How many title will Geno win?

[Kitaman]

How many players in the last 20 years have never won a championship? I would think every player has.

 

[cohenzone]

Let's just keep it at surpassing Pat......the Wooden comparison, while close because of the day and age, is still ridiculous! Different game, different parities.........

Geno is a sensational coach and could coach in the mens game I have no doubt........but honestly much easier road where he is - but he built that road so that's all good! Just keep it in the same ballpark!

Geno said as much. I personally think it's stupid when I hear things like, x hoops coach or player has x record for wins, points, whatever. You might as well be comparing baseball to softball. Different games and it demeans both genders to make those comparisons.

 

[tzznandrew]

How many players in the last 20 years have never won a championship? I would think every player has.

Provided you did not redshirt or transfer, there are only three years in the last 20 (starting 1993) that you wouldn't have had at least 1 title:
1991
1996
2005

Now, every one of those freshmen would have played in a Final Four at least once. But 1991 would have graduated in 1994, 1996 in 1999, 2005 in 2008.

It's incredibly, really. I mean, Doty graduates with 3 titles and 5 Final Fours in her 5 years....

 

[NHUConnfan]

Is there a chance Geno leaves after 2018? I mean, I think he's a lifer, non?

 

[intlzncster]

She hit a rookie wall at the right time, Diana hit hers in the FF.

To be fair to DT, the entire team the bed against ND in the second half of that game.

That said, Stewart dominated a semi and a final and one Player of the Tournament as a freshman, something neither DT or MM accomplished. Yikes.

 

[intlzncster]

Let's just keep it at surpassing Pat......the Wooden comparison, while close because of the day and age, is still ridiculous! Different game, different parities.........

Geno is a sensational coach and could coach in the mens game I have no doubt........but honestly much easier road where he is - but he built that road so that's all good! Just keep it in the same ballpark!

Please, please not this one again. Just as bad as the whole 'which ball is harder to shoot' thing. Hey at least it's more interesting than Brittney Griner playing for the Mavs.

 

[Bryan Lord]

Next year we can win it all even if (1) star was injured forbid of course. That's out of KML, BS, and Dolson.

 

[Bryan Lord]

We almost beat ND with just KML and Dolson at full strength and Stewart barely doing anything. I'd guess that means we can do the same next year against lesser competition.

 

[Jerry1714]

When does Geno consider taking a men's job? Does he ever?

 

[blackbird]

Let's just keep it at surpassing Pat......the Wooden comparison, while close because of the day and age, is still ridiculous! Different game, different parities.........

Geno is a sensational coach and could coach in the mens game I have no doubt........but honestly much easier road where he is - but he built that road so that's all good! Just keep it in the same ballpark!

He has a much easier road than most top men's coaches today. (Although, I might argue that if you aren't Geno..you've got a tougher road on the women's side. What Jeff Walz, the Louisville women's coach did this tournament might have been more impressive any cinderella on the men's side. The talent in the women's game is extremely top heavy. If you've got the best player, you've got about a 95% chance of winning the tournament. Well..usually only Geno..and one or two other top teams can say they have the best player. So the other 60 teams don't have a shot.)

That said, in Wooden's time, it was very different. In fact, parity wise, it was very similar to what Geno faces now. And I'd even argue in terms of playing style, its much more similar to the women's game than the men's. (In fact, I think Wooden has said so himself.) And in fact it's the men's game today that is completely different. I think there's a legitimate argument that what Coach K or even Calhoun has done today is more impressive than what Wooden did. (not saying either are better coaches, just that those are the circumstances each coach coached in.)

But at the same time, it's hard to compare. Both Wooden and Auriemma built a program that would entice the best players in the country to play for them, and at that time period..with the talent being so top heavy, that is hard to do.

In the end, I agree with what Auriemma said. It's tough to compare because none of these coaches have coached against each other. Coach K and Calhoun have. Auriemma and Pat Summit have.

But at the end of the day, I do think it's pretty special that we're watching a coach that could surpass Wooden's titles. Regardless of it being "harder to compare" or "they've never coached against each other." If it was so easy, more people would do it. There are 3 coaches who have won more than five national championships. Only one of them is still coaching, and he coaches for us. It's really amazing to think about.

 

[mauconnfan]

Please, please not this one again. Just as bad as the whole 'which ball is harder to shoot' thing. Hey at least it's more interesting than Brittney Griner playing for the Mavs.

Wait I need to be sure of this reply......are you denying that his road is easier than that of Coach K, KO or any men's coach for that matter? I hope not.........because much like it's obvious a smaller ball has abetter chance......

