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ESPN: Is the UConn Dynasty Dead or on the Verge of a Resurgence?

I hope everyone counts us out, and next year when we are healthy.... well I hope we are healthy.... I hope everyone has to eat crow because this team will put the game out of reach of outside forces like the refs and will win it in landslide fashion like we used to. Next year.... pray we are healthy.
 
We have all the talent if we can stay healthy I’m just hoping Geno changes his style of play a little bit because against really physical teams if we don’t shoot we struggle .. We need folks to take it to the rim and bang the boards and not all this finesse stuff imo
 
ESPN home of the UCONN haters, you wouldn't know they are based in Connecticut.
Dead is not the word, but " over" might be. No one will ever do what UCONN once did. There are too many girls playing basketball now ( I use "girls" to mean 6,7 and 8 years olds ). and the popularity of the sport is no longer limited to a few areas of the USA. It is everywhere. ( UCONN women just this year have players from Croatia, France, Canada, Portugal and Egypt ). So the talent base has exploded, and the appeal ( "come play at a fine US university......get an education and maybe earn money" in the process )has broadened. More schools will have more great players. For those of you paying attention, there is a guard on Va, Tech who once played "Australian Rules Football, " and the BB player she remind me of is Paige. She does everything well, is tough as nails, and puts the team on her back. Taking a realistic view about where UCONN ( women ) currently sits in the competitive cycle, does not constitute a UCONN hater. We continue to love the Lady Huskies, but we are moving away from the assumption that " we either win the national championship, or consider the season a failure." From now on, we have to see who shows up healthy and ready to play, and enjoy how they perform against that day's opponent. We have already learned how easily any and all expectations can be dashed due to unforeseen circumstances.
 
She might; when she changed the color of her braids to garnet, before the tournament, she said that was relevant to an announcement after the season. I still doubt the likely #1 pick would come back. It would be ironic for me, personally, because I'm going to be in NYC in May, partially to see the Fever play at the Liberty. Even if Aliyah comes back, Destanni Henderson still plays for the Fever. I also love games at Barclays and MSG.

Bird and Taurasi both said tonight that with NIL available players should stay in college as long as they can.
Sorry about your loss tonight. It's difficult to repeat. Iowa just outscored you. Ironic that the game was iced when Iowa got that last offensive rebound and a second chance.

On to next year. I pay little attention to the W. I'll pat more after Bueckers and Fudd get there.
 
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We saw tonight how hard it is to go undefeated even once: South Carolina walked the tightrope at least twice already this year, and finally fell off tonight. Possibly Connecticut's most unbelievable stat is winning six undefeated national championships, when the rest of Division 1 has three total.
 
We saw tonight how hard it is to go undefeated even once: South Carolina walked the tightrope at least twice already this year, and finally fell off tonight. Possibly Connecticut's most unbelievable stat is winning six undefeated national championships, when the rest of Division 1 has three total.
Hopefully they can make SEVEN next year with their 12th National Championship. I hope that the injury bug passes the Huskies next season so that they can show how good this team can be with everyone available to participate for a whole season.
 
Hopefully they can make SEVEN next year with their 12th National Championship. I hope that the injury bug passes the Huskies next season so that they can show how good this team can be with everyone available to participate for a whole season.
If that is the only thing that will make you happy, I hope you get lucky. But we saw this year, how easily hopes are dashed and trashed due to injury. You ( we) have no idea how Paige will perform next year. Or even if she will be healthy. Same holds true for every player. ND would have gone much further had they not lost their star point guard just before the tournament started. Without Boston, SC would not have been in the final. And we need not even contemplate how Iowa's year would have been without Caitlin. So, project away. But beware.
 
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We saw tonight how hard it is to go undefeated even once: South Carolina walked the tightrope at least twice already this year, and finally fell off tonight. Possibly Connecticut's most unbelievable stat is winning six undefeated national championships, when the rest of Division 1 has three total.
It is far harder to do this now than it was when UCONN did it. Many teams are much better. Iowa had to play the game of their life to edge out South Carolina, and that game could have gone either way.
 
It is far harder to do this now than it was when UCONN did it. Many teams are much better. Iowa had to play the game of their life to edge out South Carolina, and that game could have gone either way.
As if UConn won all their perfect seasons against a bunch of scrubs! Let us not forget that, for example, they had to beat the reigning heavyweights Lady Vols TWICE in '94-95 to win it all. And their other seasons weren't strolls in the park. And you can beat every single team playing those UConn teams was giving it their all, since everyone wants to be the team to kill a perfect season.

But the fact is, the hardest opponent you will ever face is yourself. The more you win and the longer you go undefeated, the easier it is to have a mental slip-up.
 
Some of UConn's streaks will not be replicated, not even by us. There is more parity than ever. I don't see us winning 4 in a row. I think 2 in 4 years is more realistic at this stage. It might even be none, sadly. But, as Geno noted, we are not going away. The men and women are both pre-season #1 at the moment. Reminds me of 2004.
 

I need someone to explain to me like I'm 5............ 14 straight final 4s and they're talking about is the dynasty dead? I hate the whole "they haven't won since 2016" line. No ever said it about Stanford until they won. They aren't talking about that Tennessee won since 2008. Yet.........UCONN hasn't won since...
Here’s the explanation. Our star is fading because ESPN (and some others) wants it to fade! They’ve had a bellyful of UConn and want a change. A reality has nothing to do with it. However, as usual, facts rule! UConn is not going anywhere and, barring a continuation of this unbelievable string of injuries, they are going to be very disappointed when they open their WCBB box next season and see Geno grinning back at them!:)
 
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There is quite a difference between being contenders every year and being Dynasty. I think the age of Dynasties has ended some time ago.
 

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