End of Year Forecast

[MSGRET]

No one hates UConn. Every game is one TV and most of those games are against horrible teams. UConn is like Caitlin Clark in that people say they are hated but anyone who want revenue knows they are the biggest draws. As far as seeding goes I could see a team like UCLA or South Carolina being the overall 1 seed based on schedule but in the end all Final 4 teams will need to be able to beat any of the other three to win the tournament.

If UConn has a weakness it is their post game. Right now their post players have trouble making a layup and against UCLA they will be a non factor on offense. UConn has Azzi and Sarah who are two of the top 5 or 6 players in the country and no team will be able to stop them both. They have a great support system to them in Ash and KK but to me the key will be what they get from the bench. If Blanca plays at a high level it gives UConn a huge advantage against any team even if the post can't score.

UConn handled UCLA last year in the Final Four 85-51, despite Betts getting 26 points. The refs allowed Betts to get away with so many fouls that it was laughable. Yana out rebounded her 8-5 while playing 13 minutes less.

 

[hussybulldog]

You gotta' beat whoever is in your way ...as Queen sang, "it really doesn't matter to me!"

Agree, if you are the champion , you should be able to beat everyone else. Just bring it on, nobody can say, oh they had the easiest path to win the championship ….

 

[hussybulldog]

UConn handled UCLA last year in the Final Four 85-51, despite Betts getting 26 points. The refs allowed Betts to get away with so many fouls that it was laughable. Yana out rebounded her 8-5 while playing 13 minutes less.

I loved that several times she was able to go around Betts and deflected the pass to Betts.

 

[Cuango]

If UCLA finishes with just one loss, a case could be made for them being the overall #1 seed. If South Carolina finishes with just two losses, a case could be made for them being the #2 one seed. Is all this speculation just a case of much ado about something we can’t control anyway? We won it all as a 2 last year, let’s just do it again! Committee decisions be damned.

Surely you’re not volunteering?😎

 

[Cuango]

If UConn gets edged out from the overall #1 seed it will be because they stumbled in the BET or UCLA or South Carolina edges them out in terms of overall resume which is very possible.

Difficult to see them discounting an undefeated, defending National Champion who’s on a 50? (Knock wood) game winning streak!