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Message: [QUOTE="savoy33, post: 4596960, member: 7179"] EMLady and I have been fans - of the Huskies and the women's game in general - since before the first championship, perhaps not very vocal, but fans nonetheless. We were at Climate Pledge yesterday, hoping to see the team advance to the Elite Eight... which obviously didn't happen. It seemed as though - after jumping out to that original short-lived lead - they had nothing left in the tank. Except for Lou, who left everything on the floor. We stayed for the second game and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Chatted up some nearby VT fans and we've - for the duration of the tournament - adopted the Hokies. Swap a vowel and add an 'S' and you've got 'Huskies'. They're fun to watch, and they were, after all, once upon a time a Big East team. If they fall short tomorrow, we'll probably adopt some other underdog until we get past April second. But to echo several others, the increasing physicality and violence we're seeing on the court is definitely a turn-off. And that makes stepping away from the game at the end of the season a lot easier. We'll miss our Huskies (until they reassemble in August)... but not the rugby scrums. And although we pay only slight attention to the men's team, watching [I][B]their[/B][/I] performance in the second half last night was a pretty nice consolation prize. [/QUOTE]