Admittedly, I was much more into this game than the Blue Devils against Anderson. Can it be that I'm starting to enjoy UConn more once again? Or could it just be because Sue was in the game? Hmm...Anyway, this will be a first. I'll be doing the stats for a game with Sue in it but I won't be doing her stats. Interesting...not that I haven't digested it anyway. :) But this post is for the UConn Huskies who, in my opinion, handed in a spectacular performance (at least from what I could observe from live stats)
But as a quick side note, Sue did have seven assists. :) Okay, seriously, that's it.
Charde Houston had a monster game. A Freakishly Awesome Game. She shot 14-20 from the field (hello???) and ended up with 30 points, 19 frigging rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 6 steals. In 28 minutes. Yup. Okay, I never kept up with her stats before (only the final scores) but does she always do this? Because if she did....you know....there's a Storm uni waiting for her in 2008....
Tina Charles, yes the frosh, had a great game. She shot 8-14 from the field and had 16 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, a block and a steal. Welcome to the Huskies. :) I wonder how much of a chance Duke had of nabbing her. :( I'd like those 13 rebounds on the Devils.
Renee Montgomery only had 9 points but she compensated with 6 assists (yes! Sue still beat her in that area :) sorry, I'm forever gonna compare them) She also had 3 rebounds.
Mel Thomas had 12 p0ints (on slightly atrocious 3 point shooting percentage), an assist and a steal. Ok, I think that maybe she can do better than that. Apart from her probably jacking up threes and missing most of them, she should have tried to get into other aspects of the game. I mean, she's one of the older ones on the team right? Hence, more experience.
Kalana Greene had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal.
Tahirah Williams only played 6 minutes which seems a bit on the low side for an exhibition game. In those minutes, she managed to get 1 foul and 2 turnovers to her name. Ouch.
Ketia Swanier had 6 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal.
Jacquie Fernandes only played 3 minutes. She had 2 points and a rebound.
Meghan Gardler had 5 points and 2 rebounds in limited action
Kaili McLaren had 11 points and 11 rebounds along with an assist and a block.
Cassie Kerns had a rebound and an assist in 5 minutes of action.
My question for any UConn fan out there is: If this was only an exhibition contest, why did Geno skew his minutes so much with 3 of his players getting only from 3 to 6 minutes? It wouldn't really have mattered had he let them play would it and they lost? Hmmm....
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Duke Demolishes Anderson University 107-37
Great start for my Devils, although the score is quite sad for the other team. Hopefully, the Dukies didn't try to run up the score on them....
I liked the distribution of minutes by Coach G considering it was an exhibition game. Everyone got their fair shots at the floor.
Carrem Gay had 7 points, 2 blocks, 4 steals and 8 rebounds. She only shot 50% from the FT line though and only 2-8 from the floor.
Ali Bales had 20 points, 8 blocks, 2 steals and 10 rebounds. I'm sooo happy she had a good game. I feel like, if she continues to play like she did to the latter part of last season, we have a good chance to win the NC. And this was a pretty darned good performance.
Abby Waner had 16 points, 2 assists, 4 steals, and 5 rebounds. Yay for the scoring. I became a Duke fan because of Abby so I'm hoping she goes and blows the competition away either this year or next when no one is really expecting it.
Lindsey Harding had 8 points, 4 assists, 3 steals and a rebound. Ermm...I don't know. That's the problem about not watching games. I can't really judge how well she handled the team, etc. Stats don't always tell the story, but that's all I'm going to have to go on every time for these college games. After all, I'm not going to pay to listen to their games (I'm a suffering college student, remember). I wish they had one of those free live streaming radio stations like the Storm has.
Wanisha Smith had 8 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.
Emily Waner had 11 points, 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds. It's only an exhibition so I'll look past the 3-10 from the 3 point line, but seriously.... :(
Bridgette Mitchell had 11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Not a bad stat line at all for a frosh. In fact, pretty impressive.
Joy Cheek 10 points, 7 rebounds, a block and 2 steals.
Brittany Mitch had 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals
Keturah Jackson had 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals.
Anyhoo, important thing is that they won pretty big and it looks like everyone had a pretty even stat line.
Fight Devils!
I liked the distribution of minutes by Coach G considering it was an exhibition game. Everyone got their fair shots at the floor.
Carrem Gay had 7 points, 2 blocks, 4 steals and 8 rebounds. She only shot 50% from the FT line though and only 2-8 from the floor.
Ali Bales had 20 points, 8 blocks, 2 steals and 10 rebounds. I'm sooo happy she had a good game. I feel like, if she continues to play like she did to the latter part of last season, we have a good chance to win the NC. And this was a pretty darned good performance.
Abby Waner had 16 points, 2 assists, 4 steals, and 5 rebounds. Yay for the scoring. I became a Duke fan because of Abby so I'm hoping she goes and blows the competition away either this year or next when no one is really expecting it.
Lindsey Harding had 8 points, 4 assists, 3 steals and a rebound. Ermm...I don't know. That's the problem about not watching games. I can't really judge how well she handled the team, etc. Stats don't always tell the story, but that's all I'm going to have to go on every time for these college games. After all, I'm not going to pay to listen to their games (I'm a suffering college student, remember). I wish they had one of those free live streaming radio stations like the Storm has.
Wanisha Smith had 8 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.
Emily Waner had 11 points, 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds. It's only an exhibition so I'll look past the 3-10 from the 3 point line, but seriously.... :(
Bridgette Mitchell had 11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Not a bad stat line at all for a frosh. In fact, pretty impressive.
Joy Cheek 10 points, 7 rebounds, a block and 2 steals.
Brittany Mitch had 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals
Keturah Jackson had 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals.
Anyhoo, important thing is that they won pretty big and it looks like everyone had a pretty even stat line.
Fight Devils!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Sue!
