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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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Any cars being flipped on 5th street?
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Any cars being flipped on 5th street?
In Lubbock?
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Mulkey said something to someone in the crowd

Leg whip from Kalani

62-50

Brown misses, Didi gets the loose ball and call a timeout

Family walking back with Mack Rhoades


A Notre Dame fan yelled "Get her off the court" as Cox was laying there in pain. That's when Mulkey stared into the crowd.
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Wow, what a POS.
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Wow, what a POS.
What's wrong with Dr Pepper shakes?
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I saw a tweet that said a lot of other UND fans around him got up and let him know how wrong and disrespectful he was.
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In reply to 4th and Inches • 11:25p, 4/7/19
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tommie said:
This is probably the highest I've ever been while celebrating a championship.
Tampa near sea level... Denver is way higher


30,000 feet.
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Brian Ethridge said:
Mulkey said something to someone in the crowd

Leg whip from Kalani

62-50

Brown misses, Didi gets the loose ball and call a timeout

Family walking back with Mack Rhoades


A Notre Dame fan yelled "Get her off the court" as Cox was laying there in pain. That's when Mulkey stared into the crowd.


That is a low down dirty piece of **** to say that to an injured athlete.
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I saw a tweet that said a lot of other UND fans around him got up and let him know how wrong and disrespectful he was.
There's an idiot in every crowd, sadly. Glad UND fans and Mulkey handled him or her.
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What a game! Glad they were able to pull it out and bring home the NC again!!!
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I am a BU Lady Bear fan from Dallas. This TEAM has proven to everyone that they are the NATIONAL CHAMPS.

I could not be more proud of a group than I am right now.

I am so happy that Lani got her CHAMPIONSHIP RING her Senior Year, she is just amazing. She proved that she belongs in the TOP 3 of the WNBA draft.

I pray that GODS hands heal LC. My heart sank last night watching her on the floor, and then the camera panning to her parents. PRAYERS ARE LIFTED.

CKM well nothing more to say. I love how she is a straight forward individual, and never sugar coats anything. MY KIND OG COACH. Love her.

I know we need to cherish this moment and enjoy every minute of it, BUT can we get on with next season.. Already missing it.

Sic'em
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I don't know who arranged that and if they had two buses ready to use or what but it is simply spectacular.
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I am a BU Lady Bear fan from Dallas. This TEAM has proven to everyone that they are the NATIONAL CHAMPS.

I could not be more proud of a group than I am right now.

I am so happy that Lani got her CHAMPIONSHIP RING her Senior Year, she is just amazing. She proved that she belongs in the TOP 3 of the WNBA draft.

I pray that GODS hands heal LC. My heart sank last night watching her on the floor, and then the camera panning to her parents. PRAYERS ARE LIFTED.

CKM well nothing more to say. I love how she is a straight forward individual, and never sugar coats anything. MY KIND OG COACH. Love her.

I know we need to cherish this moment and enjoy every minute of it, BUT can we get on with next season.. Already missing it.

Sic'em

I totally agree with everything you said.

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Looking back ...


2018-19 PRESEASON RANKINGS

# 2 SlamOnline.com
# 3 Athlon Sports College Basketball Preview
# 4 Associated Press
# 4 Street & Smith's Basketball Yearbook
# 5 ESPNW
# 5 Lindy's Sports College Basketball
# 5 USA Today / WBCA Preseason Top 25

- Baylor WBB website, 10 Nov 2018
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13-3
Kalani has a cramp

MINUTES PLAYED Baylor

40 Chloe Jackson
40 Juicy Landrum
37 Kalani Brown
29 DiDi Richards
29 Lauren Cox
17 NaLyssa Smith
08 Moon Ursin

200 Total
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I loved that Chloe was so surprised to be named MVP.
She was amazing tonight.


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VIDEO Game summary with analyst commentary


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I loved that Chloe was so surprised to be named MVP.
She was amazing tonight.


Ditto!

I told her last night that this was one of my favorite postgame interviews because she gave God the glory.

I don't know if we as a fan base realize how blessed we are to have these ladies representing Baylor on the national stage. It goes far beyond the trophies.
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Replacing Irish Starting 5

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"Some of the pain from Notre Dame's loss to Baylor in the NCAA championship game still lingers for Fighting Irish coach Muffet McGraw. ... it's back to campus to prepare for a 2019-20 season that will begin without a single returning starter.

"We return about 10 points a game and not a lot of experience," said McGraw, who is 835-233 after 32 seasons at Notre Dame that include NCAA championships in 2001 and 2018.

They must replace five starters who combined to score 10,230 points during their careers and were among the first 19 players selected in the WNBA draft last week.

"I couldn't be happier to see them all go so early in the draft," McGraw said Tuesday before an awards gathering with 500 fans that honored Jackie Young (No. 1 overall pick, Las Vegas), senior Arike Ogunbowale (fifth overall to Dallas), fifth-year grad student Brianna Turner (11th to Phoenix after a trade) and seniors Jessica Shepard (16th to Minnesota) and Marina Mabrey (19th to Los Angeles).

"We lost a giant piece of our puzzle," McGraw said of Jackie Young's decision to leave a season early. "So now we're pretty much starting over. I hope it's a reload rather than a rebuild."

Mikayla Vaughn, a 6-foot-3 sophomore forward who scored 125 points in 38 games, and pesky freshman guard Abby Prohaska lead the returning players. The group includes two freshmen guards - Katlyn Gilbert and Jordan Nixon - who struggled with injuries, and frontliners Danielle Patterson and Danielle Cosgrove.

They will be joined by incoming freshmen Samantha Brunelle and Anaya Peoples and graduate transfer Destinee Walker, a guard who averaged 13.3 points a game as a freshman and sophomore and will earn an undergrad degree at North Carolina."
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I saw him at the parade the other day and told him how much I enjoyed watching him (after the fact) celebrate the Lady Bears' victory. It is a great tribute to the athletes when they celebrate each others successes.

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I am a BU Lady Bear fan from Dallas. This TEAM has proven to everyone that they are the NATIONAL CHAMPS.

I could not be more proud of a group than I am right now.

I am so happy that Lani got her CHAMPIONSHIP RING her Senior Year, she is just amazing. She proved that she belongs in the TOP 3 of the WNBA draft.

I pray that GODS hands heal LC. My heart sank last night watching her on the floor, and then the camera panning to her parents. PRAYERS ARE LIFTED.

CKM well nothing more to say. I love how she is a straight forward individual, and never sugar coats anything. MY KIND OG COACH. Love her.

I know we need to cherish this moment and enjoy every minute of it, BUT can we get on with next season.. Already missing it.

Sic'em

I totally agree with everything you said.
Ditto 100%
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