ND Women's BB '16 -'17 Season

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Marina 3!

 

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Kat assist #4, Turner for another 2.

 

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Allen Assist, Tying ND Assist Record, to Turner for 2.

ND by 17

 

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Arike 3, ND by 20

 

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ACC CHAMPS, ACC! ACC! nah

ACC CHAMPS, ACC! ACC! nah

FINAL ND 79 FSU 61

ND 31 Buckets on 24 Assists

STATS FSU ND
FG% 42% 54%
FGs 25-60 31-57
3FG% 29% 56%
3FGs 4-14 10-18
FT% 78% 78%
FTs 7-9 7-9
TOs 12 10
PtsOffTO 14 15
TotReb 32 32
DefReb 22 26
Off Reb 10 6
2ndChPts 11 7
BenchPts 14 8
PtsPaint 24 38
FstBkPt 8 4
Blocks 2 6
Steals 9 6
Assts 10 24
Times Tied: 0
Time Tied: 0:15
Lead Chg: 0
LeadTime 0:00 39:45

 

[aubeirish]

Good stuff.

 

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Final Ind Stats

Final Ind Stats

STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
B. TurnerF      33	11-15	0-0	2-3	1	5	6	0	0	5	1	0	24
K. WestbeldF	31	6-9	2-3	0-0	1	5	6	4	0	0	2	2	14
M. MabreyG	28	3-9	2-6	0-0	0	3	3	6	2	0	1	0	8
A. OgunbowaleG	36	7-14	4-7	1-2	2	3	5	3	3	1	3	1	19
L. AllenG	38	2-4	0-0	2-2	0	4	4	9	1	0	0	4	6
      BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
E. BoleyF	15	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	3
J. YoungG	19	1-4	1-1	2-2	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	5
A. PatbergG	-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
         TEAM		31-57	10-18	7-9	6	26	32	24	6	6	10	9	79
 		       54.4%	55.6%	77.8%

 

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Allen in competition for Senior Class Award

Allen in competition for Senior Class Award

Fans are encouraged to vote for Allen online at seniorCLASSaward.com.

Link
Women's Basketball | Senior CLASS Award

Lindsay's in 3rd place. Needs vote. You can vote once a day.

 

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LA Tied for #1 ND Career Assists

LA Tied for #1 ND Career Assists

ND Career Assist Leaders
No. Name Years Assists

1. Lindsay Allen 2013- 778
1. Mary Gavin 1984-88 778
3. Skylar Diggins 2009-13 745
4. Niele Ivey 1996-01 727
5. Mollie Peirick 1994-98 651

 

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Allen Needs 8 Assists To Be ACC Career Assist Leader

Allen Needs 8 Assists To Be ACC Career Assist Leader

ACC Career Assist Leaders
No. Name, School Years Assists
1. Sharnee Zoll, Virginia 2004-08 785
2. Lindsay Allen, ND 2013- 778
3. Kristi Toliver, Maryland 2005-09 751
4. Dawn Staley, Virginia 1989-92 729
5. Nikki Teasley, UNC 1998-00, 02 728

 

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Allen Needs 29 Assists For ND Single Season Record

Allen Needs 29 Assists For ND Single Season Record

ND Single-Season Assist Leaders
No. Name Year Assists
1. Niele Ivey 2000-01 247
2. Mary Gavin 1987-88 243
3. Skylar Diggins 2012-13 225
4. Skylar Diggins 2011-12 222
5. Lindsay Allen 2016-17 219
6. Mary Gavin 1986-87 214
7. Lindsay Allen 2014-15 205
Mary Gavin 1985-86 205
9. Lindsay Allen 2015-16 204

 

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Florida State vs. Notre Dame - Game Recap - February 26, 2017 - ESPN

Turner leads Notre Dame past Florida State for ACC title
AP

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Brianna Turner scored 24 points to lead No. 5 Notre Dame to its fourth straight ACC regular season title with a 79-61 win over No. 8 Florida State on Sunday.

