How is UConn vs Louisville and UConn vs South Carolina a rivalry when those two matchups has been lopsided! South Carolina only beat them once in 9 tries! Baylor has evened the series at 4-4!Not ....
UConn vs South Carolina
UConn vs Louisville
UConn vs Stanford (once they resume)
I could see UConn vs Oregon becoming a big deal.
Mulkey is desparate to create a UConn rivalry because she has complained for a number of years now that her program does not get National games.
IMO a rivalry is more than just the results of the games.How is UConn vs Louisville and UConn vs South Carolina a rivalry when those two matchups has been lopsided! South Carolina only beat them once in 9 tries! Baylor has evened the series at 4-4!
How is UConn vs Louisville and UConn vs South Carolina a rivalry when those two matchups has been lopsided! South Carolina only beat them once in 9 tries! Baylor has evened the series at 4-4!
How is UConn vs Louisville and UConn vs South Carolina a rivalry when those two matchups has been lopsided! South Carolina only beat them once in 9 tries! Baylor has evened the series at 4-4!
Then play UCONN every year. Playing a team 4 times in 7 years is not a rivalry. Veopel is a shill for ESPN marketing.Mulkey is desparate to create a UConn rivalry because she has complained for a number of years now that her program does not get National games.
It is interesting that without muffets blatant misandry that this rivalry question is now a thing again.
Then play UCONN every year. Playing a team 4 times in 7 years is not a rivalry. Veopel is a shill for ESPN marketing.
How is UConn vs Louisville and UConn vs South Carolina a rivalry when those two matchups has been lopsided! South Carolina only beat them once in 9 tries! Baylor has evened the series at 4-4!
If you want to call them the two top programs in college basketball, that's certainly arguable. Not sure that makes their meetings a "rivalry."
they so rarely play, it doesn't seem like there would be much bad blood, which seems necessary for a rivalry.
I kind of think there has to be an annual component to make something a rivalry. Even if it is a postseason one.
Just from observation here, I wouldn't say that Baylor is particularly on your list of hated opponents. That seems to be Notre Dame and Tennessee.
Hey, don't short change your South Carolina Gamecocks in this rivalry.
I am not a Mechelle V fan at all but at least she's writing about the sport and our team.Then play UCONN every year. Playing a team 4 times in 7 years is not a rivalry. Veopel is a shill for ESPN marketing.
Seriously!? If UCONN is favored, then you will have to face them in the NCAA so why not get an up close and personal scouting report by playing them. In such a game you can experiment with lineups, matchups, defenses, offenses, etc. You can't do this in the NCAA tourney.In fairness, you can't expect Kim to schedule UConn when UConn is the favorite to win the National Championship.
Seriously!? If UCONN is favored, then you will have to face them in the NCAA so why not get an up close and personal scouting report by playing them. In such a game you can experiment with lineups, matchups, defenses, offenses, etc. You can't do this in the NCAA tourney.
I got it and had a little chuckle, seems you are getting on the snark express. We need more snark it helps fuel rivalries.Note the emoji. As well as my prior posts. It was obviously meant to be tongue in cheek.
Take a look at Kim's early season schedule for the 2019-20 season. I've detailed it before in other threads, so I won't repeat myself here. But it's embarrassing.
I think we got your full attention last year.
The next half decade will hopefully raise the pressure on this one.
Hopefully, South Carolina and UCONN will be the premier matchup for the next half decade or so.
Not counting my chickens just yet, but that's the hope. Still, Oregon, Baylor, Louisville, Texas, Notre Dame and many others, I'm sure, will have a lot to say about it.