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How dominant will UConn be in 2017-18?

How dominant will UConn be in 2017-18?

  • Undefeated champions, no games within 10

  • Undefeated champions, a close call here or there

  • 1 loss Champions

  • 2+ loss Champions

  • No Championship

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hoophuskee said:
"Just as I suspected, you're a rank sentimentalist." And how about with your caution on how well this team will play early? Admit it! Who else is part of your cautious crew? If you don't tell me now I'll find out anyways. After all, all I have to do to get others to talk is just "round up the usual suspects!!"

:):):) :)
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I could say, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" but that would be beating a dead horse. :rolleyes:
 
Cuevas Moore is a key player, if she decides to take charge and the coach lets her. She can score, defend and dish.
 
Florida Fan said:
Cuevas Moore is a key player, if she decides to take charge and the coach lets her. She can score, defend and dish.
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Agreed. She steps into a different role this year... we'll likely see her playing off the ball even more this year because we need her to score and score often, which she can do..
 
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HoopsFan21 said:
Same here. Plays too out of control. Maybe playing the SG alongside Harris would be better for her. Plus I don't like that she changed her name.
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...why does her name change matter? She is a streaky player but was markedly better last season in regards to staying under control and playing consistently. Harris will man the PG duties and Cuevas-Moore will be another solid ball handler and is a pest defensively. She played close to 30 minutes a game in the NCAAs and had 7 turnovers in 6 games....not bad at all. She was a total wildcard two years ago, but to her credit, she has improved a ton in her decision making and control.
 
TitleTown said:
I agree that South Carolina is a great basketball team and will be right there at the end of the season. I just don't see them as head and shoulders above the other perennial powers like some do. Most posts have I read seem to think that SC will be UConn's biggest test this year, and I just don't agree with that. I think that come tournament time UCLA, Texas, Miss. St., and even Tennessee(addition by subtraction of DeShields) will be tougher match ups for UConn.
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I don't think they're head and shoulders above anyone else. If you take UCONN out of the equation, they'd likely be the #1 team in preseason, but I think a lot of other teams are capable of beating SC, and I could easily see them dropping 4-5 games over the course of the year. I don't see them being as good as they were this year, but I think with what they have returning, they'll be a favorite to reach the Final Four again this year.
 
bballnut90 said:
and I could easily see them dropping 4-5 games over the course of the year. I don't see them being as good as they were this year,
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They lost 4 games this past year. Good team, fortunate circumstances come tourney time.
 
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Sluconn Husky said:
Good team, fortunate circumstances come tourney time.
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I'm not so sure how fortunate SC was last year.
1) Placed out West by the selection committee away from the fan base that led NCAA in attendance.
2) Lost a dominant low post player WNBA 2nd pick for tournament
3) Won the national Championship with a Freshman PG.
4) Beat the team that knocked out UCONN (Miss. St.) 3 Times last year by increasing margins each time.
 
CocoHusky said:
I'm not so sure how fortunate SC was last year.
1) Placed out West by the selection committee away from the fan base that led NCAA in attendance.
2) Lost a dominant low post player WNBA 2nd pick for tournament
3) Won the national Championship with a Freshman PG.
4) Beat the team that knocked out UConn (Miss. St.) 3 Times last year by increasing margins each time.
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So what are you trying to say??? The University of South Carolina WBB team is the 2017 National Champions--legitimately?
How dare you--you know they stole the Championship.
Now the previous year was a fluke---ND who realistically should have played UConn for the championship--gave USC a beating the world still resounds with--
 
CocoHusky said:
I'm not so sure how fortunate SC was last year.
1) Placed out West by the selection committee away from the fan base that led NCAA in attendance.
2) Lost a dominant low post player WNBA 2nd pick for tournament
3) Won the national Championship with a Freshman PG.
4) Beat the team that knocked out UConn (Miss. St.) 3 Times last year by increasing margins each time.
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SC was fortunate last year, just like UConn was in 2013.

So what SC was placed out west; it's not like they had to win on another team's home court. The competition in the Stockton bracket was very favorable for SC. Remember, SC beat Quinnipiac in the S16.
Losing Coates would have hurt more if she were the only post player. Her absence opened up the inside for Wilson.
SC won because they were able to avoid UConn, much like UConn won in 2013 because they were able to avoid playing Baylor. UConn also played a ND team in the semis that had the pressure of having to beat UConn for the 4th time in a season.

I say this not to diminish SC's championship, much like I won't diminish UConn's in 2013. They both count. But, like Geno said in 2013, sometimes you get a little lucky.
 
