Friday, March 15, 2019

Doggy's Doghouse 3/15/19











                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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I'm leaving this here until the voting ends on 3/23. Please vote!!!!

My wonderful and talented cousin Ted Fink has a songwriter competition for one of his songs. 

He sent out the instrumental and we were supposed to send in lyrics. The song is called Riffin’.
Riffin’ is when you just make up music without lyrics for example on a guitar.
I made it to the final four!!! Now it’s time for the public to vote.

There are four entries and mine is No. 3 and it’s called Riffin’. I should win just for having the right name!!!

So here is the link. Vote early, often, and for No. 3.....me!!!


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Well, this is maybe one of my favorite days!!!! My grandsons are sleeping over. Logan is next to me watching Paw Patrol while Barrett is in the guest room asleep in the pack-n-play. Hopefully until the morning!!! We had some home made pizza and played piano and danced!!



 
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Nika Muhl @MuhlNika
Had a great visit last night by coach Auriemma 😊 @UConnWBB 🐺
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This is Nika Muhl, a 5'10" guard from Croatia. Geno is not going to go into next season with 8 players. He is recruiting hard in Europe!!! 

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I sometimes don't give equal time to opposing views, but I received an email from Patrick, a very loyal reader and someone with great insight into WCBB. He sent me this about Katie Lou and her exclusion from the ESPN AA team. I don't agree 100% with what he is saying but he has some really great points that I wanted to share with you. 

"First of all, I love Katie Lou -- great player, great kid, great role model.  The world needs more Katie Lou Samuelsons. But --  while Lou's all-around game was much improved this year -- defense, rebounding, driving to the basket etc, she's a shooting guard and her once world class 3-pt FG % was only 82nd among Division 1 women, and her overall FG % was only 146th - despite the fact that she took a lot more shots in the paint this year than last.
More importantly she didn't shoot well in the three biggest - and most watched - games of the year.  She was 5/16 against Notre Dame,  4/16 against Baylor, and 5/13 against Louisville. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it comes out after the season that she suffered from shoulder or elbow problems this year and bravely tried to battle through them to help the team.  That would explain why she had some seemingly inexplicable bad-shooting games.

Ironically, if UConn had stumbled badly in the recent games she missed, her all-around contributions might have received more weight with the voters.  The fact that the team played quite well without her did not help her chances."

Thanks Patrick!!! 


By David in Naples!!!!!

With all the emphasis on scoring and the move of Napheesa and Katie Lou up the all-time scoring list, an interesting stat has been ignored. Collier is just 22 rebounds away from passing Stewie for 4th place all-time in rebounding. You know, Stewie, the 6'4", 4 time NC Most Valuable Player.  She of the famous 7 foot wingspan. Napheesa has 1,158 vs 1,179 for Breanna. How in the world is Pheesa a better rebounder than Stewie? Well, if total rebounds determines who was better, then Collier tops Stewart.

Speaking of undersized forwards, Maya Moore is 2nd on the all-time rebounding list with 1,276. Of course, #1 on that list is Tina Charles at 1,367. Below Tina and Maya is Rebecca Lobo at 1,268 rebounds. So the top five looks like this:

1. Tina 1,367 rebounds
2. Maya 1,276 rebs
3. Rebecca 1,268 rebs
4. Stewie 1,179 rebs
5. Pheesa 1,158 rebs

So, Napheesa could end up in the top 4 all-time in scoring and rebounding at UConn. Wow..!!

Go Huskies..!!

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UCONN LINKS
Iowa's Megan Gustafson unanimously named espnW's player of the year
Selection Monday on ESPN: Exclusive Reveal of 64-Team Field

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I'm always open for suggestions. Just please reply to this blog or email me at:

doggydaddy.UConn@gmail.com
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