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@UConnHuskyAD @NCAA @MarchMadnessWBB Geno telling the truth. More coaches need to say this in public, many surely feel this way, but stay quiet.

But it’s about the student athletes! @NCAA continues to make decisions that clearly don’t represent what’s best for the student athletes! @MarchMadnessWBB

@larcol25 @DanielVConnolly With these far away regional for most teams, going to a regional is like going to a Final Four in travel, cost, planning, etc.. for most fans.

@DanielVConnolly Everyone needs to be speaking on the crowd turnout. It was pathetic for a televised game.

Geno is fired up about the two-site regionals. He listed off 3-point percentages for every team (all bad), called out the lack of court access and pointed to poor attendances. “Does anybody who makes these decisions ever ask the coaches and the players, ‘Hey, does this work?’”

@DanielVConnolly A mostly forgettable performance. Another game like today and they will get bounced.

FINAL: UConn 63, UNC 42 It wasn't pretty, but the Huskies move on to their 30th Elite Eight in program history. That's their fewest point total since the 2024 Sweet Sixteen, when they only managed 53 against Duke. Strong dominated with 21 points, 10 rebounds and five steals.

@DanielVConnolly Better, but still not really humming. Could be lowest scoring game of the year, previous low was 71

END Q3: UConn 48, UNC 25 The Huskies scored a game-high 20 points – eight from Fudd – and held the Tar Heels to a game-low five points in the third quarter. Strong is up to a double-double with 17 points and 10 boards. She had six rebounds in the third quarter alone.

@DanielVConnolly Need to put this to bed in Q3, need to finish the quarter outscoring UNC by another 10pts.

Out of UNC's timeout, UConn forces a stop down one end and Azzi Fudd drills her first 3-pointer of the day down the other. That felt like as much of a dagger as any shot with 6:44 left in the third quarter can be. The Huskies are ahead, 38-20.

@DanielVConnolly 2 for 18 for everyone else, Sarah & Blanca 11 for 18

HALF: UConn 28, UNC 20 A very uncharacteristic half for the Huskies. Shot selection has been an issue and they'll also given up seven offensive rebounds. Sarah Strong (13 points) and Blanca Quiñonez (11 points) have been the only sources of offense so far.

@DanielVConnolly Other than Blanca and Sarah, everybody else decided not to show up. Silly passes, bad shot selection, missed lay ups, etc... This game should be over when you hold someone to 20pts in a half, if they should have 36, just via missed layups

@megangauer Poor half, other than Blanca and Sarah, everybody else decided not to show up. Silly passes, bad shot selection, missed lay ups, etc... This game should be over when you hold someone to 20pts in a half, if you play even half decent they should score 35, just via missed layups

At the half: UConn leads North Carolina 28-20. Sarah Strong leads the way with 13 points and Blanca Quinonez is also in double figures with 11.

@DanielVConnolly UConn saw how poorly Vandy played and are saying hold by beer, I will one up you on terrible play.

END Q1: UNC 12, UConn 11 The Huskies are really struggling on offense. They're settling for way too much and then aren't knocking down the open shots they do get. UConn is 5-22 overall and 1-7 from three.

@alexaphilippou Yes, it's nice when you can get away with fouls and they call them steals. It has happened all year. Blatant foul on that supposed steal in the last min of the game that turned into ND lay up

WOW: No. 6 Notre Dame has upset No. 2 Vanderbilt, securing the program's first-ever trip to the Elite Eight under Niele Ivey -- a group few expected to make it this far. There are not enough words for the brilliance of Hannah Hidalgo: 31 pts, 11 rebs, 10 stls, 7 asts and 1 blk

@CarlAdamec Vandy has played nervous and spastic since the tip. They literally have done everything to aid ND to win, yet still have somewhat of a chance.

After 3 quarters in the first Fort Worth 1 Regional semifinal, Notre Dame leads Vanderbilt 50-44

@megangauer Q2 equally bad for Vandy, thus far. They can't even make basic passes. The are still being saved by fouls and FT's

Hannah Hidalgo has 7 steals. There's still 6 minutes until halftime.

@megangauer Vandy looks like the game is "too big" for them. They are playing nervous and aiding ND with several turnovers via just horrible passes. They need to settle in or they will be in trouble. The only thing they have going for them now is drawing fouls. 7-7 on FT

End of the first quarter: Notre Dame leads Vanderbilt 15-11. Irish forced 10 turnovers in the opening 10 minutes. Hannah Hidalgo already has 4 steals.

@Raoul_000 Iowa State is being decimated, 5 players in the portal & reports of it could be 7

Jada Williams (5-8 SO point guard, Kansas City, MO) has announced she'll be entering her name into the portal, out of Iowa State WBB —2025-26: 15.3 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 7.7 APG (top 5 nationally), first-team All–Big 12 —started out her college career at Arizona

@marcisenberg The power conference schools only came around to NIL and paying players b/c they realized they can eventually absolutely destroy all the midmajors and thus make even more money for themselves.

@marcisenberg Stop playing the game, the NCAA is the schools, but you sound like the people that likes to blame the amorphous NCAA. The schools are the NCAA, any power the NCAA ever had & now doesn't have comes from them. The schools created this.

The NCAA’s greatest asset — essentially free labor generating billions — has become its greatest liability. My latest Substack: The ROI of Amateurism open.substack.com/pub/truthinnil…

@nate_isaac16 @BarcaFem Watch every game. If you could read you would have noticed that and the comment how bad Camara is at CB(in several games), she is poor in that spot. The smart move is put as right back(where she is more comfortable) & put the more experienced & reliable Batlle as a CB.

@bbd938 @BarcaFem Do you follow this team at all, are you aware that mapi only just returned from injury and marta isn't strong nor fast enough for such a match. What are his other options?

👥️ Barça Femení starting XI against Real Madrid. #ForçaBarça🔵🔴

@nate_isaac16 @just_bamidelex @BarcaFem @esport3 He has no tactical ability when things are going poorly. He absolutely bottled the UCL final against a mediocre team. The team has looked bad for long stretches having to save 0-0 games in the last 30 mins.

@just_bamidelex @BarcaFem @esport3 Because he lost his first ucl final and had 2 or 3 losses in total and that makes him a totally terrible coach. Do you see how our players have developed beyonf there known abilities, under him. He's currently battling one injury or the other and they still come out wining.

🚨 FC Barcelona are set to offer Pere Romeu a contract renewal not tied to this season’s titles. The deal is expected to be a two-year extension, with the possibility of an additional year (optional or fixed). — @esport3

@UConnWBB Absolute domination!

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