Recent content by bballnut90

I think they're safely in the tournament rather than close to the bubble, but yes I agree they don't really have a prayer of hosting unless they win the last 2 regular season games and then win at least 2 or 3 games in the SEC Tournament which I don't see happening. Last year they didn't host...

Every P4 in the country faces multiple cupcakes in non-conference. Even Duke who faced probably the toughest non-conference scehdule in the country had games against Liberty, Norfolk State, Holy Cross, Belmont, South Florida and South Dakota State.

Most people lose sight of the fact that most teams in the 6-11 seed range lose a lot of games and aren't usually very good teams, but they'll still make the tournament. Tennessee falls into this category. I know they aren't popular on here but they're a lock for NCAAs. They have wins over...

Angel consistently underperformed against good teams that year and got completely obliterated by Maya Moore head to head. Maya famously had more points that all of Louisville when she checked out of the Big Each Championship game. The score was 69-27. Blakes is torching top teams and has...

I feel like they should restructure this set up since we now have super conferences where 12 of the 16 projected seeded teams come from 2 conferences. LSU as your regional final matchup after going undefeated is infinitely more terrifying than facing Louisville the same round.

They'll go 7 deep as Dugalic comes off the bench too. She's much improved from a year ago as 6-4 stretch 4. Their well built with 2 solid options at PG (Leger-Walker and Rice), a couple of elite wings in Jaque/Kneepkens and a trio of front court players with the Betts sisters and Dugalic. Geno...

Sarah Strong's game is built for the pros and she would be the #1 pick by a mile if she were to enter this year. She'd be like an Alyssa Thomas 2.0 with a 40% 3pt shot, lower TOs and a better attitude/demeanor. Regarding defensive numbers vs better teams, she's had: -6 steals vs Iowa -3...

Funny how that random rule was in place for decades. Didn't Christ The King have a similar rule where freshmen couldn't play varsity basketball or am I mixing that up with a different program? They produced 3 future Hall of Famers in Chamique Holdsclaw, Sue Bird and Tina Charles plus multiple...

Not UCONN related but was looking at UCLA stats, their guard trio has incredible splits considering they're all big scorers too: Kiki Rice: 50.7/40.8/88.9 and 15.3 ppg Gabriela Jaquez: 54.7/40.6/.859 and 14.1 ppg Gianna Kneepkens: 53.3/45.9/93.8 and 13.2 ppg

Cori did win last year, prior to that Dawn won 3 straight so I don't see that as a deterrent for her this year. UCLA is 27-1 and has dominated a strong B1G and non-conference schedule. I think she'd be deserving.

I think most feel Paige would've won the Wade in 2021 but freshmen weren't eligible. Historically Wade has had some unusual picks where the voting was otherwise largely a consensus (ex. last year Paige getting it over Juju, 2008 giving it to Wiggins over Parker, 2014 choosing Sims over Stewart...

I hope they both nab a couple of POY awards since both have been incredible and each is deserving. If you have to pick only one I think Strong is the choice for this season. Great all around numbers (leads UCONN in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks) and 60/40/90 splits on the...

The comparison to 2023-24 UCONN is apples and oranges: -Early season rankings are typically more volatile as losses drop you further in the rankings early on. When UCONN was #17, they were 4-3 and their best win at that point was over an unranked Maryland team. -If you're ranked higher and go...

Title or bust is a steep expectation for a program that hasn’t ever won a title, let alone made a Final Four in 20 years. The level of history and expectations is far different at a program like Tennessee compared to Duke, I don’t think it’s fair to equate the two. Tennessee has one of the...

Really sad stuff. She was one of my favorites to watch back in the day with the Shock. A big personality and not afraid to mix it up in the paint.