Yup, Birdy's turning 26 today. :) I hope she has a good one. I actually had it programmed into my phone but I forgot about it. So I was on the GO train when my phone started buzzing like crazy. It was really early too so I was half-asleep. I was like, "What on earth?" Then I fished around my pockets for my phone and saw "Sue Bird 26"
Anyway, here are my birthday wishes for her with between now and her next birthday (Selfish ones, take note)
1. In the 2007 WNBA Season, she'll get back on First Team All-WNBA. Just to shut the "haters" up....wouldn't that be sweet?
2. Winning the Dish& Assist Award. Just because I think she's the best passer out there and the best person at recognizing when and how to pass the ball. I can't believe she's only won it once. But next year will be her second.
3. A nose that will stay mended. :) I swear if she breaks her nose again, I'm personally gonna go over there and permanently stick that mask to her face. It brings too much anxiety for me when she breaks it.
4. A WNBA Championship. Well, we need at least two don't we?
5. A Perfect WNBA Season--Hahaha! Ok, this is the selfish one and highly unlikely one. But you never know. It would be sweet to go through the season with victory...after victory...after victory...:)
Anyone else wanna add anything feel free to comment. :) There can never be too many birthday wishes, right?
Anyway, happy happy birthday Sue!
Yup, Birdy's turning 26 today. :) I hope she has a good one. I actually had it programmed into my phone but I forgot about it. So I was on the GO train when my phone started buzzing like crazy. It was really early too so I was half-asleep. I was like, "What on earth?" Then I fished around my pockets for my phone and saw "Sue Bird 26"
Anyway, here are my birthday wishes for her with between now and her next birthday (Selfish ones, take note)
1. In the 2007 WNBA Season, she'll get back on First Team All-WNBA. Just to shut the "haters" up....wouldn't that be sweet?
2. Winning the Dish& Assist Award. Just because I think she's the best passer out there and the best person at recognizing when and how to pass the ball. I can't believe she's only won it once. But next year will be her second.
3. A nose that will stay mended. :) I swear if she breaks her nose again, I'm personally gonna go over there and permanently stick that mask to her face. It brings too much anxiety for me when she breaks it.
4. A WNBA Championship. Well, we need at least two don't we?
5. A Perfect WNBA Season--Hahaha! Ok, this is the selfish one and highly unlikely one. But you never know. It would be sweet to go through the season with victory...after victory...after victory...:)
Anyone else wanna add anything feel free to comment. :) There can never be too many birthday wishes, right?
Anyway, happy happy birthday Sue!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Two years ago...
...on this date...the Seattle Storm won their WNBA Championship. :)
I've been a little busy with other things and I've been trying to de-obsess myself with the Storm (because, well, they're gone until next May anyway). However, I saw the headline on the Storm website and I allowed myself to sit back and savor that moment once again. It was absolutely incredible. Anyway, I just wanted to write about it. Back then, since that was the first year I started watching them and I was known to flip flop between obsessions (Martina Hingis, Annika Sorenstam...yada yada...), when they won and I was screaming and jumping around the place, my mom and my sister basically ignored me. They were just like, "That's nice." Two years later, when they win, they get all excited for me, and when they lose, they stay the hell away from me. :)
Happy Anniversary Storm! Thanks for being a part of my life for the past two years.
I've been a little busy with other things and I've been trying to de-obsess myself with the Storm (because, well, they're gone until next May anyway). However, I saw the headline on the Storm website and I allowed myself to sit back and savor that moment once again. It was absolutely incredible. Anyway, I just wanted to write about it. Back then, since that was the first year I started watching them and I was known to flip flop between obsessions (Martina Hingis, Annika Sorenstam...yada yada...), when they won and I was screaming and jumping around the place, my mom and my sister basically ignored me. They were just like, "That's nice." Two years later, when they win, they get all excited for me, and when they lose, they stay the hell away from me. :)
Happy Anniversary Storm! Thanks for being a part of my life for the past two years.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Thanksgiving Weekend
Yesss!!!! I'm so happy it's Thanksgiving this week. I know my class schedule is pretty light and everything, but it still feels great to get a holiday. Plus Thanksgiving means a great big meal at my aunt's house. :)
I spent the day trying to write my outline for my Lit class. It's supposed to be about the predicament of the character in Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". Mainly, I'm writing the outline using lines from the book as explanations. Like if I say that Prufrock feels like he is disconnected from the world, I'll cite lines and then explain how they do support my claim. Anyway, the big problem is that it's supposed to be for an essay that is 4-5 pages long. But the outline is supposed to be contained in 1 page WITH the supporting details in it. WTF??? So now I'm trying desperately to cut it down. And it's not like my points are very extraordinary anyway...sigh....
I just started to read my Max Weber book for my other report and it's been going well so far. Basically, he believes that capitalism did not only arise due to economic goals but also because of religious goals. He says that capitalists see earning more and more profit as a "calling" and that not doing so to the best of one's ability would make God unhappy. It's an interesting take on it even if it's not something I can completely feel comfortable with. However, Weber does cite various historical examples to back his claims. I'm still struggling, however, with figuring out whether or not he approves of capitalistic enterprises because of his theory. It probably does not matter in the long run (i.e. my paper), but it's something that I'm just wondering about. It's possible that he's just talking about his theory of capitalism while not showing his opinions on the morality of it all.
My sis and I went to Red Lobster today and had their "endless shrimp" special. We had it on my birthday but we couldn't enjoy it too much because we got this really creamy shrimp pasta that prevented us from eating more shrimp. Anyway, we vowed to go back one time, not order that pasta, and eat plate after plate of shrimp....Thinking about it now, maybe it wasn't such a good game plan... :)
BTW, the Maple Leafs lost today against Montreal. Out of three games, they've only won one (yesterday's 6-0 drubbing of Ottawa). I'm pretty bummed. As if this wasn't bad enough, the other team I just began minorly rooting for (because of their goalie, Cam Ward), the Carolina Hurricanes, don't have a win yet in the new season after winning the Stanley Cup last year. I think I really am the cursed fan...sigh....
Oh yeah, and in the Yankees-Tigers series at least, I was rooting for the Yanks....that didn't turn out very well at all.
