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UConn roll past Duke
Duke stayed with UConn a little bit longer but in the end, the result was the same.
After losing to the Huskies by 36 during the regular season, Duke fell by 35 in Tuesday's Philadelphia Regional final.
Maya Moore, who by her standards, had been a little off in the last couple of the game was absolutely brilliant and her 28 points allowed her to finish the game with exactly 3,000 points.
"The way we came out, we all played together I couldn't have asked for more," said Moore, who added seven steals and 10 rebounds (tying Rebecca Lobo for second on UConn's all-time list). "This is exactly where we've prepared ourselves to be."
Duke, which fell behind 23-2 in the regular-season meeting between the teams, actually hung with the Huskies for a while. It was 23-20 with 3:37 to play before UConn ended the first half on a 7-0 run and had a 22-3 run in the second half.
All that was left was to see if Moore could become the seventh Division I women's player during the NCAA error to score 3,000 points,
She had 26 when she banged her knee against the thigh of a Duke defender. Moore grimaced for a few seconds before leaping to her feet and running off the court with
7:39 to play. She was able to return to the game and hit the magic number with 3:45 left to play.
"I knew, I couldn't help it because other people tell me," Moore said. "I wasn't keeping track during the game but when I hit it, I felt it was close. When my
teammates starting tackling me, I am just glad we played well."
UConn advances to meet Big East rival Notre Dame in Sunday's national semifinal. It will be the fourth meeting of the season between the teams, something that never happened before in UConn's illustrious history.
Notre Dame defeated Tennessee meaning that Moore will go her entire career without playing against the Lady Volunteers since Tennessee coach Pat Summitt cancelled the
regular-season series with UConn over what she perceived to be the Huskies' illegal recruitment of Moore.
"I love playing great teams and good competition," Moore said. "I do have some friends on that team if they could have pulled it out. It's not in our hands, we are
just going to be ready to play whoever wins and advances."
After losing to the Huskies by 36 during the regular season, Duke fell by 35 in Tuesday's Philadelphia Regional final.
Maya Moore, who by her standards, had been a little off in the last couple of the game was absolutely brilliant and her 28 points allowed her to finish the game with exactly 3,000 points.
"The way we came out, we all played together I couldn't have asked for more," said Moore, who added seven steals and 10 rebounds (tying Rebecca Lobo for second on UConn's all-time list). "This is exactly where we've prepared ourselves to be."
Duke, which fell behind 23-2 in the regular-season meeting between the teams, actually hung with the Huskies for a while. It was 23-20 with 3:37 to play before UConn ended the first half on a 7-0 run and had a 22-3 run in the second half.
All that was left was to see if Moore could become the seventh Division I women's player during the NCAA error to score 3,000 points,
She had 26 when she banged her knee against the thigh of a Duke defender. Moore grimaced for a few seconds before leaping to her feet and running off the court with
7:39 to play. She was able to return to the game and hit the magic number with 3:45 left to play.
"I knew, I couldn't help it because other people tell me," Moore said. "I wasn't keeping track during the game but when I hit it, I felt it was close. When my
teammates starting tackling me, I am just glad we played well."
UConn advances to meet Big East rival Notre Dame in Sunday's national semifinal. It will be the fourth meeting of the season between the teams, something that never happened before in UConn's illustrious history.
Notre Dame defeated Tennessee meaning that Moore will go her entire career without playing against the Lady Volunteers since Tennessee coach Pat Summitt cancelled the
regular-season series with UConn over what she perceived to be the Huskies' illegal recruitment of Moore.
"I love playing great teams and good competition," Moore said. "I do have some friends on that team if they could have pulled it out. It's not in our hands, we are
just going to be ready to play whoever wins and advances."
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posted by Jim Fuller at
11:20 PM
3 Comments:
11,646 fans at Stanford versus Gonzaga in Spokane.
11,508 fans at Texas A&M versus Baylor in Dallas.
5,708 fans at Notre Dame versus Tennessee in Dayton.
4,319 fans at UConn versus Duke in Philadelphia.
Tennessee and UConn have great fan bases but did not travel as well as some might have expected. Texas A&M fans (3 hours) and Baylor fans (1.5 hours) had an easy trip to Big D. Gonzaga basically played at home. Wonder how many Stanford fans were there.
Notre Dame fans have an easy trip to the Final Four. Not so much for fans of the other 4 teams.
I couldn’t believe those numbers; when I saw the score of the game it made me wonder when women’s college basketball will achieve some sense of parity and competitive balance. 75-40 is a ridiculous score for an elite eight game, especially one that includes a 1st and 2nd seed.
I did some research to determine if this score is indicative of lack of parity or just an exception. There were some mixed results that were also somewhat surprising.
http://theresastatforthat.blogspot.com/2011/03/uconn-back-in-final-four-is-parity-for.html
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11,646 fans were at the Spokane Regional in Gonzaga’s backyard to see the Vandersloots try to upset Stanford.
11,508 fans were at the Miss-athon in the Dallas Regional because Texas A&M is 3 driving hours away and Baylor is 1.5 driving hours away.
Maybe there were only 4,319 fans at the Philadelphia Regional because WCBB fans knew that Xavier or Notre Dame or Texas A&M or Georgetown belonged there instead of Duke.
It is very puzzling why only 5,708 fans were at the Dayton Regional to watch Notre Dame versus Tennessee. Maybe the economy kept Lady Vol nation from travelling as well as they have in the past.
I am no expert. Just my unsolicited comments.
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