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@ProspectsNation: Our @ChrisHansenPSB talked to @coachrddavis and @33katielou has committed to UConn #CommitmentCentral
 
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Well...that sucks. I hadn't been following her and just assumed she'd play at Stanford with her sisters. UConn has the potential to win like 5 in a row with the talent they are amassing.

They will be thin at the post next year. ND, SC or Tenn needs to capitalize on that!
 
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Weak thread aside, it would be great if we would use people's names rather than this hashtag, twitter crap. They have freakin names, use 'em.

Christ Almighty, it's like the freakin Germans are comin or somethin.
 
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linkster said:
I guess the hope that the weak AAC would hurt UConn's recruiting hasn't panned out.
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I'm sure there are some that "hoped" that the weak AAC would hurt UConn's recruiting.I don't consider myself one of those,although I have been accused of taking that position because I have discussed the possibility that being in the AAC would eventually have a negative impact on UConn position in WCBB. However,the operative word here is "eventually". I don't know anyone who has suggested that being in the AAC was going to result in an immediate downslide in UConn's recruiting and their level of play. As to the level of play, I'm not sure we will see any significant decrease as long as Geno remains the head coach.

But, I also think that the longer UConn remains in a mid-major conference,the more likely you are to see a degradation in the level of recruiting. Did anyone expect it to happen this year? Only the same people that you describe as "hoping" that the AAC would have that effect. However, a blind belief that remaining in a mid-major conference will have no effect is simply wishful thinking, in my opinion. It is for this reason that I have expressed the hope that UConn could wrangle an invite to the ACC. Since the ACC is more of a basketball conference UConn's dismal football team wouldn't have the same negative affect that it would have, say, in the B1G. That would also put them in a better position for another move in the event that the football conferences come raiding again.

Jim
 
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CannonVol80 said:
I'm sure there are some that "hoped" that the weak AAC would hurt UConn's recruiting.I don't consider myself one of those,although I have been accused of taking that position because I have discussed the possibility that being in the AAC would eventually have a negative impact on UConn position in WCBB. However,the operative word here is "eventually". I don't know anyone who has suggested that being in the AAC was going to result in an immediate downslide in UConn's recruiting and their level of play. As to the level of play, I'm not sure we will see any significant decrease as long as Geno remains the head coach.

But, I also think that the longer UConn remains in a mid-major conference,the more likely you are to see a degradation in the level of recruiting. Did anyone expect it to happen this year? Only the same people that you describe as "hoping" that the AAC would have that effect. However, a blind belief that remaining in a mid-major conference will have no effect is simply wishful thinking, in my opinion. It is for this reason that I have expressed the hope that UConn could wrangle an invite to the ACC. Since the ACC is more of a basketball conference UConn's dismal football team wouldn't have the same negative affect that it would have, say, in the B1G. That would also put them in a better position for another move in the event that the football conferences come raiding again.

Jim
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Can't disagree except that UConn's football team did manage to beat both Notre Dame and Baylor since the LV's last made a FF and missed by a few points from knocking off Michigan last season. Not quite as pathetic as some think. A horrible coach the last few years has seen them regress. But then Tenn fans know about bad coaches. I don't think conferences care much if your team wins or not when they consider adding your school, just how many butts buy tickets and how many turn on their TV's to watch. It's all about $$$. There are even some weak football teams in the SEC.

As far as UConn, you are right that as long as Geno is the coach they will attract talent and that when he leaves that will change, but it will happen despite which conference UConn's lives in. With a few exceptions it's the coaching staff (and the budget) that draws players to schools.

There are no strong conferences in wcbb except in a relative sense. IMO there are maybe a dozen strong teams in any given year in the whole country. Any team wanting a tough schedule needs a tough OOC schedule because they won't have more than 4 or 5 totugh in-conference games. In the AAC UConn will have none but who would be a tough opponent in the B1G? Penn State and Maryland? ACC? Notre Dame, Duke, UNC. SEC? Tenn SC, Ken. B12? Baylor and maybe a resurgent Texas. P12? Stanford and maybe a resurgent UCLA.
 
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Has anyone seen her play? Does her game more closely resemble her sisters' games or Breanna Stewart's game? There's a big difference.
 
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It will happen, but no one said overnight. Louisiana Tech didn't free fall in the blink of the eye. It took a decade or longer.

UConn has to be rooting like crazy against the elimination of the rule requiring 12 teams for a conference championship game in football. If that rule gets thrown out its game set and match. No one in the Power 5 is leaving and no one outside is getting in.
 
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She was never considering us though and i'm not surprised she chose UConn it was a three team race between them, Notre Dame and Stanford. I have heard of the comparisons to Stewart they both have similar games, but i think Samuelson might be the better shooter.
 
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WVU05UT09 said:
It will happen, but no one said overnight. Louisiana Tech didn't free fall in the blink of the eye. It took a decade or longer.

UConn has to be rooting like crazy against the elimination of the rule requiring 12 teams for a conference championship game in football. If that rule gets thrown out its game set and match. No one in the Power 5 is leaving and no one outside is getting in.
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I've read a lot of posts that use LA Tech as a similar situation. I'm no wcbb buff but I don't remember LA Tech ever being in a "power conference" like the BE. Their fall from the elite level IMO had more to do with Barmore leaving and their inability to compete with the budgets of big conference schools. UConn is in an entirely different situation. Geno is still there with no plans to leave and UConn remains among the top wbb budgets in the country. While wbb isn't self-supporting anywhere, UConn has never had football revenue subsidising basketball so being in a low-revenue football conference isn't the hardship that say, an SEC school would experience if their football revenue disappeared.

