A few quick scenes from Denver encompassing the 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four festivities. The action ranges from the (unexpected) snow to the WBCA All-American game, from practices to press conferences. And of course to the champions from Baylor.
In tonight's 80-61 loss to Baylor, Notre Dame wasn't able to close the rebounding differential after halftime, at least in part due to forward Devereaux Peters' foul trouble.
The Baylor Lady Bears completed their season of dominance by defeating Notre Dame 80-61 in the 2012 NCAA women's national championship game to finish the season with a 40-0 record.
I want to begin this post by congratulating the Lady Irish on a phenomenal season. This squad was a special group and fought like true warriors. They did Our Lady's University proud and we here at...
It might be hard to learn much from that beyond what many already think: Baylor is the favorite to win. But a few things immediately jump out as worth watching.
It's sometimes hard to appreciate what the game plan of a losing team, but the Stanford Cardinal should be applauded for their game plan on both sides of the court against the Baylor Lady Bears on Sunday in the Final Four. Nevertheless, Baylor's guards responded to lead them to the win.
Although it didn't really show up on the scoreboard, Notre Dame really struggled to establish any sort of rhythm in their normally-fluid offense in the first half against UConn in the Final Four. But with the ball in Brittany Mallory's hands toward the end of the first half, the Fighting Irish seemed to calm down a bit.
It makes sense that these two teams are meeting in Mile High City to determine the winner of the national championship. Frankly most analysts picked this to be the final game of the college...
To the Stanford Cardinal's credit, they played relatively outstanding defense for most of tonight's game against the Baylor Lady Bears. The problem was on the other end - after a strong start and heading into halftime only down 2 points, Stanford's offense went stagnant in the second half and Baylor slowly expanded their lead to win a low scoring 59-47 game.
It's hard to even fully account for what happened at the end of regulation, but a wild sequence ended with Notre Dame hitting a big shot and UConn senior Tiffany Hayes passing the ball as time expired. In overtime, UConn just looked deflated while Notre Dame continued to execute. But it was UConn's inability to control the ball under 5 minutes in the regulation that made the difference in the game.
