#ncaa 24

[alixra]

nothing can describe how proud i am of this uconn team like actually.

so what we lost 5 players? so what our bench is only 3 deep? foul trouble early in the game with our starters? no problem.

i was actually shaking that whole game and i’m in tears rn😭😭

no matter what happens in the final four i am so proud and amazed at everything they do and i’ve never been prouder to be a uconn fan💙💙

GO HUSKIESSSSSS

[amy-chow]

if jay clark > uga is true I will be more shocked than i was when experiencing chokelahoma in real time

[alexamorenoshairdye]

[chusofullout]

OMG per Spencer one of the NC State girls kicked her coach during her bars while performing her pak?!

[state-of-connecticut-official]

So proud that UCONN continues to be one of the best in college basketball! They should continue to put lots of funding into the team despite all the budget cuts, and we will still happily cut the amount of money they get from us. You know what, they should also increase their tuition by another 20k while they're at it.

[tvmusiclife]

Happy Women's Championship Day to all who celebrate:

12 pm: Iowa v. Nebraska (Big 10 Conference final)

1 pm: NC State v. Notre Dame (ACC Conference Final)

3 pm: South Carolina v. LSU (SEC Conference Final)

4 pm: Stanford v. USC (PAC 12 Conference Final)

8:15 pm: USWNT v. Brazil (inagural W Gold Cup final)

[arts-publisher]

Largest American University stadiums

[my-random-fandoms]

Ugh I wish Savannah Schoenherr hadn't joined in the orange tan club at LSU.

[liyaezhova]

idek if my team is going to be able to put up a beam rotation lmao

[boston-bordeleau]

MICHIGAN MOVING ONTO REGIONAL FINALS

[alixra]

who in their right mind calls a moving screen in the final four with 3 seconds left and the team down by one…

that ref actually needs to be fired.

yes, aaliyah’s screen was a foul, but why call it?? on nearly every possession d1 or not, there is going to be a moving screen. sometimes they get called and sometimes they don’t. and i wouldn’t care if it got called at any other point of the game, but then? really???

not to mention that the refs were calling soo many fouls on UConn and barely any on Iowa. i genuinely believe that this game was rigged just so that caitlin clark could be in the championship game and get the ncaa views. and the fact that so many other people are posting about it and talking about it, especially big names in basketball, just proves my point even more.

and my heart actually broke for aaliyah. the fact that that was the end to her amazing career, nika too, is just awful.

we need to get better refs for the women’s game, and let the players play and decide the outcome of their own games.

actually so disappointed and angry right now.

[amy-chow]

help this is the funniest meet I have ever seen. absolute buffoonery. I’m obsessed.

[alexamorenoshairdye]

it’s been said before but I’m gonna throttle Jay Clark through my computer screen one of these days. why is Kiya doing a double twisting yurchenko eleven months after an achilles tear you have five seconds to answer

[bullfrogjoy]

Bullfrog Joy

March 22, 2023

Good Morning! It’s really spring now, but I’m not sure it feels like it. For some reason I am just cold. I do like the sunshine later in the day, and I know it will warm up. On my walk today I saw bluebells and mini daffodils. So cute! My regular daffodils are just about bloomed out. They’ll last a little longer for just a bit more early spring joy.

March Madness…it’s another sign of spring. Are you in? How do you choose your winners? I’m looking for a Cinderella team, but the one I picked got beat. Long Beach State. Their coach got fired and then they won their tournament. I’ll look for another one. Maybe Oakland?

I guess you could say my family is a little basketball crazy. We had two TV’s going last night, flipping between games. Our daughter took two days off work to watch games this week. We did not teach her to be a North Carolina fan, but somehow that has become her team. They won so her bracket is good so far.

Facebook told me that our son got tickets to see Illinois play yesterday afternoon. I didn’t even know he was a fan, but there was his picture at the game. He and his friend drove six hours to watch the game. Guess they were feeling the joy because Illinois won. I did notice he had on his White Sox shirt so he does still know which sport is the best!

Here’s my non-basketball joy story for the week, my friends. My brother left town for the winter, but before he left he made plans for some remodeling of his house here in Illinois. He asked if I would supervise and make some decisions if necessary. It really is a bit bigger job than I expected, but it is sort of fun to be in charge of spending someone else’s money! Someone had to choose what kind of flooring to put in his new bathroom and hallway. The carpenters suggested we go to the Warehouse Bargain store at the mall. WOW! Have you been there? So much stuff! And so many deals.

However, the real joy was when we discovered we had not bought enough flooring. Doesn’t sound like joy, does it? We had to go back to buy an entire box to get the three pieces we needed for the doorway we hadn’t measured. We walked in, told the guy what we wanted, and he said he thought he could hook us up. He pulled three pieces out of an open box and handed them to us, saying, “Have a nice day. It’s on us!” What a deal! And yes, my friends, that was JOY! We will go back to that store.

I do like basketball as much as the rest of the family, but I also found a really good book. It may be a tough choice this weekend. Basketball or The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese? The characters are amazing. The setting is 1900’s in India. An interesting tidbit, not particularly important to the plot is that the main character attends a church established by the apostle Thomas, after Jesus sent him to go to all nations, preach the gospel and baptize believers. I had to check on this. I don’t know that it is proven fact, but it is tradition that Thomas did go to India to preach the Word, and there are churches that claim to be founded by Thomas. There are three different story lines. At page 250 (there are 700) I am beginning to see how they might intertwine. So much to find out, so much to read, how can I watch basketball?

Life is good. Joy is out there my friends. Macomb outdoor Dairy Queen is open! It may be cold, but ice cream brings me joy! And….even better….It’s almost Easter when we celebrate the greatest joy of all. Find a church and celebrate Palm Sunday! Jesus is alive. Joy to you my friends. Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea. Joy to you and me.

[bulletines-news]

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