American Athletic Conference Women Basketball

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I am watching UCONN beat up AA conference opponent SMU. This has to be the worse league in women's college basketball, especially with Louisville and Rutgers heading to real conferences. Geno must be a magician to keep his team even interested in playing. SMU is behind by a ton and offering little resistance. This is a conference of very weak teams. UCONN has more competition in practice. I wonder how UCONN would do in the SEC, ACC, Big 10 or Big 12. Now they would still be winners but at a greater cost. Of course big conferences are not interested in UCONN because of its weak football program.
 
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I've never heard of the American Athletic Conference

SMU is Southern Methodist, right? Who else do they have?
 
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teacherdean said:
I wonder how UCONN would do in the SEC, ACC, Big 10 or Big 12. Now they would still be winners but at a greater cost.
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Let's be real here. UConn would cruise their way through pretty much any conference at no cost to their team. Mid-pack SEC teams that Tennnessee let's hang around for 30 minutes against them would lose by 20 UConn.

The whole notion that UConn plays a weak schedule and is fresher for the tournament is purely fiction.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Let's be real here. UConn would cruise their way through pretty much any conference at no cost to their team. Mid-pack SEC teams that Tennnessee let's hang around for 30 minutes against them would lose by 20 UConn.

The whole notion that UConn plays a weak schedule and is fresher for the tournament is purely fiction.
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Thanks, Geno!
 
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VollyParton said:
I've never heard of the American Athletic Conference

SMU is Southern Methodist, right? Who else do they have?
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The American Athletic Conference consists of:

University of Central Florida
Cincinnati
UConn
East Carolina
Houston
Memphis
University of South Florida
SMU
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa

Jim
 
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Amb3096 said:
Mid-pack SEC teams that Tennnessee let's hang around for 30 minutes against them would lose by 20 UConn.
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This year, even top SEC teams would lose to UConn by twenty, at least. Remember, UConn beat the top ACC team by twenty, and it was at Notre Dame. I don't think Duke will get off any easier on Monday night. And UConn's home game against South Carolina will not be competitive this year. Just be glad UConn is not on Tennessee's schedule this year. Next year with Mercedes and Diamond should be a little closer.
 
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cwbytruckers said:
UCONNs bench would beat the Lady Vols by 20.
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Hyperbole? I think this year's UConn bench consists of three mediocre players, two walk-ons (non-scholarship??), and one injured player. They recently lost one guard who transferred out. I don't think Tennessee would have any trouble with that group. UConn's starters on the other hand........
 
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The good news is that unless UCONN makes it to Big10 or ACC or something weird like SEC or Big12, they are going to gradually start to losing their recruiting prowess.

Losing ND really gutted AAC (Big East).
 
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Sagarin has the AAC ranked 6th overall, behind the P5 conferences. SMU lost to Texas A & M at home by 8 pts earlier this season. UConn beat SMU today in Connecticut by 51. Unfortunately, I don't think which conference UConn plays in would make much difference this year. Next year will be interesting.
 
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This thread is a huge disappointment. I thought it would be some nice cheesecake pix like those "girls of........." threads. O woe is me.
 
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As long as Uconn continues to win and play interesting OOC and have graduates go on to star on WNBA and International teams I don't think recruiting will suffer. The reality is only a few conference games in any conference would challenge Uconn anyway (last year their average MOV against RANKED teams was somewhere around 20 points) - the same when they were playing in the eight bid big east of old. That is the same for ND at least last year in the ACC, for Stanford in the Pac for most of the last decade, and Baylor in the Big 12 when they had Griner/Sims. The Big 10 and the SEC have had more competitive conference play, but that is probably because none of their teams were really dominant teams and the NCAA results have shown that. The SEC hasn't had a FF team since 2008 and the Big10 since 2005. In the last 6 years the conference breakdown of the FF: BE - 10 teams, Pac - 6 teams, Big12 - 5 teams, ACC - 2 teams, and AAC - 1 team.
Not saying that both the SEC and the ACC are not great WBB conferences, just that the top end of those conferences hasn't been as strong
 
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Amb3096 said:
Let's be real here. UConn would cruise their way through pretty much any conference at no cost to their team. Mid-pack SEC teams that Tennnessee let's hang around for 30 minutes against them would lose by 20 UConn.

