Can the Women redeem the Men?

I’m sure cardinal fans everything have been wondering the same thing. I will say this, no matter what happens tomorrow the ladies success has eased the pain i’ve felt from the men. Last night i was actually able to watch sportcenter for the first time in a week. If they were to win… well we’ll just have to wait and see.

The men had a great, fun season but will be viewed as underachievers historically—although if MSU beats NC then I think we all have to do a revisionist take on the Card-MSU game

would a women’s nat’l champ be as good as a men’s Final 4 —to me? -

no

As long as Walz stays at UofL, in a few years, this will be the new powerhouse to sit up there at the top with Uconn,Tenn, etc.

ALL Cards. I didn’t even know the women had a decent team till they started raising a ruckus in the Big East Tournament. I am now a FAN! Go Angel… (who wears the same number I wore in high school… you’re quite welcome Angel!)

I only hop the women can hold on to Walz. This guy can coach!

(someone please tell Mike to forgive the exclamation marks….)

but it is exciting to see a Cardinal team continue to achieve greatness, and I will watch and cheer for them.

GO CARDS

Nice post, man.
I don’t think there’s anything to redeem. We had a great, great, year. As we’ve discussed so many times, there are land mines out there and no matter how good you are, there’s a chance, a good chance, you’re gonna get caught. The ’86 team was, in my humble opinion, no match for the ’83 team. The former won, the latter lost in the semis…if Houston had drawn NC State in the semis instead of the finals….oh well, you get the picture.

But great for the run the girls have had. You know, when Angel said “we didn’t have any McDonalds All-Americans on this team,” it made me think that in a way, the girls are playing more for the “U” than the boys are, who seem to be playing exclusively for themselves.

Have a great night,
Roz

With no 10 second rule and the game played below the rim, it’s about like watching elementary school boys. As happy as I am for the ladies program, this does zero to take away the pain of the awful second half vs msu.

Look at it this way: I dont like NASCAR but I respect the skill of someone who can drive a car at incredible speeds. However, if the cars only went 90mph, I would not be impressed.

That’s why I hate hearing Pat Summit compared to men’s bball coaches. the men move waaay faster.

a great season that it’s almost fitting that they be the only game in town. I’ll be ready to cheer for the hometown team. Teams like this, because they are not the men bring the whole community together. UK fans are even interested in this game. I think it’s great for Angel and Candyce to get their true due and not have to share it with the men.

With that being said… I’m not over the men losing to MSU. But this helps some. Like someone said in an earlier post. I can watch SportsCenter again without being totally depressed. I need to get a life.

I think Cardinal fans are definitely excited and have shown plenty of enthusiastic support for the ladies,. But the comparison to the college world series team is a valid one. The only response I have is that the success (and eventual failure) of the men’s team was dominating so much of our attention that it drained some off the women’s team. Not only that, but the men’s team was SO fun to watch. Sure, men’s basketball is better than women’s in general but the men’s Louisville team was a far better variety of spectator support than most other men’s teams. The only teams I liked watching as much as our men’s team were North Carolina (as professional a team as college basketball has seen in my viewing lifetime), Missouri (similar style + smaller players + underdog status) and Kentucky (schaudenfreude makes everything more fun). So even watching a perfect game by the women was a letdown compared to what we were seeing on other nights. The baseball team had nothing of the sort to compete against. Under these conditions, I’ve been surprised that the girls received as much attention as they did early in the season, before a national championship was anywhere near a possibility.