What happens 10 or 15 years from now? Who knows. College football is king right now but things change. I only hope I still can remember my name in 15 years.
 
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How a parent would want their child to play and be mentored by that creep and/or coach cal blows my mind.. Parents with $$$ in their eyes I guess.. Wouldn't let those snakes anywhere around my kids.
 
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linkster said:
I've read a lot of posts that use LA Tech as a similar situation. I'm no wcbb buff but I don't remember LA Tech ever being in a "power conference" like the BE. Their fall from the elite level IMO had more to do with Barmore leaving and their inability to compete with the budgets of big conference schools. UConn is in an entirely different situation. Geno is still there with no plans to leave and UConn remains among the top wbb budgets in the country. While wbb isn't self-supporting anywhere, UConn has never had football revenue subsidising basketball so being in a low-revenue football conference isn't the hardship that say, an SEC school would experience if their football revenue disappeared.
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You make several good points. But your statement is contradictory when you imply it didn't matter that they were never in a big conference and at the same time say in the next sentence that it was because they couldn't compete with the budgets of big conference schools. Those two are directly correlated. Its precisely that they were never in a big conference that they didn't have the money to keep up.

You are also correct that UConn has sustained a high womens basketball budget despite not having the football money to subsidize it that other programs do. That analysis is correct if you look from a historical point of view, but a look into the future doesn't necessarily imply that will be enough.

The Big Ten Conference will renegotiate its TV deal in 2016 with Rutgers and Maryland in the fold. Some estimates around the sports business world have put that payout at around $44.5 million a year per school. They are currently expecting to distribute $27.5 million to each school at the end of 2014--expected to be the highest amount. Thats a nearly $17 million dollar increase. In comparison it is estimated that UConn will receive less than $2 million per year from the American television disbursement. That gap cannot withstand over a long period time unless Warren Buffet is personally going to prop up the UConn program. Where it is going to get dicey for UConn is the cost of living payout for athletes. The Power 5 are going to create an advantage overtime with those payouts that make it unsustainable for the American and Mountain West Conference teams to do the same.
 
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Uconn:banghead2: now we know how everybody felt about us in our hay day, they hated us or loved us we were AMERICAS team in WOMEN BASKETBALL.
 
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Holly got the #1 last year but she won't consistently get them until she can prove she is an elite coach. She has to improve. But, we do need to give her a chance. She would not have been my first pick but now that she's the coach she's not going anywhere for awhile.
 
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Samuelson being ranked #1 by any recruiting service ahead of Durr is laughable at best. She isn't better than Cooper, either, and probably not Collier.
 
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We could have gotten to the Final Four two years ago--had an easy road with Louisville our only roadblock--and couldn't do it. This year we had a good team and might have got to the Final Four as well, but we lost in Sweet 16. (Admittedly, Massengale's injury really hurt us.) UT really hasn't been coached well in a LONG time. Our problems (too many turnovers, inefficient offense, recruiting misses) started more than a decade ago. We underachieved for several years--and then PS landed Parker (and Anosike) and with those two we won 2 more titles--and everything seemed good again, except that it wasn't. There were more recruiting misses, more offensive and defensive problems--and no superstars like Parker to paper over the program's deficiencies, which were exacerbated by PS's deteriorating health. Now Warlick, longtime assistant, is running the show--but she has yet to show that she can compete with the big dogs, and I frankly doubt that she will. How long the AD gives her, we don't know--but Warlick is pretty old herself, so I would argue that we need to find a good, dynamic, smart coach sooner rather than later, before our recruiting really starts to suffer. This year will be very telling for this staff as we've got nearly the whole team back plus some good new players. Coached well, this should be a very formidable team. Will it be?
 
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armchair said:
We could have gotten to the Final Four two years ago--had an easy road with Louisville our only roadblock--and couldn't do it. This year we had a good team and might have got to the Final Four as well, but we lost in Sweet 16. (Admittedly, Massengale's injury really hurt us.) UT really hasn't been coached well in a LONG time. Our problems (too many turnovers, inefficient offense, recruiting misses) started more than a decade ago. We underachieved for several years--and then PS landed Parker (and Anosike) and with those two we won 2 more titles--and everything seemed good again, except that it wasn't. There were more recruiting misses, more offensive and defensive problems--and no superstars like Parker to paper over the program's deficiencies, which were exacerbated by PS's deteriorating health. Now Warlick,
longtime assistant, is running the show--but she has yet to show that she can compete with the big dogs, and I frankly doubt that she will. How long the AD gives her, we don't know--but Warlick is pretty old herself, so I would argue that we need to find a good, dynamic, smart coach sooner rather than later, before our recruiting really starts to suffer. This year will be very telling for this staff as we've got nearly the whole team back plus some good new players. Coached well, this should be a very formidable team. Will it be?
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I say give Tyler a few years at LA TECH and he will be at Tenn:good!:
 
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Joanne McCallie is living proof that one does not have to be an elite coach in order to haul in elite talent. And the nefarious Aurienema is proof one does not have to possess much class to lure top talent.
 
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Ladyvolfan4ever said:
@ProspectsNation: Our @ChrisHansenPSB talked to @coachrddavis and @33katielou has committed to UConn #CommitmentCentral
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