June 4, 2008

Not-so-tall Ferns lose to tall Czech beauties

I love the hyperbole of Kiwi sports reporting -- or maybe it's just coach Mc Hugh.

The Tall Ferns' 51-72 loss to the Czech Republic was described as a "Brain Explosion". Sounds worse than an ACL, but  apparently just means that their basketball intelligence last night was not very good.

The Ferns were also height-challenged.  McHugh said, "They're all 6' 5" beauty queens who can shoot the three. What are we doing to do about it?"  Actually only three of the Czech players are 6"5" or 6"6"; I know nothing of their shooting ability; you can judge their beauty yourself. Read more...
Czech National Team

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