Recent content by stamfordhusky

It would take UConn less than a nanosecond to accept a bid to the ACC, if one were ever forthcoming. Unfortunately, that is unlikely. Having said that, I think Boston College’s ability to blackball UConn is far less than it was a decade ago. They have brought nothing to the table in the ACC in...

One difference is that Butler already had shown what she was capable of at a high D1 level before she got to UConn. At Georgetown she was Big East rookie of the year and averaged about 14 PPG and 13.5 RPG as a freshman. Was one of the top freshmen in the entire country.

She still dunks easily. For example, Maggie Vanoni on X had a video a couple weeks ago of her dunking in practice.

I’m certainly not a big NCAA fan. Having said that, the problems you mentioned – unlimited transfers and way too long to complete eligibility – are problems that were created by judges who have no clue. The NCAA has no control over many of these issues anymore, since lawyers and agents have...

If she doesn’t play at all this season, she doesn’t need to take a red shirt. She would automatically have three years of eligibility left without having to do anything.

She has a couple of years to decide that. Since she didn’t play at all this year, she is free to play a fifth year without having to apply for a so-called medical red shirt.

Actually doesn't even need an injury redshirt (officially known as a medical hardship waiver) since she did not play at all. Everyone is allowed to play four seasons over a five year span.

Columbia was only favored by a couple of points at the most.

$8.5 million is the revenue, not UConn’s profit.

As to how an 11 seed ended up playing UConn: The 11 seed, Arizona, after winning the play-in of 11 seeds, went on to play the six seed in the first round. Arizona beat the six seed and thus was linked up with the three seed (UConn) in the next round.

I would say it’s quite a bit different. The examples you cite were all created by basketball players and coaches, and gradually became commonly accepted basketball terms.The ridiculous use of the term striker is one that is being created by an announcer who thinks it will get her some publicity.

It’s impossible to judge without more information. Players are more accurate on catch-and-shoot threes than they are on threes taken after a dribble. And threes taken after one dribble are much more accurate than threes taken after a number of dribbles. For example, the NBA charts this and has...

I have found that what comes to sports related items, AI makes mistakes on at least 90% of my queries. It obviously has made a major mistake here because they are almost never referred to the lady huskies. And when they are, it is simply incorrect.

Depends on whether Heckel was stationary when Barker left her feet.

Note that the NCAA was opposed to allowing him to play. Alabama simply found a friendly judge, who doesn’t understand the issues or doesn’t care. That’s basically the same way many of these ludicrous changes have come about.