So I'm going to try and change it up a bit...I really don't like whoever is going to get out of the Cardinals-Padres series so I'm gonna cheer on whoever wins this series to win the whole thing. :)
I spent the day trying to write my outline for my Lit class. It's supposed to be about the predicament of the character in Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". Mainly, I'm writing the outline using lines from the book as explanations. Like if I say that Prufrock feels like he is disconnected from the world, I'll cite lines and then explain how they do support my claim. Anyway, the big problem is that it's supposed to be for an essay that is 4-5 pages long. But the outline is supposed to be contained in 1 page WITH the supporting details in it. WTF??? So now I'm trying desperately to cut it down. And it's not like my points are very extraordinary anyway...sigh....
I just started to read my Max Weber book for my other report and it's been going well so far. Basically, he believes that capitalism did not only arise due to economic goals but also because of religious goals. He says that capitalists see earning more and more profit as a "calling" and that not doing so to the best of one's ability would make God unhappy. It's an interesting take on it even if it's not something I can completely feel comfortable with. However, Weber does cite various historical examples to back his claims. I'm still struggling, however, with figuring out whether or not he approves of capitalistic enterprises because of his theory. It probably does not matter in the long run (i.e. my paper), but it's something that I'm just wondering about. It's possible that he's just talking about his theory of capitalism while not showing his opinions on the morality of it all.
My sis and I went to Red Lobster today and had their "endless shrimp" special. We had it on my birthday but we couldn't enjoy it too much because we got this really creamy shrimp pasta that prevented us from eating more shrimp. Anyway, we vowed to go back one time, not order that pasta, and eat plate after plate of shrimp....Thinking about it now, maybe it wasn't such a good game plan... :)
BTW, the Maple Leafs lost today against Montreal. Out of three games, they've only won one (yesterday's 6-0 drubbing of Ottawa). I'm pretty bummed. As if this wasn't bad enough, the other team I just began minorly rooting for (because of their goalie, Cam Ward), the Carolina Hurricanes, don't have a win yet in the new season after winning the Stanley Cup last year. I think I really am the cursed fan...sigh....
Oh yeah, and in the Yankees-Tigers series at least, I was rooting for the Yanks....that didn't turn out very well at all.
So I'm going to try and change it up a bit...I really don't like whoever is going to get out of the Cardinals-Padres series so I'm gonna cheer on whoever wins this series to win the whole thing. :)
Thursday, October 05, 2006
UConn Huskies Season Primer
UConn Roster
# 11 Ketia Swanier G Junior
# 24 Charde Houston F Junior
# 25 Mel Thomas G Junior
#44 Brittany Hunter C/F Junior
# 2 Tahirah Williams G Sophomore
# 20 Renee Montgomery G Sophomore
# 32 Kalana Greene G Sophomore
# 51 Cassie Kerns C/F Sophomore
# 13 Jacquie Fernandes G Freshman
# 14 Meghan Gardler F Freshman
# 22 Kristen Phillips C Freshman
# 31 Tina Charles C Freshman
# 41 Kaili McLaren F Freshman
Thurs Nov. 2 Team Concept 7:30 PM
Wed Nov. 8 Houston Jaguars 7:30 PM
Mon Nov. 13 Richmond 7:00 PM
Thurs Nov. 16 Colgate 7:30 PM
Tues Nov. 28 Boston U 7:30 PM
Thurs Nov. 30 Purdue 7:00 PM
Mon Dec. 4 at Holy Cross 7:00 PM
Thurs Dec. 7 at Georgetown 7:30 PM
Mon Dec. 18 at Virginia 7:00 PM
Thurs Dec. 21 Colorado State 7:30 PM
Sat Dec. 23 Oakland 12:00 PM
Fri Dec. 29 Hartford 7:00 PM
Sun Dec. 31 Sacred Heart 12:00 PM
Tues Jan. 2 at West Virginia 8:00 PM
Sat Jan. 6 Tennessee 4:00 PM
Tues Jan. 9 Seton Hall 7:30 PM
Sat Jan. 13 Syracuse 2:00 PM
Mon Jan. 15 at North Carolina 7:00 PM
Wed Jan. 17 at Providence 7:00 PM
Sun Jan. 21 at St. John's 4:30 PM
Wed Jan. 24 DePaul 7:30 PM
Sat Jan. 27 Notre Dame 7:00 PM
Tues Jan. 30 at Cincinnati 7:00 PM
Sat Feb. 3 at Marquette 8:00 PM
Tues Feb. 6 Rutgers 8:00 PM
Sun Feb. 11 at LSU 3:00 PM
Tues Feb. 13 Louisville 7:30 PM
Sat Feb. 17 Pittsburgh 12:00 PM
Tues Feb. 20 at South Florida 7:00 PM
Sat Feb. 24 Villanova 12:00 PM
Mon Feb. 26 at Rutgers 7:00 PM
# 11 Ketia Swanier G Junior
# 24 Charde Houston F Junior
# 25 Mel Thomas G Junior
#44 Brittany Hunter C/F Junior
# 2 Tahirah Williams G Sophomore
# 20 Renee Montgomery G Sophomore
# 32 Kalana Greene G Sophomore
# 51 Cassie Kerns C/F Sophomore
# 13 Jacquie Fernandes G Freshman
# 14 Meghan Gardler F Freshman
# 22 Kristen Phillips C Freshman
# 31 Tina Charles C Freshman
# 41 Kaili McLaren F Freshman
Thurs Nov. 2 Team Concept 7:30 PM
Wed Nov. 8 Houston Jaguars 7:30 PM
Mon Nov. 13 Richmond 7:00 PM
Thurs Nov. 16 Colgate 7:30 PM
Tues Nov. 28 Boston U 7:30 PM
Thurs Nov. 30 Purdue 7:00 PM
Mon Dec. 4 at Holy Cross 7:00 PM
Thurs Dec. 7 at Georgetown 7:30 PM
Mon Dec. 18 at Virginia 7:00 PM
Thurs Dec. 21 Colorado State 7:30 PM
Sat Dec. 23 Oakland 12:00 PM
Fri Dec. 29 Hartford 7:00 PM
Sun Dec. 31 Sacred Heart 12:00 PM
Tues Jan. 2 at West Virginia 8:00 PM
Sat Jan. 6 Tennessee 4:00 PM
Tues Jan. 9 Seton Hall 7:30 PM
Sat Jan. 13 Syracuse 2:00 PM
Mon Jan. 15 at North Carolina 7:00 PM
Wed Jan. 17 at Providence 7:00 PM
Sun Jan. 21 at St. John's 4:30 PM
Wed Jan. 24 DePaul 7:30 PM
Sat Jan. 27 Notre Dame 7:00 PM
Tues Jan. 30 at Cincinnati 7:00 PM
Sat Feb. 3 at Marquette 8:00 PM
Tues Feb. 6 Rutgers 8:00 PM
Sun Feb. 11 at LSU 3:00 PM
Tues Feb. 13 Louisville 7:30 PM
Sat Feb. 17 Pittsburgh 12:00 PM
Tues Feb. 20 at South Florida 7:00 PM
Sat Feb. 24 Villanova 12:00 PM
Mon Feb. 26 at Rutgers 7:00 PM
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Duke Blue Devils Season Primer
I haven't seen many Blue Devil games. I just look at the stats during the season and whether they win or lose. Anyway, since the Dukies are my favorite team, I thought I'd just post their roster and their schedule. Throughout the year, I hope to post more about them time permitting.
