We lacked size because the NCAA delayed the eligibility of Azura. MSU had an advantage in that regard.
I must say that I agree with Tonyc on this one, particularly if you look at how UConn & UCLA performed against common opponents.
Like Iowa?
Not to quibble too much but I’m not certain I would really consider Mohegan Sun a true neutral site.
I am confused by your comment. A negative number implies the market believes UConn has a greater chance of winning the championship.
Really not a fan of publicizing their names. Yes they are there and can be looked up by anyone, but it doesn't need to be easily redistributed, making it easier for fans -of any program- to harass or threaten them. JMHO.
In the eyes of the NET and the NCAA it's neutral.
I’m afraid that dog won’t hunt. In that season UConn beat ND, MD, KSU, SC & a towering Baylor team, all of whom had more size than UConn. In the MS St game, our 5’11” center was the game’s leading scorer and rebounder with 21 & 8. Vic took away our shooters and the players who killed us were his guards, particularly Morgan William who was all of 5’5”.
The flaw was size. Big time. Pheesa had to play the 5 against against Teaira McCowan!!! She was my favorite and it kinda pissed me off that she was put in that position. Its a testament to how freaky good Pheesa and Gabby were to go almost undefeated without a post player over 6-1.
UConn beat Iowa soundly by 26 early in the season. How about tOSU? UConn beat them by 32. UCLA just beat them by 10.
I’m guessing Vic poked his nose in when they were working on the scheme.
Its about matchups. Against UCLA Jana played 23 minutes, Ice played 14 key minutes when Jana had to sit with foul trouble. they both did an incredible job of making betts life difficult and earn her points, so by the 4th quarter Betts was gassed.
I’ve always been of the opinion that UCONN has been blessed with three home courts
UConn also got out rebounded by 6, out offensive rebounded by 8, and Mississippi State took almost 20 more shots than UConn.
The same can be said about Greenville, SC as it relates to SoCar.
Interesting that UCLA’s only loss was to Texas back in November.
I'm not sure there are many (or any) true neutral sites in the BE for UConn. Every game I've been to in the BE there's almost always a majority of UConn fans in the seats. The main difference at Gampel is that the student section will be packed there.
A poll is an opinion. Their opinion on the top team changed. In the same way that their opinion on teams 4-25 changed most weeks.
Exactly. Nothing has changed over the past 6 weeks between UConn and UCLA, a period during which the Huskies got all 31 votes. So why all of a sudden do 3 clowns decide to vote for UCLA?
Yes, but usually something happens to change that opinion: a Big win, a bad loss, something. IMO, as well as Tonyc’s, nothing happened to warrant that change of opinion.
lol. Yeah nothing notable about their results this weekend.
To a neutral observer from say Seattle, plenty has happened over last 6 weeks.