 

[Palatine]

Geno is 59. If he coaches another 10 years (he looks great), he should win a couple more. He could go on a Wooden type run and pile up six.

 

[intlzncster]

Wait I need to be sure of this reply......are you denying that his road is easier than that of Coach K, KO or any men's coach for that matter? I hope not.........because much like it's obvious a smaller ball has abetter chance......

No just commenting on the fact that we beat this discussion (easier/harder to win and in what era) to death multiple times over the years. Nobody ever wins.

Much harder to win in the Men's game nowadays obviously. But the reality is, if it is so easy for Geno to keep winning in the women's game, then why doesn't someone else do it?

NB: I do think it was a lot easier for Wooden back in the day as well -> less competition, less games, and a whole bunch of paid players.

 

[intlzncster]

When does Geno consider taking a men's job? Does he ever?

Nah, why bother? He makes millions coaching the Women and is a veritable deity in WBB. If he wins at an average clip in the men's level, I'm not sure how much that does for his rep. He's always admitted he couldn't recruit in today's men's game. Too many egos.

 

[Scoe]

Injuries. That's the key. UConn has had some major ones over the years. In 98, they went to the E8, but had lost Shea Ralph, Sales, and then Ambrosimova in the E8.

In 99, they lost Bird early in the season, and so essentially didn't have a PG.

And we probably all remember 2001, where they lost to ND in the FF, but were missing Ralph and Svet. 99 and 2001 were years they really could and should have won, were it not for injuries, so you can't write it off.

Im not so sure if we beat Tennessee in 98 they went undefeated but we had a good shot, in 97 the Shea Ralph injury really killed us we were undefeated that year and lost to Tennessee in the elite 8. Remember in the 08 season we lost Mel Thomas and Kalana Greene for the season, we had Maya Moore and Charde Houston come off the bench before they got hurt, but its part of sports especially in a single elimination tournament.

 

[Scoe]

I like what Stephen A Smith said the other day about Geno going into the title game. "You dont bet against Geno Auriemma, I dont know a whole lot about womens basketball but he's Geno Auriemma" In the typical Stephen A Smith tone.

I see him coaching the next 5 years at least and the next olympics.

 

[intlzncster]

I like what Stephen A Smith said the other day about Geno going into the title game. "You dont bet against Geno Auriemma, I dont know a whole lot about womens basketball but he's Geno Auriemma" In the typical Stephen A Smith tone.

I see him coaching the next 5 years at least and the next olympics.

I think he already bowed out of the next Olympics. Could be wrong though.

 

[UConn5]

I think Geno gets to 11 titles. I don't think there is much of a danger of him jumping to a men's team. Why do it at this point?

He has definitely been offered some good men's jobs at this point or at least had serious inquiries and clearly he has chosen to stay at UConn. 59 is pretty late for just a drastic change. I think he enjoys his program being the big bad team that wins all the time and even though he is gracious whenever speaking about Pat Summitt, you know he wants to blow her record for titles out of the water and set a record that is unobtainable for anyone else going forward.

Eventually parity will increase (not sure to the extent that we currently see in the men's game) and by the time Geno retires he will have prevented several other coaches from winning multiple titles themselves.

 

[CTPride]

15... this is just the beginning.

 

[gampelcrazies]

20 more

 

[Deadrody]

She actually had bad stretches this year where she looked ordinary. You could tell she had the wingspan and had potential, but she looked scared, tentative, slow, etc. Didn't even win Big East Rookie of the Year.

But she sure got it figured out just in time.

She got banged around against ND in the first game and then the book was out on her - play physical with her and you can take her out of the game. Nevermind that the officials allowed it.

The fact that she adjusted and put the team on her shoulders in the tournament is a testament to just how good she is.

Plus, the way Geno and the team talk about her and what she does in practice, it should be fun as hell to see how good she is by the time she's done.

 

[UCONNfan1]

I think he wins the next two. Puts him at 10. When Stewart, Tuck and Jefferson are seniors, they will have Chong (JR), and so far top 10 kids Williams (top 5) and Ekmark (top 10) as well as CT native Edwards as sophomores. IF they land #1 in the class Wilson, I'll be ready to predict they win their 4th in a row that year to get to 11.

After that, hard to tell with recruiting. If Geno stays to 2018 or beyond, obviously more will come...

 

[phillionaire]

He's not gonna win any more because we changed our logo and the only reason we even won one title is because of that logo!