Rambler63 wrote:
Taylor Johnson and Tiana Karopulos both had surgery on January 3. Preseason MVC all-conference forward Simone Law has only seen action in three games for a total of 37 minutes all year. Those were probably the players on crutches. In the game against Wichita State, Troy Hambric was banged up badly but still managed to score 20 points on the MVC favorite.
I've watched the women's team a lot on streaming video, and they've played extremely hard through a lot of adversity. Swoopes has really held them together and motivated them through some major injury setbacks. The only game they had no business losing was at Eastern Illinois, where they blew a big lead and lost on two last-second free throws.
Despite everything, they're 2-2 in MVC play-- including a win on the road at Southern Illinois.
Maybe we should get Swoopes to coach the men...