(2)Stanford - 98, (1)Maryland - 87. Man, did those two teams ever light it up tonight or what? That’s, like, a triple-overtime score in the SEC. Both two-seeds win tonight…however, look for both remaining number-ones (Tennessee and Connecticut) to punch their tickets to Tampa tomorrow night.
(2)LSU - 56, (1)UNC - 50. Given all the other teams (and coaches, for that matter) that are still standing in this year’s NCAA Tournament, how can anyone not be rooting for Van Chancellor and Big Syl to close the deal?
And remember…you read it here that LSU should’ve been a number-one seed!
The latest work of art from the unofficial videographer of Lady Bulldog basketball, longtime Fastbreaker Jermaine King, is a musical tribute to the Legend, the Franchise, the one-and-only Tasha Humphrey. Watch and enjoy:
Once again, Fastbreaker Brenda Rawson has sent in a batch of dazzling photos from last night’s game. These are even better than the pictures from the Iowa game. Great work, Brenda…and thanks yet again!
It’s a shame that those two Kentucky games, one in Athens and the other in Nashville, were lost. Throw the Xavier game in there, too. Those three games were the difference between a three-or-four seed and an eight seed for Georgia. Get that three-or-four seed and you don’t run into a team like Carolina until the Regional…and you’ve got fresher legs and a couple of confidence-building wins under your belt. It’s a shame because this year’s edition of the Lady Bulldogs was…no question…a Sweet Sixteen-caliber team.
As it turned out, however, Georgia wound up with an eight seed. And eighth-seeded teams have a way of running into buzzsaws in the second round. It was thrilling in the first half to watch an effective gameplan pay dividends as the Lady Bulldogs frustrated the Tarheels by forcing them to play a lot of half-court offense. In fact, watching Georgia turn a a nine-point deficit into a seven-point lead just before halftime was arguably the high point of the entire season. Unfortunately, the turnover bug started to bite again…and Carolina was able to re-seize momentum and the lead after twenty minutes.
The Tarheels came out blazing in the second half with a Tennessee-like opening-five-minute blitzkrieg, pushing their lead into double-digits. The Lady Bulldogs, of course, kept fighting and actually whittled the Carolina lead to only seven points with six minutes left to play. But the lead, the turnovers, the foul trouble, and the attrition were finally all too much to overcome on this night. The season came to an end.
Tasha and Megan, playing their last game as Lady Bulldogs, led Georgia scorers with 20 and 14 points, respectively. Tasha added 10 boards to exit the stage, fittingly, with one last double-double. Angel finished just one rebound shy of her own double-double, scoring 11 points. Ashley and Angela each scored 9 points, including some big-time three-pointers…with Ash also dishing out eight assists on the night.
Click here for the official game recap with a link to the box score.
(Photo courtesy of Georgia Sports Communications)
As always, we’d love to post your pictures from Norfolk. Game pictures, off-the-court pictures, pictures of other Fastbreakers…whatever. Just send them (in .JPEG format) to m.holcomb@charter.net.
Wouldn’t you know it? ODU and Virginia went into overtime. That pushes back the start of the Georgia/North Carolina game to 10:10 PM (Eastern). Keep that coffee handy…
DirecTV subscribers: The Georgia/North Carolina game is airing on channel 211.
Carolina is Carolina. What else is there to say? One of the benchmark programs in all of the nation. If you follow women’s college basketball at all, you know the names. Erlana Larkins (pictured). LaToya Pringle. Rashanda McCants. Coach Sylvia Hatchell. Playing for a third straight trip to the Final Four. The Tarheels come into tonight’s game sporting a 31-2 record (14-0 in ACC play), losing only to Tennessee and Connecticut. The Lady Bulldogs will need to slow down Carolina’s run-and-gun offense and knock down their own shots to advance to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. You don’t want to get into a shootout with North Carolina. Control the tempo and "D" up. Make them run a lot of half-court offensive sets. It’s daunting…but do-able…for Georgia. The Lady Bulldogs summoned up several long stretches of their best basketball of the season against Iowa. It may well take forty minutes of it to knock off the Tarheels.
Click here for Carolina’s official Georgia game notes.
NCAA TOURNAMENT: (8)GEORGIA LADY BULLDOGS VS (1)NORTH CAROLINA TARHEELS
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008, Around 9:00 PM (See note below)
Location: Constant Convocation Center; Norfolk, VA
TV: ESPN2; Radio: Lady Bulldog Radio Network
Starting Time Note: The Georgia/UNC game will tip off approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the ODU/Virginia game (probably sometime between 9:00 and 9:40). The ESPN broadcast begins at 9:00 PM. Tune in at 9:00 and you won’t miss a minute of the game.
Click here for the official University of North Carolina women’s basketball page.
Here’s a link to the North Carolina roster and individual player/coaching staff bios.
And their season-to-date statistics can be found by clicking here.
(Photo courtesy of USA Today)
Tuesday’s NCAA Tournament second-round matchup between the eighth-seeded Georgia Lady Bulldogs and the top-seeded North Carolina Tarheels will tip off sometime between 9:00 and 9:40 PM (Eastern) tomorrow night and the game can be seen live on ESPN2. The UGA/UNC game is set to begin approximately thirty minutes after the conclusion of the Old Dominion/Virginia game, which tips off at 7:00 PM (Eastern) and can also be seen on ESPN2.
So put on a pot of coffee and let the kids stay up late. WOOF!
From today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
University of Georgia cheerleader Christine Conley may be released from the hospital as early as this afternoon following a fall during the Lady Bulldogs opening round NCAA Tournament game Sunday, said her mother.
"She is doing much better," Cheryl Conley said. "She will be OK and will recover."
Click here to read today’s AJ-C article about Christine’s injury and recovery.
Two years ago, Christine was honored as Sports Illustrated’s Cheerleader of the Week. The link below will take you to Christine’s interview on the Sports Illustrated website and a terrific picture of her with UGA VI!
Click here to read Christine Conley’s Cheerleader of the Week interview at SI.com.
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