Recent content by Alydar

not for long. Boston and NY would dominate the NY/Boston media market. It's an old problem, of young women and their desire to work in Hartford. The income potential in NY and Boston is immense compared to CT and the cultural activity is two universes. At some point the owner of the team would...

The W has already said that Boston will be a site in the future and then we will have the same problem the Whalers had and they will relocate. I also don't like tax dollars going to subsidize the center of downtown Hartford.

The two best players on the team are not extroverts, (at least from my POV) but they managed to lead the team in the final game and that will do more for the confidence of the rest than anything they might say.

Juju just showed why she wouldn't fit at UConn, for all her talent. She would take the shot even if she was triple-teamed and Fudd was alone behind the arc.

Euro style involves a lot of ball movement and I expect that playing without the ball won't be as strange to her as it is to "shoot first" US elite players who dominate the ball. My ceiling for her is very high.

I'd wager that Italian will be spoken.

I've been ignoring the "song" threads for years. That ability disappeared a week or 2 ago and now it's back, at a different place.

I am seeing more and more freshmen across the country coming into college playing at an elite level from day one. If it was a mens team, more than a couple of UConn's players would have moved to the pros after a season or two. And now UConn can plug gaps with transfers.

Back then the NIT was a much better tournament. It was filled with most of the top B1G, SEC & ACC teams. And the bulk of the tournament was at MSG. Like now, the NCAA pandered to the power conferences and didn't want their tournament to diminish the conferences. Not much has changed.

Right. The other big differences in the past, at least in the mens tournament, was that only one team from a conference was allowed into the tournament, plus teams played in their geographical region until the FF. UCLA benefited from regionalism in that there usually weren't any other ranked...

Prior to 1994 the path to the final four was shorter.

Maybe it wasn't a 3pt drill but "how many points can you score in a minute alternating ends" drill?

I don't think the stage will be too big. She seems a lot more confident and self-reliant than I remember being at 18. Confidence is great as long as you can back it up. I think she's ready. Not trying to hijack but a better matchup for JuJu is Strong. Bigger, stronger, just as quick and a...

There have been a report or two from alleged Euro-savvy observers that say that she is the No 1 recruit of 2025. Bueckers Fudd and Strong all "fit in" from day one so there is precedent. That's a lot of if's though.

Bueckers has been the same person and player since I first saw highlights of one of her sophomore games at Hopkins. Fully engaged in the game and her team and humble. It will be a big adjustment for Williams, playing with others as talented and even more talented. But that is why she came...