Duke Roster
# 10 Lindsey Harding G Senior
# 43 Alison Bales C Senior
# 2 Emily Waner G Junior
#23 Wanisha Smith G Junior
# 11 Chante Black C Junior
# 30 Carrem Gay F Sophomore
# 4 Abby Waner G Sophomore
# 22 Brittany Mitch G/F Freshman
# 31 Keturah Jackson G/F Freshman
# 15 Bridgette Mitchell F Freshman
# 21 Joy Cheek F Freshman
Sun, Nov 05 Anderson University Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Nov 09 EA Sports Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 11 Northeastern Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Fri, Nov 17 Marist College Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 19 Houston Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Tue, Nov 21 Penn State Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 25 Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mich. 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Nov 29 Old Dominion Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
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Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic
Mon, Dec 04 Rutgers at Piscataway, N.J. 7 p.m.
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Thu, Dec 07 Vanderbilt Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec 10 Texas Durham, N.C. 1:00 p.m.
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Caribbean Classic
Tue, Dec 19 Bowling Green or SMU at Cancun, Mexico TBA
Wed, Dec 20 Bowling Green or SMU at Cancun, Mexico TBA
Thu, Dec 21 Pittsburgh at Cancun, Mexico TBA
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Blue Sky Resort Classic
Fri, Dec 29 Dartmouth at Hanover, N.H. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec 30 Dayton/Boston University at Hanover, N.H. 5:00 p.m./7:00 p.m.
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Wed, Jan 03 Miami * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Jan 07 Virginia Tech * at Blacksburg, Va. 12:30 p.m.
Wed, Jan 10 Georgia Tech * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Jan 13 Maryland * Durham, N.C. 12:30 p.m.
Thu, Jan 18 N.C. State * at Raleigh, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Jan 22 Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn. 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 25 Florida State * at Tallahassee, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Jan 29 Virginia Tech * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 02 Virginia * at Charlottesville, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Feb 05 Clemson * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Feb 08 North Carolina * at Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 11 Wake Forest * at Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA
Thu, Feb 15 Boston College * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 18 Maryland * at College Park, Md. 6:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 25 North Carolina * Durham, N.C. 5:00 p.m.
Duke Roster
# 10 Lindsey Harding G Senior
# 43 Alison Bales C Senior
# 2 Emily Waner G Junior
#23 Wanisha Smith G Junior
# 11 Chante Black C Junior
# 30 Carrem Gay F Sophomore
# 4 Abby Waner G Sophomore
# 22 Brittany Mitch G/F Freshman
# 31 Keturah Jackson G/F Freshman
# 15 Bridgette Mitchell F Freshman
# 21 Joy Cheek F Freshman
Sun, Nov 05 Anderson University Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Nov 09 EA Sports Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 11 Northeastern Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Fri, Nov 17 Marist College Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov 19 Houston Durham, N.C. 2:00 p.m.
Tue, Nov 21 Penn State Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 25 Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mich. 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Nov 29 Old Dominion Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
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Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic
Mon, Dec 04 Rutgers at Piscataway, N.J. 7 p.m.
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Thu, Dec 07 Vanderbilt Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec 10 Texas Durham, N.C. 1:00 p.m.
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Caribbean Classic
Tue, Dec 19 Bowling Green or SMU at Cancun, Mexico TBA
Wed, Dec 20 Bowling Green or SMU at Cancun, Mexico TBA
Thu, Dec 21 Pittsburgh at Cancun, Mexico TBA
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Blue Sky Resort Classic
Fri, Dec 29 Dartmouth at Hanover, N.H. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec 30 Dayton/Boston University at Hanover, N.H. 5:00 p.m./7:00 p.m.
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Wed, Jan 03 Miami * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Jan 07 Virginia Tech * at Blacksburg, Va. 12:30 p.m.
Wed, Jan 10 Georgia Tech * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Jan 13 Maryland * Durham, N.C. 12:30 p.m.
Thu, Jan 18 N.C. State * at Raleigh, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Jan 22 Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn. 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 25 Florida State * at Tallahassee, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Jan 29 Virginia Tech * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 02 Virginia * at Charlottesville, Va. 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Feb 05 Clemson * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Feb 08 North Carolina * at Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 11 Wake Forest * at Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA
Thu, Feb 15 Boston College * Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 18 Maryland * at College Park, Md. 6:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 25 North Carolina * Durham, N.C. 5:00 p.m.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Subway accident
I was on my way home with my sister last Friday from a hockey game. By the way, it was a great hockey game. It was the Marion Hilliard tournament here at the U of T at Varsity Arena. I thought that we'd see the Varsity Blues but instead we saw the U of Ottawa against the U of Alberta. It was the first hockey game I've ever seen and it was fun even if I was freezing my butt off. It was free too so my sis and I were seated in the front row.
