Well, most of us. I didn't get to see the LSU/Iowa game last night, but that worked out for the best. I think we (meaning, the broader sports-enjoying populace) will look back on the games that took place yesterday in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament as historically significant. Four excellent teams paced by four transcendent players competing at a high level and watched by record numbers of viewers.
The groundbreaking women that founded and run TOGETHXR sell a line of merch with the slogan 'Everyone Watches Women's Sports'. After last night, that may well go from aspirational to actual. And so, for posterity's sake, the highlights from an epic evening:
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Joked on the Twitterz that UConn-USC was like following Queen at Live Aid. Turned out that Bueckers-JuJu was a pretty fair Bowie.
didn't watch the late match-up and have to admit that the iowa/lsu game was the first women's game i've watched from beginning to end since i was in high school. i'm in.
I watched the bulk of both games, and they delivered.
There's a guy in our town who bought the local fleet feet franchise a couple years ago, using funds (I think) that came to him when his wife died after struck by a car while cycling. A tragic story, to be sure.
Anyhow, this guy decided to engage in some facebook commentary about march madness during the opening weekend. He was loud and outspoken about how much better the men's game is than the women's. People called him out, and this joker doubled down.
As a business owner, I think it's unwise to alienate half of your customer base. Dude should have kept his mouth shut, or humbly eaten shit when he got called out.
As a casual hoops fan, I don't observe much difference between the level of play. The men are physically bigger, but the skill level seems to be fairly equal to me.
the men are obviously faster, stronger, and more athletic, and as a result the game is played on different planes than the women's version. that said, because women aren't quite as athletically dynamic (on average) as men at the same level of competition, they tend to be better at spacing, ball movement, and team play. slightly different games, both fun to watch when played at their best.
yes rob - technically sound. caitlyn turned the ball over quite a bit, more so than usual from what i gathered, but even with that her passing/assist game is lovely. i am more interested in their finals than the men's.
she's not afraid to post turnover numbers, but i suppose iowa will live with that.
in fact, she led the country in turnovers by a wide margin (177 compared to 110 for va tech's georgia amoore, who was second) and *still* had a 1.89 assist/turnover ratio.
sorry - #2 had 159 turnovers. but still.
Hey Mark, hooper that you are, curious about your thoughts on JuJu and her game. I have some thoughts but interested first in what someone sees who plays and knows what they're watching, without the baggage of ratings and promotion and professional courtesy.
Went to Angels @ Marlins last night. Good time at the ballpark. Saw Mike Trout mash two taters, including one that was probably the furthest I’ve ever seen a baseball hit.
Awesome, Whit!
And Rob’s usually the moose to tell ya, but today’s pablo torre finds out is very interesting, especially if you like learning about dicey mortgage tactics and a neophyte ruler in our national top flight association of roundball.
the iowa/lsu game drew more viewers than any women's game in history. it also drew more than any espn men's game in history, any mlb, nhl, or mls game in the past year, all but one nba regular season games in the last year, and all but one college football games in the last year. strong to quite strong.
indiana state into the nit final! robbie avila with 26 and 10. still we ride.
i've listened to several podcast bangers recently, including the one rootsy referenced above. might have to drop another podpost.
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