Feeling a Draft: Langhorne to Mystics; Harper to Monarchs

If you watched the WNBA draft today you probably saw Lang picked by the Mystics and Harper picked by the Monarchs.

Thus giving Maryland two Top 10 picks for the first time in school history.

Later they posed with their jerseys:


and just as an FYI the Mystics don't have a #1 (or #24 Crystal's first number choice) and the Monarchs don't have a #15.

And also sat down to chat with fans. Crystal's response for shooting over 60% "I shoot a lot of layups"

Lastly, Laura's newest beat writer already wrote an article about her.

Crystal and Kristi Earn More All-America Accolades

What a week for Crystal and Kristi, despite losing in the Elite 8 they picked up three all-america honors. You heard about the AP honors earlier this week, but the other day they earned USBWA honors and today made the prestigious State Farm WBCA All-America Team

Congrats to both ladies. Now it's team to wait for the draft.

Wednesday Words

I would just like to point out that only one team scored more than 87 points in the Elite 8 and that just happened to be Stanford.

Crystal and Kristi were named second team AP All-Americans yesterday, while it seems Marissa was an honorable mention selection. It marks the first time since 1989 that we have had two players named AA in the same season.

My favorite Benedict Arnold - Jeff Walz earned the Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year Award from the WBCA. I am sure Natty06 felt that Daron Park should have received the award.

The Baltimore Sun gives an update on Dee Liles

Some articles on the day after:
Sports Illustrated
Baltimore Sun
Diamondback

As we head into the off season there are some questions that need to be asked:
Did lack of playing time for the young players make them think about heading elsewhere?
Will Coach Park's stint as acting head coach make him want to pursue his own head gig?
What kind of team will we have next year?
Will we land several top 10 recruits to go along with Dara Taylor so that we reload in 2010 instead of rebuild?

Lastly, thanks to all my loyal readers who visit this site almost daily. I probably don't have the readership of the basketcases but I hope you enjoy the site and continue to visit in the offseason as we now have to track the pro careers of Shay, Crystal and Laura. For those senior parents who read this board, I hope you continue to visit even if your daughter is no longer on the team. I know I expect a lot out of the team, but I wouldn't be a fan if I didn't.

Stanford Ends Terps Season in Elite 8

All I can say is wow, Stanford shot the lights out as did we, then just made more threes. I am so proud of the ladies' effort tonight that I can't be that disappointed. Not many teams will beat us when we score 87 and shoot over 50%. We ran into that team tonight. When the third and fourth scorers can't miss from 3, there's not a whole lot you can do. Missing free throws didn't help, but I am sure Wiggins would have drained another 3. I would have liked to have seen Coleman guard Wiggins at certain points to make it harder for her to shoot, but that's my only complaint.

Congrats to Crystal, Laura, Ashleigh, Jade and Christie. You will be missed.

The countdown to next year is on. I hope Lynetta, Dee and Drey can help us reload in the post and take us to the Elite 8 and beyond next year.