HINES-ALLEN HAS A SUCCESSFUL DEBUT WITH MYSTICS
Two of the four saw the court Sunday, both the Washington Mystics rostered Myisha Hines-Allen and Asia Taylor. Both saw about 16 minutes in the Mystics 90-85 win over the Minnesota Lynx. Hines-Allen had a nice opening debut with 13 points. She went 4-5 from the floor ,5-6 from the charity stripe and grabbed five rebounds. Neither she nor Asia Taylor, the other Louisville alumni on the Mystics started. "A-Tayy" gathered five points in her playing time...all from the free throw line (5-10). A nice start for both as they try to make the Mystics roster.
Atlanta opened their season also but Angel McCoughtry didn't make the court for the Dream in a 78-61 win over the Chicago Sky. Not very surprised by this, after all, she sat out the entire 2017 season, everyone knows what she's capable of and the Dream and Nikki Collen (head coach) have 15 other players to try and whittle down to 10-11 by the start of the season in two weeks.
Schimmel and the New York Liberty play today at 5 p.m. against the Dallas Wings.
It's the first time in Louisville's WNBA connection that I can remember four WBB Cards have been in the league. Let's hope all four survive the "cuts" and make the rosters.
TRANSFER NEWS
Don't worry, Cardinal WBB fans, the transfer news DOES NOT INVOLVE CARDINAL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...but it does involve a significant Field Hockey departure and a couple of women's soccer exits.
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Minout "Minnie" Mink will be leaving Field Hockey to return to the Netherlands and attend college there. The Cards leading scorer in 2016 and 2017 expressed a desire to return home and attend school.
Minnie was a scorer (that's what she did and does) and had 26 goals in two seasons for head coach Justine Sowry and the "stick girls". With ACC and regional honors, she'll be a hard one to replace in the Cards' Field Hockey attack pattern, but Sowry has talent galore on the roster and recruited well, so replacements are readily available.
Maybe a surprise, here. The future looked bright for her on the 2018 roster, but her non-appearance in spring exhibition action for the Cards was an indicator. We wish "Minnie" the best of luck in her college continuance. Jared Anderson has set up an interview with her today...so, hopefully, we'll get a little more of the story and he'll be able to bring it to us here at the site.
In UofL women's soccer, T.J Anderson and Morgan Dewey are departing from the squad.
Anderson, a freshman, played in 10 games for the Cards in 2017 as a mid-fielder and saw the bulk of her action near the end of the season. No immediate word on where she's headed.
Dewey, also a freshman, played in 11 contests in 2017 and tallied one goal. She was primarily a defender for Karen Ferguson Dayes. No immediate word on her future plans or next school.
LACROSSE SEASON OFFICIALLY OVER
A good season, nevertheless, for Scott Teeter in his first year with a collection of freshmen, transfers and seniors. The Teeter recruiting will have Lacrosse rebuilding each season and, as we have reason to believe, the Teeter system of Lacrosse can be very effective, with a full roster of players.
We say "Goodbye" to a great collection of seniors. Jared Anderson hopes to catch up with one or two for interviews and we're also looking to get Louisville Lacrosse alumnae and ACC Network Extra analyst Steph McNamara for an interview down the road.
Practice those draw controls, girls and listen to the coaching staff!
PAULIE'S DERBY WEEK
Handicapping Heroes a site about thoroughbred horse-racing in Kentucky and it was quite the active week. I got in Churchill Downs attendance time for three straight days early in the week, went to a Derby Party on Derby Day and used yesterday to recover and recoup from the 16-hour days of research, analysis, interviews and having a bit of fun.
I had a great deal of success predicting the winners all week of the races and made a bit of $$$$$. I met some very fascinating people, got some great interviews and enjoyed it all, despite the yeoman effort and hours.
Me and the other "boys in the band" put it all out there free of charge and we figured that those who "played along" with our selections and analysis would have returned better than a tripling of their outlays...for the week. You spend $1, you get $3+ back, in other words.
From here on out until late November, we'll look at Saturday racing in Kentucky. Feel free to give us a look. It's free, you know.
HANDICAPPING HEROES
Got a Derby Week or Derby Day story to share? We've love to hear it. Leave it in our comments section!
Have a great Monday and remember....wherever you go, there you are. Make the most of it.
paulie
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Big loss for Field Hockey from what I'm reading. They don't have a Kelly Young situation going on there, do they? Nice job with horse-racing Paulie! If I ever take it up, I'll be following your guys picks.
ReplyDeleteNo Derby stories. I worked all weekend.
Curtis "A horse is a horse, of course...of course" Franklin
Great start for MHA! Hope she can keep it up.
ReplyDeleteI attended a Derby Day party down here for us "snowbirds" in Naples and started using your picks in the eighth race, Paulie. Proud to say I hit on races 8.9,11 and the Derby thanks to you guys! Wish I'd started earlier but didn't arrive until then.
The "bookie" at the party started calling me "Mr. Cash" after awhile. He had a system for figuring payouts that was based on what he received in bets, not the track odds, and I actually got 10-1 odds on Justify, the Derby winner!
Thanks, Paulie!
-- The Real Joe Hill --
Gambling is illegal at BushWood, sir...and I never slice.
Delete-- Judge Smails, CADDYSHACK --
Glad you had some success, Joe! Buy Delores something nice and a dinner!
Paulie
Glad it worked out well for you, Dave O. Another successful Handicapping Heroes testimonial!
ReplyDeleteon Minnie, I don't think it had anything to do with Coach Justine. There were times Justine did not start her, seeking that off the bench spark, which usually worked.
Minnie just wanted to go home, in my opinion, but maybe Jared will have more of a report on that in his Wednesday article.
Paulie
Pretty sure it's not too much fun for the dogs being raced. Do some research and see if you change your mind. A little better for the horses but not much.
ReplyDeleteI learned 50 years ago that handicapping is not an exact science. I was invited to attend the Oaks so I spent hours handicapping the entire card. I'm a "horizontal" player rather than a "vertical" player so I generally bet rolling doubles, pick 3s and pick 4s rather than exactas and trifectas. Friday I won all the odd numbered races and, with one exception, lost all the even numbered races. That killed the most of the multi-race bets. Toinette's improbable rocket-like finish in the Edgewood was especially costly.
ReplyDeleteI didn't handicap Saturday's card. I was live in the Oaks-Derby double (hit the winning combination with the two favorites real hard) and made a few Derby wagers.
Late in the day I happened to look at the past performances for the Pat Day Mile and liked the chances of New York Central at a big price in the mud. I bet him to win and decided to use the exacta as a place bet. Wheeled him on the bottom and, when he ran second to a 40-1 shot, the exacta came in at over $1700.
It's a crazy game.