A Few Takeaways from the Latest MM Show
by dillon77 (2020-02-25 11:07:50)
Post Reply Return to McGraw's Bench

FROM KAYLA MCBRIDE

-- Takikng off the international season was "for her," which she has not been able to do since graduating in 2014. She realizes that her basketball window is a small time frame, but just felt she needed it.

She still, however, is able to work out (her personal trainer is in South Bend), play on the U.S. National Team and be close to the game (via ND).

-- MM wishes the NCAA would let former players like K-Mac be allowed to have more contact with current players on the floor. Still, she thinks K-Mac would make a great coach if she so desires.

-- K-Mac's youngest sister is an eighth grader in Erie, getting ready for the state playoffs. She, too, is "a hooper" and a lefty.

-- While numerous laughs were had about whether Dallas or Arike are ready for Marina's arrival, Kayla surprised everyone and said she would've like to have played ball with Marina on her team. Marina is the kind of player you hate to play against but love to have on your team.

KATIE COLE

-- Will graduate this year and take a gap year. She'll start to apply to med schools in the fall and hopes to be an orthopedic surgeon. Still.

-- Calls these last few years "surreal" and "doesn not know what it would've been like without becoming part of the team."

-- MM calls her "Cole" and Sam Brunelle refers to her as "my older sister." She and Destinee Walker seem to get along very well, too.

DESTINEE WALKER

-- Said the transition to ND was minimal, in part because she was so welcomed. Loves it here and is hoping like crazy to get another year. And MM is very much hoping for it. "We don't know where we'd be without you," she said.

-- Apparently, she'd the fashionista of the team although credit for hair styling also goes to Marta (had to pass along for those interested in such styles).

-- She, too, wants to get into sports broadcasting, much like Sam Brunelle, who already has her "Sam's Saloon" segment on the show. Brunelle brings so much enthusiasm that she could make the menu seem enlivening.


NORTH CAROLINA

-- Referenced Courtney Banghart's record at Princeton and thinks (Janelle) Baily will be a handle for Mik Vaughn. Also said they have some good three pointers.

-- Happy with the team's recent performance on the road, the last-second loss at BC notwithstanding.




Replies: