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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 1999382, member: 5798"] Because of their recent success in dominating the competition, and thus being the gold standard in WCBB that all other teams aspire to be, UConn is ALWAYS the biggest game of the year for [U]ALL[/U] of their opponents. That was evident on Tuesday night in Tulsa, when the Huskies came to town. 1391 fans showed up. The TV announcer (Eric Frede) said that normally, the women's team only draws about 250 people for a game. That's 5 times more than they normally get. That's a small number by UConn's standards, but large for a town like Tulsa (As of July 2015, the population was 403,505). You also had a large number of local UConn fans (along with those that flew in just for that game) that were only there to see and support them, who normally don't go to Tulsa's games. I watched Notre Dame's loss to Tennessee earlier this week. They played poorly, lethargic and uninspired. They never play that way against UConn. They looked horrible!!! As you said, We ALWAYS get a team's best effort. They'll get up for UConn when they won't for anyone else. It's not everyday when the #1 team in the country comes to your arena, or you go to theirs. No one considers UConn "Just another game". [/QUOTE]