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<blockquote data-quote="WyattEarp" data-source="post: 2060229" data-attributes="member: 748573"><p>1.) C.Clark: I’m sincerely happy for what she has done and continues to do for woman’s college hoops. I don’t think any reasonable person would not at least concede that point. She’s even motivated my elementary age, coach potato daughter to pick up a basketball. Like others have said…the hype/media coverage indeed coincides with this younger demographic. She’s a media dream. Is there an element of “great white hope” to the media hype? Possibly. Probably. But she mostly backs it up…She IS a generational talent. She is certainly worthy of most of the accolades. Now, she obviously isn’t Pete Maravich-good; just because she scored more points. (sort of) Is she the best female hoopster ever? Nope. Sorry Caitlyn, that distinction goes to Cheryl Miller by a mile. But so what. She’s more like a more team-oriented playmaking JJ Reddick…and that ain’t nothing to sneeze at. Anything that pushes women’s sports forward is good. Now if we could just get more middle age Mom’s ( AND females in general) to turn off desperate housewives</p><p>to watch/support the WNBA and Woman’s NCAA hoops consistently. The limited support they get is largely from males; strangely and sadly.</p><p></p><p>2.) Purdue v UCONN…</p><p>This not a defense of Danny Surly and UCANT touch this…but can you imagine how insufferable the Purdue fans would be if they were the ones on the verge of winning two titles in row?? Fugghitabboutit! Yikes. I like Painter but hate the fans and Edey. I am happy that Painter at least got to the title game and shut a few more people up.I dislike Hurley but am indifferent to MOST of their players. SOME of the Husky players seem like real punks. Lol Their fans are annoying as well, but not like Purdue fans would be…I don’t believe. I don’t care about supporting B1G at this point either…that’s mostly about making a good showing early in the tournament. I guess UCONN has been a juggernaut…they might as well make history.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WyattEarp, post: 2060229, member: 748573"] 1.) C.Clark: I’m sincerely happy for what she has done and continues to do for woman’s college hoops. I don’t think any reasonable person would not at least concede that point. She’s even motivated my elementary age, coach potato daughter to pick up a basketball. Like others have said…the hype/media coverage indeed coincides with this younger demographic. She’s a media dream. Is there an element of “great white hope” to the media hype? Possibly. Probably. But she mostly backs it up…She IS a generational talent. She is certainly worthy of most of the accolades. Now, she obviously isn’t Pete Maravich-good; just because she scored more points. (sort of) Is she the best female hoopster ever? Nope. Sorry Caitlyn, that distinction goes to Cheryl Miller by a mile. But so what. She’s more like a more team-oriented playmaking JJ Reddick…and that ain’t nothing to sneeze at. Anything that pushes women’s sports forward is good. Now if we could just get more middle age Mom’s ( AND females in general) to turn off desperate housewives to watch/support the WNBA and Woman’s NCAA hoops consistently. The limited support they get is largely from males; strangely and sadly. 2.) Purdue v UCONN… This not a defense of Danny Surly and UCANT touch this…but can you imagine how insufferable the Purdue fans would be if they were the ones on the verge of winning two titles in row?? Fugghitabboutit! Yikes. I like Painter but hate the fans and Edey. I am happy that Painter at least got to the title game and shut a few more people up.I dislike Hurley but am indifferent to MOST of their players. SOME of the Husky players seem like real punks. Lol Their fans are annoying as well, but not like Purdue fans would be…I don’t believe. I don’t care about supporting B1G at this point either…that’s mostly about making a good showing early in the tournament. I guess UCONN has been a juggernaut…they might as well make history. [/QUOTE]
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