Recent content by JoePgh

I have complained in several threads that people are forgetting about Morgan, and more specifically about the defensive and passing skills that she showed in her freshman year before she got injured. I still think she is being ignored on this forum's discussions about next year, but that...

You are putting all of your emphasis on "intent", as opposed to "effect". Regardless of what the intent of the Unrivaled investors or players is or was, it is likely that the effect is to allow the players to develop their skills in a way which will benefit their WNBA careers. Moreover, they...

I would put Amari DeBerry and Molly Bent in that category.

I was pretty sure that UConn's game in the second round in 2024 was against Syracuse, not against either Arizona or Arizona State. I checked with my fallible AI consultant, Google Gemini, which confirmed my recollection. Gemini said the following: In the 2024 NCAA Tournament, the UConn...

In fact, there was a play-in game in Storrs which received almost no publicity. I actually attended it. It was between Syracuse and (I believe) the University of Arizona, and Syracuse won in a close game. A few days later, UConn defeated Syracuse in another fairly close game. The key shot...

I didn't mean to imply that Geno's substitution patterns (or any of his coaching decisions) were for the purpose of "maximizing the margin of victory". My point was simply that the fact that UConn's BPM and WS stats are higher than those of other NC contenders may reflect the fact that UConn's...

Several questions: If Win Shares (WS) is a statistic for an individual player, then what does the team WS statistic mean? Is it influenced by a team's average margin of victory, so that a team that routinely wins by 40 points will have a higher WS than a team (with the same record) that...

I think the interesting potential matchup would be a #8 - #9 game between Tennessee and Villanova. I'm not sure who would be favored in that game, but I think Denise's team would have a good chance to win. If Villanova does win that game, does Denise become a candidate to replace Kim Caldwell...

The committee could easily decide to give the #1 overall seed to UCLA, given the sheer number of ranked teams that they have had an opportunity to play and defeat. If that meant that UConn was #2 overall, I couldn't say that was unfair. But I also don't think it is that significant. It would...

Are you talking about Blanca in this post, or Jana? You didn't name the person you are talking about, but the post you are responding to refers to Blanca. Then, in the last line, you say she is "only a sophomore". That applies to Jana (in eligibility years), but not to Blanca, who is a...

Why not? Are you afraid that you will write something about Jana's limitations that UConn opponents have thus far failed to notice? I think you would have to be awfully observant to do that. It sounds to me like you are either too lazy to write up what you have observed (and thereby back up...

Sarah Strong still plays the 5 a lot in every game, and that is by design. I don't think Geno sees that as suboptimal. He constantly notes how UConn's small lineup gives opposing defenses a big problem, because how will "Crooks, Beers, Oldacre, Betts, etc." defend against the speed and agility...

Is Ziebell a name of German origin? (I think so.) If it is, then I think a good announcer call when she sinks a 3 would be "Allie r-r-rings ze Bell!" (with an appropriately exaggerated roll of the "r" in "rings").

Could someone please define "Personal Foul Efficiency "? Is it some comparison of fouls to minutes played?

I believe it had been stated that the Vanderbilt series begins the year after next.