Category: Duke Women’s Basketball 🏀

Welcome to Saturday January 24th and the Morning 🌄 Brew starring Mother Nature 👩

UPDATE- Boys canceled, Girls took place 1 day early !
Travel Volleyball 🏐 had plans as well but will be staying at home 🏡

Coach Cindy Edwards and our Carroll County Rampage Ladies were set to play volleyball at Virginia Tech this weekend, but the tournament was canceled due to the incoming Winter Storm….

5pm EST

Alyssa Ervin and Furman University are down in Alabama for a showdown with Samford

Katie Lam and Roanoke College played a tough one last night up in Ashland, ahead of the weather
Elijah Cox and Randolph played beat the weather as well last night. The Wildcats hosted #5 Randolph Macon and Cox finished with four points and two rebounds.
The Smoot Brothers played early as well. Southwest Virginia Community College Flying Eagles fell on the road.

Out here today we have the Duke – UNC dream doubleheader as at 2pm Utah Tech climbs the Mountain ⛰ to play at Southern Utah University. Following the Women’s game, the same schools 🏫 will meet up here in St. George at 7pm for the Men’s game.

Should be a fun day / night twin bill between the Trailblazers and the Thunderbirds !

Two games to watch in person and three on the computer 🖥 screen / Cell phone.

The Duke University Women’s team will play at Pittsburgh one day early in hopes of getting home ahead of the Storm.

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

I will add my own Prayer for the safety 🙏 of everyone on and around The Hill as we prepare for the most talked about winter weather in a long time.

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

Folks, there are 2 HUGE games being played on television 📺 today !!! For others, there’s football 🏈 as well…

ACC Women’s Basketball 🏀

The top 3 teams in the league are in action 🎬 just 20 minutes apart. Cards and 🐺🦊🐺 in Raleigh at 1pm, then Duke hosts Georgia Tech with Special Olympics Basketball in the House!

Great Women’s Basketball 🏀 !!!

What a great game taking place in a sold out Reynolds Coliseum !!!

Louisville was down 47 – 34, now leads 62 -58

Naturally, a game this great needs OT !!

88 – 80 for the Cards…

Imari Barry = Gamer

U of L was down five in the final minute of regulation, Barry scored the final five to force OT.

What an entertaining 2+ hours !

Between games Hike 🚶‍♂️!

21 – 2 run after trailing 4 – 0…We see you Lady 👩 Blue Devils

50 – 16 now, might have to resort to the NFL……. 10th straight Win after 3-6 start.

93 – 43 in the final minute !

93 – 46 (F)

Welcome 🙏 to the Sunday one week before The Classic as we highlight Vickey Ritchie in today’s Morning 🌄 Brew

School calendar 📅 is Blank
Just seven more days until The Classic ! This means that there will be a return to The Hill later this week !

Happy belated Birthday to Jeanie Ritchie as well ! Getting to help Vickey with this event, even when it requires flying across the country, is something that I consider an honor 🎖.

Basketball 🏀 Day for the Smoot Brothers

Kira Lawson and her Lady Blue Devils will look to push their winning streak to 10 games today at Cameron Indoor Stadium !

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Psalm 77:11 I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

Let’s call 📞 this one : Alyssa Ervin and the 3+ other games of Basketball on a Thursday night 🌙…

Lin’s capture of the opening tip of the Men’s Basketball game at Southern Utah University.
Back in St George

More to follow!!

Alyssa Ervin has 17 points at the final media TO and has been out there for all 35 minutes !!

What a performance 🎭 from Christy’s Kiddo tonight 👏… This will be a fun stand alone story tomorrow !!!

At the half, here in Cedar City, Thunderbirds 52 – 44.

Vickey Ritchie moment as the Halftime show is Special Olympics Basketball 🏀
UVA women are on fire 🔥 in the second half.
Tonight’s promotional item !

Duke wins again, 65 – 58 over UVA…

76 -67 Southern Utah University with 10:00 to play ▶️

Wow, what a Game !!!!
Down in St George

The ➕ marks the postponed Southwest Virginia Community College Flying Eagles tilt

That’s a WRAP…

The Basketball 🏀 chase across the United States 🇺🇸 concluded with a game on ” The Farm ” at Stanford University !!!

Lin with the Opening Jump of Duke University Women’s Basketball game 🏀 at Stanford University.

The Farm :

Marketing is the Love 💘 of my Life, especially in my later years and everything that Stanford University did today was designed to enhance the two hours spent inside their Maples 🍁 Pavillion. Wow, did it work !!

The Band was highly entertaining, very colorful and not a single ounce of negativity directed at the visiting fans or players !!!

One of the two giveaway items today was a Stanford University Cardinal rally towel.

The court itself will forever be named in the honor of Coach Tara Vandervere, number two on the All-Time Wins list in Men’s / Women’s College Basketball 🏀.

The crowd was both knowledgeable and loud which was impressive 10 fold when you factor in the San Francisco 49ers were beating the Philadelphia Eagles at the same time. The 49ers play their home games a stones throw from The Farm 🚜

They had a bonus offer from a local restaurant for a free Cheeseburger 🍔 if Duke missed consecutive free throws in the second half and thankfully the home fans went home hungry….

The Cal- 🚆train dropped us off two miles from the Gym which created a beautiful hike 🚶‍♂️ across the gorgeous Campus !

The day was highlighted by spending it with the Love 💘 of my Life and watching  👀 a well played D1 College Basketball game. The fact that it was Kira Lawson and her Lady Blue Devils just iced the cake 🎂

The next stop ✋ on the picture perfect day was a great dinner 🍽 at the Blue Line Pizza in Burlingame

The Mascot was on fire 🔥

Tomorrow morning 🌄 we will head back  to St.George by way of Los Angeles and will turn our Basketball attention to the young Ladies who play for Howard Mayo as the Lady Cavaliers host Cave Spring High School 🏫 on The Hill…

The Hill, the Fort, the Farm, the Swamp, Death Valley and for the Smoot Family we will add the Horseshoe. Michigan has The Big House and Duke plays in the Bull City. See, Marketing is FUN!!!