How Many of You

[Guapo]

How many of you, if a genie came to you before the season and said "you can be 6-2 with loses to Michigan State and Arkansas going into the Cuse game or start from scratch" would've taken 6-2?

 

[Travelman6]

Would the genie also mention the 35 point loss? Otherwise, I would take it.

 

[UCDaveD]

Of course, without context, you'd take it. But having been blessed with the gift of eyes, I can identify fool's gold in a 6-2 record when I see it.

 

[Guapo]

Would the genie also mention the 35 point loss? Otherwise, I would take it.

Eh, probs not.

 

[Hi-Low]

Arkansas game counts as 2 loses was so bad but 6-2 is good just feels hollow until we beat some good teams.

 

[Jaybird65]

We are who we are. All said & done, when you are a 41% field goal team, things that shoulda been are going to become coulda been. Today's game, offense was great in 1st half for about 9 minutes because we shot 68% during those 9 minutes, then we shot 0% for the next 6+ minutes with pretty much the same guys on the floor. Shot selection during these dry spells & complacent offense spells is crazy Didn't like the Arkansas game but that was one game where we were lousy & they were really good. those things happen a couple times a season. Our defense cannot take time off because we shoot so poorly....

 

[ZenConn]

How many of you, if a genie came to you before the season and said "you can be 6-2 with loses to Michigan State and Arkansas going into the Cuse game or start from scratch" would've taken 6-2?

Neither. I'm taking the Jeannie instead.

 

[Tenspro2002]

As I said elsewhere, I would take the 6-2, but you have to admit this is about the least encouraging possible path to that 6-2.

 

[Brochacho]

Here's the thing: 6-2 is good. But the difference between 4-4 UConn and 6-2 UConn is two overtime periods vs the #138 and #188 teams in the kenpom. Let's see how we look our next 4 games before conference play, could easily be 7-5 heading into WSU at our current level of play.

F Cuse, let's win.

 

[Padutch5]

As I said elsewhere, I would take the 6-2, but you have to admit this is about the least encouraging possible path to that 6-2.

This whole thread is premature. Lets wait to gloat , if we can, until after we play Syracuse.

 

[Fishy]

How many of you, if a genie came to you before the season and said "you can be 6-2 with loses to Michigan State and Arkansas going into the Cuse game or start from scratch" would've taken 6-2?

.

Stop.

We’re 6-2 and have lost by 60 to the only two tournament teams we’ve played.

That genie should go console Oregon.

 

[formerlurker]

I'm more of a Football guy so I have no opinion. I just need to know if it's a Barbara Eden genie or a Robin Williams genie?

 

[Guapo]

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Stop.

We’re 6-2 and have lost by 60 to the only two tournament teams we’ve played.

That genie should go console Oregon.

I agree, this has been less than ideal

However, you didn't answer my question.

Would you have taken his offer?

 

[RipCity]

I’ll take as many wins as possible, but next year let’s hire a coach that makes cupcakes cupcakes again

 

[Hamms30]

Here's the thing: 6-2 is good. But the difference between 4-4 UConn and 6-2 UConn is two overtime periods vs the #138 and #188 teams in the kenpom. Let's see how we look our next 4 games before conference play, could easily be 7-5 heading into WSU at our current level of play.

F Cuse, let's win.

Only because I don't know where to find it, what were Wagner and Northeastern ranked last year?

 

[BUConn10]

I can't wait to be still playing this game in February of 2020.

 

[Fishy]

I agree, this has been less than ideal

However, you didn't answer my question.

Would you have taken his offer?

No.

6-2 is the absolute minimum I would have expected given the schedule.

The genie would have had to have offered 7-1.

 

[Guapo]

Just to clarify

This is not an endorsement of our play thus far

Simply a thought experiment

 

[joober jones]

Too bad the Cronin thread was locked. Watch him in this video and turn the CCs on. The result is pretty comical.

 

[Guapo]

No.

6-2 is the absolute minimum I would have expected given the schedule.

The genie would have had to have offered 7-1.

I agree 100%

 

[BUConn10]

No.

6-2 is the absolute minimum I would have expected given the schedule.

The genie would have had to have offered 7-1.

Records don't mean squat in a sport where the team pool of Division 1 consists of over 350 teams with 10 miles of variability between them all talent and resource wise top to bottom. How the play looks on the court, how well the team performs the fundamentals game in and game out, how prepared they are for each matchup, tells the fan everything about how the team is doing not some nonsense X-Y record that really doesn't mean anything now that we live in the AAC, where the committee couldn't care less about how many wins we have while outside of the P5.

 

[Fishy]

I agree 100%

Addendum - if the genie would have offered 7-2 after nine games rather than 6-2 after eight, I probably would have taken it.

 

[Horatio]

The Arkansas game was awful and we gotta beat Syracuse. I'll be good with 7-2 tues night.

 

[mdkhusky]

Trust me I would love to not be negative but we've been On the ropes against stony brook Monmouth and Columbia. There is literally 0 to be happy about. We hAve 0 good wins

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Unless you just started watching Uconn basketball over the last two years i don't know one fan who would be satisfied with 6-2. 5 of the wins came from teams with losing records. The real problem is that the Coaches and players seem to be ok with this. Clearly this Genie came from a Mid major Genie school with mid major genie expectations. i'd have stuffed it back into its bottle.