Do UConn fans have a team to “Hate” this year?

[visitingcock]

Lady Vols? for old time’s sake?

Notre Dame? In honor of Muffin? ( no, they did not take Azzi out intentionally?

LSU? Does anybody love Kim except her Momma? Does she?

SCar: they’re just getting too Cocky?

Iowa: no. Caitlin will never be the GOAT

Others?

I mean hate as in modern internet, irrational hate. If you don’t love them, you are a “ hater” - Unless, of course, you are talking about perfectly rational hatred of Clem’s Son.

 

[yhun89]

Mulkey will never have the balls to play us OOC, but I will be ‘hating’ on LSU nonetheless.

 

[GoUconn7961]

It's ND for me - I know somewhere, if/when we beat them, Muffet cries and that makes me happy.
As far as the others:
LV - it was over when Pat was still coaching
LSU - a close second to ND - Mulkey feeding her team early season cupcakes and not playing us makes her fair game
SCar - I never hated them, always appreciated Dawn (when we weren't playing them) and I loved a few of their players. I'm still an A'ja fan
Iowa - no longer relevant

 

[maple]

I don't feel as much ire towards the LVs anymore since they're not at all what they used to be, so I wouldn't say "hate", but I won't be rooting for them to win a title anytime soon. I second that Iowa is just not even relevant. They were only relevant the last two years.

ND and Mulkey (no matter what team she's with) I will always root against. ND is a especially a school I root against as an entire whole.

I have had have "sports hate" for SCar since they started getting good, but I respect Dawn as a coach.

Syracuse as a school is one I have and will always "hate", but I do really like and respect Coach Jack and seeing their games is fun, so my dislike has become less for the WBB specifically. But only them.

I won't lose any sleep over any of these programs never winning another title.

 

[Veteran]

As an oldster, I'm still not particularly fond of the color orange.

 

[DEFCONN1]

I wasn’t to fond of UCF while Katie Abrahamson-Henderson was coaching there but now I’m sure I’m not going to like UGA.

 

[Blond D.]

who ever we are playing at the time.

 

[my2cents]

I don't know why, but I still hate UCF. That coach, Katie Abramson-Henderson was so unlikable.

 

[visitingcock]

I don't know why, but I still hate UCF. That coach, Katie Abramson-Henderson was so unlikable.

So, now it's UGA?

 

[jabstep]

I have nothing but respect for the Teams now challenging the Huskies for the NO.1 team in WCBB, such as SC, ND, UCLA, and Texas. I guess I have to add USC to that list as well. Notice how I did not add LSU to the list. With the portal now available for players to transfer so easily it has changed the recruiting process for these teams. Most of the coaches are capable nowadays some better than others. The changing of the team's culture adds to the longevity of that school perch amongst the best.
UConn won't lose its perch if at all even if Geno Retires.

 

[visitingcock]

I have nothing but respect for the Teams now challenging the Huskies for the NO.1 team in WCBB, such as SC, ND, UCLA, and Texas. I guess I have to add USC to that list as well. Notice how I did not add LSU to the list. With the portal now available for players to transfer so easily it has changed the recruiting process for these teams. Most of the coaches are capable nowadays some better than others. The changing of the team's culture adds to the longevity of that school perch amongst the best.
UConn won't lose its perch if at all even if Geno Retires.

No team has ever won championship under two coaches except La Tech in the very early days. Not sure any team (other than LaTech) has even reached the Final Four after a championship coach has retired. U$C reaching he Elite 8 last year was a rarity for a former champion under a different staff.

Of course, the NCAA tournament has a rather short history and somebody's gonna do it again and it may well be UConn - or may not.

 

[Rings R Us]

Tennessee and ND will always be in the ole 'hate' category for me.

South Carolina I respect. You guys took a whooping from us for years before getting to our level, and Staley never complained. It's a friendly rivalry in my eyes. Looking forward to hopefully a great game (or 2) this year with everybody actually healthy!

LSU is easy to hate on, but we don't have any kind of rivalry with them because Kim would never schedule us now.

 

[MinneHusky]

Tennessee. LSU and S.Car

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Interesting question.

For context i have been around since the Lobo days so i have seen a lot!!

LV—used to absolutely despise them but since Pat left us I feel that rivalry has subsided. I see them as any other team.

LSU—love her or hate her Mulkey can coach. They don’t bother me.

South Carolina—admire Staley and South Carolina has some players i really like (past and present). Their fans however is what gets me. They are vitriol on social media!!!

Iowa—again never really understand the hate for them. They don’t bother!!

ND—Ding! Ding! We have a winner. Unlikeable players and an unlikeable coach in MM. i was hoping my stance would change with Ivey because i like her as a player and coach. She seems genuine but as a program i just can’t with them.

 

[visitingcock]

Tennessee. LSU and S.Car

Are you gonna add Texas and Oklahoma after this year?

 

[NEforceUConn]

Hands down ND.

 

[cabbie191]

This is perhaps a bit off the wall since we haven’t played them since 2005 but I still dislike Boston College due to how they exited the Big East.

 

[meyers7]

Always TN. Always. (and that extends to all sports, the University itself, and any athlete who ever played for them)

I hate ND also, but mostly for Football. But I suppose it can carry over a bit for WBB too.

Don't necessarily "hate" any other WBB teams. Though I do like to see teams get upset. So when ranked teams get upset, that's fun.

However, if SC fans keep trying to usurp USC, then my hate for those fans may spill over onto the actual team.

 

[Kevin G]

IMO it will always be ND year after year

 

[MSGRET]

Since my childhood years living in West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana there is only one team that I have hated and that's the Irish. I hated them in football and men's basketball since the early 60's. It carried over after there became a women's basketball team. I dislike them more than Purdue's all time rivalry with the Indiana Hoosiers.

 

[Charliebball]

I hate every team on the UConn schedule............ until UConn beats them.........

 

[Bald Husky]

Notre Dame in a runaway. The LVs I want to kill every time we play them, but the real hate isn't there anymore.

 

[Steelerone]

I prefer the term "dislike" as I feel right now there is too much use of the term "hate". Having said that I find it very difficult to dislike anything about Dawn Staley. She's done it the right way and her players, like Geno's, have always shown class. That is the exact opposite of Ms. Mulkey who appears to attract players who, while talented, seem to do more talking with their mouth than their playing on the court.

 

[Jmul760170]

No team has ever won championship under two coaches except La Tech in the very early days. Not sure any team (other than LaTech) has even reached the Final Four after a championship coach has retired. U$C reaching he Elite 8 last year was a rarity for a former champion under a different staff.

Of course, the NCAA tournament has a rather short history and somebody's gonna do it again and it may well be UConn - or may not.

Purdue came close. Carolyn Peck was the coach when they won the 99 title, she then "retired" to the WNBA for a few years. Kristy Curry had Purdue back in the championship game in 2001 but they lost a heartbreaker to Notre Dame.

Very interesting time in Purdue WBB history. Lin Dunn had them in the 94 final 4, fired at end of 96, Nell Fortner replaced her and stayed 1 year before leaving to coach the Olympic team. Carolyn Peck coached for 2 years and then left for the WNBA, replaced by Curry. 4 head coaches in 5 years.

 

[Cornell Lt]

The Fighting Irish are #1 on my list, and not just in women's basketball