Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Notre Dame 70, Texas A&M 76
I'm disappointed the Battling Brigids from South Bend lost, but this game was everything the men's NCAA Tournament Final was not. These two teams played like champions. Texas A&M has a terrific All-American named Danielle Adams who pretty much carried her team to victory in the second half. A&M didn't put the game away until the last 90 seconds when Notre Dame failed to hit a couple of attempts at threes.
Conesco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis is a home game for Fighting Irish, more to the credit of Texas.
The final score doesn't indicate how hard-nosed this game was defensively. Early on I thought some fights might break out, but they settled down.
Aggies had to beat No 1 seeds Baylor & Stanford. I take some solace that Rutgers also lost to the eventual champions. Notre Dame even more impressively beat Tennessee & UConn, doing women's Div 1 basketball a great service in 2011.
My local women's Div III team, Kean University, had an excellent squad this season, finished at 24-5 ranked 12th nationally.
Conesco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis is a home game for Fighting Irish, more to the credit of Texas.
The final score doesn't indicate how hard-nosed this game was defensively. Early on I thought some fights might break out, but they settled down.
Aggies had to beat No 1 seeds Baylor & Stanford. I take some solace that Rutgers also lost to the eventual champions. Notre Dame even more impressively beat Tennessee & UConn, doing women's Div 1 basketball a great service in 2011.
My local women's Div III team, Kean University, had an excellent squad this season, finished at 24-5 ranked 12th nationally.
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
I watched the first half last night and DVR'ed the second half to watch this morning.
With juggernauts UConn, Tennessee and Stanford eliminated, I thought the Irish would have had an easier time capturing the crown.
I give lots of credit to A&M coach Gary Blair, who really coached a tight, defensive-minded team last night. I also think the Aggies shot close to 60% from the field, which is really, really good.
With juggernauts UConn, Tennessee and Stanford eliminated, I thought the Irish would have had an easier time capturing the crown.
I give lots of credit to A&M coach Gary Blair, who really coached a tight, defensive-minded team last night. I also think the Aggies shot close to 60% from the field, which is really, really good.
Back in December as ND got its act together, I had a gut feeling that the Irish had UConn's number if they played to their best, & Muffett knew it. If Stanford hadn't ended UConn's streak, I think the Irish would've done it at the Jan 8 home game. That edge of extra incentive wasn't there anymore, but it came back in the Tournament.
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