Yeah, I agree Kneepkens was a big loss for Utah. I’m a little unsure of the context of this comparison of her with Pili?, but she is not even in the conversation with Pili, who is a player that can and has put that team on her shoulders and won games they had no right to win. Kneepkens is a nice player but Pili is a/the star on that team.
Where does this "Geno will never let scoring +46 happen" stuff come from? Did I miss him actually saying that at some point in recent memory, or is it just projection from long time fans ? I guarantee that if it took Paige (or any other player) getting 46 to win a title Geno would have no problem with it
Maya Moore hung 40 points on Syracuse after the coach said anyone on the SU team could guard her
Yeah, that’s why TN- Gamecock is worried!
I don’t think there’s much chance UConn wins that game but it certainly wouldn’t be a good look for South Carolina if they did! I’m pretty sure Dawn will have those kids breathing fire by the time that game tips off. I just want to see them (both) get through the game with no injuries!
but in reality, it’s basically an exhibition game! If, Ice and Q are able to somehow develop into contributing members of this team by the end of the season, then perhaps we can talk about being able to match up with top level teams with fully healthy rosters. Until then, it’s just too much to expect.Absolutely correct. And Svetlana Abrosimova scored 39 against UCLA in 1998, in a game where she sat quite a bit and missed a bunch of free throws.
C’mon. The (NET) number 2 beating the NET number 1 would be only a mild upset.Yeah, that’s why TN- Gamecock is worried!
Winning isn’t even something I’m thinking about. It’s just too much to expect from a team that effectively has five players that can be absolutely counted on to affect the game in a positive way! Sure, we have Ice and Q who may or may not be able to do something but, let’s face it, if UConn were somehow to win this game, (actually it should be), if SC were somehow to lose this game, at home, with a fully healthy roster, as the undefeated #1 ranked team in the country, it would be one of the greatest upsets of all time!
I can’t really come up with a greater mismatch in all the time I’ve followed women’s basketball! I know Louisville beating Griner’s Baylor team was a big one but at least Louisville had a full roster for that game! Stanford losing to the 16 seed Harvard was another memorable upset but, there again, a fully healthy roster for Harvard! This game makes David and Goliath look like even odds!
The Notre Dame game is where I’m investing my emotions! That game carries some real meaning for us. Can we compete with a bigger team and good guard play? That’s the game we UConn fans should be investing our stock in. It presents us with a challenge that is actually doable and one that, if we win can be expected to boost and consolidate our belief that we can make some noise in the tournament in spite of having the equivalent of a ranked team sitting on our bench! The SC game? To me, it’s basically another Toronto Metropolitan! It’s interesting, but really pretty meaningless unless some sort of miracle happens and even then, it won’t suddenly give us a healthy roster! Notre Dame? - important, South Carolina? - not so much!
I know some will see this as some sort of pre-emptive sour grapes but it’s truly not. I just think the disparity between these two teams is such that the game is essentially meaningless! Now, it may be worth a banner in South Carolina
Not Regarding tne NET, should it happen it would be a major upset, The Gamecockc are #1 and undeafeated while UCONN is playing witha a depleted roster
Oh, please say SC for South Carolina, USC is Southern California
It still would be with such a depleted team, SC is my bet to win it all this year
Sorry. A court (sort of) awarded the Acronym “SC” to the Trojans in sports even though it is the official designation of our state.. More people in California say “SC” when referring to the Trojans than “USC.”
Not even close. UConn is a Top 10 team with the 2021 National player of the year, an All American HM, and a bunch of top 15 ranked players. The greatest upset of all time would be Butler beating SCarolina, not UConn
It still would be a great win and an upset
Where are you getting those SOS rankings from? Warren Nolan shows NC State with a SOS of 13. And NC State is tied with Creighton and Wake Forest for fewest Quad 4 games played to date (1).
Massey is close with an SOS of 16 to date
masseyratings.com
I'm using the NET SOS rankings. This is what the selection committee uses.
Again, you're basing this information on Nolan's use of the RPI, which is outdated.
I am going to bookmark that NCAA site page. Thank you.Again, you're basing this information on Nolan's use of the RPI, which is outdated.
Per the NET team sheets, NC State has played two Quad 4 games; UConn has played one; Creighton has played none.
The NET Nitty Gritty Report for NCAA Women's College Basketball | WarrenNolan.com
The NET Nitty Gritty Report for 2024 NCAA Women's College Basketball. This Is a Duplication of the Report Used by the Tournament Selection Committee to Determine At-Large Teams with Quadrantswww.warrennolan.com
You bet. It's a good one. Be sure to check the drop-down box at the top of the page to be sure the most recent date is selected.
I don't know what people say in California but the rest of the U.S.says USC as University of Southern California that's what it says when looking up scores or schedule's ..Google USC and see what it says
As the Trojans have largely been absent from the minds of WCBB fans for 40 years, the BY (not TBY or tBY) calls South Carolina SC and the “other one” USC….so as the phrase goes “when in Rome…” so @FanInNC as the newbie should acclimate themselves to the Boneyard Lexicon and any attempt to resist will be akin to Don Quixote tilting a sword at windmills.
Yeah, you can say what you will about NET or any other set of letters! South Carolina is a huge, prohibitive favorite in this game! They are fully healthy with the most talented roster in all of women’s basketball! (We might be close if we were healthy, but we’re not) we basically are playing them with five players! Ice & Q are clearly unreliable at this point! They are at home, undefeated, they have an unbelievable size advantage, and their one traditional weakness, their outside shooting, has not only been addressed, but they are now the best three point team in the country! If all that doesn’t add up to prohibitive favorite, I guess there’s nothing left to say! This would be one of the great upsets of all time if we were to somehow win!
Right!
A top 10 team beating the #1 team can’t be one of the greatest upsets of all time.
EXACTLY!!! Maybe UCONN fans are doing the poor mouthing thing like some football coaches I know.....ala Saban, Spurrier and Holtz... Spurrier and Holtz would try to convince fans that Wesleyan University in Conn. could beat us by 6 touchdowns.
