90 pts per game?

[Zarathustra]

And you still believe in the Tooth fairy, Easter Bunny and Santa Claus?

Is it still sane to believe in two out of three?

 

[Blond D.]

If we divided this team into 2 teams, we might be playing ourselves in the NC.

 

[Forego]

Averaging 90 points a game - Uconn has done it once, in 1998-99 - the first year of the TASSK force at 91.2 points. That was also before the BE got really good, and while Uconn was playing some quite questionable OOC games against the likes of Holy Cross. They were bringing Swin, Tamika, and Asjha (freshmen) off the bench, while Shea and Sveta were the stars.

They had a run at it in 1994-5 (89.5), and 1999-2000 (86.1), 2000-01 (86.7) and 2001-02 (87.0).

And they had a stretch in their AAC days in the years from 2014-15 through 2017-18 ranging from 87.1-89.4.

The last of the top 10 was Maya's sophomore year at 83.9.

It is not just the speed of games, but also the quality the the reserves that inevitably play large portions of the fourth quarter in blow-outs. This year we have enough talent (though young) off the bench that we should be able to keep the score ticking over. But Geno is much more likely to also slow the offense these days to work the half court offensive sets with the reserves than he used to.

You make a good observation regarding who UConn had coming off the bench from 1999-2002 and the effect it had on the points scored. In more recent years (injuries aside) UConn subs in the latter portion of the games have not increased the lead or even watched it decrease. Geno would complain about that all the time. With the talent on this year’s team I do not expect a recurrence of that problem. I do expect our margins of victory will be significantly higher.

 

[Forego]

And you still believe in the Tooth fairy, Easter Bunny and Santa Claus?

How could you leave out the Great Pumpkin, on today of all days?

 

[Cuango]

If we divided this team into 2 teams, we might be playing ourselves in the NC.

You won’t find anyone more excited, happy, and complimentary of this roster than me! I absolutely think we have the best roster in all of WCBB! However, I must say, I’ve been looking at some of the other teams this season and I’ve gotta say, there are some real powerhouses out there! SC (of course), USC, Notre Dame, UCLA, Texas all have truly exceptional rosters! I am confident that Geno & CD, et al + this unbelievable collection of talent can bring home #12 but it’s not going to be easy!

I can’t recall ever seeing this many teams with imo generational rosters at once! This is where health, coaching, and team (spirit, closeness, cohesion, desire, and will) is likely to determine who is holding that trophy at the end of the season! I have to admit, it is quite sobering to see the number of teams with that kind of talent! This is why Geno has brought this magnificent group of young women together! Go Huskies!

 

[Urshurak]

Doesn't matter, as long as it is one point more than the other team.....

 

[Bone Dog]

This is where health, coaching, and team (spirit, closeness, cohesion, desire, and will) is likely to determine who is holding that trophy at the end of the season! I have to admit, it is quite sobering to see the number of teams with that kind of talent! This is why Geno has brought this magnificent group of young women together!

It's a good thing these are the qualities Geno specifically recruits for. I'm not sure how true this is of other programs, except for maybe SC and ND.