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What makes UConn so invincible in women's basketball?
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:01 pm
Do they simply have the best players?
Best coach?
System?
Roids?
It's simply inexplicable.
Best coach?
System?
Roids?
It's simply inexplicable.
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Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:03 pm to Slippy
limited talent compared to the men's game and all the great ones end up at UCONN
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:04 pm to Slippy
They get all of the best players because they have the best coach. NO PARITY
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:05 pm to Slippy
0 parity
No other schools really care
No other schools really care
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:05 pm to Slippy
quote:
Best coach?
Very much this
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:06 pm to Slippy
They'll go down in the semi's this year!
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:16 pm to Slippy
The #1 recruit in the nation again decided to play for UConn this year...
I don't think they ever get any player that isn't a 5-star.
On ESPN's women's basketball recruiting...they list about 50 women's 5-star players...and you know they are being generous with that.
There aren't 50 5-Stars but even if there were - that's it.
There's just not enough talent to go around. What UConn actually gets is the few select 6-stars...players who are the few actual superstars in this sport...while everyone else gets female basketball players.
I don't think they ever get any player that isn't a 5-star.
On ESPN's women's basketball recruiting...they list about 50 women's 5-star players...and you know they are being generous with that.
There aren't 50 5-Stars but even if there were - that's it.
There's just not enough talent to go around. What UConn actually gets is the few select 6-stars...players who are the few actual superstars in this sport...while everyone else gets female basketball players.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:21 pm to Slippy
Better players, better coach.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:22 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
I looked at the McDonald's All American selection and only 2 were going to UConn... a few years of that and hopefully somebody can beat them...
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:24 pm to chalmetteowl
I read that Geno has been getting more transfers lately...as he cherry picks his talent...basically, get better on your own time and then come and see about playing her later.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:31 pm to Slippy
I remember when Dan Shaughnessy from the Boston Globe wrote how UConn's dominance was ruining the sport and he got pilloried by the ESPN SJWs.
This game was a joke right from the jump. UConn bolted to a 13-0 lead, and every time I looked up at the TV, the score was worse. It was 32-4 at the end of the first quarter. Then 61-12 at halftime, and 84-20 at the end of three. The final was 98-38. A Sweet Sixteen game.
Isn’t competition the very essence of sports?
It’s not just the winning. It’s the margin of wins. They simply have no competition. The games are almost never close.
This game was a joke right from the jump. UConn bolted to a 13-0 lead, and every time I looked up at the TV, the score was worse. It was 32-4 at the end of the first quarter. Then 61-12 at halftime, and 84-20 at the end of three. The final was 98-38. A Sweet Sixteen game.
Isn’t competition the very essence of sports?
It’s not just the winning. It’s the margin of wins. They simply have no competition. The games are almost never close.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:33 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:Well whose fault is that? Not UConn
Isn’t competition the very essence of sports?
It’s not just the winning. It’s the margin of wins. They simply have no competition. The games are almost never close.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:34 pm to Slippy
He's a great coach that has stockpiled the top talent from a limited talent pool.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:41 pm to Slippy
It's not even halftime and UConn is up 20 points against the #4 seed UCLA.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:47 pm to Slippy
I just want to laugh at the ncaa for putting the sweet 16 and elite 8 in Connecticut. I mean at least make them travel a little bit like the other 1 seeds.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:51 pm to GetCocky11
The entire sport revolves around Connecticut...the state, the school, ESPN.
UConn has had their own network for 3 decades...ESPN was pimping this product specifically through this UConn program back in 1996.
No doubt ESPN has immensely helped Geno's rise in overtaking UT and Stanford among others.
UConn has had their own network for 3 decades...ESPN was pimping this product specifically through this UConn program back in 1996.
No doubt ESPN has immensely helped Geno's rise in overtaking UT and Stanford among others.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 1:59 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
If UCONN and Geno don't exist, neither does the sport. Espn and the ncaa are doing everything they can to protect their product.
Plus, they are seriously one of maybe only three places in the country that can sell out arenas and get a good atmosphere. I have no qualms about the sport revolving around Connecticut because without them there is no sport.
It is also a sad reminder of just how pathetic of a sport and product women's basketball really is. I think it's very similar to the NCAA tournament and men's basketball from about the 30s-50s... Possibly worse.
Plus, they are seriously one of maybe only three places in the country that can sell out arenas and get a good atmosphere. I have no qualms about the sport revolving around Connecticut because without them there is no sport.
It is also a sad reminder of just how pathetic of a sport and product women's basketball really is. I think it's very similar to the NCAA tournament and men's basketball from about the 30s-50s... Possibly worse.
This post was edited on 3/25/17 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 3/25/17 at 2:03 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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What UConn actually gets is the few select 6-stars...players who are the few actual superstars in this sport...while everyone else gets female basketball players.
It's also worth noting that his players stay in school for four years. So at any given time UConn probably has 10 of the top 20 or so players in the game. Their starting five is easily #1 but their next five would probably be a top 5 team as well.
Posted on 3/25/17 at 2:04 pm to Slippy
If Geno's wiki page is correct, then UConn is 150-1 from 2013-present. 
That's unreal.
That's unreal.Posted on 3/25/17 at 2:08 pm to JoeHackett
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It's also worth noting that his players stay in school for four years. So at any given time UConn probably has 10 of the top 20 or so players in the game
It's basically the same formula Wooden used for that 10-15 yr run. He had stacked class on top of stacked class all staying four yrs. Plus, he cheated his arse off to get them...
Just imagine of Calipari recruited the way he does now, but all those guys stated 4yrs. He'd literally have to turn away nba talent, and he'd never lose... That in a nutshell is what Geno and Wooden both did and still do.
This post was edited on 3/25/17 at 2:10 pm
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