NCAA women’s basketball-Great news, fellow humans. I thoroughly enjoyed the Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament and it didn’t kill me!
Awesome, isn’t it? As we look forward to Sunday’s championship game, I can say with confidence that men everywhere are loving and sustaining women’s basketball right now.
What a world!
NCAA women’s basketball-Manly dudes have long been skeptical of women’s basketball
For years, a large portion of the man-o-sphere has dismissed women’s basketball, discounting it as a lack of discounts or a lack of friends or a violation of our beloved-but-hidden rules of the patriarchy.
NCAA women’s basketball-It seems like the women’s game was invented so that men could express deep thoughts like and “I bet the women’s college team couldn’t beat the local high school boys team, and the assumption I came up with is in no way related to sexism.”
Whether it’s college basketball or the WNBA, women’s sports have long served as fodder for important male thought leaders, who put on tank tops and do podcasts and get passed out if they walk more than 20 feet.
Gradually, things have gotten better for men who want to watch women play
But gradually, things changed and became better for men.
It started, I think, in 2015, when they released a Mad Max movie with a woman in the lead role. I loved “Max Max: Fury Road” and after watching it, I don’t think it ruined my childhood.
It prepared me for the following year, when an all-female remake of “Ghostbusters” came out. It was definitely scary, but I prepared, saw it, thought it was great, and somehow didn’t leave the theater incomplete and unable to be a friend. My bud still calls me “Broseph”.
Fast forward to the rise of NCAA superstar Kaitlyn Clark of the University of Iowa, prodigy Angel Reese of Louisiana State University and fierce Paige Bookers of the University of Connecticut. NCAA women’s basketball-They are all women, human and they made this year’s tournament must-see TV.
I don’t like March Madness. Sorry if this makes me weird.
If only there was an explanation for men’s reluctance to embrace women in all sports
Part of me wants to think that women’s sports have always been better, and that I just don’t pay attention to it because their programs don’t get the same level of financial support or media attention.
And part of me wonders if there’s an underlying misogyny in male culture that makes accepting women as equals somehow taboo because it means we men can no longer be in complete control of literally everything.
But then I realized the problem was actually that LeBron James still hadn’t told me it was okay to watch women’s basketball. NCAA women’s basketball-The Los Angeles Lakers star has long been a fan, and he recently said: “I don’t think there’s much of a difference between the men’s and women’s basketball games when it comes to college basketball. I think the popularity comes with the icons in the women’s game.”
cool Now we men have a man-sanctioned permission structure that allows us to enjoy women’s basketball without fear of being de-manned.
I would like to congratulate my colleagues for this outstanding achievement. It takes a lot of courage for us to see and appreciate a game that doesn’t show men doing the same thing.
Let’s go, guys. We did it!
WNBA upgrades foul on Caitlin Clark by Chennady Carter, fines Angel Reese for not doing postgame interview
Carter hit Clark with a shoulder shot that knocked him to the floor before an inbounds pass in the third quarter of Saturday’s 71-70 win by the Fever. The officials called it an off-the-ball foul and did not review the play. NCAA women’s basketball-At the time it was considered a common foul.
“I didn’t expect it,” Clarke said after the game. “It’s what it is. It’s a physical game. Go make free throws and execute on offense and I think that’s what we did.
Carter did not respond to questions about Clark or the game after the game.
The league fined Sky forward Angel Reese $1,000 for failing to make himself available to the media after Saturday’s game. The WNBA fined Chicago $5,000 for failing to ensure all players followed the league’s media policy.
NCAA women’s basketball-The league office may reclassify a flagrant foul or upgrade a foul to a flagrant that is not called during the game. Also, the league can impose fines or suspend a player for flagrant fouls. NCAA women’s basketball-Neither did the WNBA Carter.
Players accumulate points for flagrant fouls during the regular season and when certain numbers are reached.
“We’re just going to send these possessions to the league, and these plays, and hopefully they’ll start to, you know, take a better look at what we’re seeing happening, or what we think is happening. NCAA women’s basketball-You know, the way she keeps hammering and it’s hard not to get rewarded with a free throw or a foul call. She just kept fighting through it. Kudos to her. Really, for doing that. Really proud of.”
NCAA women’s basketball-Clark finished with 11 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in game. Reese had 8 points and 13 rebounds.