Women playing pissed off

[615dawg]

Up 35 at half at Washington. Could be 50.

 

[blacklistedbully]

Is the game being televised anywhere like ESPN, cable, etc?

 

[patdog]

I hope we play Oregon again in the elite 8 or final 4. It won’t be close if we do.

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

Is the game being televised anywhere like ESPN, cable, etc?

You can stream it here:
https://pac-12.com/womens-basketball/event/2018/12/20/mississippi-state-washington

 

[blacklistedbully]

Thanks! Love our ladies. Been a fan for a long time due to having two daughters who were athletes.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I had a feeling they were out to make a statement tonight.

It was a good loss.**

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Thanks! Love our ladies. Been a fan for a long time due to having two daughters who were athletes.

My daughter was a pretty good player on a private school team that had good success, so we ran all over the state following her play. We have been following the MSU ladies since Sharon Fanning changed our program. I really liked Sharon and my girl loved the summer camp. I remember one time in particular when I showed up for one of my girl's games at summer camp. I was working a LOT of hours and rarely had time to break away in the summer, so when I when I walked in and sat in the stands I waved at Karen to let her know I was there while she was in the huddle with Sharon who was coaching her squad. She proceeded to crank her game up about ten notches until the other had to call timeout. Sharon turns to me in the stands and says, "Where have YOU been all week?"

Karen really misses her playing days. We miss it too but have had fun adopting the Lady Bulldogs.

 

[West Tn Dawg]

I have never heard the other teams radio people be so complimentary of us. They were great!

 

[blacklistedbully]

Know what you mean, my man! My oldest in particular loved sports. Stud softball player, stud VB player, and decent basketball player. Played a lot of club softball and volleyball. Once had the VB HC at a high school we played look me up after the game so he could tell me my oldest reminded him a lot of his daughter who was the starting setter at UPig. She was too short for college (even high school really), but was so quick & agile...knew where to be at all times, and had really "soft hands". During her senior year she got recruited by a smaller school asking her to come and play softball, but she decided to hang up her spikes to focus on studies. Made her mind up to major in Chemical Engineering and figured playing sports would make it too risky for her major.

Loved watching her play, and gained a real appreciation for what the young ladies sacrifice to be really good at their sport. She worked her *** off for club VB in particular. Absolutely brutal workouts. In softball she was top-notch with the glove, extremely fast, but couldn't hit for average and had below average power. But if she got on...watch out! In high school she was the only player on the team that had, "carte blanche" from the HC to steal any and every time she got on. Never got caught stealing, usually going in standing up. Club ball was different in that you're often playing against some elite teams, with elite catchers with big, accurate arms. Even then, I think she got thrown out once in 20-something attempts her last season.

I kid you not...she was fast! Her high school coach was a former college all-star who got a, "cup of coffee" in the big leagues with the Reds. He'd run drills for the infielders where he'd deliberately hit grounders far enough away from them so they'd have to practice diving and getting up to make the throw. He'd just laugh when my Abby would get up because he'd hit it away but she'd always get to it without having to dive. He'd try to compensate, but I guess he always just figured he couldn't hit it that far away or that hard or she wouldn't have a chance. So it literally just usually ended up with him laughing and telling her to, "get the hell out of his drill" with a wink. I really miss those days though I'm very proud of her for the choice she made. If she could have hit half-way decent, she'd have no doubt been a hot recruit at bigger programs. But hitting is a HUGE part of the game,and was definitely a weakness for her.

My youngest was actually a more naturally-gifted athlete. Track star and an amazing basketball player...particularly man-to-man defense. But she didn't have the love of sports or the work ethic my oldest had, so she quit sports altogether in high school. She only played basketball and ran track as long as she could dominate without training hard. She was never close to as good as the oldest in softball or VB, but was better in basketball, and despite how fast my oldest was, my youngest was even faster.

Damn this is bringing back some fond memories. Yes, a lot of traveling to club tournaments and school games that were often a PITA, but God, I loved them!

 

[mstatefan91]

Oregon doesn't want to meet us in the NCAA tournament..

 

[thekimmer]

Up 35 at half at Washington. Could be 50.

Definitely played like their hair was on fire. I hope we see the duckettes again.

 

[maroonmania]

I had a feeling they were out to make a statement tonight.

It was a good loss.**

Just wish Coach Vic could have reversed the order of the games with Washington and Oregon. We played the much better team without the advantage of having a day or two to adjust from the cross country trip. If we had played at Washington first we could have won anyway and then would have been physically ready for the Oregon challenge. Playing Oregon this past Tuesday night we looked like we had no real energy, especially Big T.

 

[jdbulldog]

I hope we play Oregon again in the elite 8 or final 4. It won’t be close if we do.

I disagree. Oregon is just the kind of team that can (already has) give our ladies a number of problems. If we play again it will go to the wire.