WNBA Finals fever - catch it

I'll back this up also. Girls/women's basketball has a pretty stellar following in the Upper Midwest. When the Gophers made the FF in 2004, it felt like a bandwagon runner's dream with the newfound interest from the latte-chugging, Land Rover yoga pants crowd. It was trendy for a year.

The Lynx do have a following and MSP has the demographics where it should.

I'm not a dismissive of women's basketball as I was a few years ago. A big chunk has been my daughter's basketball interest. She loves the local college team and is turning into a WNBA fan.

Through circumstances, I am tasked with being the head coach of her middle school feeder team.

Here's the odd part. I've coach boys and, now, girls.

The girls are incredibly coachable. Even our one true scorer doesn't mind passing when I ask. I only have to tell them ONCE to do something or fix something and it's done.

They may struggle more with layups (and, damn, it is a gender thing why women's teams take bad shots early in the shot clock when leading by 13 points late?), but overall, I love coaching that damn .500 team.

 

Sparks title celebration a "huge" draw.

Hundreds of people were gathered at L.A. Live to celebrate the Sparks’ WNBA championship Monday, according to LAT

Los Angeles Sparks celebrate WNBA championship with their trophy and their fans

 

I would have NEVER thought the crowd would look like this!

 

Reading this thread and people one-upping each other to point out how little they care is like PFTCommenter's joke about how little time he spends thinking of Michael Sam.

 

It's not like it's Cleveland and it's been decades since a team won a basketball title.

 

Lighten up, Francis. Many of us think the product sucks, but its juxtaposed with, what I think is, coverage that outkicks their interest. Thus the snide remarks, not unlike every other thread here.

 

Didn't say there was anything wrong with it, Poin. Fire at will! Just try to be more creative is all. Seeing all the missed shots in this thread reminds me of watching a women's basketball game.

 

Indiana Fever is apparently a fatal, disfiguring condition.



http://deadspin.com/there-was-a-hysterically-lopsided-blowout-in-the-wnba-l-1798052144

 

That's some fine hooping right there.

 

Where's your Sally Jenkins or Christine Brennan now

 

What? No mercy rule?