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Championship Game: Baylor vs. Notre Dame Preview & Game Thread

April 6, 2019
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The reason everyone plays the game arrives Sunday April 7 in Amalie Arena. The Baylor Lady Bears will face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a battle between two of the top programs over the past 15 years. Both have two national titles during that time and this will be a game of strength on strength in the paint and perimeter. Baylor is 36-1 and Notre Dame is 35-3 on the season with Baylor having a 28 game winning streak and Notre Dame with a 14 game winning streak on the line.

How To Watch:

Sunday, April 7, 5 p.m.

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Keys To The Game:

Make Arike Ogunbowale play both ends

Protect the ball

Keep Ogunbowale in front of the defender

Juicy and Chloe need to hit from outside to open up the lane

Make Mabry move off the 3pt line where over 57% of her shots are taken and over 40% made

TEAM PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 3PT% FT% OPP FG%
BAYLOR 81.7 47.4 22.4 7.6 7.2 50.4 37.5 68.2 31.6
NOTRE DAME 88.8 44.3 20.7 8.8 5.1 51.2 36.2 74.4 37.2

Fun Facts:

The last time Baylor and Notre Dame met in the NCAA Championship was 2012.

5 of 7 ESPN Experts pick Notre Dame due to experience.

Little Ms. Muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey. Along came Mulkey that asked, “Why so sulky? We’re just better today.”

COMMON OPPONENT BAYLOR NOTRE DAME
CONNECTICUTT 68-57 (W) 71-89 (L), 81-76 (W)*
STANFORD 63-68 (L) 84-68 (W)*
IOWA 85-53 (W)* 105-71 (W)

*NCAA Tournament

 

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Championship Game: Baylor vs. Notre Dame Preview & Game Thread

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I am ready...off to worship and fellowship this morning...lunch with family and Grandson...back home to count down the time till 5:00pm...hey I know it will be close and a nail biter...these kids from ND are good...but our team is great and they just seem to have it all together at the right time...I am big on match ups and Oregon was a tougher match up going into game in my opinion than Notre Dame...does not mean we will win for sure but if we play our game and Brown and Cox do what they do and limit the two bigs from ND...I just don't see ND's great guards being good enough against our defense to overcome our inside advantage...Look for depth to be an issue for both teams...I think it will be physical inside with foul trouble for both teams...both teams will look to run and you may see a grinding 4th quarter where you have a bunch of tired players.

They say defense wins championships we shall see...ND never put the focus or effort into defense this season becasue they could always count on their offense to out score folks...it may come back to bite them tonight...sometimes when you preach a greater defense effort something that you have not been focused on all season you tend to foul more...if ND gets in serious foul trouble they will be ripe for a blow out becasue they just have no significant depth.
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"At 6-foot-1, Didi Richards has the kind of length that also could bother Arike Ogunbowale.

The time to really zero in on this matchup will be the second half, when Ogunbowale has shined both in this tournament -- she had 21 second-half points on Friday, 24 second-half points against Texas A&M and 11 fourth-quarter points against Stanford -- and last year's Final Four (two buzzer-beating, game-winning shots).

If Richards can maintain her game plan
and stay out of foul trouble chasing Ogunbowale all night,
Baylor's chances of winning increase exponentially."

- espnW
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10:51a, 4/7/19
go lady bears!

- BUmma

pro ecclesia, pro javelina
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11:02a, 4/7/19
Our #1 Lady Bears are on the big stage today that they have prepared for all year. They have won in almost every way imaginable. Coach Mulkey and staff have them so ready for this day. For certain, they'll bring their all and the best defense in the league.

We have the ability to dominate in every phase of the game. I hope the world gets to see what we all know - how good this team really is.

It's Bear time! Sic em!
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Inside-out them, Bears!
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12:54p, 4/7/19
Ionescu with the push off on DiDi.
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From west of the Pecos, we are pulling for the Lady Bears tonight.
When they win, I hope you can hear the gunfire!!!
“If you have a job without aggravations, you don’t have a job.”
Malcolm Forbes
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Nina Davis joins in on the coverage !
All times are ET
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2nd bus of Baylor students to Tampa

SIC 'EM
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SIC 'EM Lady Bears
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2:58p, 4/7/19
Not giving the Bears an excuse but Jackson is fighting stomach issues today.
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In reply to skilledup • 3:20p, 4/7/19
Damn just another thing to give me anxiety about
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3:30p, 4/7/19
I hope CKM has the girls fired up today. 4 of the 6 ESPN commentators have picked ND to win. They also picked ND to beat us in 2012. Let's prove them wrong.....again!

If I was in that locker room before the game, I would give each and every one of those girls a HUGE hug and tell them how proud all of Baylor Nation is of them. Just play Baylor basketball. That's what got you to this game. Don't rush your shots. Share the ball. Don't let ND take any uncontested shots. Own the clock. Limit turnovers.

And most of all.......WIN BIG!!!
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Booked an early flight to New Orleans in order to arrive this afternoon with plenty of time to watch the game. Due to weather in Houston this morning my 10:45 SW flight has been delayed. We finally lifted off about 45 minutes ago and we are BETWEEN LAKE WHITNEY and WACO lol. I thought maybe we had been hijacked out of Hobby.

Looks like I'm going to miss the first quarter . Go Lady Bears.
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Condrey with the tip!
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In reply to 4th and Inches • 4:33p, 4/7/19
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Condrey with the tip!


FLASHBACK April 2, 2012
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This shapes up to be a great WBB national championship game between Baylor and Notre Dame. The Lady Bears and Fighting Irish had great basketball seasons. Both have high impact players. Both have great head coaches. Both are going to play hard, and give great efforts tonight. I hope in the end, Kim Mulkey and the Baylor Lady Bears become 2019 NCAA WBB national champions.
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Ditto!
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Let's go, Lady Bears!!
Love, love our Lady Bears
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SIC 'EM
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67% excited, 33% nervous... Sic em!
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