Diana Taurasi on Pat Summitt

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LVFL said:
I was at the game in Knoxville when Diana punched the goal post. She didn't just punch it in an emotional showing, she deliberately punched the area that listed all of their championships. I almost came out of the stands after her. She was disrespectful then and still is now, in my opinion. Not an ounce of class in her unless it benefits her somehow. I just can't believe of all players and coaches affected by Pat, this is the one Mechelle Voepel chooses to interview. Seriously??
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because she was a tough-minded rival who was keen to beat us--and did. She had a pretty nasty attitude, which is partly what made her such a great player.
 
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gule said:
As far as the women's game, I'd say that girl from USC was the best of all time, Reggie(?) twin sister. Name escapes me at the moment.

dern old brain.
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I believe you are talking about Cheryl Miller. (She is 1 year older than Reggie) She was definitely a talented, competitive and driven basketball player. She would have definitely set some WNBA records, had the league existed after her college career.
 
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armchair said:
because she was a tough-minded rival who was keen to beat us--and did. She had a pretty nasty attitude, which is partly what made her such a great player.
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I was watching that game when she became the all time scoring leader. She was throwing elbows etc. She knows how to play physical. Seems to me that she gets away with a lot of it too. She is one of the best (non Lady Vols) basketball players.
 
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armchair said:
because she was a tough-minded rival who was keen to beat us--and did. She had a pretty nasty attitude, which is partly what made her such a great player.
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Tough minded doesn't have to equate to being disrespectful. Sue Bird was a tough minded rival yet doesn't have to resort to bullying and playing nasty to compete. Mike Tyson was a great boxer but biting his opponent's ear off didn't make him the greatest off all time.
 
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LVFL said:
Tough minded doesn't have to equate to being disrespectful. Sue Bird was a tough minded rival yet doesn't have to resort to bullying and playing nasty to compete. Mike Tyson was a great boxer but biting his opponent's ear off didn't make him the greatest off all time.
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Never said, hi, and welcome to the forum:hi:.

Keep posting!:good!:
 
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armchair said:
Thanks for this. Some nice comments from an absolute alpha female on the basketball court. I well remember how talented and arrogant and tough she was a collegiate player--nobody in the game has had such a mix of huge talent and toughness. I am sorry we didn't recruit (or land) her. You know, Taurasi just became the all-time leading scorer in the WNBA--that's how good she's been. She's STILL playing!

When Taurasi was a senior, she was pretty much the only veteran player on a UConn team that was talented but very young. We had a a team with equal or more talent and definitely more experienced, led by Kara Lawson. They beat us in the national championship game. It was obvious then that our run as the dominant program was over.
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But we managed to win two more.
 
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savannahfan said:
Over the years I have been privileged to watch most of the great women b-ball players on TV. For me Diana is the best of the best. Sure wish she had been a Lady Vol.
Thinking about it, she may be one of the best ever, man or woman.
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The best of the best? What about the best All around player to play the game in Tamika Catchings?
 
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1CHATTVOL said:
I see a little silhouetto of a man...

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Guledango?
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Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me
Gule-ileo, (Gule-ileo),
Gule-ileo, (Gule-ileo),
Gule-ileo, (Gule-ileo),

Gule-ileo, figaro magnifico

((I just had to go there))
 
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Everyone, including Genno, realize that women's basketball is the house that Pat built. Before Pat, women's basketball received little if any press. I will be glad to see women's basketball receive the same popularity as it receives oversees. Our women basketball players have to play oversees to make a great living. The WNBA is doing a great job, except paying their players, however, it would be great to see the women earn a great living playing only in the United States.
 
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teacherdean said:
Everyone, including Genno, realize that women's basketball is the house that Pat built. Before Pat, women's basketball received little if any press. I will be glad to see women's basketball receive the same popularity as it receives oversees. Our women basketball players have to play oversees to make a great living. The WNBA is doing a great job, except paying their players, however, it would be great to see the women earn a great living playing only in the United States.
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As long as the WNBA is so pathetically marketed, it will stay that way.
I lived in Atlanta 10 years. . . In a city that has a 63 mile metro- circumference and over 4M people...I saw maybe 3 "Atlanta Dream" billboard-signs and maybe half a dozen commercials.
Pitifully marketed.
 
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armchair said:
When Taurasi was a senior, she was pretty much the only veteran player on a UConn team that was talented but very young. We had a a team with equal or more talent and definitely more experienced, led by Kara Lawson. They beat us in the national championship game. It was obvious then that our run as the dominant program was over.
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I want to argue with this, but I can't. That was as tailor-made a FF road as UT ever got, short of missing the FF in Knoxville. Gwen Jackson, Kara Lawson, Shyra Ely, Loree Moore, Ashley Robinson, Tasha Butts, and then McDaniel and I think Jackson were on the roster too. I mean, it wasn't impossible to think of UConn's roster with Turner and Strother and Battle winning, having Taurasi leading them, but Tennessee should have won that one going away. I think we outrebounded by 10-15, and adding to that (as I recall), Taurasi was playing hurt in the tournament. But they outdid us and we didn't make free throws. Just flat out beat.

And I say that meaning no disrespect to UT that year, Pat had a great team. But UConn just took that one from us.
 
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