throw layups over defenders. Good midrange game-not someone to make a mistake around. Will be a challenge for Muhl. ND does not appear to defend or shot 3's well, but they have Citron who is the real thing. Ebo is an interesting player - a Charles Barkley type who can't jump but is difficult to move under the boards. Will be surprised if ND can withstand UConn's defense and overall speed.

 

[Ozimoto]

Only saw highlights of the game. A Maryland win over the Irish made for a pleasant evening.

 

[Bigpetunia]

ND never loses games to other teams...ever! No, it's always the officiating that gets 'em. Just ask their fans!

 

[JellyBean]

As much as I dislike MD and Freese, I always love to watch ND lose...

Yeah. It is always watching ND lose in anything. It could be a napkin folding contest between any school and Notre Dame. I am rooting for any school against ND. Just never really cared for that university.

 

[oldude]

While I know that BY’ers have mixed feelings about MM, it’s hard to believe that a ND team coached by MM would have lost the game against MD last night on their home court. Niele Ivey has accomplished a lot in basketball, and she was MM’s handpicked successor at ND.

There are similarities between MM promoting Coach Ivey as her successor at ND and Pat Summit promoting HW as her successor at TN. Both actions were born out of loyalty to a valued assistant coach.

One can only wonder if ND had opened up the search for MM’s replacement, would the WBB program be better off with someone like Megan Duffy? Duffy has a ND pedigree, has worked her way up through the ranks in college basketball coaching and is now the successful HC at #24 Marquette.

 

[my2cents]

Nothing wrong with Diamond Miller making the "Shush" sign. She just made a last second game winner, and earned the right to do that.
A ND fan wanted a technical on her. Ahh, a technical after the game is over would be a novel concept.

 

[Ozimoto]

This from the fan base of a team whose coach danced a jig on the sideline after a victory.

 

[TheGOAT23]

ND’s schedule so far has been weak. After they play UCONN on Sunday, they will play two more cupcakes before visiting ACC member VA Tech. Then they will play another cupcake before getting into their ACC schedule.

I like Sonia Citron. She’s a baller. I believe that if UCONN contains Olivia and Sonia, they will win the game. Olivia may have the same reaction and response that Caitlin Clark had after Nika was all up in her grill. On another note, what happened to Jenna Brown?? She’s not listed in the box score for the MD game. She’s averaging less than 9 minutes per contest, which is a little more than she has ever averaged in her career.

 

[Mdoggie]

So Geno allowed one of his players to make a gesture toward the crowd after a win just like Diamond Miller did?

Allowed? Was she showing the UConn fans or the Tennessee fans?

 

[ME Husky Fan]

Great game winning shot by Diamond Miller. But Shushing the Notre Dame fans was classless. Geno would never tolerate his players showing up the opposing team or its fans.

Not so sure I was cool with Miles high diving that fan either, when she hit that bucket late in the game. She went to the hole soon after that and couldn’t get it to fall. Too much 1 on 1 BB which works at times but tends not to get you too far in the tourney.

 

[Zinethar]

Nothing wrong with Diamond Miller making the "Shush" sign. She just made a last second game winner, and earned the right to do that.
A ND fan wanted a technical on her. Ahh, a technical after the game is over would be a novel concept.

No actually not a novel concept. I believe that happened to Syracuse last season. I do know that games have changed outcomes after the final whistle as the final score is not official until the refs leave the court.