March Madness

Natalie Achonwa

Now that March Madness is starting up I've been thinking a lot about women's college basketball, especially who will win the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. Probably my favorite team; the UConn Huskies. UConn is most likely to win the Finals because they have won it the past five out of seven championships. However, UConn did lose their best three-point shooter Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis last year and one of their strong and tall shooters and rebounders Kiah Stokes. However this year the Huskies have stayed strong even without their now professional stars. UConn has won 29 straight games which makes them undefeated this year. However, even though they have been doing so well there is still the chance that they will have trouble beating Notre Dame's team who has always been the one team that has come the closest to beating UConn. Just a couple of years ago, the NCAA women's basketball finals were suppose to be one of the best match ups the two teams ever had, until Notre Dame's tallest and arguably best player Natalie Achonwa tore her ACL right before the Finals. Because of this, Notre Dame didn't have their best player while playing UConn and lost by a wide margin. Natalie Achonwa had to wait a full year before getting back on the court. In dance as well as basketball people's career's can be ruined because of one injury. This is a terrible thing but dancers (even though it might not be as desirable as dancing) can pursue different careers in the field of dance, therefore continuing to be connected to what they love.