Doggydaddy's Den: Doggy's Doghouse 1/24/19

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Tough day for Barrett. He caught his brother's cold and was really miserable for much of the day.

Look at those red cheeks and red nose.

He was not a happy camper!

His Mommy brought him to the doctor where he was checked out from head to toe!

No issues, just a cold!

He was feeling a lot better before bedtime!!!!

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Can you say six in a row? Unranked Tennessee lost to No. 1 Notre Dame 77-62 on the sacred court of Pat Summitt during We Back Pat week, a terrific initiative used to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer's disease.

Notre Dame was led Jackie Young's triple double, the 7th triple double in ND history. She had 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists and only 2 turnovers. It was a very "Gabby-esque" performance. And the player we all love to hate, Arike Ogunbowale, had 28 points, 24 in the second half.

Tennessee got a great first half from freshman Zaay Green, who had 15 points in the first half and finished with 19 points.

The first half was a little weird with Tennessee passing the ball like Notre Dame and Notre Dame shooting the ball like Tennessee. At one point, Tennessee had an 8 point lead in the first quarter while Notre Dame went 0-11 from the field. I thought Muffet was going to jump out of her leather skirt. She was pissed!

At the half, Tennessee had a 34-31 lead and the announcers just about lost their minds. THIS was the Tennessee team they thought they would be! Andy Lander's at the half slobbered all over his ugly suit (I think he used the slobber to slick back his hair) over Tennessee's "great" performance. Fool's gold, I tell you. Fool's friggin' gold.

Many teams have good halves, but really good teams play 40 minutes. And that was what Notre Dame did and Tennessee didn't. The Lady Vols kept it close for another 5 minutes after half time before the Irish put on a spurt to take a 9 point lead after three quarters. Notre Dame outscored Tennessee 24-12 in that quarter.

They expanded the lead to 21 points at one point before the scrubs allowed Tennessee (who kept in their starters to the end) to close to 15 points.

After the final buzzer, the announcers went on and on and on about how Tennessee played the No. 1 team close for 3 quarters (not true), and how they could build on this game (fool's gold).

Tennessee shot 35% from the field, 2-14 (14%) on threes, 23 personal fouls and had only 9 assists on 27 baskets. Please tell me what good they can take from this game.

Up next for Tennessee, who is 12-7 on the season with FIVE home losses, is another home game against LSU, who is a middle of the road SEC team. I do expect Tennessee to finally break their losing streak in this one!

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So, who gets more from their bench, UConn or Notre Dame. Both teams have amazing starting 5's but get little from their bench.

In the Tennessee game, Notre Dame pretty much played ONE player off the bench, Prohaska, until the last 4 minutes and she only played 9 minutes and scored 2 points.

Bench play is overrated.

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By David in Naples!!!!!

Remember the old cheer: 2, 4, 6, 8...who do we appreciate? Last night that would have to be Napheesa..!! Consider her stats:

2 steals, 4 assists, 6 blocked shots and 8 rebounds..!! Add in 22 points and you have a tremendous performance really to appreciate.

For the season, Pheesa is at 331 points or 18.4 per game. She leads the team with 181 rebounds, 25 blocked shots, 136 baskets, and is 2nd with 66 assists. Quite the Senior season for the Huskies..!!

Go Pheesa..!!

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