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Post by rgs318 on Mar 20, 2024 13:21:11 GMT -5
Just a reminder for the youngsters on here. The NIT back in the 1950s was on a par with the NCAA tournament. I hope folks don't confuse that impressive tournament with the pale imitation the NIT became in more recent decades.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Mar 20, 2024 14:54:45 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 20, 2024 15:03:02 GMT -5
Is he someone HC might want should he appear in the transfer portal?
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Post by HC13 on Mar 20, 2024 15:09:33 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 20, 2024 15:13:30 GMT -5
St. Thomas MORE? No mention of a sister playing D-1 ball. I'm comfortable stating goholycross.com does a better job than hawkeyesports.com
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 20, 2024 15:15:08 GMT -5
Is he someone HC might want should he appear in the transfer portal? If the apples didn't fall far from the tree, yes.
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Post by HC13 on Mar 20, 2024 19:04:35 GMT -5
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Post by HC13 on Mar 20, 2024 19:05:40 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Mar 20, 2024 19:17:37 GMT -5
Not getting the presser video
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Post by HC13 on Mar 20, 2024 19:22:58 GMT -5
Not getting the presser video Starts about the 9 min mark
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 20, 2024 19:33:37 GMT -5
The UT Martin one interviewed the coach as well.
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Post by HC13 on Mar 20, 2024 19:42:58 GMT -5
MM was interviewed, looking for it
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Post by HC13 on Mar 20, 2024 19:45:25 GMT -5
MM starts around the 4 min mark
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Mar 20, 2024 20:03:31 GMT -5
Excellent, well spoken ambassador for Holy Cross. And she comes across as a very nice person, too.
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Post by mm67 on Mar 20, 2024 20:45:44 GMT -5
Women of Holy Cross make me proud.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Mar 20, 2024 20:48:10 GMT -5
Good work by Jen Toland this morning, spotlight on Simone. Apologies if this has already been posted.
Holy Cross at NCAAs: Simone Foreman's defense, rebounding lifts Crusaders Jennifer Toland Worcester Telegram & Gazette
During Holy Cross’ three-game run to the Patriot League Tournament championship, HC coach Maureen Magarity was most pleased with her team’s defensive effort.
The Crusaders’ limited Bucknell, Loyola and Boston University to an average of 55 points.
HC senior forward Janelle Allen shone while handling some very tough matchups inside, and in the final against BU, the Crusaders, who did a great job doubling, held Caitlin Weimar, the PL Player of the Year, to five points on 2-of-7 shooting.
Sophomore guard Simone Foreman, HC’s leading rebounder (8.6 rpg) this year, also played a major role in the Crusaders’ defensive performance. Her work on the glass stood out. The 5-foot-9 Foreman averaged 9.6 rebounds in the three tourney games.
“Her rebounding is incredible,” Magarity said. “Sometimes I’m watching her and the ball goes up — and we’ve played some teams with height and size — and she just goes up there and gets it. She’s willing herself, I think, the last couple games of doing whatever she can for us to win.”
The University of Tennessee-Martin, Holy Cross’ NCAA First Four opponent Thursday night at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena, will have a size advantage at the guard position, presenting another challenge for HC’s defense, which once again ranked among the best in the PL this season.
In Holy Cross’ quarterfinal win over Bucknell, Foreman tied a career high with 14 rebounds. She has had double digit rebounds in 12 games this year.
Early in the second quarter of the final, Foreman swarmed BU guard Alex Giannaros in the corner and harassed her into a shot-clock violation.
Foreman, who averaged five points and three rebounds as a freshman, started the first 24 games of 2023-24. Following a tough offensive stretch, she has been coming off the bench since mid-February.
“With Simone and (starting senior guard) Cara (McCormack), it’s been a great combination,” Magarity said. “Cara will start off on the opponent’s best guard, and she does a great job of wearing her out, and then, ‘Boom!’ we sub Simone in off the bench, and she’s been a great spark at both ends keeping that pace that Cara and (sophomore guard) Kaitlyn Flanagan have started.
“Simone comes in and gives us a little more size (McCormack is 5-3 and Flanagan 5-8),” Magarity said. “We’ve worn down teams’ guards, and on the glass, she’s unbelievable.”
'We want to keep it going'
The 1991 Holy Cross team remains the only Patriot League women’s squad with an NCAA Tournament victory.
