Olson not being unanimous was the craziest to me, she was on my three player POTY ballot (only one option from each team available). Also thought Jensen definitely deserved coach of the year, none of the other discrepancies between my ballot and the final media results felt completely nuts though
To clear up some things: we (the media voters) ranked 25 players for the all big 10 honors, and 8 players each for the all defensive teams and all freshman teams. I actually kinda liked those changes given how big the conference is now lol
Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" 🗣️
Northwestern field hockey dies it again!!! Ilse Tromp is the hero, and with 3 championships in 5 years, including back to back titles, the dynasty is officially on
Northwestern field hockey STORMS back from a 3-1 deficit to beat #1 UNC in overtime and advance to their fifth consecutive national championship. An unbelievable game, and an unbelievable team is one win away from back-to-back natties
ILSE TROMP (and Maddie Zimmer)
Remarkable rivalry win for Northwestern WBB over DePaul. After a very slow start to the season, the Wildcats might be starting to figure themselves out! Perhaps the best game of Caroline Lau's career, and Grace Sullivan and Tayla Thomas continue to be an exceptional duo down low
Tough news for Northwestern field hockey, who despite just one regular season loss will not host a regional for the first time in four years. The Wildcats head to Charlottesville for a potential rematch of last year’s quarterfinal with plenty of bulletin board material
Soccer broadcasting season isn't done yet!
Tonight
Northwestern Men's Soccer vs Ohio State
7 PM, B1G+ (w/ @noahcoffman.bsky.social)
Sunday
NIU Men's Soccer vs Western Michigan
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Quarterfinal
1 PM, ESPN+ (w/ NIU Women's Head Coach Michael O'Neill)
⚽️🎙️
Thrilled to be on the call for Northwestern WBB’s season opener tonight on B1G+! Join Ethan Segall, Zoe Alter and I live at the top of the hour from Welsh-Ryan Arena
I’m a week or so late to this, but for my purple people: this is the first season ever in which multiple Northwestern alums have been on opening day rosters in both the NBA and WNBA. Pretty cool moment for Wildcat basketball
nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007
Took cook off the field to run that too
Northwestern friends! #1 NU field hockey takes on #8 Princeton in just about an hour in an exceedingly rare Monday afternoon top ten matchup. Be sure to join me on Big Ten Plus!
Forgot how awesome it feels to watch the ‘Cats win a game like this. Man was that fun
Northwestern, Indiana, and UCLA running the conference. Unsurprising imo
*only gets one point from their last two matches, sorry
A Nashville loss to Miami and a Fire win over NE would book them a top seven seed (also if the fire win and Orlando only get two points from their last two matches)
Veronica Burton ties for ninth in MVP voting, with - among others - Breanna Stewart
Some are saying you've never been more right
the league messed up letting veronica burton wear purple again. she's too powerful.
Was thinking the exact same thing. May have let her emotion get the best of her there
New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
Rank/Player/Offense/Defense/Total (Value) 1. A'ja Wilson: 5.0/2.3/3.6 (9.0) 2. Napheesa Collier: 5.0/1.9/3.4 (7.4) 3. Allisha Gray: 3.7/-0.3/1.7 (6.9) 4. Jackie Young: 3.7/0.2/1.9 (6.6) 5. Nneka Ogwumike: 2.7/0.6/1.6 (6.3) 6. Alyssa Thomas: 2.2/1.3/1.8 (5.9) 7. Veronica Burton: 2.2/0.8/1.5 (5.6) 8. Aliyah Boston: 2.4/0.4/1.4 (5.6) 9. Kelsey Mitchell: 3.7/-1.2/1.3 (5.6) 10. Dearica Hamby: 2.8/-0.2/1.3 (5.6) 11. Rhyne Howard: 3.2/0.2/1.7 (5.4) 12. Sabrina Ionescu: 2.9/0.3/1.6 (5.4) 13. Skylar Diggins: 2.0/0.4/1.2 (5.3) 14. Brionna Jones: 2.4/0.5/1.4 (5.1) 15. Gabby Williams: 0.1/1.7/0.9 (4.8) 16. Courtney Williams: 1.3/0.9/1.1 (4.8) 17. Paige Bueckers: 3.0/-0.5/1.3 (4.8) 18. Breanna Stewart: 2.0/1.8/1.9 (4.7) 19. Kayla McBride: 2.2/0.1/1.2 (4.6) 20. Alanna Smith: 1.2/1.3/1.2 (4.4)
The great @zachlowenba.bsky.social often refers to using "VORPs and SCHNORPs" in award evaluation. I put together a similar set of data for WNBA awards and wanted to share the top offense/defense ratings and overall wins above replacement from averaging four advanced metrics.
Mistake by Harbaugh on that last timeout. If he waited until about 15 seconds left the bills are in no man’s land
Reminded me of that clip people are always posting where he’s talking about Mahomes after a made field goal in the game the Chiefs aren’t even in
Veronica Burton bringing Golden State one step closer to history..
The Valkyries, Risen.
riseofthevalkyries.substack.com/p/x-golden-s...
New from me: Angel Reese told no lies about the sorry state of the Chicago Sky
Jeff Pagliocca committed organizational malpractice with his roster decisions. He needs to be fired. Reese just said what anyone paying attention already knew.
www.sbnation.com/wnba/1078301...
I've moved past MIP I think we need to have a conversation about Veronica Burton getting All-W considerations