Anyway, on the way home, I was lugging my heavy laptop and my school bag. My sister had my laundry bag. We were entering the subway at Museum to get to Union. The people in front of us were taking soooo loooong getting into the train. Finally, when we were getting in already, the whistle came on signaling that the train doors were closing. I rushed in and the doors began to close. I quickly put my hands out to stop the doors. While doing this, my brain just shut down completely and my right foot fell into the gap between the subway and the platform. I thought I had just tripped so I tried to stand up. Instead, my foot was stuck. I heard people screaming behind me and these really nice girls were helping my sister keep the door open so that the train wouldn't move. I finally managed to yank it out after hours it seemed. It turns out it was more like five seconds. Anyway, I think I have a bone bruise now and it really hurts. Thankfully though it wasn't anything more serious.
Thank God for those nice girls that helped me out. Because of me, they weren't able to catch the train. I was wondering whether my pride or my ankle hurt more. After a few seconds, my ankle definitely won out.
:) Anyone know anything about the parliamentary system, please email me ASAP. Stupid Machiavelli report. It's supposed to be 15 minutes long but Machiavelli says about eight lines about it in The Prince. Anyway, I've realized I've got to spout some BS to stretch my report out.
Anyway, on the way home, I was lugging my heavy laptop and my school bag. My sister had my laundry bag. We were entering the subway at Museum to get to Union. The people in front of us were taking soooo loooong getting into the train. Finally, when we were getting in already, the whistle came on signaling that the train doors were closing. I rushed in and the doors began to close. I quickly put my hands out to stop the doors. While doing this, my brain just shut down completely and my right foot fell into the gap between the subway and the platform. I thought I had just tripped so I tried to stand up. Instead, my foot was stuck. I heard people screaming behind me and these really nice girls were helping my sister keep the door open so that the train wouldn't move. I finally managed to yank it out after hours it seemed. It turns out it was more like five seconds. Anyway, I think I have a bone bruise now and it really hurts. Thankfully though it wasn't anything more serious.
Thank God for those nice girls that helped me out. Because of me, they weren't able to catch the train. I was wondering whether my pride or my ankle hurt more. After a few seconds, my ankle definitely won out.
:) Anyone know anything about the parliamentary system, please email me ASAP. Stupid Machiavelli report. It's supposed to be 15 minutes long but Machiavelli says about eight lines about it in The Prince. Anyway, I've realized I've got to spout some BS to stretch my report out.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Feeling a little overwhelmed
I've literally been reading about a hundred pages a day (and then I have to read some over again to actually understand them). I just found out that we have this paper on Marx and Weber due in a month and it's supposed to be the hardest paper to do. Apart from this, at about the same time, I'm going to have my Plato paper due. Oh yeah, and I have to work on my Machiavelli report really soon. I don't even want to know when my English introduction is due.
On the bright side, I found my POL 200 class really interesting today. My professor is pretty cool. I was just telling myself how much Socrates sounds so sarcastic and arrogant in the works of Plato. Anyway, I was telling myself that it was just because I was sore that I had to read it (although I did find it interesting). When I got to class awhile ago, though, he was pretty much making fun of Socrates as well. And Plato (slash Socrates I guess since he was the one supposed to be speaking even if Plato wrote it) asked a very apt question. Is it worth it to act justly if there are no benefits and people still persecute you or they deem you unjust when someone who is acting unjustly is getting rewarded? I mean, I know it seems like a pretty closed answer. Of course you should. But really, would I? Or would it be all blurred as to what is the just thing? Heck, justice is hard enough to define as it is.
Anyway, I'm planning to do some heavy studying tomorrow. Really. I promise myself even. I'm gonna head out to a coffee place and bring all my study materials....
I'm feeling sleepy right now but tomorrow, I'm going to be feeling very intellectual. :)
On the bright side, I found my POL 200 class really interesting today. My professor is pretty cool. I was just telling myself how much Socrates sounds so sarcastic and arrogant in the works of Plato. Anyway, I was telling myself that it was just because I was sore that I had to read it (although I did find it interesting). When I got to class awhile ago, though, he was pretty much making fun of Socrates as well. And Plato (slash Socrates I guess since he was the one supposed to be speaking even if Plato wrote it) asked a very apt question. Is it worth it to act justly if there are no benefits and people still persecute you or they deem you unjust when someone who is acting unjustly is getting rewarded? I mean, I know it seems like a pretty closed answer. Of course you should. But really, would I? Or would it be all blurred as to what is the just thing? Heck, justice is hard enough to define as it is.
Anyway, I'm planning to do some heavy studying tomorrow. Really. I promise myself even. I'm gonna head out to a coffee place and bring all my study materials....
I'm feeling sleepy right now but tomorrow, I'm going to be feeling very intellectual. :)
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Rant (Please don't read if you worship Anne Donovan)
I've been so busy lately I haven't updated this in awhile. It takes a dumb loss by the US Women's Team to get me out of this and get me back to blogging.
I'd like to start by saying that, up to this point (the semifinals), the US has been winning, and winning pretty easily. It would be unfair for me to go on this rant and not mention this. They weren't exactly crisp wins. In fact, they played sloppy sometimes, but they'd win by twenty points or so. In other words, the US got the job done.
Ah, here they are, in the semifinals now. The Aussies made it past Brazil and my dreams of Lauren and Sue going up against each other in the finals has just gotten so much brighter. I mean, surely, the US can beat Russia right?
They come out and Russia is shooting the lights out. I'm getting a little nervous but I think that we can still pull the win out. I mean, sooner or later, the US will have to realize that they have to play better to win this and they'll step it up. Damn, end of the first quarter, we're down 25-13. Hell, they'll wake up. What on earth, people like Tina Thompson are missing shots, and she's bound to make them in the second quarter.