The current Crusaders would obviously love to join their predecessors when they face UT Martin Thursday night at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
“It’s an honor to always wear the purple, and we want to keep it going,” HC senior Bronagh Power-Cassidy said. “We’re going in with confidence. We want to get an NCAA win, so with that mindset, we want to keep rolling.”
The ’91 HC team, an 11 seed, defeated Maryland, a 6 seed, 81-74.
“It’s cool to go to the tournament and represent those women as well,” Power-Cassidy said. “We have so many amazing alums, and we do it for them as well. There’s a great history here at Holy Cross, and it’s an honor to be able to represent them on the biggest stage of basketball.”
Many Holy Cross women’s basketball alums, including Jeannette Paukert, Laura Aloisi and Kaitlin Foley, were at Sunday’s final against BU. Power-Cassidy said the team received many congratulatory messages from HC’s former players after the game.
If Holy Cross, which departed Worcester Tuesday morning, can beat UT Martin, the Crusaders will face Iowa and Caitlin Clark in a first-round game at 3 p.m. Saturday.
“Hopefully, we play in more than one game,” Magarity said. “We packed for five days, so we have that mentality. I’m excited for this group. They deserve everything that comes their way.”
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Post by WorcesterGray on Mar 20, 2024 20:55:12 GMT -5
Photo heading JT's article.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 20, 2024 21:11:27 GMT -5
Photo heading JT's article.
The karate chop defense. Ineffective against Simone. The collision between Simone and BU's tank Giannaros was thunderous. This isn't your 1960s six person girls basketball with three players from each team allowed to play only on one half court and three on the other so girls didn't exert themselves too much.
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Post by ts1970 on Mar 20, 2024 22:33:04 GMT -5
Best of luck to the Crusaders in Iowa City! While I was living in Des Moines and enrolled at Drake U. law school in the summer of 1971, a friend of mine, a varsity football lineman at the U of Iowa, and I took a ride to Iowa City. He gave me a tour of Kinnick Stadium (the football venue) and the Iowa campus. That was a long time ago, but I remember the people there as being very friendly and welcoming. I haven’t been back to Iowa since I graduated from Drake, but I imagine it hasn’t changed much in that regard. Go Cross Go!
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Post by purplehaze on Mar 20, 2024 22:41:34 GMT -5
Two NY metro teams lost tonight in play-in games. (12 seeds) Columbia played Vandy tough but fell 72-68, (16 seeds) SHU lost 49-42 to Presbyterian
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 20, 2024 22:56:12 GMT -5
First Four in Dayton was a blast 6 years ago. (Feels like just yesterday we played Southern and then had our baseball lads out in Corvalis playing in the regionals). Any Crossports posters out in Iowa City for the game tomorrow?
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 21, 2024 7:27:37 GMT -5
Warm up game tonight Colgate vs Albany in the WNIT at Cotterell at 6pm on ESPN+. In addition to Colgate MBB in the NCAA again, Raider Women's hockey is 32-6-1 and in the NCAA Frozen Four already.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 21, 2024 8:08:52 GMT -5
From The Athletic Holy Cross
Albany 2 20-12 Strengths: Holy Cross is going dancing again, and it’s in large part to the play of Bronagh Power-Cassidy, who not only has improved her scoring average from 13.5 points last season to 16.6 this season, but her 24.2 PER and 26 percent usage rate are high-water marks in her four-year career.
Weaknesses: Holy Cross plays at an exceptionally slow pace, averaging 65.9 possessions per 40 minutes. Though it has a solid overall defensive rating and holds opponents off of the scoreboard, it’s one of the worst teams in the country (No. 351) in steals per game with just 4.9.
Outlook: Back-to-back years in the tournament out of the Patriot League is a fantastic accomplishment
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 21, 2024 9:00:43 GMT -5
Photo heading JT's article.
The karate chop defense. Ineffective against Simone. The collision between Simone and BU's tank Giannaros was thunderous. This isn't your 1960s six person girls basketball with three players from each team allowed to play only on one half court and three on the other so girls didn't exert themselves too much. I actually remember attending some of those games at Immaculate Heart Academy. I wondered what sport this was. Thank goodness we have moved on from those bad old days when high school girls had "play days" and not actual sports.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 21, 2024 9:05:06 GMT -5
That 6 on 6 girls’ HS game was far more popular in Iowa than the boys’ game so that when the rest of the country went to 5 on 5, Iowa kept the 6 on 6 for quite some time.
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