http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-ncaa-rutgers
Rutgers snares a No. 7 seed in NCAAs
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP)—Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer wasn’t exactly thrilled with her team’s NCAA tournament draw.
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I think they did pretty well.
The committee stuck Notre Dame in UConn’s bracket. RU dodged Baylor’s and Tennessee’s brackets. All in all, I can see RU getting to the Final Four if they play well.
Out in the first round if they play that funky “pass the ball around until we turn it over” style that seems, like a recessive gene, to come out when one least expects it. All her teams have had that. Perhaps it’s the coaching?
I’d expect that the hardest thing for a coach is to infuse the players with intensity.
And, RU hasn’t had a legitimate 5 since Sue Wicks left.
Now there was a woman with intensity.
It’s hard to see RU advancing without a traditional 5 for rebounds and points in the paint.
But then what do I know? I’m only a fat old white guy injineer. And this was the first year without season tix to RU. Among other things I am without.
Time to see RU pull a rabbit out of the hat, or put some intensity in the sneakers. That’s what winning is all about.
Raw naked desire!
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UPDATE: FROM A COMMENT ON FACEBOOK, MY RESPONSE:
We’ll see. This was my wife’s “team”. Subway alumni. Had season tix from the mid-70s until last year. I think when ever she watched them that she wondered what might have been. Her common phrase was “I was born two decades too soon” and after the women would play badly “they have no idea what gift they have to play at this level”. Not in criticism, but a wistful sadness.
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