# And in other news. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797 "2011-01-24T16:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797/1 "2011-01-24T16:31:17Z")
Headline in today’s Oregonian sports section about college girls’ basketball: **Ducks Use Hot Hand to Scorch Beavers** ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797/2 "2011-01-24T16:48:31Z")
The girls’ college basketball teams have the same names as the football teams? 😕 Is that normal? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797/3 "2011-01-24T16:56:23Z")
> [@Tanaqui](#): > > The girls’ college basketball teams have the same names as the football teams? 😕 Is that normal? Um… yeah? Generally, all the teams at a given school have the same nicknames, and usually the women’s teams are “Lady (whatevers).” Joe ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797/4 "2011-01-24T17:41:43Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Um… yeah? Generally, all the teams at a given school have the same nicknames, and usually the women’s teams are “Lady (whatevers).” > > Joe I suspect some thought was given as to the wisdom of having a “Lady Beavers” team. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797/5 "2011-01-24T18:44:53Z")
So was it the Ducks that scored or the Beavers? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797/6 "2011-01-24T19:29:38Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > So was it the Ducks that scored or the Beavers? Just think of all the victories they could snatch from the other team, based on the fundamentals: effective use of a zone defense to guard the hole, remembering to box out, and being able to dominate by means of the fast break. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797/7 "2011-01-24T19:40:51Z")
Good point. I’m sure the Beavers were thoroughly licked. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news/568797/8 "2011-01-24T19:59:13Z")
I’ll be in my bunk.