Don't Major in Minors

[Woof 101]

Terrific game but I'm not sure you can use it to judge anything. They played hard but Butler is not, at all, even a decent team.

Yep.

Nice positive presentation, Tony. But reality has an important foundation in all of this.

Yep.
Not trying to rain on the forums parade over the Butler win. Or bash Butler.
A once described as a most knowledgeable fan base should see it for what it was. A good scrimmage as we head to better competition, a step in the right direction but nothing monumental.
NET rankings #8 UConn, Butler #315, that's out of 356 schools.

 

[jchusky]

Butler is going to go 1-31 this season, last season they won 3 total games. Creighton rattled this team in the 4th quarter, again the Big East is making fools gold of what this team is. Oregon CAN be a test, but I'm not a fan of Kelly Graves. This team will find out how good they are when they go to Columbia in exactly 2 weeks.

 

[JRRRJ]

Nice positive presentation, Tony. But reality has an important foundation in all of this. Butler is a mediocre team and the UConn players should have played well. Butler defense in no way challenged or pressured any of the UConn players.

Fudd being a good player or not remains to be determined. Right now, Fudd is a dud. She has been touted to be an extraordinary 3 point shootter. Either she is scared $hitless or it was all hype. The point is we should not set high expectations for this individual until she really has a chance to compete.

This team needs to play and win without Paige for the next 6 games so it can build confidence and really play like a team. So when Paige comes back they can all play TOGETHER. Hopefully, they will not fall back to their old ways and "Let Paige do it". If they can all do it with Paige, this will be a formidable team to play.

During Azzi's time on the floor she has taken 3 point shots at a rate 1.3 times the second highest (Caroline) and made them at a rate 1.8 times the second best (Caroline again). Her 44% completion rate is very far from "a dud". In addition, her 45% FG completion rate and her blocks-per-minute are 3rd best on the team and her turnover rate is 1st.