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Wonder how that statue is coming along.
Angel McCoughtry, former University of Louisville All-America, scored 18 points and snatched four rebounds in leading the United States women’s team to victory in the world championship Gold Medal Games Sunday. Â The U.S. defeated the Czech Republic, 86-69, on the Czech Republic’s home court.
McCoughtry’s jersey will reportedly be the first new jersey to be hoisted to the rafters in the new KFC Yum! Center. Following an exhibition game Oct. 30, the women’s team will open the 2010-11 season against Tennessee on Nov. 12.
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Anyone know how ticket sales are going for the Lady Cards? Can’t wait!!!
BTW, Charlie, don’t you mean “HOISTED to the rafters”?
After a visit to dictionary.com, yes.
Big Carolyn Peck fan here — she always has something to say when she opens her mouth on air. And let’s not dump on Kara Lawson here — I like her studio work, where she’s more free to ex[pound on her own line of thinking.
Regarding the WNBA draft show when Angel was the #1 overall pick: ESPN still subscribes to the notion that in women’s college hoops, there are UConn and Tennessee, and there’s everyone else. I don’t think anyone in Bristol noticed that although the Cards couldn’t beat UConn (not that anyone else could, either), they went 34-2 against the rest of the country that season.
The voters for Big East POY suffered the same bias: I considered it a gross injustice when Maya Moore got the nod over Angel, whose numbers were more impressive and who clearly meant much more to her team’s success.
Kara Lawson, a former Tennessee and currently playing for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA, is not the villian you’re making her out to be, Card Ron. She “gets her feed through the earpiece” just like the rest of the on court and talking head announcers. She’s one of the mainstays for women’s college basketball announcing, does a credible job and I’d rather have her behind the mike before Doris Burke or the horrible Rebecca Lobo any day of the week. Angel’s tirade on her, although entertaining, might have been a bit misguided. Lawson does not do the programming or select the topic matter for the behind the desk discussions.
Lawson was one of the two final players cut for TEAM USA, who recently won the FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. Having met Lawson, I can tell you that she’s no villian and a very gracious and engaging person to talk to.
So you’re saying Lawson is like a puppet, without any views of her own? That’s even worse.
No, Rusky. What I’m saying is that she has a producer that feeds her the script on what to ask and comment on. It’s her job to ask the questions that come out of the ear piece when she is on the sidelines. When she is behind the desk, there is a certian amount of freelancing and spontanious comments that occur.
I’d hardly consider her a puppet. She went thru Tennessee with a 3.8 GPA. How did you do in college?
Don’t view Angel with rose colored glasses. She admits herself that she’s still got a lot to learn and works on keeping her emotions in check.
I simply get a different vibe than you do regarding Kara. I honestly think that is what she actually thought of Angel’s game. I totally agree with you on Rebecca Lobo though. Something happen that she can’t play anymore? I thought she was a UConn wunderkind. Less Doris Burke and more Carolyn Peck.
Lobo retired from the WNBA in 2003 because of continuing difficulties in her left knee. She was assigned to the New York Liberty in 1997 and tore her left anterior cruciate ligament in the first regular season game. She stayed at NY till 2002 whne she was traded to the Houston Comets. The Connecticut Sun traded for her in 2003 and that’s where she retired from.
Like Carolyn Peck a lot. Knows the game and isn’t afraid to tell it like it is.
“Purpostedly”? I’m beginning to sound like one of the ESPN folk. Let’s try purportedly! Sorry about that.
McCoughtry’s jersey will be raised to the rafters at the Tennessee game. She’ excited about being here for it and will be headed back to Europe after to play in the EuroLeagues this fall and winter.
In the meantime, she’s well deserving of a little r&r.
That treatment by ESPN and the media in general is so typical. I don’t think I’ve told the story on here before. On the ~1/2 hour show they had for the WNBA draft (during the middle of an afternoon on a workday…I DVR’d it), they opened with two talking heads praising two other purpostedly higher rated women. Nothing was said about Angel. They went to the podium and put the first team, Atlanta, on the clock. They came to the heads…more blather about the same two women. Then, both women stop talking and look down for several seconds…dead air… then they start talking about looking at another candidate worthy of consideration…Angel. Then they cut to the podium announcing, guess who, Angel as the Dream’s choice. Clearly the heads were told Angel had been chosen and they better say their canned stuff about her before the announcement was made. What a hoot!!!
I also absolutely loved the way Angel called out on-air one of the ESPN “heads” after one of the Cards games in the run to the final game.
You go, girl!!
Yeah, one of those heads goes by the name Kara Lawson. She’s got nerve talking about someone’s game when she can’t average double figures in points when she plays. Angel called her out big time and I’m damn proud of her for doing that.
What’s really pathetic is ESPNews showed highlights of the game and not one had Angel in it. They were all over Sue Byrd and Mia Moore.