The whole notion that UConn plays a weak schedule and is fresher for the tournament is purely fiction.
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For one thing the AAC is very weak which is not UCONN's issue nor is it any doubt they would be very good regardless of the competition, it would just be interesting, at least to me, to see them play in a tougher conference. My implications have nothing to do with being fresher or un fresher or them winning championships. I love Tennessee with all my heart, however, it would be idiotic to believe Tennesse is close to being a UCONN. But it is an advantage when a team can play most of its players in most of their games. This is an advantage that most teams do not have. Add that to the fact that Genno is, right now, the best coach in Women's basketball.
 
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teacherdean said:
For one thing the AAC is very weak which is not UCONN's issue nor is it any doubt they would be very good regardless of the competition, it would just be interesting, at least to me, to see them play in a tougher conference. My implications have nothing to do with being fresher or un fresher or them winning championships. I love Tennessee with all my heart, however, it would be idiotic to believe Tennesse is close to being a UCONN. But it is an advantage when a team can play most of its players in most of their games. This is an advantage that most teams do not have. Add that to the fact that Genno is, right now, the best coach in Women's basketball.
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They played in the Big East, which was the best conference until it's demise, with UConn, ND and Louisville as powerhouses. Sure, they had a bunch of cupcakes from the middle down, but the top teams were better than the top teams from any other conference.

The reason the UConn bench gets a lot of minutes is because they go straight for the jugular from opening tip. UConn starters would not be needed to play big minutes against the likes of Wichita State. The real underlying issue is that most teams, including Tennessee, play down to their competition and the starters end up logging extended minutes when they should breeze through the games.

Once Tennessee stops consistently playing down to their competition, then maybe a Holly can develop her bench more. There's no reason that half the teams in their schedule should be making the games a contest.
 
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Hoya Saxa said:
Hyperbole? I think this year's UConn bench consists of three mediocre players, two walk-ons (non-scholarship??), and one injured player. They recently lost one guard who transferred out. I don't think Tennessee would have any trouble with that group. UConn's starters on the other hand........
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You left out UCONN's bench would be coached by Geno, Lady Vols by Holly. UCONN by 20 easy.
 
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bamacheats said:
You left out UCONN's bench would be coached by Geno, Lady Vols by Holly. UCONN by 20 easy.
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Stokes, Gabby Williams and Chong are the only UConn reserves worth mentioning, and none of them are the next Stewart. They would get steamrolled.
 
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Amb3096 said:
They played in the Big East, which was the best conference until it's demise, with UConn, ND and Louisville as powerhouses. Sure, they had a bunch of cupcakes from the middle down, but the top teams were better than the top teams from any other conference.

The reason the UConn bench gets a lot of minutes is because they go straight for the jugular from opening tip. UConn starters would not be needed to play big minutes against the likes of Wichita State. The real underlying issue is that most teams, including Tennessee, play down to their competition and the starters end up logging extended minutes when they should breeze through the games.

Once Tennessee stops consistently playing down to their competition, then maybe a Holly can develop her bench more. There's no reason that half the teams in their schedule should be making the games a contest.
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I agree especially with your last paragraph. We have to be more dogmatic in our approach to the game. A lot of that depends upon the attitude and tenacity of our coaching staff. With that being said, and I might be crazy, I believe that we still have the talent to run with any of the top ten teams.
 
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JMO Holly still has not proven she can coach a team at a high level. Some of the things we do in games is mind boggling. UConn very seldom does anything that would be considered low IQ basketball. When they do the player that does it gets nailed by Geno with such intensity that their concentration hits a new level and they generally do not do the same thing again. The level of concentration and attention to detail and smart play is so much higher from UConn versus Tennessee.
I think we have very good talent but you can't make a lot of risky passes, force the ball into a crowd of defenders, or stand with your hands in your pockets on offense. Their level of intensity versus our level is generally the difference as to why they win by 30 and we lose or eek out a two or three point win. They are aggressive and intense for forty minutes we look like were going through the motions for at least half of every game we play.
 
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The American Conference is horrible. Six of the teams (before tonight's games) have losing records. Every team in the SEC, even LSU, has a winning record.
UCONN will be able to coast through conference play every single season.
 
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