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Message: [QUOTE="Bonpland, post: 2102393, member: 6000"] For WCBB to reach another level it very much needs more national exposure. The complaining by the teams and their fans that UCONN is too dominant (which is usually accommpanied by the erroneous complaint that we "get all the best players"; this year should put and end to those comments- at how many other places would Gabby and Pheesa be the players they are today?) far misses the more important point that other teams need to do more to develop their own talent and to learn to play a better brand of team ball. Coverage in the The Times means something. I hold a position of leasdership in my work and this season I have had more people ask me about the UCONN WBB team than all the previous years combined. (It is well known, especially by the young men around me, that I am "that women's basketball nut" although no one would say that directly to me). Rebecca, Jenn, Sveta, Shea, Swin, Sue, D, Tina, Maya, Steph, Moriah, Morgan of Stewie and the eleven championships did not elicit the questions and comments that this winning streak, and more importantly the coverage it has received in the press and online, has. I began being a serious sports fan when Johnny Unitas drove the Colts down field for Alan Ameche's winning touchdown in '58 and along the way I have been passionate about baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, Olympic sports, and later when my kids were involved collegiate volleyball, softball and lacrosse and with that lifetime of being a sports fan behind me I can't understand why more [I]sports[/I] fans don't see the beauty of the game and follow it like we do. The answer is that not enough people have been exposed to the game, and that like in all advertising, getting the word out to the general public is crucial. Geno may think that the streak has been a bother (does he really?), but the streak is what has inspired most of this year's more compelling news coverage. [/QUOTE]

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