Great catch, Nan, I was reasonably sure that's why Sareh got into the tiff with the ND center, but the FOX announcers didn't mention it. I was sure that Serah's actions were because the ND center was roughhousing Ash...
Ooh, might beat a 7 seed!
Typo on my part -- damn Otto-correct -- should have been "too intent." I was trying to say that she is really intense and aiming very high. Kids like her tend to achieve great things, given time..
I rewatched the second half to try to understand what was going on. It looked like Sanchez had been grabbing Serah earlier in the game on a couple different possessions and got whistled for it once. Somewhat later she elbowed Ash, and there was a bit of grabbing going on there too, which seemed odd to me. Why would the offensive player want to grab the defensive player? Ash smacked her hand away a couple times, and then the elbow happened. Then Serah came back into the game and the final confrontation happened, also based on more grabby fouling. I don't know what was said between them, but Serah looked pretty pissed, and Sanchez seems to be a volatile personality, much more so than Serah. Maybe she was on edge because they were losing so badly at that point.
The announcers didn't mention it because they were too busy conversing as though they were waiting for their order to arrive.
According to the Play By Play and what I observed when I watched the game, Sanchez was called for a foul before the scuffle. Serah was awarded two FTs. They both were given technicals, no FTs awarded, because of the scuffle.
Gael, I am not going to repost the entire back and forth between myself and Meyers, which is several posts long. But the specific comment that I first responded to was, “ND is NOT a good team.” Post #153
I noticed that too. Still, I want to see her back on the court. The longer she's out, the longer it'll take to bring her back.
What many don’t see during the time outs is Jana is standing directly behind and intently bent looking over him as he charts out the scheme.she is so focused on what he is saying to the players you just know she is a coaches kid. The others mostly pay attention but look around with half-hearted interest. I am rooting for her to get back on the court and show that renewed effort she was demonstrating before this recent concussion.
And I was responding to Tony calling ND a good team.
I posted ND is not a good team, they are a weak team. I came to that conclusion after watching them play at least five games. I was responding to a poster who said ND is a good team. It was my way of saying that all teams UConn beats are not good teams. I believe I am the one who started this thought. Just what I believe.
I agree. Good teams don’t get beat by 38 points by anybody. Mediocre teams can.
Hidalgo had to deal with , perhaps, one of the best team defenses that UConn( or any women's team) has ever fielded. She played all but the last minute or so, had the ball in her hands much of the time, was harassed by that defense, yet only turned the ball over 3 times. She had very little help out there. Easy to see why she is one of the best players in the country. Would be interesting to see how UConn players would handle the kind of defense that they themselves play.
"Hey, yo, you talkin' ta me?" Canada raised but definitely Brooklyn born. 😀
Will Fox ever chastise the announcers for the continual non-game/basketball rambling? For one example, as was mentioned in another post, there were subs brought into the game in the 4th Q without the announcers indicating who they were. All the players should receive recognition and their names announced when they first come into a game especially a game that is nationally televised. This should be a standard procedure. It should also be standard procedure to actually call the game, not carry on with unrelated conversation.
In one of the earlier games on Monday, there was allusion to "too much dribbling." The announcers said that fans don't want to see someone just dribbling, they want to see cutting, passing, shooting. . . That mostly one person dribbling with little movement makes for boring basketball.
It is not. I've not seen it in the NBA, WNBA, MCBB, or WCBB.
You got me. What I gave you was Net rankings for MBB which, I just learned, is different than Net rankings for WBB.Incorrect.
Home win against top 25. Neutral vs top 35. Road vs top 45.
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Sure if you consider 4-5 years in Canada being "Canadian-raised" 😉😁