Arike Ogunbowale added 19 points and Kathryn Westbeld had 14 for the Irish (27-3, 15-1 ACC), who will once again be the top seed in the conference tournament, which they have won every year since joining the league in 2013.

Winners of 11 straight overall, the Fighting Irish are the second ACC team to win four consecutive championships, matching Duke's run from 2001-04. After losing their first ACC game of the season on Dec. 29, 70-62 at N.C. State, they rattled off 15 straight league wins to defend their crown.

Notre Dame point guard Lindsay Allen finished with nine assists and now has 778 for her career, tying Mary Galvin's school record set in 1988.

Brittany Brown scored 16 points to lead Florida State (25-5, 13-3) and Leticia Romero added 14.

Notre Dame came out hot, hitting four of five field goals, and had a 10-point lead in the first quarter. Turner hit three straight baskets down low to begin the second quarter, part of an 8-0 Irish run that pushed their lead to 16 points.

Ogunbowale opened the second half with a jumper and a layup and the Irish lead was up to 19 less than two minutes into the third quarter.

A 10-0 Florida State run cut it to 59-50 at the start of the fourth quarter, but Notre Dame's Jackie Young stroked a 3-pointer at the other end to get the Irish advantage back to double digits.

Florida State leading scorer Shakayla Thomas (15 points per game) returned to the starting lineup after missing two games with a shoulder injury. She finished with 10 points.

BIG PICTURE

Florida State: As with most other teams in the ACC, the Seminoles have yet to solve the Irish, falling to 0-6 against them. They also missed out on winning their third ACC co-championship and first ever No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament.

Notre Dame: The Irish have won six straight conference titles, including the last two from their time in the Big East. They are now 32-0 at home in the ACC and extended their overall conference home winning streak to 42 games, dating back to their Big East days.

UP NEXT

Florida State: The Seminoles are the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament in Conway, S.C. and will play a quarterfinal matchup on March 3.

Notre Dame: The Irish will be the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament when they play in the quarterfinals on March 3.

 

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So Car Beats UK

So Car Beats UK

AP

A'ja Wilson had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Kaela Davis added 20 points and No. 7 South Carolina earned its fourth straight Southeastern Conference title with a 95-87 victory over No. 22 Kentucky on Sunday.

The Gamecocks (24-4, 14-2 SEC) will wait to see if they're alone at top or sharing the crown with No. 3 Mississippi State, who'll take on Tennessee later Sunday to close the regular season.

 

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They played their most complete game today IMO

 

[Old Man Mike]

Nice to get to watch the game on the regular TV.

This game showed the brilliance of our great Coach.
Just two things and I'll shut up today:

1). Muffet broke the Wild Filly, and Arike has decided to play team ball. Arike tried out her new persona all game --- astonishing. I noted that the commentators talked of ND not being typical McGraw earlier in the season, seeming "selfish." One of them hastened to say that she didn't want anyone to think that she was laying this on Arike (but it was obvious that this is what it was.) No one else on the team is anywhere near a candidate for "selfishness" anyway. Well, that (hopefully) is now downstream, and we can cheer Arike and resoundingly cheer Muffet.

2). Today's game was a genuine threat. FSU has two great players and a couple more good ones. The main player, Thomas, is seriously tough to deal with (We had to allow Romero to get hers.) Muffet, on short notice, managed to train the girls in a match-up zone (based as far I as could tell on 1-2-2 principles) and this zone was a fluid shifting so as to always have someone in front of the position usually taken by Thomas --- this could be a wing or even a post (Kat was often in there along with Marina and Arike.) Result? Thomas almost never touched the ball in the first half. My goodness Lady you're good!!! We aren't even a zone team, and THIS in just two or three days?

We still have physicality problems on the defensive boards, so how far we go in the NCAA probably depends on match-ups. But, thanks to our great Coach, we're a threat again.

 

[Irish#1]

Nice to get to watch the game on the regular TV.

