American Athletic Conference Women Basketball

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#28
after puke beats them like a drum tonight geeno will retire........ ok, I'm drunk but it could happen.... lol
 
#29
#29
Time for U Con to have their best player go out for the year, like ND's did & Stanford's did right before they played UC.. would only be fair....
 
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reno tony said:
Yo teach, whatever you are on, pass some of it this way :peace2:
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It's called faith and believing in the personnel we have, based upon the right combo on the floor. Now I might be high or drunk but I think we have some very good players with some great upsides. Now remember I said a good game not a sure win. Coaching could have more of a positive impact for UCONN. I just have to believe, and I am willing to share what I am smoking.:clapping:
 
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UConn played a really sloppy game tonight and still beat #10 Duke by 31. No team is going to beat UConn or Notre Dame this year by scoring in the low 50s.

The Vols have too much talent to be wasted by a lack of offensive coaching. There is no reason these talented young ladies should not be averaging in the 80s. That is how you beat the top teams.
 
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teacherdean said:
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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Allow me to paraphrase
I am watching UCONN beat up ACC conference opponent Duke. The ACC has to be the worse league in women's college basketball, especially with Louisville and Rutgers heading there. Geno must be a magician to keep his team even interested in playing. Duke is behind by a ton and offering little resistance. It is a conference of very weak teams. UCONN has more competition in practice. I wonder how UCONN would do in the WNBA. 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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volnationnj said:
Duke is behind by a ton and offering little resistance. It is a conference of very weak teams.
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The ESPN site says tonight's UConn victory is the 28th in a row against ACC teams dating back to 2007. I guess that answers the question of how they would fare in the P5 ACC.

Would they be this successful in the SEC?
 
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Hoya Saxa said:
The ESPN site says tonight's UConn victory is the 28th in a row against ACC teams dating back to 2007. I guess that answers the question of how they would fare in the P5 ACC.

Would they be this successful in the SEC?
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They would be this successful in any conference, as we will see when they destroy South Carolina in a few weeks.

The loss to Stanford was the fluke of flukes. If they stay healthy, they ain't losing again this season.
 
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Duke offered little in the way of offense and even less in the way of defense. UConn, however, did not look like the well-oiled machine that we are used to seeing. Had they been playing Oregon State the outcome may have been decidedly different. I'm not saying Oregon State would have won, but I don't think the UConn margin of victory would have been any where near 30 points.

Could the UConn play have been a matter of playing down to their competition?

Jim
 
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CannonVol80 said:
Duke offered little in the way of offense and even less in the way of defense. UConn, however, did not look like the well-oiled machine that we are used to seeing. Had they been playing Oregon State the outcome may have been decidedly different. I'm not saying Oregon State would have won, but I don't think the UConn margin of victory would have been any where near 30 points.

Could the UConn play have been a matter of playing down to their competition?

Jim
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I can't tell if you're serious or not, but they killed Duke by 30+. Unless they are the San Antonio Spurs, that's not playing down.

Let's not kid ourselves...they would have beaten Oregon State by 20+.
 
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gule said:
e Williams could have been a LV... Thank GOD for unanswered prayers.
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Elizabeth Williams >>>>>>>>>>> Bashaara Graves

If Elizabeth was on Tennessee's roster, then the Chattanooga loss would never have happened.

She would have made this team better immediately, especially on the defensive end.
 
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Amb3096 said:
I can't tell if you're serious or not, but they killed Duke by 30+. Unless they are the San Antonio Spurs, that's not playing down.

Let's not kid ourselves...they would have beaten Oregon State by 20+.
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Yes, I'm serious. Had UConn not been playing so sloppily, the margin of victory against Duke would have been more in the range of 50-60 points, in my opinion.

Had UConn played the same way against Oregon State, it's possible that their margin of victory could have been 20+ points and it's also possible that the margin of victory could have been in single digits.

