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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2102414, member: 199"] Really nice post, but I am going to comment on the ending - I agree that too many people haven't been exposed, but it goes deeper than that. For too long, too many institutions allowed bad coaches to perpetuate really bad WCBB so people who actually watched a little came away saying, not for me! And even today, there is too much bad basketball being broadcast and played. As a Uconn fan we are spoiled by the quality of play and the insistence that the team keep its standards high even when playing bad teams. Other fans aren't so lucky. And the other more insidious thing that works against WCBB and good team sport performance is the 'top ten plays' syndrome that ESPN started and is the stalwart of sports coverage now. Many of those plays in basketball are actually terrible basketball plays made glorious by someone taking a ridiculous shot they should never have taken and somehow lucking into a basket. Curry draining bombs and hitting 50%, imagine what percentage he could attain if he actually took good shots? Well, women may not have the athleticism of men, or the muscle and physical attributes, but in a team sport it means that they have to generally play as a team and to be successful, take good shots. You have the ridiculous shot making players in women's basketball as well, but they seldom play on title winning teams. [/QUOTE]