Scamp
03-31-2009, 08:17 AM
There is no truth to the rumor that the Grand Canyon got its start as the small patch of ground in front of the scorer's table at Arizona State. But give Charli Turner Thorne another decade or two in Tempe and her Sun Devils might just wear away the wood near midcourt at Wells Fargo Arena enough to create a cavern of their own.
Arizona State faces long odds in its regional final against top-seeded and unbeaten Connecticut on Tuesday night (ESPN, 7 ET). But at least the underdog comes in armed with a stone in its sling -- or nine or 10 stones, as the case may be. It sometimes seems that playing six or seven players at once would be the only way to realistically slow the Huskies, but even if she can only use five of her own at any one time, Turner Thorne's unique bench might be the next best thing.
ASU coach Charli Turner Thorne subs often and sometimes in groups of three of four players, who spend only a brief time on court before getting replaced by another wave. ...
The Sun Devils made 64 substitutions against the Aggies. On two occasions they subbed in five players at once, four other times they subbed four players on a single horn blast. ...
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=hays_graham&id=4028713Charli's approach must make for lengthy scouting reports. Think of the infinity of combinations of Sun Devils!
Arizona State faces long odds in its regional final against top-seeded and unbeaten Connecticut on Tuesday night (ESPN, 7 ET). But at least the underdog comes in armed with a stone in its sling -- or nine or 10 stones, as the case may be. It sometimes seems that playing six or seven players at once would be the only way to realistically slow the Huskies, but even if she can only use five of her own at any one time, Turner Thorne's unique bench might be the next best thing.
ASU coach Charli Turner Thorne subs often and sometimes in groups of three of four players, who spend only a brief time on court before getting replaced by another wave. ...
The Sun Devils made 64 substitutions against the Aggies. On two occasions they subbed in five players at once, four other times they subbed four players on a single horn blast. ...
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=hays_graham&id=4028713Charli's approach must make for lengthy scouting reports. Think of the infinity of combinations of Sun Devils!