Jim
 
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UConn left us in the dust offensively years ago. Until Warlick stops her exceedingly dumb, third-grade obsession with "effort" and focuses on player development and offensive execution and efficiency, we will be eating Husky dust (and that of other programs as well.).
 
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gule said:
e Williams could have been a LV... Thank GOD for unanswered prayers.
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I would trade anyone on Tennessee's active roster for Williams without a second thought. Although she would never admit it, I bet Holly would too....
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
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.
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It was reported today that after last night's rout of Duke, Andra Espinoza-Hunter (2017 Blue Star #5) gave UConn a verbal commitment.
 
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CannonVol80 said:
Yes, I'm serious. Had UConn not been playing so sloppily, the margin of victory against Duke would have been more in the range of 50-60 points, in my opinion.

Had UConn played the same way against Oregon State, it's possible that their margin of victory could have been 20+ points and it's also possible that the margin of victory could have been in single digits.

Jim
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I suppose if UConn would have made 100% of their shots and held Duke to 0 FG%, they would have won by about 200 points, but that's not realistic. Duke is a top 10 team filled with HS All Americans. They kept the game close, and UConn blew them away over the last 25 minutes. Sure, there going to make mistakes with the pace they were playing at, but it would be impossible not to with the way they were pushing tempo.

I don't know why you think Oregon State would have posed more of a challenge than Duke, but I'll play: Tennessee won by 11 without hitting a single outside shot and giving up a lot of open 3s. UConn would have shut them down inside and outside. There is zero reason to suggest that they would have any struggle with Ore State, considering they are better at from 1-7, play stingy defense, and have offensive weapons all over the court.
 
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volnationnj said:
Anyone but Harrison
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I'd be inclined to keep Harrison as well. She is a much more polished offensive threat than Williams. Considering the lack of offensive weapons on Tennessee, she would be indispensable unless a player like Stewart or Loyd was replacing her.

But Williams plays some nasty defense. A frontcourt with Harrison at PF and Williams at C would have been deadly.
 
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I've watched several of Dukes games the past 3, 4, years and have never seen EW play a good game. biggest bust as a #1 ever... imho... Russell did more last year playing on 2 bad feet.
 
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gule said:
I've watched several of Dukes games the past 3, 4, years and have never seen EW play a good game. biggest bust as a #1 ever... imho... Russell did more last year playing on 2 bad feet.
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Yeah other than National Freshman of the Year, three time All-ACC first team, three time All-ACC all defense, and three time All-America, she has been a HUGE bust.

Any coach would take her over Harrison, and it isn't that close. You will see for yourself when she is drafted ahead of Harrison by the WNBA....
 
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gule said:
I've watched several of Dukes games the past 3, 4, years and have never seen EW play a good game. biggest bust as a #1 ever... imho... Russell did more last year playing on 2 bad feet.
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Career averages of 14.45 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.2 blocks while shooting 51% from the floor. 3rd all time in ACC in blocked shots (and probably going to move up to at least #2 with a chance at #1 if she maintains her career average), 3 time All American and National Freshman of the Year. And this is, in your opinion, a bust? Based on what?

No, Mercedes is clearly the frontrunner for biggest bust as a #1 player in quite some time. I would trade a thousand Mercedes Russells for an Elizabeth Williams any day of the week.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Career averages of 14.45 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.2 blocks while shooting 51% from the floor. 3rd all time in ACC in blocked shots (and probably going to move up to at least #2 with a chance at #1 if she maintains her career average), 3 time All American and National Freshman of the Year. And this is, in your opinion, a bust? Based on what?

No, Mercedes is clearly the frontrunner for biggest bust as a #1 player in quite some time. I would trade a thousand Mercedes Russells for an Elizabeth Williams any day of the week.
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A little unfair to compare a senior to a freshmen that was playing on two bad feet. It's way too early to draw a conclusion on Russell yet. Let's wait and see what she does when healthy. EW is a very good player and we could have really used her but it wasn't to be.
 
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