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The women seem to be peaking at the right time. ESPN Bracketology had them as a 6 seed going into Louisville. That win I'd think bumps them to at least a 5.
 
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A. Hannah playing somewhat smarter as she matures;
B. Cass deserves a medal for selfless team play;
C. KK doing all she can; de Jesus shooting more confidently;
D. still no answer for teams with bully girls (Hannah and Cass still lead rebounding.)

I'm not seeing Hannah as being Atlas-Girl in many tournament games. Commentators comparing her to Caitlin Clark as far as carrying teams "alone" in NCAA tourney are morons. Clark had 4 other VERY competent vets on those teams.

As an aside, Ivey looked stress-drained in face. ... just wondering .........
 
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Hannah absolutely took over the 4th quarter and too much a degree the entire second half. If she wasn't scoring, she was creating opportunities for her teammates. If she wasn't getting steals, she was getting rebounds. That was a great win yesterday. Always love when we can beat Jeff Walz.
 
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Old Man Mike said:
A. Hannah playing somewhat smarter as she matures;
B. Cass deserves a medal for selfless team play;
C. KK doing all she can; de Jesus shooting more confidently;
D. still no answer for teams with bully girls (Hannah and Cass still lead rebounding.)

I'm not seeing Hannah as being Atlas-Girl in many tournament games. Commentators comparing her to Caitlin Clark as far as carrying teams "alone" in NCAA tourney are morons. Clark had 4 other VERY competent vets on those teams.

As an aside, Ivey looked stress-drained in face. ... just wondering .........
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comparing any current players to Caitlin is dumb; generational player. Hannah is a great player, but not in Caitlin's class
We will see if Ivey learned anything as the tournaments come up. IF she was able to get the team to peak NOW an play AS a TEAM now then maybe last years epic collapse was worth it
 
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On another note: ND is 5-2 agains the top 6 teams other than the Irish. Only team they did not beat was Duke. Beat NC, Syracuse, NC State, V Tech and Louisville (split). A number if good wins on their resume.

I’d like to see them get at least a few wins in the ACC tourney.
 
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Some wins in the ACC tourney WOULD be nice. I'm hoping for it, but my reason tells me it's a coin-flip every game. (and I see nothing but a loss vs Kara Lawson; a great coach who I saw coming before she hired --- wish we'd gotten her.) Hannah and Cass/KK/deJesus CAN beat everyone else, but they can also beat us when only Hannah is scoring &/or the opposing coach sells out defensively to make Hannah "stop her dribble" and give up the ball. I would hard hedge on all screens for Hannah until the ball is stopped. We don't have the offensive skills elsewhere to make that pay percentage wise.
 
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I think it would be tough sledding to get 2 or 3 wins in the tourney. I find it hard to beat any competitive team a second time in the same calendar year. And NC St.'s coach is no joke. He'll have his team ready. Our depth issues also don't spell out success in a tourney with no rest days.
 
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turned off youtube tv after college football playoffs to save some money and so i haven't seen this team play in a while so is Hannah the ACC POY or did another ACC opponent outplay her for it
 
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