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Message: [QUOTE="LoboDays, post: 3929460, member: 11080"] Here’s the thing. PAST: UCONN WBB like the U.S. Women’s soccer team were good for their sports because their excellence of play generated great interest by girls who then participated in the sports. This resulted, in part, to the increased parity we see today in college women’s hoops and Soccer. In soccer, it has also helped internationally as more countries are making a more serious commitment to their women’s programs in an effort to compete. PRESENT: If UCONN wins the NC, it will be against teams that are their equal or very close to it. If UCONN played Baylor 4 times this year, it’s likely that each team would win 2 games. Stanford may be another example. Maybe SC. Regardless of the winner, these games are highly contested and generate interest and higher viewership. The fact that UCONN is severely challenged from the Elite Eight forward is good for the sport. Win or lose, UCONN being part of the top group of teams is not bad for the sport. No problem with rooting against them if that is what the haters are reduced to but their presence and excellence of play continues to a plus for the sport. FUTURE: Based on their current roster and players who have committed to play for UCONN, they won’t be leaving “top-level” status anytime soon. But, as good as they are and possibly will be, there will be teams who have enough talent to beat them on any given night. The key here is the number of teams that we can put in that group. I’m optimistic, based on the overall level of play in this years tourney, that the number of teams with a legitimate shot at reaching the FF will continue to grow. That is good for the sport regardless of UCONN’s place in it. Parity is the result of increased talent being dispersed throughout the colleges. This is happening. It happens from the top down but as talent becomes more abundant, it will filter down to more and more schools. The past dominance by UCONN is one reason for it. [/QUOTE]

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