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[Shades]

Notre Dame, IN - 7:00 PM ET
TV: ESPN2

Video stream:
https://www.espn.com/watch?id=cb3c6959-668b-4475-9df6-f606230e11ca&rb=true

Audio:
https://und.com/wbb-live-radio-broadcast/

Live stats:
http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=nd

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Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned

[WNBA 09]

Tennessee 69
Notre Dame 60

Each team finishes with 20+ turnovers but LV's win the battle on the glass. Horston has a big night LV's win.

I was damn close !

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3-Time WNBA Champion-3-Time National Champion-4-Time Olympic Champion....And Yes DT "We Got Confeti" lol

[CBiebel]

Here is the preview from ND:
https://und.com/game-3-preview-tennessee/

Looking at that picture of the starters from the Loyola game (ND's home opener), it really hits you: Only one of those players was in an Irish uniform last year, and Gilbert had a season ending injury just 6 games in last year, as a freshman.

[CBiebel]

[WNBA 09]

Bump.....wait for it Zay Green

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3-Time WNBA Champion-3-Time National Champion-4-Time Olympic Champion....And Yes DT "We Got Confeti" lol

[Iluvacc]

[linkster]

The espn talking heads need to bring a couple lipsticks with them.

[WNBA 09]

[myrtle]

what I've noticed all across the nation, is how impressive this class of Freshman is...looking forward to watching them the next several years.

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For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
- Amanda Gorman

[myrtle]

ND is in trouble this year if this is all the height they have...

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For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
- Amanda Gorman

[myrtle]

Poor Sniezek. She should have multiple assists but ND can't buy a bucket.

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For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
- Amanda Gorman

[ucbart]

[linkster]

MM has taught this new bunch how to fall I see. They are getting about one call for every three "falls".

[linkster]

[Ex-Ref]

Gonna be a long winter in SB.

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"Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw

“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.

[linkster]

Guess which team is shooting over 50%? Nope. It's Tenn.

Muffet better call her old Pal at DePaul because if they don't learn to shoot 3's (and get open for them) it's going to be a sad season.

Brunelle can be real good. Get a few more lbs of muscle on her arms and shoulders and she could be a terror down low. Looks to be not afraid of contact and acting classes are in her future.

[ucbart]

[WNBA 09]

[linkster]

[WNBA 09]

[FrozenLVFan]

Tenn's biggest uncertainty post-departure of Westbrook was at PG, but Jazz had a very reassuring performance tonight.

[ucbart]

[CBiebel]

[CBiebel]

Congratulations to UT on winning the game.

As I said, if UT didn't win the boards, they would need some serious rebounding coaching. Well...

Rebounds:
UT: 55
ND 28

I guess they are being taught well...

I expected the rebounding margin and the blocks (Ugh! 12 of them!).

What I didn't expect was:

Rennia Davis: 5-9 from behind the arc.

That's really what killed ND and won the game for UT, IMO. (Plus ND (Particularly Brunelle) still not finding their 3 point shots much yet).

ND was trying to force UT to shoot from outside and make them win it from behind the arc. Well, they succeeded in forcing UT to shoot from outside. Unfortunately for ND, UT actually hit those shots.

Some good things to take away from this for ND:

1. They played tough (if sloppy at times) the whole way through and never gave up.

2. They were still in it late despite the huge height and depth differential.

3. They were playing without Vaughn and Prohaska (Vaughn at least should be coming back in about 4-6 weeks. Prohaska might miss the rest of the season) and still were fairly close late in the game.

4. Considering the youth of the team, how early in the season it was, and lack of depth (which would mean more tired late in the game) 12 turnovers is really good, IMO.

I said that this was going to be a rough season for ND, particularly early on (or the way I phrased it was "interesting in the Chinese curse sort of way") but it should help lay the groundwork for the following seasons.

[Howee]

A fairly decent game, imo. Especially in contrast to the (alleged) #4/#8 matchup between SC and MD....TN and ND both looked like they were playing more smoothly and comfortably, despite both teams each having so little experience to turn to.

Marta Sniezak is such a solid kid....prolly never be a star, but played her heart out at Stanford, and deserves to be on a solid team--she'll hopefully be able to make more of a contribution at ND than she could at Stanford.

Davis just rocked. I also found Kelly Harper's demeanor on the sideline a nice change-up from Holly's persona--I know she meant well, but she typically struck me as being so pressured, and frazzled. Kelly took it all in stride, and seemed to give a great encouraging energy to the kids.

These 2 teams may surprise a ton o' folks with progress made by February.

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