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Message: [QUOTE="connie, post: 2182249, member: 7882"] I seriously question whether I can offer a reasonably informed opinion in answer to the above query. The data is truly impressive. And my knowledge is necessarily limited. I regard the "two consecutive losses" streak as a viable candidate for one of the most unbreakable records in the sport, maybe any team sport. That said, in many ways I regard the accomplishments of [I]this year's team [/I]as among the best representative of the UConnWBB program. Submitted for your approval, we find the following: -two returning freshmen: one of whom (Lou) was a proven 3-point shooter with relatively little else to show on her otherwise respectable basketball resume; the other (Phees), a promising scorer but still something of an unknown in many phases of the game; -two returning sophomores: one (Kia) a terrific defender but not necessarily a go-to scorer and with no demonstrated reliability as an outside shooter; the other (Gabby), a considerable athletic talent who (according to Geno) had the promise to become a "pretty good guard" if she could only learn to dribble, pass, and shoot; -one returning senior: Saniya, who missed a substantial portion of the previous season due to injury, had not especially lived up to expectations, and was presumed by most to be a role player at best. Beyond that, the team anticipated perhaps qualified success but limited minutes from a freshman (Crystal, who was even smaller than Moriah, if such a thing is possible), and whatever could be had from a big (Nat) coming off a broken thumb the previous year and who everyone hoped would spell some of the starters and compensate for the team's obvious lack of size in the low post. As for the rest (Kayla, Molly and Tierney), we had two more freshman of no great pedigree and a senior walk-on, none of whom (despite their terrific efforts) could be relied upon for much beyond mop-up time (which, remarkably, often began in the 3rd quarter). Despite all that . . . despite losing three All-American seniors to the WNBA draft; despite carrying the burden of 4 consecutive national championships; despite the omnipresent shadow of a 75-game winning streak coming into the season, and growing media scrutiny and fan hysteria with each passing win; despite a schedule loaded up with ranked opponents; despite losing a starting guard and leader (Kia) for 4 games down the home stretch; despite effectively playing all season long with a rotation of at most 7 players, only one of whom was a senior; despite a rather tough tournament bracket; despite running into a red-hot MSU team playing its best basketball of the year, in a game where almost nothing seemed to go right for us, and yet where we forced OT only to lose on a 35-foot buzzer beater . . . Despite [I]all [/I]that . . . The 2016-17 UConn WBB team went 36-1, ran the consecutive game win steak to a record 111, produced two first-team All-Americans [I]and [/I]the National Defensive Player of the Year, broke just about every NCAABB team assist record known to woman or man, and came within a mouse-whisker of the national championship, a 5th consecutive title, and an undefeated season. I may be wrong. But I question whether any of Geno's teams can match that kind of an achievement. [/QUOTE]

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