[Magdalen] Women's tournament

[Jay Weigel]

I think you would find that women's basketball is a little different from
the men's game. The setting tends to be a little more up close and personal
too because the crowds are smaller in most places. The game is not all
run-and-dunk like the men's game, and the players tend to stick around for
the full 4 years. The legendary coach John Wooden once said that women play
a more pure form of the game.

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 1:14 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Warning: this turned out to be long—I’m not sure why!
>
> I’ve never been a sports fan of any kind—except to the extent of saying I
> like this or that team, usually because of geography. When I was at
> Michigan, I signed up for the “Block M” group, because I was a freshman and
> thought it would be fun to hold up those cards. Didn’t realize we wouldn’t
> be able to see much of anything! I’m not sure I even went to any games
> after that year. I remember seeing Roger Staubach when we played Navy, and
> I think their mascot was an actual goat. UM wasn’t very good in those days,
> but the year after I graduated, they went to the Rose Bowl against Ohio
> State.
>
> I did go to one basketball game there in the old, leaky field house.
>
> The more I hear folks talking about sports, though—and especially women’s
> basketball—the more I’m thinking it might be fun to go to some games. UVa
> is just down the road, and I have friends who have season tickets and never
> miss a game.
> I’ve been to one professional soccer game, way back when Pele was playing,
> and one professional baseball game in Baltimore, which was so boring I
> almost fell asleep.
>
> But in my advancing age, I find I’m a little jealous of folks like you who
> can talk so knowledgeably about what’s going on with your favorite teams
> and  players!  So maybe I’ll try to get a ticket to a women’s game at UVa,
> unless the season is over. Is it?
>
> One year when I was directing a church choir here, there was some talk at
> choir rehearsal about the possibility of having to change rehearsal because
> of some important UVa game. I earned scorn and disbelief from the whole
> group when I asked which sport it was!
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 12, 2018, at 11:29 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I absolutely refuse to cheer for UConn. I respect Geno's abilities but
> > don't like him for a single minute, and if I had a daughter or
> > granddaughter I wouldn't want her to play for him.. I have become a big
> fan
> > of James Madison and am now a season-ticket holder for their women's
> team,
> > but they are most likely going to the WNIT this year, if anywhere. My
> > default team after Tennessee is Texas in recent years. I really like
> their
> > coach.I also cheer for DePaul and Missouri State, for different reasons.
> >
> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Mine , too,but to be honest I have become a follower of Connecticut and
> >> cheer for them unless they play DePaul or Tennessee.  I watched them win
> >> the title when they played in Nashville got a ticket by accident.  i sat
> >> with Connecticut followers, one of them had spent $400 for a better
> seat.
> >> The folks were really nice to me.  Besides they beat Notre Dame that
> >> night.  Anybody who beats Notre Dame is on my good list.
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:27 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> TENNESSEE!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Scott Knitter <
> scottknitter at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Your Lady Vols?
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 5:20 PM Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Are you ready Jay?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> >>>>>> Western Michigan
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> I am. Not sure where my Lady Vols will end up; they’ve had a most
> >>>>> contradictory season. JMU is out of it and waiting to see if they
> >> get a
> >>>>> WNIT bid; I will NOT root for conference champion Elon 😝
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Scott R. Knitter
> >>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> >> Western Michigan
> >>
>