Arizona's problem is that Texas was the best competition - by far - that they will face OOC. Schedule was more or less done early. So difficult to see any reason to rank Arizona, because how good they are or are not will be seen only in the PAC - and with some really strong teams there, we may never creep into the rankings.
Arizona is 2nd among RV teams. The way it usually works for those teams is they can enter by attrition after other teams ahead of them lose to unranked teams. The polls tend to be overly kind to teams that simply avoid losses, even if it's against weak competition.
Uconn fans should hope that the earlier paragraphs in your post are better thought out than this last paragraph seems to be. To begin with last years Oregon team lost in the last few minutes to that Cox Brown Baylor team that you give as a scary example. They basically because they were really short-handed and a team that just tired out. Hebard was a shell of her usual self due to recovering from an earlier injury. They are a far better team than they were last year. Frankly they would beat last years Baylor team. In fact, the Baylor teams this year might be better than last years team.
otherwise lot more people would take that comment seriously.
No. I am saying UCONN will not win their single game with Oregon this season. No need to debate me on who wins the UCONN vs Oregon game. I can guess where you stand on that question
Oregon State, Stanford, and which others?
Arizona twice & UCLA one game @ UCLA
If you read his post carefully that is not what he said. He gave reasons why conference matchups are more apt to produce upsets. 1. Conference teams know each other better than non conference teams do. 2. They play each other multiple times a year so they are familiar with each other strengths and weaknesses. 3 Interconference rivalries create emotionally driven upset potential that makes home courts take on extra value. 4. There are at least four teams in the conference that considering all the aforementioned factors might be capable on any given night of upsetting Oregon. He also stated that those same conditions exist in every other conference and barring an extreme difference in talent makes those types of games likely.
They should have no problem dealing with SF even without Cox. SF was basically ranked because of their upset of then #15 Texas. Now we know that beating Texas is not all that. Another example of how an early mis-ranking can have sequential residual effects down the line. I believe teams should not be ranked until they have a least 5 games under their belts.
Well you did say the only “tough games” UO had this year were PAC12 which is a bit dismissive of us. I have watched enough of the PAC12 this year already to say that UConn is at least second only to Oregon- better than Stanford, OSU and UCLA. I also think we match up well with Oregon as they have athletes vs space eaters. Experience is obviously on UOs side but ONO and Williams now know Hebard and Sabrina very well. To me, the difference will be Sabally and if someone on UConn can guard her- Aubrey is my guess though Anna could be a good second option.
Not being dismissive of UCONN. I think @willtalk response to @JonathanXIV summarized my position.Well you did say the only “tough games” UO had this year were PAC12 which is a bit dismissive of us. I have watched enough of the PAC12 this year already to say that UConn is at least second only to Oregon- better than Stanford, OSU and UCLA. I also think we match up well with Oregon as they have athletes vs space eaters. Experience is obviously on UOs side but ONO and Williams now know Hebard and Sabrina very well. To me, the difference will be Sabally and if someone on UConn can guard her- Aubrey is my guess though Anna could be a good second option.
If you truly think only PAC12 teams could give Oragan a tough game than maybe you need to watch Baylor and rewatch last years Baylor game. They deserve the #1 rank for now but let’s not get too ahead of ourselves.
I nominate this post (i.e., it's a double slam) as best wit of the day!There are some voters who think of Tenn like they think of the Confederacy.
It is sad to point out that against the national team she played against a 39 year old point guard and a 36 year old shooting guard whose best days are a terrific memory.
Hey Billy, you lost? The Conference Realignment board is back thataway. What's our favorite FSU football fan doing on a UConn WCBB board. You cheating on the Shark?
Team (AP ranking) | Seeding in 2019 NCAAs | end-2019 Massey ranking | Rationale |
| Kentucky (13) | 6 | 24 | Lost 2 of top 3 players to graduation. Not at all clear who can fill the void to complement Howard. |
| Michigan State (15) | 9 | 38 | Lost Allen (graduation) and Cooks (transfer). Might be better than last year, but 23 spots better? |
| Indiana (18) | 10 | 41 | I hesitate to include them here, but I think people are overestimating how much they'll improve. All-glue player Bendu Yeaney is still rehabbing a torn achilles. |
| Arkansas (20) | WNIT | 53 | Though I think they'll make the NCAAs, I think there's some recency bias at play here, based on their run in the SEC tournament last March. |
| Tennessee (23) | 11 | 49 | I'm morally obligated to include them in this list. Are we really rewarding them for beating the Little Sisters of the Wounded Leprechauns? |
| West Virginia (25) | WNIT | 47 | Muldrow was a huge graduation loss, and big question marks hang over Tynice Martin. They do have Gondrezick back, but this team has a lot of questions to answer. |
Would like to see your list of the teams that are severely under-ranked.
I don't take that as a slam against Sabrina but maybe he was implying that the Stanford and OSU player guarding a 36 year old Olympian did not take care of business? In defense of Stanford and OSU I would disagree about that. Going to have to have a whole team effort to beat USA
