Maryland wins NCAA women's basketball title

I wasn't even following any part of the tournament. We happened to be at my Kuya's house, and he had been flipping back and forth to the championship game. I guess he wasn't watching it straight through because Duke had a pretty good lead by the half. I caught the game when Foley was at the foul line for Duke, 18.8 seconds left in regulation. Foley got both her shots in and Duke was up by three. We all know what happened from there:

[Edited 4/9/06: Picture removed. Ted and I talked about copyright issues, and I felt like it would be better not to keep the picture up, even though I'm using it in much the same way that I would in a scrapbook.]

Toliver. Overtime. The Terps take it.

Why in the world would I blog about this? Because I watched, what, maybe 15 minutes of the game? And in those 15 minutes, I heard a million comments about how everything would be so different if it were a man's game: "18.8 seconds goes by quickly in a girl's game," "If this were a man's game, that would have been a dunk instead of a layup," etc. I talked to Ted about this later on that evening.

I don't know how to play basketball, or any sport really. If Ruby is going to learn how to do these things, Ted is going to have to teach her. And if she hears from her dad that girls can't play, she is going to believe him. I am not saying that there isn't some truth to their comments. Toliver is 5'7" and I would not be surprised if she couldn't dunk. I just want Ruby to be comfortable saying, "I want to try that too." No matter how much I assure her that she should go ahead and try, I think I have no credibility since I am a drama club-math team-all around nerdy type without any skills, like nunchuck skills.