That was a fun weekend in Bridgeport. Wait what?
For me, it was the first time I had been to an Elite Eight. It was also an introduction to the Oregon Ducks, Coach Graves, and a couple of Freshman named Ionescu and Hebard. Loads of fun, great atmosphere.
We may have crushed them but Oregon embarrassed the favored number 3 seed, Maryland, in the Round of 16. That was a good Maryland team - Brionna Jones, Walker-Kimbrough, Kaila Charles, Destiny Slocum - remember they almost beat us in the famous Lou barf bucket game - but they came out totally lifeless and disinterested, big mistake against the energizer bunnies from Oregon. Bad job, Brenda. The partisan UConn crowd was totally behind Oregon and Sabrina.
After that game I remember thinking we were invincible. Then the Mississippi State loss, a complete shock. But enough about that.