The second quarter starts and the US struggles but manages to outscore Russia 19-12. So at the end of the half, the US is only down by five points. Wait a sec! I just screamed, at the end of the first quarter, that if the US gets it down to five by the end of the half, we can still win this. Woohoo!!! I feel the good stuff coming on now.
So despite, you know, a dismal performance really, one where the US looked a little out of synch, I still believed that there was a chance.
Okay, start of the third quarter. This is the ridiculous part. As a Storm fan, I fear the third quarter. But while cheering for the Americans, I never really did. They were too talented to let things slip. They used to just keep pounding and pounding until the lead swelled. But, oh my God!!! We're not scoring!! Holy cow, Russia is scoring from everywhere. They were hitting their shots taken as far as Russia, for crying out loud. Then the US went on bad possession after bad possession. At the end of the third quarter? We were down by 20 points. 20 f***ing points! Here's the weird part about all of this, okay? And this is where I'm really going to get on my rant a little bit. The US Coaches (yes, I'm going to criticize Anne Donovan here and mainly rant about her which was something I never thought I'd ever do) did nothing to stop the bleeding. Nothing. No opportune time outs, no big substitutions to kind of turn the game around. Nothing. I guess you could say that, hell, these ladies can play. Any combination on the floor would have been able to go off at any time. True, but they were frustrated. They weren't hitting anything. They weren't getting any defensive stops. We only scored six points in the quarter. ANYTHING would have been better than just staying with the status quo who obviously had a hard time at that point. Some huge Russian play would happen and they'd focus the camera on AD. And here I am saying, okay Anne, make your move. She didn't.
Fourth quarter. Things are looking pretty desperate. I notice, to my surprise, that I haven't seen Sue in awhile. Okay, here's where it gets interesting for me. I'm a huge Sue Bird fan. I'm not doubting that. To me, she can walk on water. When I was beginning to get frustrated that Sue wasn't coming in, I first tried telling myself that it was just because I was biased. I was like, okay, calm down. Maybe it's just because you want her in the game at all times.
So here I am expecting her to at least start the fourth quarter. I mean, down by twenty, 10 minutes left. I don't care how many shots you've missed or whatever. You have to start your starting point guard. Damn this, she was your only true point guard. Newsflash to Anne and maybe Gail Goestenkors who might have had a hand in having Beard play so many minutes: She's not a point guard. She's not even remotely good at the point.
And Sue doesn't start. No. Sue is on the bench. Diana was getting really really good looks and was hitting her shots. the US comeback begins. Oh, hang on, Anne Donovan decides to PULL Diana Taurasi out of the game!!!! Huh??? Isn't she like, the only player hitting her shots? Isn't she the only player actually getting a remotely good percentage of free throws in? Isn't she the only player, at that point, making things happen? Alana Beard is still in. Haha. Turnover, bad possession, name it. I frankly don't care about Beard's stats. I don't care if it turns out she had a pretty good game after all. The fact is, I'm not comfortable when she's on the floor. Things just don't flow right and isn't that what a point guard is supposed to take care of?
FINALLY, with about three and a half minutes left in the damn game, Anne finally lets Sue back in. Sue quickly scores about eight points. She cuts the deficit to five (I believe, or something close to that number). Which leads me to the question....why on earth do you wait until that time to bring her in??? Um, hello? She's your starting point guard? She also gets a lot of flak but, come on, Sue Bird has hit so many big time shots and won so many big time games. You MUST realize this, especially since, you know, you kind of coach her in Seattle as well?
And then they foul a player and she misses her shots. They're down five. They bring the ball up the floor. Oh, and finally Taurasi is in the game. Yes, so is Katie Smith. Good, good, they can hit the three. By the way, this is with a few seconds left in the game. So it needs to be a three at this point. What??? Why do they keep passing the ball? Hello, the clock is running out. Darn, that's three three-point attempts not taken. And by very good shooters as well. They PASS IT TO THE MIDDLE??? Whaaaat????
Game over. Candace Parker didn't make the shot but it wouldnt have mattered anyway. I don't even know if it was the coaching staff that told them, pass it to the middle to try an easy 2 (If it was, it was boneheaded because Russia is taller than the US and they've basically shut them down the whole game except for some very difficult shots the US made). Maybe it was the players being tentative to take such a big shot (But this shouldn't be the case because all these girls are superstars. On their WNBA teams, they're always the ones taking those shots).
I could go on and on about everything. Abysmal play in the third quarter. The US didn't really play well at all the whole game. However, things like this will happen. What bugs me about this, and this is the rant, is that good coaching could have netted them this win. They caught up in the late stages of the fourth quarter when the coaching staff decided to finally make some changes. My question is, you've been outplayed by Russia from the start. When the team got down by a large margin in the third quarter, why weren't more changes or adjustments made? There was a point when the team on the floor just couldn't do anything anymore. I think they were tired and frustrated. At any point during that long stretch of time, Anne could have done something. I'm not saying that it would have definitely worked. But she could have tried. Instead, she sits on the sideline looking all frustrated, but she's seated and she's not making a move to change anything. In fact, she's not even talking to her assistants to show that she's trying to do something. Was she just expecting the players to wake up on their own?
The US team boasts a deep team. It's a team full of All-Stars and high-caliber players. Yet at the point where it mattered the most, the depth was not utilized. Why? Because the same set of players stayed on the floor as the lead grew...and grew...and grew. Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the players at all. I think they all tried their best and they clearly weren't playing their best tonight. That much was obvious. It happens. But when it happens, I fully expect the coaches, the supposed geniuses of the sideline, to compromise. They have all the skill at their disposal on that bench. Yet they just watched. Was it a waiting game? When do you finally decide to stop waiting and to fire something into your players on the court? Maybe it isn't when you're getting beat by twenty plus. Maybe you only do that when you're down thirty, I don't know.
