Who knew that chaos Daniel Adams will sow? Notre Dame certainly has learned.
Who knew that chaos is sown Daniel Adams? Notre Dame has certainly learned.
The senior scored 22 of his 30 points in the domain of the second half and answered all Fighting Irish to the basket Tuesday night to help the Aggies beat Notre Dame 76-70 in an exciting and provide the names of women in the military academy in all old men.
"I had a little voice in my head:" Do not let this team down, "said Adams, who became the first school All-American one week ago and added valuable player honors tournament.
"Every time we go down we told each other we're not going to lose this match. We have done all season to prepare for this article. I had to make my teammates. They did everything for me. I have decided to resume and let them around on his back. "
This must be the year Maya Moore, Connecticut Juggernaut won his third consecutive title and Stanford and Tennessee went back on top. But Texas A & M and Notre Dame to get rid of them all - plus a fourth No. 1 seed, Baylor - a bit of a final between two strong No. 2 seed.
And at the end of the game swing, which easily won the men's final of excitement - and points - Aggies made the coach proud. In 65 years, became the oldest coach to win a championship for women for only one night after the 68-year-old Jim Calhoun UConn does the same for men.
"We gave the championship game without a so-called forces of the world," said Blair. "The two nations now have two who deserve it."
Tyra White added 18 points and M, including a big 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded the clock to put the Aggies up 73-68 with 1:07 left.
"It 's been a knife in the heart. It was a game," Irish coach Muffet McGraw said, tilting her head, when he was asked. "I was thinking about this game, and the white part of the game is a game."
Adams and his teammates, then launched a final offensive, desperate for the Irish and the young point guard sensation, Skylar Diggins.
Now the Aggies (33-5) are the national champions, beginners who batter their way through the tournament to win it all. Notre Dame, because they defeated conference rival on the road, beating Baylor in Dallas Regional final after losing to the Lady Bears three times during the season.
Adams, who fought against Baylor has been the challenge and then some against Notre Dame, where he scored the second highest number of points for the championship game complete (Texas Tech, was Sheryl rushes 47 against Ohio State in 1993).
Both teams reached the championship run of two No. 1 seeds. Notre Dame finished slip against Tennessee 00-20, then swept Connecticut in the semifinals - the first time a team blew up the two women basketball icons in the same tournament. After leaving M & Baylor, Aggies stunned Stanford in the semifinal bruises.
It ended up being the first game without a title of a seed from 1994 and the second in the standings. It was also the first final without either Connecticut or New York, Maryland beat Duke in overtime in the championship in 2006.
And it was good.
After a two-way first half, and back Aggies 48-43 early in the second half, Adam has a new one.
6-foot-1 center was 10 points following 13 Aggies to give them a 56-53 lead in the second half of the time. Texas A & M 64-57 advantage was extended to more than two Sydney - Carter and Colson.
But Notre Dame has not abandoned them, defend Diggins and Devereaux Peters. The Irish have scored nine of the 11 following points to tie the game at 66 in a shot with 3:56 left Diggins.
Blair went directly to Adams for the next two possessions, and she gave birth, hit the back to back along the windows and wear Irish, hit his first eight shots and finishing with half the rating of 9 11
Peters putback cut to 70-68, but White hit a huge 3 - In the second game saving shot of the tournament after leading the Aggies downtime over Stanford on Sunday. Diggins has two free throws with 40.7 seconds left, and McGraw is called a final time just to see his young star turn in front of the bench. White hit both free throws to seal the victory.
Diggins finished with 23 points and added 21 rebounds and 11 Peters for Notre Dame (31/08). Diggins, brakes tears, "said the Irish could not handle the pressure and Mr.
"We shot it too. I do not know if it was nerves or what," he said. "We simply can not handle the pressure."
In fact, the night belongs to the Aggies in the game just a few hours drive from the campus of Notre Dame in South Bend.
Is the first major sports championship in Texas, and M, because the football team has won everything in 1939. And it's going to school, do not even admit women until 1963, and in which school administrators do not always see the financial benefits of sport for men and women alike, when Title IX was adopted in 1972.
In 1994, M and received his first bid in the NCAA tournament, and immediately won the regional quarterfinals. However, not all slowed Blair arrived in 2003.
A man with a sharp tongue, quick wit and deep Southern drawl has been home to recruit the best players in his native Texas, and ending with others in the athletic department to sell the school.
Profit from the name would certainly help.
"My team and I could not let our seniors (Coulson and Adams) to leave without winning a national championship," White said. "We had to send in the right direction, and boy, we did. "
Aggies rode the relentless defense that allows no more than 50 points in the tournament before Stanford scored 62 in the semifinals.
The Irish attempted to become the first team to capture the title in their own country because Stanford beat Los Angeles in 1992. It was certainly felt at home with two-thirds of Notre Dame 17 473 people in the field wearing a green and gold, the school hopes first championship since 2001.
At least Diggins will be back next season.
"You lose the last game you just motivated to go back and work a little harder and make sure it does not happen again," said McGraw. "So I think it would be a great motivator for us."
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