Houston loses to Lubbock Christian

[Vowelguy]

Ugh.

 

[Phil]

Lubbok is not just a DII team, but
"LCU, which is in Year Two Candidacy in transition to a NCAA Div. II member''

That's devastating.

 

[Coler]

Wake Forest also lost to Wingate.

 

[Phil]

Houston led all but one minute of the first half, and had as much as a ten point lead. They went into a scoring funk at the end of the half, getting outscored 8-0 in the final 40 seconds, allowing LCU to tie at the half. Houston never led again.

 

[huskyharry]

The AAC is an absolutely brutal league for our women's basketball team. Horrible travel against very poor competition (remember L'ville and Rutgers are gone after this year and the replacement football schools have very little interest in women's basketball). UConn is stuck in the AAC for at least a few more years in order to get their share of the realignment buyouts but we can only pray that something better will shake out.

 

[Vowelguy]

Wake Forest also lost to Wingate.

At least Wingate is a D1 school.

 

[Phil]

Wingate led much of the second half, as much as eleven points once, when up 52-41. The WF seemed to wake up, outscoring Wingate 15-3 over the next seven minutes to take the lead 56-55. Back and forth, with WF leading 64-63 with 1:24 to go, but a three pointer with a minute to go by Wingate, plus a couple free throws when WF had to foul, and Wingate held on for win.

 

[Phil]

At least Wingate is a D1 school.

I don't think so. Wingate

In addition to academics, Wingate student-athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports

Wingate picked third in preseason poll

 

[Phil]

At least Seton Hall didn't lose to DII Philadelphia, they cruised to an 87–85 blowout. In OT. SH was down by as much as nine in second half but tied it up on two free throws with six seconds left in regulation.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

At least Wingate is a D1 school.

Wingate is D II. You're probably thinking of Winthrop.

 

[Phil]

Yikes, Southern Illinois was blown out by Lindenwood, 70-55 another team transitioning to DII

What is it with transition teams. They are supposed to be at the bottom of the DII pecking order, not blowing out DI teams.

 

[Phil]

Minnesota beat MSU Moorhead 69-54, but with 11 minutes left it was a one point game 53-52. MSU Moorhead would score only two free throws in the last 11 minutes.

 

[triaddukefan]

I don't think so. Wingate

In addition to academics, Wingate student-athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports

Wingate picked third in preseason poll

Perhaps he was thinking of Winthrop.... which is about 45 minutes from Wingate. Wingate plays UNC on tuesday...... could be interesting.

Wingate is picked #3 in there conference preseason poll. Duke plays Coker tomorrow... they are picked #9 in the same conference. I just hope we can keep them under 77 points

 

[Vowelguy]

Wingate is D II. You're probably thinking of Winthrop.

Yes, thank you!

 

[John Glass]

Houston we have a problem

 

[semper]

OY, I am not looking forward....

 

[Icebear]

Can we dump Houston for Lubbock Christian?

 

[triaddukefan]

Can we dump Houston for Lubbock Christian?

Wait a few years... they may be in the A.A.C. before you know it

 

[tomcat]

I don't think that we've begun to see just how bad a conference the AAC will be for at least the next few years. Granted, Houston is probably the worst, but still.....

And I still believe that once the world sees what a bad conference this is, no amount of wonderful OOC competition will keep opposing coaches from pointing out to recruits and accurately, I might add):"Sure you can go to UConn. None better. But you won't see the kind of day-in and day-out competition that will truly test your mettle like you'll find in our conference." And for some recruits, that message will be compelling.

 

[uconnfan68]

The AAC is an absolutely brutal league for our women's basketball team. Horrible travel against very poor competition (remember L'ville and Rutgers are gone after this year and the replacement football schools have very little interest in women's basketball). UConn is stuck in the AAC for at least a few more years in order to get their share of the realignment buyouts but we can only pray that something better will shake out.

Horrible travel it won't be. Major cities for the most part. Not like Blacksburg (or Storrs).

 

[doggydaddy]

At least Seton Hall didn't lose to DII Philadelphia, they cruised to an 87–85 blowout. In OT. SH was down by as much as nine in second half but tied it up on two free throws with six seconds left in regulation.

Same Philadelphia as UConn is playing Tuesday.

Using last years Seton Hall vs UConn game last year that UConn won 90-30, I predict a similar score for Tuesday's game.

 

[johnnyc]

Wait a few years... they may be in the A.A.C. before you know it

or maybe UConn will be in the SAC

 

[Wonkster]

.
Didn't we play Houston at Gampel in the NCAA's years ago when they had a super shotblocker on their team?

 

[EricLA]

I don't think that we've begun to see just how bad a conference the AAC will be for at least the next few years. Granted, Houston is probably the worst, but still.....

And I still believe that once the world sees what a bad conference this is, no amount of wonderful OOC competition will keep opposing coaches from pointing out to recruits and accurately, I might add):"Sure you can go to UConn. None better. But you won't see the kind of day-in and day-out competition that will truly test your mettle like you'll find in our conference." And for some recruits, that message will be compelling.

Maybe, and I think if Geno were to retire while we were still in the AAC that might be an issue.

But, I've not seen a single recruit lately say "I'd rather play for Wake Forest, who has zero chances of ever winning a NC, but hey - at least I'll get the chance to play UNC, Duke, Notre Dame, FSU, Ga Tech, Syracuse, UVA, etc". I totally agree the AAC sucks for WCBB. But UCONN is hot on the trail of the #1 kid from 2014, and about 6 of the top 10 kids in 2015. I hardly think those kids are saying "Umm, I'd rather go to Wake Forest".

I do get the point in general - teams like ND or Duke or UNC might have an advantage to be able to say look at the quality of our conference and how much we play tough teams in our league, but as long as UCONN continues to have a top 10 SOS, I just don't see where that's going to be an issue. We schedule Baylor, Maryland, Duke, UNC, Stanford, ND, Cal, Penn State, etc etc. on a yearly or every other year basis. Until I see our SOS drop to about 25 or worse, or kids say they don't want to come to UCONN cuz of the AAC, I'll continue to believe that Geno can keep reeling them in...

 

[pvdoggy]

I don't think that we've begun to see just how bad a conference the AAC will be for at least the next few years. Granted, Houston is probably the worst, but still.....

And I still believe that once the world sees what a bad conference this is, no amount of wonderful OOC competition will keep opposing coaches from pointing out to recruits and accurately, I might add):"Sure you can go to UConn. None better. But you won't see the kind of day-in and day-out competition that will truly test your mettle like you'll find in our conference." And for some recruits, that message will be compelling.

Houston is probably saying the same thing about Uconn football program.