MU Women's Basketball Thread

[Marquette Fan]

Sure wish the lead hadn’t dropped to 5 at the half.  Let’s go Marquette - time for a strong second half.

[shoothoops]

Good looks off of high ball screens early that didn’t to down. Settled a bit for jumpers. More emphasis a bit to get in the paint the 2nd quarter, Emily stepped up when needed. I’m okay with USF’s point guard taking catch and shoot corner 3’s. Good half.

[MUfan12]

Duffy is a tremendous defensive coach but her offense is dated.

[Marquette Fan]

Duffy is a tremendous defensive coach but her offense is dated.

I’m wondering what their offense will be like next year without Marotta.

[Marquette Fan]

But in the meantime I’ll enjoy watching Marotta finish up her career at MU 😀.  She just forced a USF TO after nailing a 3.

[Galway Eagle]

Not the moment you want to make a stupid turnover then allow a three

[Ardmore Mug]

Why weren't they driving on their center who had 3 fouls the whole half.  They didn't try, they just pulled up and shot ! ! !

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Glad to see they made it to OT. It sounds like the MU band is there.

[Marquette Fan]

Well crud - king misses a layup that I thought was going in and Marotta gets her 5th foul.  Karlen already fouled out too.

[JWags85]

Accidental trip on defense and Tsieneke gets a wide open short jumper that ends up being the game winner.  Brutal.  Losing Marotta down the stretch really hurt.

But incredible fight, even after giving away the lead, to tie it up late.  Kudos to them.

[Marquette Fan]

Accidental trip on defense and Tsieneke gets a wide open short jumper that ends up being the game winner.  Brutal.  Losing Marotta down the stretch really hurt.

But incredible fight, even after giving away the lead, to tie it up late.  Kudos to them.

Yeah as soon as Nkumu fell there I knew they were going to make that shot.  I thought Hare’s 3 was going to go in at the end there.  They showed a nice moment afterwards with Marotta taking to Hare.

It was a great fight to the end - they came up a little short in this one.

And I’m really going to miss  watching Marotta play.

[MU82]

Poor last few minutes of regulation, and then a bummer of an ending.

Some good young players, so hopefully the trajectory of the program will keep moving upward.

[Marquette Fan]

Duffy - 40 under 49 in Milwaukee - https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2023/03/13/40-under-40-megan-duffy-marquette-university.html

[Marquette Fan]

Makiyah Williams is transferring and Juliana Okuson is graduating and is done with her basketball career.

Tweet about the Williams transfer - https://twitter.com/muwiresports/status/1638369604400472064?s=46&t=qmHojXzONY0z7kSh4Cq1Rg

[MU82]

Hope it's OK to discuss the women's basketball tourney here?

The last 2 rebounds Caitlin Clark was credited with were dubious at best, but that doesn't diminish her incredible performance last night: 41 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds. She's really fun to watch, too -- will shoot as soon as she crosses midcourt, plays with an edge, gets the crowd hyped up, etc.

Can't see her or anyone else stopping South Carolina, though.

[Marquette Fan]

Hope it's OK to discuss the women's basketball tourney here?

The last 2 rebounds Caitlin Clark was credited with were dubious at best, but that doesn't diminish her incredible performance last night: 41 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds. She's really fun to watch, too -- will shoot as soon as she crosses midcourt, plays with an edge, gets the crowd hyped up, etc.

Can't see her or anyone else stopping South Carolina, though.

I created a separate women’s hoops thread once as some complained about non MU things in this thread.  But that’s buried somewhere now and this is fine with me 😀.

That was a fun performance to watch last night.  I’m not sure where that last rebound came from as you say but still quite impressive.  According to Google, she has 11 career triple-doubles - Marquette as a program has had a player record a triple- double twice I believe.  Angel Robinson first did it in 2009 and Hiedeman did it once - don’t think anyone has done it since.

And yeah I don’t see anyone beating South Carolina.

[shoothoops]

I created a separate women’s hoops thread once as some complained about non MU things in this thread.  But that’s buried somewhere now and this is fine with me 😀.

That was a fun performance to watch last night.  I’m not sure where that last rebound came from as you say but still quite impressive.  According to Google, she has 11 career triple-doubles - Marquette as a program has had a player record a triple- double twice I believe.  Angel Robinson first did it in 2009 and Hiedeman did it once - don’t think anyone has done it since.

And yeah I don’t see anyone beating South Carolina.

I don’t care if its posted here or here:

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=63272.msg1437719#msg1437719

Ivey had a nice run without its best player and two starters. Not surprised McGuff’s team has made a run. Dream season for a good Va. Tech team too.

[JWags85]

Kim Mulkey might not be the most likeable to some for a number of reasons, but good lord can she coach.

Takes over LSU who has only finished better than 4th in the SEC once in the last 12 seasons, hadn’t won a tourney game in 8 years, and had just went 9-13.

Year 1 she flips them to 26-6 and finishes second to only South Carolina.  Year 2, 27-1 regular season with only a loss to an absurd USC team, and now LSU’s first F4 in 15 years.

Mulkey-Staley is gonna be a hell of a rivalry going forward. Especially next year when USC theoretically loses 3 big seniors and LSU’s core is younger

[Marquette Fan]

Kim Mulkey might not be the most likeable to some for a number of reasons, but good lord can she coach.

Takes over LSU who has only finished better than 4th in the SEC once in the last 12 seasons, hadn’t won a tourney game in 8 years, and had just went 9-13.

Year 1 she flips them to 26-6 and finishes second to only South Carolina.  Year 2, 27-1 regular season with only a loss to an absurd USC team, and now LSU’s first F4 in 15 years.

Mulkey-Staley is gonna be a hell of a rivalry going forward. Especially next year when USC theoretically loses 3 big seniors and LSU’s core is younger

I think Mulkey is a good coach but I’m not a fan of the super easy non-conference schedule they had this season.  I guess it didn’t hurt then too much though as they are in the F4 of course. 

Also interested in what kind of outfit she comes out in Friday - the pink feather outfit was something else 😀.

[Marquette Fan]

Chloe Marotta participating in a skills competition at the men’s F4 - https://twitter.com/marquettewbb/status/1640755878918868994?s=46&t=qmHojXzONY0z7kSh4Cq1Rg

[Marquette Fan]

Iowa did it - pulling off the big upset against South Carolina tonight.  They’ll play LSU for the national championship on Sunday afternoon

[MuggsyB]

I don't watch a lot of women's basketball but Kaitlin Clark has some serious game.  Tremendous performance. 

[forgetful]

I don't watch a lot of women's basketball but Kaitlin Clark has some serious game.  Tremendous performance.

Agreed. She is an impressive basketball player.

[MU82]

Only got to see the 4th quarter. That was fun!

[Uncle Rico]

I don't watch a lot of women's basketball but Kaitlin Clark has some serious game.  Tremendous performance.

She reminds me of Cam Johnson