To my pleasant surprise, there has been a lot of coverage on something other than football and the NBA on Sport Center these days: Baylor winning the National Championship. This is their first national title since 2005 but obviously their first finishing with a perfect 40-0 record. All of this helps when your center is a foot and half taller than any other player in women's college basketball. Seeing the highlights of the game on Sport Center of 6-foot-8 Brittany Griner dominating Notre Dame was like watching a mom playing against her daughter's kindergarden class. It was a joke watching Notre Dame trying to defend her. As soon as she got the ball down low in the post they tried to double team her but all Griner had to do was make one move and her hands were inches under the basket. You could clearly see the Notre Dame players giving up almost immediately because there was literally nothing they could do to try to defend her. It didn't make for a vey exciting game. The final score was 80-61 with Griner totaling 26 pints.
I felt bad for Notre Dame because what could they do? How could they defend Griner? Put their guard on their centers shoulders? It didn't seem fair. The Irish had an equally brilliant season as Baylor but they simply did not stand a chance against Griner. It seemed as if Baylor secured their National Championship as soon as they signed Griner to a scholarship.
-Sean Boyd
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