WBB loses in tourney, but caps great season!
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Now on to the bittersweet news of the day. The Women’s Basketball team fell in the Big Dance on Sunday in a tight game with Temple. Here’s the full writeup from JMU Sports, but nonetheless the team finished a strong season and continued building on the solid foundations laid by Coach Kenny Brooks. The LadyDukes won the CAA by finally knocking off ODU in the title game. Not to mention superstar Dawn Evans had an All-World season and we here at SB wish her all the best in an uncertain offseason!
Oh yeah, and Temple trailed UCONN 55-12 at halftime and you didn’t even wonder for a second if that was a typo in the second round game so all my bravado about a Northern Iowa shocker probably wasn’t in the cards even if they’d advanced.
Kenny has done a pretty amazing job with the woman’s program and Dawn has been pretty amazing herself, especially considering she might need a transplant. I was bummed they lost to Temple, but given the way UConn handled them, it might have been a blessing in disguise.