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Message: [QUOTE="wbball novice, post: 3119104, member: 8663"] I've been a UConn fan since the UConn -Tenn rivalry days. I've never rooted for another team when it played against UConn. I've loved women's basketball since the finals were on CBS; got to see Cheryl Swoopes, Katie Smith play, the Charlotte Smith game winner. I love the beauty of UConn basketball's play at its best, but I don't see how you can appreciate the team's accomplishments by not appreciating the greatness of their rivals. I follow UConn because I like women's basketball and they play the game at a very high level, though I don't believe there is a "right way" to play sports. I want others to appreciate women's basketball and follow it too, and not exclude someone who doesn't hate the right people. I think UConn has always been a classy program but some of their fans don't live up to their example when they express themselves on the forum. I don't think the humorless or meanly snarky fan represents the majority of UConn suppporters, and I have to thank the mods for trying to create a space for the majority of UConn fans and fans of other programs who love women's basketball. Congratulations to both Baylor and Notre Dame. Superb, incredibly exciting game that showcased women's basketball combining amazing clutch plays and tremendous heart and, incidentally, with both teams coached by highly accomplished women. [/QUOTE]