This game showed the brilliance of our great Coach.
Just two things and I'll shut up today:

1). Muffet broke the Wild Filly, and Arike has decided to play team ball. Arike tried out her new persona all game --- astonishing. I noted that the commentators talked of ND not being typical McGraw earlier in the season, seeming "selfish." One of them hastened to say that she didn't want anyone to think that she was laying this on Arike (but it was obvious that this is what it was.) No one else on the team is anywhere near a candidate for "selfishness" anyway. Well, that (hopefully) is now downstream, and we can cheer Arike and resoundingly cheer Muffet.

2). Today's game was a genuine threat. FSU has two great players and a couple more good ones. The main player, Thomas, is seriously tough to deal with (We had to allow Romero to get hers.) Muffet, on short notice, managed to train the girls in a match-up zone (based as far I as could tell on 1-2-2 principles) and this zone was a fluid shifting so as to always have someone in front of the position usually taken by Thomas --- this could be a wing or even a post (Kat was often in there along with Marina and Arike.) Result? Thomas almost never touched the ball in the first half. My goodness Lady you're good!!! We aren't even a zone team, and THIS in just two or three days?

We still have physicality problems on the defensive boards, so how far we go in the NCAA probably depends on match-ups. But, thanks to our great Coach, we're a threat again.

If she has indeed finally gotten through to her (not doubting you, I'd just like a little bigger sampling) we are going to surprise (if that's possible) some folks in the tournament.

 

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Charlie Creme‏ @CharlieCreme

This is a huge game in Starkville. A MissSt loss (which would be 2 in a row), coupled with SC's earlier W over UK slides SC to the final #1

4:14 PM · Feb 26, 2017

 

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Charlie Creme‏ @CharlieCreme

Full bracket coming tomorrow, but some notables. #1's in order: UConn, Notre Dame, Baylor, SC. A&M's chance to host all but gone...cont

7:06 PM · Feb 26, 2017

 

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Charlie Creme‏ @CharlieCreme

...TN up to a No. 6 seed. Last 4 in stay same Iowa St, Virginia, Indiana, Auburn

7:07 PM · Feb 26, 2017

 

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Charlie Creme's latest WBB brackets

Charlie Creme's latest WBB brackets

Bracketology - Women's College Basketball Brackets and Predictions - ESPN


ND still 1 in Lexington but now Texas is the 2 seed followed by Stanford, UK at home, and OU.

MSST drops to a 2 seed in same bracket with Baylor.

 

[Old Man Mike]

#2 is at this moment very good for us, and almost no one would have believed it two weeks ago. We could use someone "softer" in #3 (Baylor, following their Coach, is also a thuggish team) but we have to prove that we can bash with some of these people sooner or later (without fouling out). Although some of our girls have a "quiet" nasty side to them, they rarely let it show (you see Lindsay manifest this now and then just after a play) . Notre Dame just doesn't breed that sort of behavior (some would say that the football boys tend to be the same way relative to their sport.)

"Ladies" (and Gentlemen): fire up your Engines!

 

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ND #3 in AP; FSU #8

ND #3 in AP; FSU #8

UConn still No. 1 in AP women's poll; rest of top 5 shuffled

Baylor, Notre Dame, Maryland and South Carolina follow UConn. The Terrapins dropped two spots after losing to then-No. 12 Ohio State last week. The Buckeyes moved up to ninth.

Mississippi State fell to sixth after losing in overtime to Kentucky and getting routed by Tennessee. Oregon State climbed four spots to move into a tie for sixth. Florida State and Stanford round out the first 10 teams in the poll.

Kansas State re-entered the poll at No. 24 while Michigan dropped out.