Okay, I'm a huge Anne Donovan believer. Really, I am. It may not sound like it here, but I'm currently very emotional. I don't want her to quit coaching my team (the Storm) or anything. I'm just UPSET about how she handled this game. More importantly, I'm stunned. People have said in the past during Storm games that Anne was outcoached by so and so, blah blah blah. And I've always defended her. Always. Now, I have to say it. Anne Donovan was outcoached. In fact, seeing how she coached this game with all the talent she had, I am now even willing to say that she may have been outcoached at various points during the Storm season. Including those losses against LA. It's worrisome to say the least for me to admit this. Why? Because I've always held on to the fact that AD is one of the greatest coaches out there. Yet she's being outcoached by a lot more than one other coach it seems.
Also, I wish people wouldn't use the youth excuse with this team because it's just not valid. If youth was such a detriment, Candace Parker would be a nonfactor. Yet she was incredible in practically every game she has played. No, this team is talented enough and was talented enough to win. I've got my opinions as to why they lost and I guess everyone has their own.
The good news, the only thing that's cheering me up right now is that Lauren Jackson is going for the gold. I'm behind the Aussies 100% now. GO LAUREN! GO AUSTRALIA! BEAT THOSE RUSSIANS!!!
Oh yeah, once I clear my head and talk to some level-headed, sane Storm fan (Kilcher most probably), I'll probably do a recant of everything I just said. I mean, my emotions are high right now. Haha
I'd like to start by saying that, up to this point (the semifinals), the US has been winning, and winning pretty easily. It would be unfair for me to go on this rant and not mention this. They weren't exactly crisp wins. In fact, they played sloppy sometimes, but they'd win by twenty points or so. In other words, the US got the job done.
Ah, here they are, in the semifinals now. The Aussies made it past Brazil and my dreams of Lauren and Sue going up against each other in the finals has just gotten so much brighter. I mean, surely, the US can beat Russia right?
They come out and Russia is shooting the lights out. I'm getting a little nervous but I think that we can still pull the win out. I mean, sooner or later, the US will have to realize that they have to play better to win this and they'll step it up. Damn, end of the first quarter, we're down 25-13. Hell, they'll wake up. What on earth, people like Tina Thompson are missing shots, and she's bound to make them in the second quarter.
The second quarter starts and the US struggles but manages to outscore Russia 19-12. So at the end of the half, the US is only down by five points. Wait a sec! I just screamed, at the end of the first quarter, that if the US gets it down to five by the end of the half, we can still win this. Woohoo!!! I feel the good stuff coming on now.
So despite, you know, a dismal performance really, one where the US looked a little out of synch, I still believed that there was a chance.
Okay, start of the third quarter. This is the ridiculous part. As a Storm fan, I fear the third quarter. But while cheering for the Americans, I never really did. They were too talented to let things slip. They used to just keep pounding and pounding until the lead swelled. But, oh my God!!! We're not scoring!! Holy cow, Russia is scoring from everywhere. They were hitting their shots taken as far as Russia, for crying out loud. Then the US went on bad possession after bad possession. At the end of the third quarter? We were down by 20 points. 20 f***ing points! Here's the weird part about all of this, okay? And this is where I'm really going to get on my rant a little bit. The US Coaches (yes, I'm going to criticize Anne Donovan here and mainly rant about her which was something I never thought I'd ever do) did nothing to stop the bleeding. Nothing. No opportune time outs, no big substitutions to kind of turn the game around. Nothing. I guess you could say that, hell, these ladies can play. Any combination on the floor would have been able to go off at any time. True, but they were frustrated. They weren't hitting anything. They weren't getting any defensive stops. We only scored six points in the quarter. ANYTHING would have been better than just staying with the status quo who obviously had a hard time at that point. Some huge Russian play would happen and they'd focus the camera on AD. And here I am saying, okay Anne, make your move. She didn't.
Fourth quarter. Things are looking pretty desperate. I notice, to my surprise, that I haven't seen Sue in awhile. Okay, here's where it gets interesting for me. I'm a huge Sue Bird fan. I'm not doubting that. To me, she can walk on water. When I was beginning to get frustrated that Sue wasn't coming in, I first tried telling myself that it was just because I was biased. I was like, okay, calm down. Maybe it's just because you want her in the game at all times.
So here I am expecting her to at least start the fourth quarter. I mean, down by twenty, 10 minutes left. I don't care how many shots you've missed or whatever. You have to start your starting point guard. Damn this, she was your only true point guard. Newsflash to Anne and maybe Gail Goestenkors who might have had a hand in having Beard play so many minutes: She's not a point guard. She's not even remotely good at the point.
And Sue doesn't start. No. Sue is on the bench. Diana was getting really really good looks and was hitting her shots. the US comeback begins. Oh, hang on, Anne Donovan decides to PULL Diana Taurasi out of the game!!!! Huh??? Isn't she like, the only player hitting her shots? Isn't she the only player actually getting a remotely good percentage of free throws in? Isn't she the only player, at that point, making things happen? Alana Beard is still in. Haha. Turnover, bad possession, name it. I frankly don't care about Beard's stats. I don't care if it turns out she had a pretty good game after all. The fact is, I'm not comfortable when she's on the floor. Things just don't flow right and isn't that what a point guard is supposed to take care of?
FINALLY, with about three and a half minutes left in the damn game, Anne finally lets Sue back in. Sue quickly scores about eight points. She cuts the deficit to five (I believe, or something close to that number). Which leads me to the question....why on earth do you wait until that time to bring her in??? Um, hello? She's your starting point guard? She also gets a lot of flak but, come on, Sue Bird has hit so many big time shots and won so many big time games. You MUST realize this, especially since, you know, you kind of coach her in Seattle as well?
And then they foul a player and she misses her shots. They're down five. They bring the ball up the floor. Oh, and finally Taurasi is in the game. Yes, so is Katie Smith. Good, good, they can hit the three. By the way, this is with a few seconds left in the game. So it needs to be a three at this point. What??? Why do they keep passing the ball? Hello, the clock is running out. Darn, that's three three-point attempts not taken. And by very good shooters as well. They PASS IT TO THE MIDDLE??? Whaaaat????
