Home court advantage. It's a lot different facing SC in the state of South Carolina with 18k fans all cheering for SC than it is facing them on a neutral court in the Final Four. Aliyah Boston has lost 1 game in her career at home, and it was with only 3.5k fans in the house due to covid restrictions.
It is only reasonable (not correct however) to see Paige, ICE, are not here. Americ coming into the game late is an indicator not just seen by Uconn Fans. So, a reasonable person, usually wrong, would think: They won't be as good as predicted with all healthy and functional. November and part of December is testing ground and adjustment time for GENO. This is when he finds out who will and who won't play up to UConn Standards and beyond. AYanna showed she has Uconn kind of Determination, Azzi---what can I say? LOU, she's a real deal, Caroline out---changes the predictions, Edwards and Dorka are better than ever, Nika is a proven leader.
AMEN, Brother, Amen. (Last Paragraph) . UConn Wbb is MY team. Geno, just runs it for me. I don't live for STREAKS, they always end. Win, lose or draw- UCONN-They have been UP and rarely down and most often they surprises US. Thanks, your comment it is warming on a cold day.
ICE alone would not be the tipping point. Caroline sidelined (viewing begs the question what will she be like this season, healthy?, not me-== prognosticators.
SI noted the injuries to both Brady & Paige together which is a cumulative loss of 2 players.
Yup. Looks like OSU is running away with this one, largely because of turnovers.
That is only appropriate. The real joke is that the ACC and the SEC get 18 spots between them. Talk about the laziness of the experts. I get that a lot of money is invested in those two conferences. This is what gets exposed when ESPN publishes stuff like this in November.
The result of OSU vs Tenn proves my point on my post above. Charlie Creme's bracketology was busted in the first day. Tenn will fall.It is of ZERO consequence what Charlie is putting out there on Nov 8th... March Madness is a long time from now. These brackets will look completely different when it matters. Who can predict if another top team... i.e., SC, Stanford, Tenn, or your choice... don't have an injury plagued season like UCONN did last year???? I guess Charlie has to publish something at this time of the year to earn his paycheck.
Not the bookies, they could care less so long as the books are balanced. Credit the gamblers.
Bookies don’t analyze games; they analyze bettors. Odds are set so that half of the bettors bet on each team and that’s why the odds move. If bettors are betting on one team over the other, the bookies move the odds to make the other team a more attractive bet
Yup. I am constantly amazed by the number of people who don’t have even a rudimentary understanding of how it works.
So what you are really saying is that the betting public has a better idea than the folks that rank the teams, of the better team. Examples: Ohio State favored over Tennessee in wcbb and Georgia over Tennessee in football, although lower ranked.
I don't gamble so count me amongst the clueless. Never even purchased a scratchoff. lol
I at least am in possession of a lottery ticket worth $1.9b… potentially. It’s my retirement plan.
as @Skeets and @HuskyNan pointed out, bookies are not experts who analyze teams and choose who they think is gonna win a game - in any sport - even ones they might follow like NFL. They make book on hundreds of different sports some of which they no absolutely nothing about. There is no team of experts about anything except money.
Assuming Iowa doesn't get dinged in the meantime
