Comments on: Tennessee Wins The Title, But A New Fan? Not So Much

By: Hindsight

Hindsight — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:27:30 +0000

Funny - Parker did indeed bring swagger, dunks and a brawl. lol.

By: Anthony RapFan

Anthony RapFan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:43:22 +0000

HOW can Parker play a CHAMIONSHIP GAME Injured and in A FULL WINTER SWEATER and still win???

I have not seen a sweater worn by an active playing player during a bball game EVER!! CAN SHE WIN a WNBA Championship in a PARKA??!

The WNBA needs a “swagger”, an incidental team-to-team brawl fight, or more nice alleyoop plays. Parker might bring that this year I hope.

By: I love women's basketball

I love women's basketball — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:30:21 +0000

I agree: the women’s champsonship was a boring game. Too bad, because both semifinal games were thrilling.

I think Tennessee’s fitness and quickness outmatched Stanford’s, and this is how they shut the latter’s offense down. In other games, when Stanford could get their offense started, Wiggins and Stanford’s big girls (Appel and Pedersen) could make some nasty things happen.

The blessing and curse of the women’s game is that it’s much more about team strategy and execution, less about crazy-athletic show-boating. The women’s game is unbeatable when two teams can hold their own, and boring when they can’t. Showboating in the men’s game gets boring, too, but a little less so than a slow blowout.

I think the women’s game would be more exciting in general, if they lowered the rim by one or two inches. Too bad Parker didn’t dunk yesterday; probably because she’d dislocated her shoulder a few nights before.

By: Rashad

Rashad — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:49:26 +0000

Chris,
I have seen plenty of boring men’s games, that wasn’t my gripe at all. But it is rare that i see a boring final in the men’s game. I think that’s what stuck out like a sore thumb. For it to be championship game, it was very sloppy.

And Kathy, I did see bits of that game, as well as the Stanford/Maryland game, and both were played at extremely high levels.

By: Kathy Piotruszewicz

Kathy Piotruszewicz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:04:12 +0000

The best game, by far, of the Women’s Final Four was the Stanford-
Connecticut game. If you have not watched many women’s games,
you would have been impressed. That’s the difference in the men’s
and women’s game, in the women’s game there are many more
games that are sloppy, terrible shooting, no defense, etc. There
certainly is no parity in women’s basketball. However, the men
have had alot more years to work on their game then the women -
from elementary school thru college.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:52:31 +0000

I saw the game… and yes, it was disappointing. But are you really saying that you’ve never seen a boring men’s game? One where one team showed up with a smart, aggressive defensive game plan that really set the other team on their heels to the point that you don’t even recognize them? One where one team was able to shut down the other team’s star player? At least you are admitting that you’re being unfair in judging the entire sport by one game.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:34:10 +0000

Thanks for the recap! It provided some great insight and helped me get a feel for the game since I didn’t get to catch the game as it was shown on tape delay here at 12 am… due to WWE taking precedence. What!?! It appears The Score gets better ratings for WWE events than NCAA games. Brutal, eh!