A better question is why even have humans involved in them then? We could just make the rankings auto generated by sorting teams' winning percentages in descending order. Done. No controversy, no opinions, no biases.
South Carolina has played in some close games against decent competition on the road. Say what you want about what that means, but if nothing else they are battle tested and have proven that they can pull out the close game in a hostile environment. I really doubt Storrs is going to be any more imposing than the Cameron Crazies or the bourbon drunk crowd at Rupp. It was a good decision to have the game at Storrs so at least the students can be there, rather than at one of the other CT sites where the crowds are generally full of older folks.
UConn let up and by that I mean pulled off the press, stopped the fast break, held the ball and played a half court game and played the non starters. BTW how badly did UConn beat those teams for them to score over 50pts? If SC scores over 55 pts its because UConn is up 30+ pts and Geno is calling off the dogs much like he did against the teams you mentioned. Against SC don't count on it. UConn is much quicker, has more shooters, has better ballhandlers. Whats going to hurt SC is lack of quickness, unable to defend the perimeter and get back on defense, and lack of ball handlers. UConn doesn't make to many mistakes and has 5 starters who can take you inside and out with good ball handling skills, terrific passing and team chemistry. If you think SC is going to make this a game think again. UConn has way to much of everything. I would expect Mitchell to be shadowed and UConn to pack it in much like they did with a very tall Duke team. SC hasn't never played a team like UConn.
It's nice to see you don't lack confidence. Reality maybe, but not confidence. Maybe chutzpah, even.
Ive been following this team along time. Geno mentally is at a different level then any coach in almost any sport. His team is on the same page. Geno imo studies great coaches and motivators. He doesn't take every great player. He knows what he is looking for in a player. SC is a good team. Its just that UConn is at a different level than any team in WCBB. Excluding the fluke at Stanford over the past few seasons UConn has won every game by double digits. I am very confident but Im not cocky no pun intended. Unless Geno calls off the dogs out of respect for Dawn this game will be just like all the rest of UConns games . A double digit win and imo by 25+.
If looked at in a different way it was maybe a long distance pass attempt to Courtney under the basket, but she collected the ball and took it back outside. She buried a 3 17 seconds later, putting an end to the Airball chants about KML's shot. Who threw a long cross-court pass to Courtney and got an assist on her 3? KML of course.
Please, please, let it be so.
Maybe we have a semantics issue here. To me, 100% of the #1 votes, means unanimous. If one accessed each weeks poll results from both polls since Nov. 24 there would be absolutely no question as to what team occupied the #1 spot. To me, that's indisputable.
I'll stay up all night concocting every excuse in the book!!!
Maybe try "The dog ate my players." Usually works pretty well.
I liked the part in "The Geno Auriemma Show" where they ask him about Saniya and he says she's a "mystery" to him. LOL!
Geno also goes to a zone defense when he's calling off the dogs.
Because of SC's lack of ball handlers and UCOnns press which takes time to break not allowing opponents offenses to have the full 30 seconds will be a contributing factor to SC not being able to get their offense flowing smoothly. I expect a bunch of turnovers. Im not sure playing at UConn will intimidate SC. However UConns quickness on defense will. SC is battle tested because of their close games and those close games wouldn't have been against UConn. SC is a very good team with a lot of talent however UConn is far more superior as a team with chemistry. Gotta wonder how SC can keep up with UConns quickness. Its gonna come down to UCOnns defense and we've seen to many times how they snuff out the key scorers and disrupt opponents offenses. Hey UConn beats good teams like ND and Duke by a lot. SC doesn't. ND is a very good team and Duke is a very tall team and UConn had no problems with either of them. What is it that SC can do to stop UConn from scoring 70+ pts? I don't think they can and I know they cant score 70+ pts against UConn and they will need to do that to win.
