Recent content by JoePgh

Or, the more simple explanation (which the previous post suggested and which I also mentioned in another thread) is the Geno and UConn are simply making a bet that by the time a 5th year becomes an issue for Gandy (summer of 2029), the redshirting rules will have changed to allow the 2025-26...

From the thread title, I thought that the picture was going to be of Jonathan the Husky devouring the "snack" which Renee threw his way during last night's game.

I just watched the replay of last night's game against St. Johns in Hartford. Renee Montgomery was the "color announcer", and at one point she made an observation about the UConn coaching staff that I think should be noted. She said that the entire UConn coaching staff is the same as the group...

Ticketmaster is showing the game time as 7:30 PM on Sunday, March 1.

I think what is being missed in this discussion is that the rules that will decide Gandy's ability to have a 5th year at UConn are not those now in effect, but those which will be in effect in the summer of 2029, when her first four years will have been used up. I think, as you suggest, that it...

I am at the game. Ayanna is participating in warm-ups, and to my eyes she looks good to go.

Or, cf. UConn v. Iowa, NCAA Final Four 2024: If you lose a game because of a questionable (not clearly bad) call, then you didn't deserve to win it. I think both Geno and Paige made essentially that point in their post-game remarks.

If the premise is that nothing had changed before today, then Seton Hall would clearly have won, probably by about 15 points. If that 8-player roster tried to compete in the Big East or any other conference, they would have won some games but probably would not have placed first in the...

I did, and I realize that you are positing a different "bench" definition than I did. Hopefully the discussion can accommodate two different "bench" scenarios. If I accept your premise (no Morgan, Ice, or Serah), that would be an 8-player roster which is disadvantaged by that fact alone...

See my comments about this in the Seton Hall post-game thread. I think that a team with the four best current players removed (Sarah, Azzi, KK, and Ashlynn) but with the walking wounded on the bench restored to health (Morgan, Ice, and Ayanna) would win the Big East and make the NCAA...

The fourth quarter began with a backcourt of Kayleigh and Allie, and (as I recall) a front court of Serah, Jana, and Blanca. Just one starter among those five, and the four other players consisted of two Hoopgurlz Top 15 American guards and two international forwards with impressive pre-UConn...

In the three games since the holiday break, Kelis Fisher has gotten about 5 minutes per game (in each case, the LAST 5 minutes of the blowout game). Since, as a would-be point guard, she has only 1 assist over those 15 minutes, I am not claiming that she has earned more minutes. But still...

I was at the game and was watching the team warm up before they removed their jackets, so I couldn't see the uniform numbers. I immediately saw that KK was warming up with the mask, so I knew we would see her in the game. But then, looking further, I became concerned that I didn't see anyone...

It seems to me that in recent games, Serah and Jana have been about equally effective, and they have been surprisingly close in minutes. Here are their stats since the holiday break: @Butler 12/28: Serah 15 minutes, 9 points on 3-4 shooting, 4 rebounds (1 offensive), 3 fouls Jana 15...

None of the explanations offered above adequately explain why men's basketball in the Big East remains much closer to P-4 levels than women's basketball is (outside of UConn). If the lack of football revenue is the root problem, then why hasn't it caused MBB to be non-competitive with the P-4...