 

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AP Top 25 2/27/17

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Conn (33)	28-0	825
2	Baylor	        27-2	784
3	Notre Dame	27-3	755
4	Maryland	27-2	699
5	South Car	24-4	690
6	Mississi St	27-3	619
6	Oregon St	27-3	619
8	Florida St	25-5	561
9	Ohio State	25-5	550
10	Stanford	25-5	539
11	Washingt	27-4	534
12	Texas	        21-7	472
13	Duke	        25-4	470
14	Louisville      25-6	411
15	UCLA	        22-7	369
16	Miami	        21-7	293
17	NC State	22-7	265
18	DePaul	        24-6	237
19	Oklahoma	22-7	230
20	Kentucky	20-9	177
21	Syracuse	20-9	170
22	Drake	        23-4	128
23	Missouri	21-9	98
24	Kansas St	21-8	66
25	Temple	        22-6	49

Others receiving votes: Creighton 41, Tennessee 31, Michigan 15, USF 12, Belmont 7, Green Bay 5, ASU 3, CSU 1

 

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ND "Man" on the NCAA Women's Selection Committee

ND "Man" on the NCAA Women's Selection Committee

Bodensteiner Named To NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee
Notre Dame senior associate athletics director to serve five-year term, beginning with 2016-17 season.
May 10, 2016

By Chris Masters

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Jill Bodensteiner, senior associate athletics director at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Sport Committee, the athletics governing body confirmed this week. Bodensteiner will begin her tenure on September 1, 2016, serving on a committee that is charged with numerous responsibilities, including the selection, seeding and bracketing for the annual NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship.

“I am incredibly honored to be appointed to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Sport Committee,” Bodensteiner said. “Anucha Browne and the Committee do an absolutely fantastic job of running the Championship, and I could not be more excited to collaborate with them. I am passionate about the game of women’s basketball, and can’t imagine a better way to serve the Division I membership. I am anxious to get started.”

 

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ND #3

ND #3

USA Today Coaches Poll 2/28/17

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Connecticut (32)	29-0	800
2	Baylor	        28-2	757
3	Notre Dame	27-3	731
4	Maryland	27-2	707
5	South Carolina	24-4	638
6	Oregon State	27-3	629
7	Mississippi St	27-3	614
8	Ohio State	25-5	562
9	Stanford	25-5	536
10	Washington	27-4	517
11	Duke	        25-4	460
12	Florida State	25-5	457
13	Louisville	25-6	439
14	Texas	        22-7	407
15	UCLA	        22-7	355
16	Miami	        21-7	301
17	DePaul	        24-6	280
18	NC State	22-7	258
19	Oklahoma	22-8	184
20	Syracuse	20-9	170
21	Temple	        23-6	144
22	Drake	        23-4	130
23	Creighton	22-6	78
24	Kentucky	20-9	53
25	Arizona St	18-11	47

Others receiving votes: Missouri 44, Tennessee 32, USF 22, Michigan 15, Indiana 10, KsU 6, Virginia 3, Marquette 3, Little Rock 3, Jacksonville 2, GWU 2, Stetson 1, Northwestern 1, New Hampshire 1, Elon 1

 

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Allen, Turner All-ACC; Young ACC All-Freshman

Allen, Turner All-ACC; Young ACC All-Freshman

Three Claim ACC Annual Honors :: Notre Dame Women's Basketball :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics

Feb. 28, 2017

By Leigh Torbin

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - A week’s worth of ACC postseason honors began to roll out on Tuesday and the success of the No. 3 Notre Dame women’s basketball team was duly noted. Both Lindsay Allen and Brianna Turner earned a spot on the league’s Blue Ribbon media panel’s all-ACC first team while Jackie Young was honored with a spot on that group’s all-freshman team.

More league honors will be unveiled throughout the coming week surrounding the 40th annual ACC Tournament in Conway, South Carolina, for which the Irish hold the top seed.

Allen has yet to miss a start in her 142 games at Notre Dame and, on Sunday, tied the school’s 30-year-old career assist record with 778. On the season, she has helped 219 buckets, ranking fifth on the school’s single-season chart. The two-year team captain also stands eight assists shy of breaking the ACC career assist record of 785 set from 2004-08 by Virginia’s Sharnee Zoll. Allen both leads the ACC and ranks among the top six nationally in assists, assists per game and assist to turnover ratio. She chips in 9.2 points per game and has 67 steals to place among the league leaders there as well.