Game over. Candace Parker didn't make the shot but it wouldnt have mattered anyway. I don't even know if it was the coaching staff that told them, pass it to the middle to try an easy 2 (If it was, it was boneheaded because Russia is taller than the US and they've basically shut them down the whole game except for some very difficult shots the US made). Maybe it was the players being tentative to take such a big shot (But this shouldn't be the case because all these girls are superstars. On their WNBA teams, they're always the ones taking those shots).
I could go on and on about everything. Abysmal play in the third quarter. The US didn't really play well at all the whole game. However, things like this will happen. What bugs me about this, and this is the rant, is that good coaching could have netted them this win. They caught up in the late stages of the fourth quarter when the coaching staff decided to finally make some changes. My question is, you've been outplayed by Russia from the start. When the team got down by a large margin in the third quarter, why weren't more changes or adjustments made? There was a point when the team on the floor just couldn't do anything anymore. I think they were tired and frustrated. At any point during that long stretch of time, Anne could have done something. I'm not saying that it would have definitely worked. But she could have tried. Instead, she sits on the sideline looking all frustrated, but she's seated and she's not making a move to change anything. In fact, she's not even talking to her assistants to show that she's trying to do something. Was she just expecting the players to wake up on their own?
The US team boasts a deep team. It's a team full of All-Stars and high-caliber players. Yet at the point where it mattered the most, the depth was not utilized. Why? Because the same set of players stayed on the floor as the lead grew...and grew...and grew. Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the players at all. I think they all tried their best and they clearly weren't playing their best tonight. That much was obvious. It happens. But when it happens, I fully expect the coaches, the supposed geniuses of the sideline, to compromise. They have all the skill at their disposal on that bench. Yet they just watched. Was it a waiting game? When do you finally decide to stop waiting and to fire something into your players on the court? Maybe it isn't when you're getting beat by twenty plus. Maybe you only do that when you're down thirty, I don't know.
Okay, I'm a huge Anne Donovan believer. Really, I am. It may not sound like it here, but I'm currently very emotional. I don't want her to quit coaching my team (the Storm) or anything. I'm just UPSET about how she handled this game. More importantly, I'm stunned. People have said in the past during Storm games that Anne was outcoached by so and so, blah blah blah. And I've always defended her. Always. Now, I have to say it. Anne Donovan was outcoached. In fact, seeing how she coached this game with all the talent she had, I am now even willing to say that she may have been outcoached at various points during the Storm season. Including those losses against LA. It's worrisome to say the least for me to admit this. Why? Because I've always held on to the fact that AD is one of the greatest coaches out there. Yet she's being outcoached by a lot more than one other coach it seems.
Also, I wish people wouldn't use the youth excuse with this team because it's just not valid. If youth was such a detriment, Candace Parker would be a nonfactor. Yet she was incredible in practically every game she has played. No, this team is talented enough and was talented enough to win. I've got my opinions as to why they lost and I guess everyone has their own.
The good news, the only thing that's cheering me up right now is that Lauren Jackson is going for the gold. I'm behind the Aussies 100% now. GO LAUREN! GO AUSTRALIA! BEAT THOSE RUSSIANS!!!
Oh yeah, once I clear my head and talk to some level-headed, sane Storm fan (Kilcher most probably), I'll probably do a recant of everything I just said. I mean, my emotions are high right now. Haha
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Finally in school
I just had my first two classes. The first one, which was my 199 seminar course, had about 22 students. It was a quiet little setting. I looked at what we're going to be talking about and its pretty interesting. I think that we're going to be looking at all different aspects of Machiavelli's thoughts. The professor was nice and she seems like someone who won't bore me, which is awesome. I actually spent the entire hour of lecture listening intently. Now THAT's something. My second class, which ended an hour ago, was this huge 100 level class with about 400 students. We were seated in this theatre with soft, comfortable chairs. It was a little hard to concentrate because there was this really tall girl seated in front of me so I couldn't see over her head for bits of it. It was a little intimidating, actually, because he asked a question and these people gave these answers I don't think I could have thought about ever.
Oh yeah, and FINALLY my internet's working. YEAH!!!
Oh yeah, and FINALLY my internet's working. YEAH!!!
Friday, September 01, 2006
Storm Withdrawal Symptoms
Ever since the Storm got knocked out of the playoffs, I've been suffering from Storm withdrawal symptoms. I can't seem to stay off the internet to get any new information on them, etc. This is going to be a looong ten months or so. There are, of course, the finals to pay attention to, but I am too lazy to post anything about them except maybe for the final result of the entire series. I should be worrying about moving into my residence this Sunday but I can't really get my mind off Storm basketball. This is bad, folks.
Anyway, some little Storm tidbits.
* Lauren Jackson was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sports' Hall of Fame. This is great news. Congrats to her.
* LJ also made it to the WNBA First Team. Go LJ! Sue didn't make it. :( At least next year she won't have too much pressure on her. I'm gonna look for her to completely bust out and make those voters believers again.
* I read the new issue of the Women's Basketball magazine and there is a Sue Bird article in it. It's a great article about her running the point this year for the US team. There's this great AD comment on Sue:
"She is who you would want your daughter to be. She looks like the All-American kid who is easy going and doesn't have a care in the world, but she wants to win every drill in practice. She's very friendly and a great teammate, but you don't see the edginess and competitiveness."
Great quote. :)
Anyway, some little Storm tidbits.
* Lauren Jackson was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sports' Hall of Fame. This is great news. Congrats to her.
* LJ also made it to the WNBA First Team. Go LJ! Sue didn't make it. :( At least next year she won't have too much pressure on her. I'm gonna look for her to completely bust out and make those voters believers again.
* I read the new issue of the Women's Basketball magazine and there is a Sue Bird article in it. It's a great article about her running the point this year for the US team. There's this great AD comment on Sue:
"She is who you would want your daughter to be. She looks like the All-American kid who is easy going and doesn't have a care in the world, but she wants to win every drill in practice. She's very friendly and a great teammate, but you don't see the edginess and competitiveness."
Great quote. :)
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