Today we got to see the womens' NCAA games in Greensboro -- Bowling Green vs Arizona St & Duke vs. Rutgers. Jesse thought that Arizona played the best game we saw today because they were well organized and ran some plays. They made it look easy to beat Bowling Green, which was a little sad because so many BG fans were there. The stadium was awash with orange shirts, bandanas, and face paint, a lot of it on tiny faces.
We were pretty thrown by that second game. Duke, the #1 seed, led the entire time. Rutgers had twice their quickness and got off about 1/3 more shots, but had terrible sinking percentages. In particular, #22 slayed me -- she has terrific ball handling and would work around 3 huge Duke players, only to take a crazy, off- balance shot, and miss. Rutgers played an erratic game, and Duke never made them pay for it. They could have picked off half their plays. Instead, it was Rutgers who got the free throws, and Rutgers who'd strip the ball. Duke had incredible accuracy, and if they were in position to shoot, you might as well count that two points. In the last 22 seconds. Rutgers was down by only one point because #22 finally made her 3- pointer. They sunk another 2 and left Duke with only a few seconds. Duke drove to the hole and was fouled. Let me tell you that the entire stadium was for Duke. On the way there, we saw school busses going to the stadium with Duke banners. I couldn't hear myself yell to Jesse, we just grinned at each other when Duke got the ball. With .1 second left, the Duke player was left to win, lose, or tie the game on foul shots. She made none, and Rutgers won. I can't believe Duke is out of it. Either team could have won. But Rutgers was on that ball like ants on honey (see it down here, and you'll believe me), and they wanted it more. So we went off to the pub for some delicious yummnables and discussion!
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