Reflecting her all-around game, Turner is one of just two players nationally (with West Virginia’s Lanay Montgomery) to rank in the top 16 nationally for both field goal percentage and blocked shots. Turner leads the ACC in both of those categories as well. Just a junior, she already stands 11th in league history with 254 career blocked shots and fourth with her .621 career field goal percentage. Turner turned in six double-doubles this season and made perhaps her greatest impact when she scored a career-high 31 points in the win at No. 21 Syracuse. Turner, who leads Notre Dame at both 15.5 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game, earned ACC Player of the Week recognition Dec. 12.

Young averaged 7.1 points her game in her debut campaign for the Irish, appearing in 26 of the team’s 30 games. She averaged 4.7 rebounds per game, fourth on the squad. Her career-high 12 rebounds proved to be crucial in the narrow Feb. 19 win at No. 21 Syracuse. An athletic presence whose defense has continued to improve along with her renowned scoring touch, Young also contributed 32 assists and 23 steals while blocking eight shots. She was named the ACC Rookie of the Week twice this year, claiming the prize on both Dec. 5 and Feb. 13.

The Irish begin their quest for a fourth consecutive ACC Tournament championship at 2 p.m. on Friday when they face the winner of Thursday’s second round game between Virginia and Wake Forest. The game will be broadcast regionally by the ACC Network. For those outside of the ACC Network’s footprint (including the South Bend area), the game can be streamed live online at WatchESPN.

 

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ACC Tournament Bracket

ACC Tournament Bracket

http://raycomsports.com/sports_labs...m=post&utm_campaign=wbb&utm_content=17tourney

 

[Old Man Mike]

Bracket looks great for us --- but Muffet earned it.

 

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ACC Women's Basketball Tournament -

SCHEDULE OF GAMES

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 - FIRST ROUND
Game 1 #13 Clemson vs. #12 Virginia Tech 1:00 p.m.
Game 2 #15 Boston College vs. #10 Georgia Tech 3:30 p.m.
Game 3 #14 North Carolina vs. #11 Pitt 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 2 - SECOND ROUND
Game 4 Game 1 Winner vs. #5 Louisville 11:00 a.m.
Game 5 #9 Wake Forest vs. #8 Virginia 2:00 p.m.
Game 6 Game 2 Winner vs. #7 Miami 6:00 p.m.
Game 7 Game 3 Winner vs. #6 Syracuse 8:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 3 - QUARTERFINALS
Game 8 Game 4 Winner vs. #4 NC State 11:00 a.m.
Game 9 Game 5 Winner vs. #1 Notre Dame 2:00 p.m.
Game 10 Game 6 Winner vs. #2 Florida State 6:00 p.m.
Game 11 Game 7 Winner vs. #3 Duke 8:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 4 - SEMIFINALS
Game 12 Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner noon ESPN2
Game 13 Game 10 Winner vs. Game 11 Winner 2:30 p.m. ESPNU

SUNDAY, MARCH 5 - CHAMPIONSHIP
Game 14 Game 12 Winner vs. Game 13 Winner 1 p.m. ESPN2

 

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Turner Turns Blocks Into ACC Award :: Notre Dame Women's Basketball :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics

Junior forward is repeat recipient of ACC Defensive Player of the Year honor.

March 1, 2017

By Leigh Torbin

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Brianna Turner stopped plenty of opponents for the No. 3 Notre Dame women’s basketball team this winter and the ACC’s coaches couldn’t be stopped from recognizing her as the league’s defensive player of the year, an award announced on Wednesday morning. She also won the accolade in 2015-16 and was the ACC's rookie of the year in 2014-15.

The junior center leads the ACC, and ranks 15th nationally in blocked shots with 77 on the year. Her 254 career blocked shots already rank 11th in ACC history and second in Irish lore behind only Ruth Riley's 370. Turner is eighth among all active players in blocked shots and second among her peers in the junior class. The centerpiece in a defense which held its foes to 60.9 points per game and a .389 shooting percentage while facing the nation's second-toughest schedule, Turner also has 25 steals and 7.3 rebounds per game. No slouch on the offensive end of the court either, Turner leads Notre Dame at 15.5 points per game with a .617 field goal percentage that leads the conference and ranks 10th nationally.