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BroadwayVa said:
Enough of What---as a glutton in a gluttonous society-----I never have enough of anything--except pain.
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Dominant enough. Hasn't the "sports world" been saying UConn is "too dominant." So I just want dominant enough. :rolleyes:
 
UConnCat said:
SC was fortunate last year, just like UConn was in 2013.

So what SC was placed out west; it's not like they had to win on another team's home court. The competition in the Stockton bracket was very favorable for SC. Remember, SC beat Quinnipiac in the S16.
Losing Coates would have hurt more if she were the only post player. Her absence opened up the inside for Wilson.
SC won because they were able to avoid UConn, much like UConn won in 2013 because they were able to avoid playing Baylor. UConn also played a ND team in the semis that had the pressure of having to beat UConn for the 4th time in a season. I say this not to diminish SC's championship, much like I won't diminish UConn's in 2013. They both count. But, like Geno said in 2013, sometimes you get a little lucky.
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If I were to believe anything with regards to luck is that luck favors the prepared and South Carolina was prepared.
The issue with SC playing in the West was not having to play on another team's home floor it is simply that the team was placed geographically farthest away from the most abundant fan base in the NCAA.
Regarding Coates opening up the inside for Wilson, not sure I'm buying that either. Coates and Wilson operated as a tandem for 3 years and largely dominate WCBB (outside of UCONN) & suddenly after 3 years when part of the tandem goes down and that's seen as a good thing? The way the brackets were set up SC would have avoided UCONN until the Championship game anyway. It was both teams job to get to the final game. SC made it, UCONN did not. To say that SC won because they avoided UCONN is kind of a slippery slope because I surrounded by that kind of revisionist logic everyday ( I work in MD). These revisionist believe that UCONN was "fortunate" in avoiding a MD rematch.
 
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CocoHusky said:
If I were to believe anything with regards to luck is that luck favors the prepared and South Carolina was prepared.
The issue with SC playing in the West was not having to play on another team's home floor it is simply that the team was placed geographically farthest away from the most abundant fan base in the NCAA.
Regarding Coates opening up the inside for Wilson, not sure I'm buying that either. Coates and Wilson operated as a tandem for 3 years and largely dominate WCBB (outside of UConn) & suddenly after 3 years when part of the tandem goes down and that's seen as a good thing? The way the brackets were set up SC would have avoided UConn until the Championship game anyway. It was both teams job to get to the final game. SC made it, UConn did not. To say that SC won because they avoided UConn is kind of a slippery slope because I surrounded by that kind of revisionist logic everyday ( I work in MD). These revisionist believe that UConn was "fortunate" in avoiding a MD rematch.
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Maryland? Please. That's an imaginary slippery slope. If you agree UConn was fortunate in avoiding a rematch with Maryland than I don't know what to tell you.

SC was a better team without Coates because they had Gray, Davis and Harris, three players they didn't have in the previous 3 years.

SC was better than every team in its bracket and its S16 and E8 opponents (Quinnipiac and FSU) were a long way from home too. Are you seriously saying SC needed its abundant fan base to beat Quinnipiac and FSU?

Yes, it was UConn's job to make the final game and they didn't get it done. It was Baylor's job to get to the FF in 2013 and they didn't get it done. SC and UConn were fortunate that they didn't.
 
UConnCat said:
If you agree UConn was fortunate in avoiding a rematch with Maryland than I don't know what to tell you.
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I definitely do/did not agree with them. I tell them the same thing you just told me: Maryland? PLEASE!
I also said: Miss. St? PLEASE!
Overall I disagree with the notion that every time there is a upset, some other team not in the upset is "fortunate". And one other note on the SC fans not going West, this is still WCBB we are talking about where lack of attendance remains an issue.
 
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CocoHusky said:
I definitely do/did not agree with them. I tell them the same thing you just told me: Maryland? PLEASE!
I also said: Miss. St? PLEASE!
Overall I disagree with the notion that every time there is a upset, some other team not in the upset is "fortunate". And one other note on the SC fans not going West, this is still WCBB we are talking about where lack of attendance remains an issue.
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I did not say Miss St? Please. I was very uncomfortable with UConn playing Miss St and said as much (though not on this board).

I never said and do not believe that every upset means another team is fortunate. I simply said and believe that UConn was fortunate in 2013 that Louisville shot out of its mind against Baylor. Baylor was a better team than Louisville except for that night. I also believe South Carolina was fortunate that UConn played so poorly against Miss State. UConn was a better team than Miss State except for that night. That's it.
 
