Running 2023-24 NCAA Basketball Thread

Do you think Angel Reese rubs people the wrong way because she complains? The closest to a complaint that I've heard from her is when she said it's been hard dealing with the barrage of death threats since winning the title. I think that's understandable.

I remember the moment Angel Reese became public enemy number one for the Outkicks of the world: it was when she did the "you can't see me” gesture to Caitlin Clark. It was cool when Clark did it to other people, but "classless" when Reese did it back.

And I'll throw this out there: LSU coincidentally has two female athletes in the top 10 overall for NIL valuation. Everything in your first paragraph could also be applied to the other LSU woman... but no one is sending death threats to "dirty debutante" Livvy Dunne.

 

I suspect I’m not the only one who picked up the Caitlin Clark viewing habit at last year’s Final Four, which means I missed seeing her version of “You can’t see me” against Louisville a round earlier. So yeah, I fell into that same trap at first.

I also think people are predisposed against sympathy for LSU because of their roller derby manager of a head coach, although Flau’Jae Johnson seems quite well liked.

 

You may hope for whatever you wish.

 

While the au revoir is relatively common these days, it’s still silly to expect it. You are correct.
They have had quality coaches in both men’s and women’s hoops for almost all of their ACC days.

 

I think under different circumstances, I’d like Reese. But she plays for Kim Mulkey, so I can’t.

 

Interesting how womens college hoops' biggest asshole coach has turned out two of its biggest asshole players.

 

Different sports and one is a smoke show who has used that to her advantage.

Reese is very attractive, the Vogue photos are very nice (but maybe a different facial expression for at least one of them?), but she’s famous for her skill at her sport and probably as fallout from the clown show of a coach she plays for.

I respect Reese a lot more than the gymnast, whose photo shoots are wallpaper at the spank factory. Dunne totally projects as something many, many fathers have nightmares about their daughter becoming.

Shit, I have almost no respect for the gymnast.

If I were Reese’s dad, I wouldn’t change what she’s doing, I would really talk to her about body language on the court. More Jordan and Kobe confidence and less “everything’s unfair’” which is the vibe I get.

Maybe it is Mulky fallout projected on her?

 

I think Clark's mom is cute.

 

I would have liked to see Reese play for Dawn Staley.

 

Yeah, I don't know what to tell you on that. I don't get that vibe from her at all.

 

Weird part of aging that sneaks up on you: when they show the player's mom, you think she's hot, and you realize she's also younger than you.

 

yep