Not only were all six Bruins drafted last night, but five players were off the board by the 15th pick !
The season with the Lady Blue Devils was non-stop fun, and this concludes the 2025 – 2026 season.
UMW for the W!!!
Last night in Miami, the Heat hosted and defeated the Washington Wizards, 152-136. Jaime dropped 32 points, and the impressive thing about his efforts was what happened next.
It would have been easy enough to go to South Beach ⛱️ with the fellas and celebrate the night away. Nope, this young man found his way across the bottom of the country and was in the arena when his little sister dropped 21 to lead her team to a national championship !
The Heat is scheduled to play on Tuesday up in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 so there’s another long flight ✈️ but he wasn’t going to miss out on his little sisters moment to shine !
Michigan, TCU , Notre Dame, and Duke University all have very, very talented teams. They now can claim that they unofficially finished up in a tie 👔 for fifth place as the Big Four head to the desert 🏜.
12,18, 26, and 36 points margin of victories over the last two nights show you that as good as the quartet was this season, there is still a sizable gap between the first four and the second four.
Michigan steamrolled both NC State and Louisville on their way to the Elite Eight, yet they simply had no chance against Texas.
TCU received a gift 🎁 from the University of Virginia when the Hoos removed Iowa from its path, and for three quarters tonight, it stayed on the court with South Carolina. But the game lasts 40 minutes, and Dawn Staley is excellent at pushing buttons.
That leaves the two ACC schools, both of which managed to stay within 20 points against two #1 seeds. Duke actually led UCLA by 10 points in the first half before their short rotation wore out against a powerful Bruins team. Hannah Hidalgo once again put on a show, enough that Coach Geno took the time to praise the Notre Dame guard in his post game presser.
For just the second time in the history of the women’s tournament, we have the same four teams returning to the Promise Land. There was never any real doubt about it playing out this way, and the Hoops next weekend should be electrifying.
92 points ÷ 4 = 23 points was the average margin of victory over four teams that made it to the edge of the Final Four.
The game is healthy right now and getting stronger by the day. Two from the SEC, two others with one being undefeated and a second one with just one loss against a fellow #1.
Texas is 34 – 3, with the setbacks coming at the hands of South Carolina, LSU, and Vanderbilt. The same Vandy team that our Alyssa Ervin dropped 16 points on back in November.
South Carolina is 34 – 3 with losses versus Texas (twice ) and Oklahoma.
UCLA (35-1) with the lone loss against Texas in the Las Vegas event on Thanksgiving weekend.
Geno and UConn is 38 – 0, making the fearsome foursome a combined 141-7 with four of the seven setbacks coming against each other !
LSU, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt University were the only three teams to best this group in 144 games.
The tournament has been fun, but the true challenge begins on Friday night in Phoenix.
Being that Duke University fell by the smallest margin, can we say, “Fifth place, ?”
On a serious note 📝, the biggest winner up to this point has to be Virginia. After being on the bubble 🫧 and one of the last teams in, the Cavaliers went to Iowa and won three straight games, with the third one disappointing 15,000 fans.
Did I mention that Carroll County graduate 🎓, Alyssa Ervin played at Vanderbilt and scored 16 points that night 🌙 ?
Louisville – two ties here. Member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the school my oldest brother graduated 🎓 from !
Kentucky is coached by Mr Kenny Brooks, former JMU and Virginia Tech University leader. Was able to watch Kenny first hand for years up in Harrisonburg and nothing but love and respect for his methods.
Dawn Staley is the All-Time Goat 🐐 of UVA women’s Basketball 🏀 and has advanced our game by leaps and bounds over the past decade. Even hangs out with the Aflac Duck and Coach K. If there’s one more reason to pull for them it’s Travis Osborne being a fan.
In the nightcap, we have the Hoos of UVA. ACC, institute that our youngest graduated 🎓 from ( as a teenager, way smart ). ➕️ I borrow from their graphics on a regular basis to promote Carroll County High School
Don’t know how many of today’s four will advance, but it’s cool 😎 to have a rooting interest x 4.
Media TO – Cards pitching a shutout, 7-0
Joining a 1,1,3,and 6 already there.
Wrap for the Day !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 