CocoHusky said:
I definitely do/did not agree with them. I tell them the same thing you just told me: Maryland? PLEASE!
I also said: Miss. St? PLEASE!
Overall I disagree with the notion that every time there is a upset, some other team not in the upset is "fortunate". And one other note on the SC fans not going West, this is still WCBB we are talking about where lack of attendance remains an issue.
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You ruin the entire set of comments on --Miss St. --have you not learned the art of:-- taking the low road??
 
UConnCat said:
I did not say Miss St? Please. I was very uncomfortable with UConn playing Miss St and said as much (though not on this board).
I never said and do not believe that every upset means another team is fortunate. I simply said and believe that UConn was fortunate in 2013 that Louisville shot out of its mind against Baylor. Baylor was a better team than Louisville except for that night. I also believe South Carolina was fortunate that UConn played so poorly against Miss State. UConn was a better team than Miss State except for that night. That's it.
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What was it about Miss. St. that made you uncomfortable?

" That's the beautiful thing about the NCAA tournament. For just one night we had to be the better team, and tonight we were."
Geno in an interview immediately after FF victory over ND in 2013.
 
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I love how much respect some UConn fans have for Mississippi State NOW all of a sudden.. I remember when the Huskies beat them by 60 points in the tournament and I was almost laughed off The Boneyard for suggesting that the margin of victory would be MUCH smaller if UConn and Mississippi State met again next year. Fast forward a year and not only was the margin of victory smaller.. but UConn actually ended up losing.

It's amazing how humbling ending up on the losing end just ONCE can be.
 
UConnCat said:
I did not say Miss St? Please. I was very uncomfortable with UConn playing Miss St and said as much (though not on this board).

I never said and do not believe that every upset means another team is fortunate. I simply said and believe that UConn was fortunate in 2013 that Louisville shot out of its mind against Baylor. Baylor was a better team than Louisville except for that night. I also believe South Carolina was fortunate that UConn played so poorly against Miss State. UConn was a better team than Miss State except for that night. That's it.
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Pretty fair piece---
If you posted your concerns about Mss St elsewhere--they don't count!
Your assertions about Louisville and Griner--apparently are true, but since Uconn did not play Griner--who kows.
I too believe, although we'll never know, that USC against Uconn rather than Ms St would have had a more difficult win--if a win!
Louisville and the refs--made every effort to mentally and physically take Griner out of the game--had the Refs called some of the fouls , as I believe they should have, it's Baylors game. Jeff W. isn't fearful of making a game miserable, sloppy, and unpleasant.
(the posting elsewhere comment was in jest)
In every upset--some team is ---fortunate (or it would not be an upset)
 
CocoHusky said:
What was it about Miss. St. that made you uncomfortable?
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This is what I posted elsewhere:

I'm hardly a worry wart but I find it a little unsettling that UConn has a rematch with a team it demolished by 60 points last year. UConn is the superior team in every respect and can only lose if they play poorly and MSU plays over their heads. Still, redemption from an embarrassing loss is a storyline we see in sports from time to time. Listening a little bit to Vic Schaefer's press conference today it's clear last year's loss still sticks with him and probably his players as well.
 
SCGamecock said:
I love how much respect some UConn fans have for Mississippi State NOW all of a sudden.. I remember when the Huskies beat them by 60 points in the tournament and I was almost laughed off The Boneyard for suggesting that the margin of victory would be MUCH smaller if UConn and Mississippi State met again next year. Fast forward a year and not only was the margin of victory smaller.. but UConn actually ended up losing.

It's amazing how humbling ONE lost can be.
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Oh and let's not forget the pregame prediction thread where nearly everyone said that margin of victory would be the same and the game would be over at halftime. It just goes to show you that you never know when you'll meet your match...
 
As dominant as any UCONN team has been! There are a lot of talented pieces to this puzzle!
Division I WBB should "buckle up they're in for a bumpy ride!" (my ALL ABOUT EVE quote)
 
CocoHusky said:
What was it about Miss. St. that made you uncomfortable?

" That's the beautiful thing about the NCAA tournament. For just one night we had to be the better team, and tonight we were."
Geno in an interview immediately after FF victory over ND in 2013.
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Over the years --That has been a constant comment or something akin to that---he also says, often, that getting to the FF and/or championship involves LUCK. If one believes that then it makes a more understandable Ms St and USC win.
Good question--What was there about Ms St that made the poster --uncomfortable???
With you Coco---I tend to believe--you'd think--Luck only happens with preparation --you are that kind of guy.
 
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