Double Double Machine

[swok34]

There are a couple of very good articles in the Oklahoman today about what Courtney has accomplished.

http://www.newsok.com/norman-seeing-double-double/article/3343062?custom_click=lead_story_title

http://www.newsok.com/going-down-in-history/article/3343059

WOMEN consecutive double-doubles
→1. Courtney Paris, Oklahoma (Dec. 5, 2005-Feb. 2, 2009): 112

→2. Anne Donovan, Old Dominion (Jan. 29, 1983-Dec. 29, 1983): 19

→3. Cheryl Miller, USC (Nov. 28, 1984-Feb. 14, 1985): 18

MEN consecutive double-doubles
→1. Billy Cunningham, North Carolina (Dec. 5, 1962-Feb. 22, 1964): 40

→2. Jerry Lucas, Ohio State (Jan. 23, 1960-March 11, 1961): 38

→3. Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (Dec. 31, 1958-Jan. 2, 1960): 33

→4. Mel Counts, Oregon State (March 23, 1963-March 10, 1964): 30

→5. Lew Alcindor, UCLA (Dec. 27, 1967-Dec. 6, 1968): 28

→5. Benoit Benjamin, Creighton (March 15, 1984-Feb. 16, 1985): 28

WOMEN career double-doubles
→1. Courtney Paris, Oklahoma (2006-present): 117

→2. Wanda Ford, Drake (1983-86): 102

→3. Cheryl Taylor, Tenn. Tech (1984-87): 90

→4. Janet Harris, Georgia (1982-85): 78

→5. Sylvia Fowles, LSU (2005-08): 75

MEN career double-doubles
→1. Tim Duncan, Wake Forest (1994-97): 87

→2. Ralph Sampson, Virginia (1980-83): 84

→3. Derrick Coleman, Syracuse (1987-90): 83

→4. Malik Rose, Drexel (1993-96): 80

→5. Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1958-60): 79

[HoopScoop]

I watched most of the game again and the end of Courtney's streak is amazing in a couple of respects.

First of all, she missed 8 shots, but at least 6 of those were fairly easy put-backs and layups that she just plain missed and almost always makes. Despite the missed shots, she was a rebounding machine once again though. At least she always does that. And that is what we may miss most about Courtney!

Secondly, games like this happen to everyone - you just have a really off night. BUT, it took Courtney 113 games to have such an off-night. Unbelievable.

[35TangoTango]

The telling thing, actually is that we now know what all these people did. Before CP3, this wasn't even a kept statistic. Someone had to go back and do lookups on all the others.

[HoopScoop]

The telling thing, actually is that we now know what all these people did. Before CP3, this wasn't even a kept statistic. Someone had to go back and do lookups on all the others.

Ha that's so true. Yet another way Courtney rewrote the record books, or in this case, wrote the record for the first time.

[mred]

WOMEN career double-doubles
→1. Courtney Paris, Oklahoma (2006-present): 117

→2. Wanda Ford, Drake (1983-86): 102


I assumed Courtney crushed the career double-double record. I didn't realize someone else had over 100. Of course, Courtney has at least a dozen more chances to add to her record. :)

For anyone interested in more about Wanda Ford, here's a nice article (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030803/sports11/50626016) written when she was inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. The article is from 2003, so some of the info in it is outdated (mostly about career records that CP3 hadn't broken yet :) ).

[wildcatfan]

An amazing accomplishment. She should be very proud.

[Matt Coatney]

I assumed Courtney crushed the career double-double record. I didn't realize someone else had over 100. Of course, Courtney has at least a dozen more chances to add to her record. :)

For anyone interested in more about Wanda Ford, here's a nice article (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030803/sports11/50626016) written when she was inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. The article is from 2003, so some of the info in it is outdated (mostly about career records that CP3 hadn't broken yet :) ).

I had the pleasure of describing a few of Wanda Ford's games when her Drake teams played SMS (now Missouri State) back in the mid-1980's. I'm telling you that if she played today at a major university, she'd be up there with the greats of our day. Back in those days, the sport hardly got any coverage, and even though CBS covered the national championship game, the scope of the entire sports' coverage was limited.

Wanda could do it all. She was about 6'0 and played the point-center. She'd bring it up the floor and many times get to the top of the key and then either take the player(s) guarding her off the dribble or post up and ask for the ball and score. She could do it all. The real criticisim of Wanda was that she took plays off defensively. But she could score. She hung 48 on SMS in Springfield and then lit us up for 54 in Des Moines. Remember, this was BEFORE the three-point line. If they would have had the three-pointer in Wanda's day, she may have gotten 70.

Right before Wanda got to Drake, they had Lorri Bauman who had over 60 twice in games, but she wasn't the complete player Ford was. I love talking to Husker Coach Connie Yori about playing against Wanda.

Wanda wanted to rebound and not only wanted the ball, she would do anything to get it. She was possessed. Drake was pretty good back in those days under Carole Bumgarten.

To me, Wanda is still the greatest individual talent I've personally seen play. It's too bad that she didn't play in today's world, where every game seemingly is televised or covered.

[mred]

To me, Wanda is still the greatest individual talent I've personally seen play. It's too bad that she didn't play in today's world, where every game seemingly is televised or covered.

Ford's stats her last two seasons:
Junior year: 24.2 ppg, 17.8 rpg
Senior year: 30.6 ppg, 16.9 rpg

That's just insane. The senior season scoring average is still #5 in NCAA history, and the two seasons above are #2 and #7 for single-season rebounding average. She is the NCAA career leader in rebounds per game (16.1). For perspective, only 9 times in NCAA history has a player had a higher rebounding average than that in a season, and two of those nine are Ford.

It looks like Ford was only two seasons behind Bauman, so they apparently played together two years (82-82 and 83-84). Ford is the #22 all-time career scorer (2636 career points) and Bauman is #3 (3115 career points). As you pointed out, this is all without the benefit of a three-point line. I can't imagine what kind of offense Drake was running back then.

[mred]

By the way, you learn a lot of cool stuff reading the NCAA record book (http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/w_basketball_RB/2009/D1.pdf). I searched for "Iowa St" and found out that Angie Welle is #9 in career FG% (64.1%) and Stacy Frese is #8 in career 3FG% (45.2%).