Let the Madness of March begin for Women’s College Basketball πŸ€. First here at Cameron Indoor and then off to Carmichael for Travis Osborne

Two pieces of business up front before we take in four of the 16 Women’s games today.

#1 – Yes, I will switch over to a powder blue shirt πŸ‘• for the two games over at UNC. I gotta return the level of respect πŸ™ that Travis Osborne showed when he used our tickets 🎟 to attend the UNC at Duke University last month.

#2 – While we want Kira Lawson and our Lady Blue Devils to defeat the Cougars of the College of Charleston, our youngest of three Sons attended the School 🏫 down on The Battery back in the day! No cheering for a wipe out here in the first of four.

Let’s watch some Women’s College Basketball πŸ€ !!!!!!

Lin with the opening jump !
The twin sisters have game !

Media TO at 4:54 – Duke 11, C of C 10

End of 1st, Duke 25 – 16

Cougar Sisters have 14 of the 16.

TO – 4:52 – (2), Duke 38 – 18 (27-8 run πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ)

Heading into the break, Duke 45 – 26

Coach Kira !
Congratulations to the older Lady Cavaliers on their play-in victory last night πŸŒ™!
57 – 31 at Media TO

The end of the 3rd quarter and Duke is racking up fouls. Still leading by 20+, 66-41. 1:03 pm

Live look-in at TCU vversus UC – San Diego. Horn Frogs 🐸 are rolling…

Last Media TO at 4:55, Duke 77 – 55

Sister, Sister has dropped  42 for the Cougars (31,11).

TO at 2:01 – Duke, 79 – 60.. Taryn has 36 now for C of C

Final Score, 1 of 4 is :

Duke 81, C of C 64 at 1:33 pm…

For Duke, one down and five to go !

Durham x 2, Sacramento x 2, Phoenix x 2

2 : 06 – Start of Game 2/4

#11 Nebraska versus #6 Baylor University

Opening Jump Ball

Big 10 versus Big 12 in this one.

Nebraska has one advantage in  that the played once already inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Cornhuskers defeated Richmond two days ago in their play-in game. Already familiar with the building….

Baylor scored the first 7, but now it’s 9-8 as Nebraska has trimmed it to one.

Baylor University was our first opponent back in November over in Paris, France πŸ‡«πŸ‡·. It was the start of our 3-6 stretch.

Time for the post game boxed πŸ“¦ Lunch

End of 1st quarter – Bears 🐻, 19-11 (2:29)

Media TO at 4:39 (2), Baylor 23 – 18

At the Half…. Nebraska leads 28 – 27 (2:56)

Nebraska 17 – 8 in the second….

Friends and family shot !

Game #3 of 4 just tipped off, 11 miles away !

Multitasking !!!
Huskers Huddle
Game #1 of the season over in France πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

We had no answer for Taliah Scott back then. She has four at the break here today versus Nebraska

Media TO at 4:56, Nebraska 37 – 35! Good game….

Maryland 28 – 19 after 1st quarter in Chapel Hill.

End of the 3rd quarter here in Cameron and Big Red leads 47 – 41. Biggest lead was seven, now at 6.

Media TO at 4:04, Nebraska lead down to 53 – 52. The biggest was 50 – 41, but BU on an 11-3 run.

Up in Phili, it appears that UVA Men will hold off Wright State. 82 – 73 final for the Hoos.

Maryland 51, Murray State 35 (Half)

Back 2 Back whistles could decide this one , which would be a shame after two teams fought this hard.

Baylor TO at 0:57, they have 3 point lead and possession… 62 – 59

Baylor is set to close it out and advance, they lead 64 – 61 with 0:17.9 left. 23 – 11 run here in the fourth quarter.

67 – 62 Final

Maryland 99, Murray State 67 – Final

Travis – Shirt πŸ‘•..

In of the first quarter, Tar Heels 16, Western Illinois 10 (6:04)

At the Half – Tar Heels 38, Leathernecks 24 (6:34)

Heels πŸ‘  leading 53 – 27 at Media TO (4:34) after 15 – 3 run.

58 – 33 after 3rd…. both games here very one-sided.

That’s a Wrap !

4 games on 2 beautiful campuses = worn out !

Sunday schedule πŸ“…

Duke – Louisville for the ACC πŸ‘‘πŸ‘Έ! Both are heading to the Dance πŸ’ƒ and hopefully both opening up at Home !!!

The ACC has been chalk city this week with two toss up games ( 8 vs 9) and (4 vs 5 ) being the only blips. The biggest surprise is that Notre Dame ran  away from the Wolfpack in that 4 – 5 match-up.

Should be a great one !

Louisville up after the 1st, 21 – 14 after a circus πŸŽͺ buzzer beater for Duke

Wow !What a Game !!!!
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When you cannot make it down to Hotlanta for the ACC Women’s Basketball tournament, you search out the Biggest TV screen known to Man !

#12 Miami (16-13) versus #13 Stanford (19-12) in Georgia is the first of thr5ee today ! Best guess on the TV πŸ“Ί 10 feet by 15 feet, give or take….

California versus Wake Forrest is on deck.

More to follow….

Stanford University on a 6-0 run πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ to pull within 70-65 so we should have a solid ending. Miami has missed 7 straight shots to leave the door πŸšͺ cracked.

#40, or as Lin calls her, Pink Shoes, buries a 3-Ball to make it 70 -68 !!!!

Stanford forces a turnover, has the ball with 0:22.3 with a shot to tie or win !!!!

πŸ‘” at 70-70, with 0:18.8 left in regulation

Miami managed to not get a shot off after running down the clock. Only 5 fourth quarter points for the Canes. 18-5 with 12-0 finish – headed to OT

Miami has rediscovered its offense and leads 80 – 74  with 0:22.2 left

80 – 76 now.

Game 1 is now final just past 1pm….

Canes win, 

Time for a Lunch break !!
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‘Da Bears 🐻 explode in the second quarter to take a comfortable lead into the break.

The Cal Bears 🐻 were indeed Golden, especially across the middle two quarters of play.

39 – 29 in favor of Georgia Tech in the final opening day game.

Johnny Dawkins ( Class of 1986) took his Central Florida University team into the Marriott Center late last night πŸŒ™ and punched their ticket 🎟 to the Big Dance πŸ’ƒ!!!

Playing in front of 18,000+ and a long way from Sunny Orlando, CFU captured the much needed Quad 1 victory over a talented BYU team !

Dawkins is in his 10th season at CFU and the only time they made the NCAA field was back in 2019, when the team earned the schools only tournament victory before falling in the Round of 32.

CFU has only made the Big Dance πŸ’ƒ five times in its history but that number figures to go up to six here shortly !