Nice piece by Mechelle, including a few quotes and some interesting per-40 stats from past Husky freshman seasons.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31059560/even-uconn-legends-awed-paige-bueckers-ridiculous-freshman-season
With about 5 minutes to go in the UConn-DePaul men's Big East Tournament game tonight, and UConn up by about 30, Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery spent a solid 1:30 of airtime (spanning several possessions in the game) talking exclusively about, wait for it… UConn women's basketball. Among the...
I don’t know yet how this game is going to turn out, but Gabby picked up her 1000th career rebound a little earlier, and I think that’s an accomplishment that warrants its own thread. I can’t imagine any of us saw that coming when she first started at UConn. It’s a great testament to her...
Just tripped across this video about Ray that GQ put up a few days ago. Apologies if this is a repost, but I scrolled back through the board and didn't see it anywhere.
No mention of UConn, but it's still a pretty nice piece. Ray's one of a kind.
Quinnipiac's awesome run this year made me wonder how often double-digit seeds reach the Sweet 16. It's happened about once a year since the turn of the millennium. Here's the full list of the 22 double-digit seeds to make it this far:
10 seeds (5):
1991 Lamar; Vanderbilt
2001 Missouri
2007...
Apologies if this has been posted already, but it's pretty rare that I come across footage of any of Geno's pre-1995 teams, so I thought it was worth the risk of possibly creating a duplicate thread. This is an old Channel 8 story showcasing the 1988-89 Huskies on the eve of their first-round...
UConn Won By 61 But Their Chances Of A Five-Peat Dropped
"Despite beating the Albany Great Danes 116 to 55 – for UConn’s 108th win in a row — our model showed the Huskies [sic] chances dropping from 52 percent pre-tournament to 49 percent after Round 1.
How is this possible? In a word...
Gonna go out on a limb and guess that I'm not the only classic-film fan on the board, and probably not the only Turner Classic Movies watcher either. Robert Osborne had an encyclopedic knowledge of film history, and it was a joy to watch him for so many years introducing movies with his...
Did anybody anywhere catch this one? UConn's 35th straight road win ties the all-time Division I record for longest road winning streak, originally set by the Kansas men's team between 1924 and 1928. :)
(See page 9 of the NCAA D-I men's record book here...
So I've noticed a couple BYers recently asking whether there was any video footage available of UConn's first Final Four team in action. I could've sworn that I once accidentally stumbled upon a 1991 season highlight video while poking around the fantastic uconnhuskygames.com website, but I was...
I've really been enjoying his articles lately, and this is another good one with some nice insights:
The core four behind UConn's 90 straight wins
"Dailey recalled that the first time she put together a scouting video ahead of a game against Tennessee, a rivalry that would come to define...
With the UConn women remarkably having matched the UCLA men's 88-game winning streak for a second time, it seems like an appropriate time to pose for the resident BY hoops experts this two-part question I've been pondering lately. I must confess I was not around during John Wooden's UCLA...
Sorry if this link is already posted in another thread somewhere, but I haven't tripped across it yet.
Williams staying grounded, playing at high level
This quote caught my eye, and not just because of Gabby's constant desire to improve: "Turnovers definitely concern me. It was really...
I mean, as if everything she did for her team tonight weren't enough already…
"Williams, though, was anxious to get back to Storrs Wednesday night. She has two final exams scheduled for Thursday. 'I'm just trying to get through ... I have two finals tomorrow, 50 percent of my grade, each one,'...
How Does Uconn Rank Among America's Best Colleges?
They rank UConn in a tie for #20 among public schools nationwide, and tied for #60 among all schools. Both those rankings are down slightly from last year.
But, on the bright side, there's this:
"Notable alumni of the University of...
I'm not sure if this has been pointed out yet, but one of my favorite random facts from this past season is that no UConn player ever fouled out of any game all year. I would love to know if this is unprecedented in UConn history, but I haven't been able to verify that. The UConn athletic site...
Count Kate Fagan among those who are opposed to the idea. Reasonable minds can differ, but I think she makes some good points.
http://espn.go.com/espnw/voices/article/15090920/fagan-why-lower-rims-women-basketball-flawed
…a single team that played UConn during the regular season.
Yesterday's Mississippi State game was the latest piece of evidence that teams typically have a hard time adjusting to UConn if they haven't seen UConn in a while (or ever before). That said, there are exceptions; Dayton in particular...
Coming to you straight from the Good Problems to Have Department, see if you can remember all the cities, and then watch the video to see how your memory stacks up against Geno's! :D
Not surprisingly, Nate Silver & co. like UConn's chances. They currently give UConn a 70% probability to win the tournament. Notre Dame (9%) is next, followed by South Carolina (8%), Baylor (7%), and Maryland (3%). Everybody else in the field is at less than 1%. For some perspective, their...
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology
According to ESPN's WBB home page, "Sixteen bids will be decided Saturday and Sunday, but as Selection Monday quickly approaches, the top-16 seeds already are set in Charlie Creme's projection." By this I assume they mean the seeds...
Apologies if this has been posted already, but it was new to me.
A few gems, but I personally found this one the most interesting: "Tina's the best center I've seen, and she needs to take it one more step up to be at the world-class level, let's say Diana's and Maya's."
https://www.sny.tv/uconn/news/opportunity-knocks-for-chong-against-tulsa/161151664/
I especially liked this quote from Stewie about Saniya: "I don't know how she does it, because I'm sure it has to be difficult. When we played at Madison Square Garden, she didn't warm up at all. Then she comes...
http://elmcitytoeaglevillenhr.blogspot.com/2016/01/uconns-auriemma-wants-huskies-to-get.html
"I talked to them about it today that we have to get better defensively. I am not saying we are a bad defensive team but we are not as good as I want us to be or as good as we've been in the past."
Hello Boneyarders,
The beginning of 2016 seemed like an excellent time to stop lurking around this forum multiple times a day and jump into the conversation instead. I've very much enjoyed seeing the insightful and respectful give and take here, so I'm looking forward to joining in. I grew up...
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