Clay Kallam picked ND to win it all

[doggydaddy]

He didn't say effort, he said habit.

 

[Icebear]

He didn't say effort, he said habit.

I noted both.

 

[svetbird]

He didn't say effort, he said habit.

thank you for the clarification. I would hate to have people think Kiah was lazy or something. I think Geno would have done something if she was lazy and didn't give a damn. I never got that feeling from her effort on the court.

 

[DishNSwish]

I just don't see ND being the best team in their own conference, never mind national champions.

 

[ucdt3]

I just don't see ND being the best team in their own conference, never mind national champions.

In ND's defense, last year they WERE the best team in their own conference and they did NOT win the National Championship and UConn was NOT the best team in their own conference and they DID win the National Championship.

 

[UcMiami]

In ND's defense, last year they WERE the best team in their own conference and they did NOT win the National Championship and UConn was NOT the best team in their own conference and they DID win the National Championship.

I will never, never, never admit that Uconn was not the best team in their conference! Stats and Records lie!

 

[Waquoit]

In ND's defense, last year they WERE the best team in their own conference and they did NOT win the National Championship and UConn was NOT the best team in their own conference and they DID win the National Championship.

UConn was the best team. You play that FF game 10 times, UConn wins 10 times. OK, 9. Maybe. They were a machine by the time spring had sprung. In college hoop, teams are judged by where they are in March, not January.

 

[meyers7]

I will never, never, never admit that Uconn was not the best team in their conference! Stats and Records lie!

The table doesn't lie.

 

[CCinCT]

Injuries are part of the game, especially in wcbb. It is not unreasonable to discuss how teams will fare if/when injuries occur.

So, Clay - ND is immune to the possibility of injury, huh ? What happens if Achonwa or McBride go down with an injury ???

 

[Forty_four]

UConn was the best team. You play that FF game 10 times, UConn wins 10 times. OK, 9. Maybe. They were a machine by the time spring had sprung. In college hoop, teams are judged by where they are in March, not January.

Uconn lost to ND twice in the month of March before beating them for the 1st time all year in April.

 

[Phil]

In ND's defense, last year they WERE the best team in their own conference and they did NOT win the National Championship and UConn was NOT the best team in their own conference and they DID win the National Championship.

Geno has said it is sometimes harder to win the conference than the NC.

 

[DobbsRover2]

Clay does love to shake things up and covers a ton of stuff for women's basketball, but when he posted this line at the head of an article from early last December, I just thought "Sometimes your fingers have to override your brain before it tells them to do something stupid."

"We’ll start with Tennessee, which throughout the history of women’s college basketball, has been just about as sure a thing as possible."

Um, Clay can we deal with the present not past history? I know sometimes it's hard to remember that this is the year 2013, but Ball State was a possibility an eon ago back in 2009. His preview of UConn-ND #4 was about as wishy washy a piece as could be written along the lines of "whoever coaches with the best tactics will win." I've heard Carolyn Peck speak more inciteful words.

But for Clay at his absolute best, read the Baylor-Louisville preview, which he should make his calling card for being the all-knowing perfect pundit of WCBB (if you just ignore the final paragraph). Simply put, he says Sara Hammond is the key. "But unless she can magically raise her game Sunday, her Cardinals are pretty much done." Perfect, and if Clay had stopped there he could have had himself immortalized in the prediction pantheon, but then he tarnished things a bit by writing, "Baylor is one of the best women’s collegiate basketball teams ever, and though they claim they play the games because there’s always a chance, the only way the Bears lose this one is if the bus gets lost and they have to forfeit."

Oh well, the bus got lost, but before we all start feeling smug, we should remember that there are BYers who are already jumping into the injury-probability game for a team that has 9-11 players and only plays with 7 to 8 in March April. Sick.

 

[baggerbob]

A big difference between Baylor last year, and UConn this year, Griner was a low post player offensively all the way, and defensively protected the basket. UConn has 2 inside out players in KML, and Stewie, plus as Stewie showed in the Final Four she can defend all over the floor. The way to stay close to UConn, and possibly win is to get KML, and Stewie in foul trouble, have them sitting on the bench.

 

[baggerbob]

Uconn lost to ND twice in the month of March before beating them for the 1st time all year in April.

When Stewie became Stewie UConn proved beyond a doubt they were the best team. Per Kara " I have seen the future, her name is Breanna Stewart, she wears number 30 for UConn."

 

[Vowelguy]

Not too shabby for Clay. Nd didn't win but who predicted they'd finish with just 1 loss?

 

[doggydaddy]

Disagree. Very shabby.

He expected Dolson to be injured. Horrible pick.

Now, CCinCT . More than not too shabby with this quote.

So, Clay - ND is immune to the possibility of injury, huh ? What happens if Achonwa or McBride go down with an injury ???

 

[UConn990411]

It was a ridiculous pick from the start, and even more ridiculous considering the reasoning - assuming a key player's injury - behind it.

I used to enjoy Kallam's well-thought-out articles, but he seems more interested in being a contrarian these days than an objective writer.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Quite a feet for him to assume injury ...Don't stay with Clay, I say.

 

[Icebear]

Clearly, Oz, you have noticed he has feet of Clay.