UConn wbb best Miss St 98-38
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Or UCONN is just really good. The most minutes any starter played was 28. Not classless at all.
I watched some of the 2nd half. UConn was ahead by 49 at half, so in the 2nd half the players were going about 1/2 speed. However, so were the Miss. St players. UConn starters came out in the 3rd quarter. They could have beaten them by 100 if they wanted to be classless.
Great opportunity for a mercy rule.
Great opportunity for a mercy rule.
There's a problem that the women have that the men do not that leads to this. The elite college gals don't leave college after a year or two. Hence the really, really good ones stay all four years and, along with UConn cherry picking the best kids, you get these kind of results. I am not sure why Auriemma sticks around? He gotta have offers away from WBB that would likely pay more $$$.
All missed layups, blocked or otherwise, and turnovers while dribbling the basketball are Mike Gesell's fault. Otherwise, Iowa fans would've looked ridiculous complaining about his play all 4 years he was here.
Woodbury, however, is the reason why UConn is too good at women's basketball, and that's a shame.
My favorite part about this was how he got upset about the media asking him if their dominance was hurting the women's game.
Everyone knows it, but Auriemma, the coach of the team, is never going to just say, "Ya know what, you're right. We're dominating way too much, so we should probably tone it down a bit and try to lose more."
That's actually a terrific idea, but Auriemma is greedy like most coaches in the sense that they want to win, and in all semi-seriousness, it's not even that. The dominant teams will never apologize for dominating and just tell you to try harder/get better even if you realistically cannot because said school in question is busy taking all the best players that could've been divided among other teams to help stem any dynasty by said team.
A good example would be Iowa wrestling telling Iowa Central to get better if they ever want to beat Iowa (as they've occasionally faced off early in the season...Iowa City duals maybe???). I'm sure Iowa Central will get right on that and find a way to fill a roster capable of beating one of the top 5 programs in D-1 wrestling. (and we could exaggerate even further on other examples, but we won't.....)
UConn just needs to be like all the other dynasties at the end of their runs and get lazy and or complacent enough to fall off their pedestal long enough for the rest of the pack to either catch up, or, hopefully, surpass them. I'd rather see Auriemma fall at the end of his career, than for him to retire on top, leaving a built-in excuse for why UConn suddenly struggles. That's the cheap way of ending dynasties. I'd rather those programs become their own worst enemy. Much more satisfying.
Everyone knows it, but Auriemma, the coach of the team, is never going to just say, "Ya know what, you're right. We're dominating way too much, so we should probably tone it down a bit and try to lose more."
That's actually a terrific idea, but Auriemma is greedy like most coaches in the sense that they want to win, and in all semi-seriousness, it's not even that. The dominant teams will never apologize for dominating and just tell you to try harder/get better even if you realistically cannot because said school in question is busy taking all the best players that could've been divided among other teams to help stem any dynasty by said team.
A good example would be Iowa wrestling telling Iowa Central to get better if they ever want to beat Iowa (as they've occasionally faced off early in the season...Iowa City duals maybe???). I'm sure Iowa Central will get right on that and find a way to fill a roster capable of beating one of the top 5 programs in D-1 wrestling. (and we could exaggerate even further on other examples, but we won't.....)
UConn just needs to be like all the other dynasties at the end of their runs and get lazy and or complacent enough to fall off their pedestal long enough for the rest of the pack to either catch up, or, hopefully, surpass them. I'd rather see Auriemma fall at the end of his career, than for him to retire on top, leaving a built-in excuse for why UConn suddenly struggles. That's the cheap way of ending dynasties. I'd rather those programs become their own worst enemy. Much more satisfying.
Classless coach? Did you even watch the game? Gino had all his starts pulled with 3:00 to go in the 3rd quarter already.
Yeah, he should just apologize for his teams being that much better. Arguments like yours get real tiring.
About the only part that was probably classless was the girl saying "and one Hoe!" when she was fouled.
I always hate when a team gets blown out and a coach gets blamed. Unless he played his starters and pressed, he did nothing wrong.
There is a shot clock, they have to shoot the ball, and you can't put your second or third group in and say just stand there and don't try.
Unless something has changed drastically in the last year or two, Gino makes about 15x the $$ Mike Thibault (HC of the Mystics) makes, and he's the highest paid WNBA coach. There is FAR more money in NCAA WBB than in the WNBA.
There has always been a huge gap between the top 10-12 (or maybe fewer each season) women's teams, and the rest. This is grown up sports, not one for 10 year old psyches.
It's really just UConn and everyone else. WBB is getting more popular, and the field is getting deeper. Yesterday there were two #4 vs #7 matchups for the Final Four, and a #7 advanced. UConn is just on a different level than everyone else.
How do they NOT run up the score? Their second string could probably qualify for the NCAAs themselves. WBB also has a shorter shot clock. They can only dribble around and pass for so long.
Are you part of the generation that collect participation ribbons and ALWAYS got to play regardless of talent?
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Do I watch a Connecticut women's college basketball game? No, I do not......because I already know what happens.
They win.
The difference there is that wrestling is not as much of a team sport as basketball. You have individual champions as well. Not to mention programs like Oklahoma State, Minnesota and even on down to Iowa State (until recent years) that pushed Iowa in the team race (among others). Nobody is really pushing UConn anymore and it won't change until Auriemma retires, most likely. A more comparable example for wrestling would be the Big Ten over everyone else.
In its current state, the Big Ten has a bigger monopoly on college wrestling than the SEC does on college football.
UConn women has had 1 class ranked #1 in the past 5 years.
3 of those years were top 5 classes, with one outside of the top 20.
3 of those years were top 5 classes, with one outside of the top 20.
