11 October 2010
Quote of the Day: Swish Appeal
I think it's kind of funny how basketball announcers/statistics people make such a big deal of reaching "double" figures -- i.e. ten or more. (Especially since they don't make a big deal out of hitting twenty. It's just the 9/10 divide that interests them.) But I guess it can be a useful way to quickly show how much of an impact a player made, especially if they made a "double-double". Anyway, this article talks about triple-doubles in the history of women's basketball, then it discusses the one recorded quadruple-double in professional women's basketball. And then...
"Even when looking over the wide expanse of women's basketball history, a quadruple-double isn't the ne plus ultra of double-digit achievements. There has actually been a quintuple-double scored by a female basketball player in high school competition. In 1997, during a game for Duncanville (Texas) High School, a player had 25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals and 10 blocked shots in a game. The circumstances of the game are no longer known; one suspects that details are light to protect the name of the losing team.
I wonder whatever became of that player who scored the quintuple-double. Her name is Tamika Catchings. Maybe she's playing in Europe somewhere."
The joke, in case you didn't get it, is that Tamika Catchings is a huge star in the WNBA. She's one of the captains of the USA team. She was runner-up for MVP this year. She was Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010. She's my favorite non-Storm player. She's very, very awesome, and if you don't believe me, take a look at the end-of-year stats for her team (Indiana Fever): She led her team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. Wow. Maybe she should have won MVP? Nah....
"Even when looking over the wide expanse of women's basketball history, a quadruple-double isn't the ne plus ultra of double-digit achievements. There has actually been a quintuple-double scored by a female basketball player in high school competition. In 1997, during a game for Duncanville (Texas) High School, a player had 25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals and 10 blocked shots in a game. The circumstances of the game are no longer known; one suspects that details are light to protect the name of the losing team.
I wonder whatever became of that player who scored the quintuple-double. Her name is Tamika Catchings. Maybe she's playing in Europe somewhere."
The joke, in case you didn't get it, is that Tamika Catchings is a huge star in the WNBA. She's one of the captains of the USA team. She was runner-up for MVP this year. She was Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010. She's my favorite non-Storm player. She's very, very awesome, and if you don't believe me, take a look at the end-of-year stats for her team (Indiana Fever): She led her team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. Wow. Maybe she should have won MVP? Nah....
Labels: WNBA
# posted by mamurd @ 9:11 PM 
