29 March 2012
Final Four Preview
Over at ESPN, all but one of their analysts picked Notre Dame to beat UConn, Baylor to beat Stanford, and Baylor to beat Notre Dame.
(This is logical: Baylor is undefeated, and has already played Notre Dame. Stanford's only loss was to UConn, and Baylor beat them. Notre Dame has beaten UConn twice in the three times they played this season.)
The lone holdout is (UConn alum) Rebecca Lobo, who went the other direction completely and picked UConn to beat Notre Dame, Stanford to beat Baylor, and UConn to beat Stanford.
(Again, I see where she's coming from: Stanford hasn't played Baylor yet, but they are a very good team, with a better post presence than either UConn or Notre Dame. UConn beat Notre Dame the last time they played. UConn beat Stanford earlier in the season.)
Personally, I'm preparing myself for the Notre Dame-Baylor final, with Baylor winning it all. It's not what I want to happen, but it's what I suspect will happen.
ESPN also has a detailed breakdown of the UConn-Notre Dame match-up, where they give the edge to Notre Dame in frontcourt, backcourt, and "intangibles", and UConn the edge in bench. (Which is pretty funny, since UConn usually only plays one and a half bench players. How bad is Notre Dame's bench??)
In other news, Sue Bird played with a mask on today (to protect her broken nose), and it's not the clear mask I've seen other players wear -- it's white! The Storm website has a picture.
(This is logical: Baylor is undefeated, and has already played Notre Dame. Stanford's only loss was to UConn, and Baylor beat them. Notre Dame has beaten UConn twice in the three times they played this season.)
The lone holdout is (UConn alum) Rebecca Lobo, who went the other direction completely and picked UConn to beat Notre Dame, Stanford to beat Baylor, and UConn to beat Stanford.
(Again, I see where she's coming from: Stanford hasn't played Baylor yet, but they are a very good team, with a better post presence than either UConn or Notre Dame. UConn beat Notre Dame the last time they played. UConn beat Stanford earlier in the season.)
Personally, I'm preparing myself for the Notre Dame-Baylor final, with Baylor winning it all. It's not what I want to happen, but it's what I suspect will happen.
ESPN also has a detailed breakdown of the UConn-Notre Dame match-up, where they give the edge to Notre Dame in frontcourt, backcourt, and "intangibles", and UConn the edge in bench. (Which is pretty funny, since UConn usually only plays one and a half bench players. How bad is Notre Dame's bench??)
In other news, Sue Bird played with a mask on today (to protect her broken nose), and it's not the clear mask I've seen other players wear -- it's white! The Storm website has a picture.
Labels: Seattle Storm, UConn basketball
# posted by mamurd @ 9:57 PM 
