01-29-2024, 01:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-29-2024, 02:58 PM by OCcardinal.)
Two thoughts:
1) I thought Kiki Rice was more articulate than her coach in that press conference. I'm very impressed with her. I bet she would have thrived at Stanford. [EDIT: FYI, I've read on UCLA chatboards that Betts is fine, it's just an illness, and she could return this week. That would explain why Kiki said she hasn't been with the team off the court either. Hopefully that's true and we'll see her in the matchup this week.]
2) Leger-Walker's coach was surprisingly pessimistic about the likely seriousness of her injury. New Zealand's final Olympic qualifying tournament is in 10 days. I don't know if she planned to play in that, but it would be a bummer if she misses out a chance to play with her national team too. Well find out soon. [EDIT: Also, I wonder how P12 teams with more international players might be impacted by Olympic qualifying generally. For example, I read that UCLA forward Angela Dugalic will be playing for Serbia in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Brazil early next month. I don't think Elena Bosgana has an issue. Pretty sure Greece isn't in the running at this point.]
1) I thought Kiki Rice was more articulate than her coach in that press conference. I'm very impressed with her. I bet she would have thrived at Stanford. [EDIT: FYI, I've read on UCLA chatboards that Betts is fine, it's just an illness, and she could return this week. That would explain why Kiki said she hasn't been with the team off the court either. Hopefully that's true and we'll see her in the matchup this week.]
2) Leger-Walker's coach was surprisingly pessimistic about the likely seriousness of her injury. New Zealand's final Olympic qualifying tournament is in 10 days. I don't know if she planned to play in that, but it would be a bummer if she misses out a chance to play with her national team too. Well find out soon. [EDIT: Also, I wonder how P12 teams with more international players might be impacted by Olympic qualifying generally. For example, I read that UCLA forward Angela Dugalic will be playing for Serbia in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Brazil early next month. I don't think Elena Bosgana has an issue. Pretty sure Greece isn't in the running at this point.]