Muffet "...still waiting" on Uconn

[meyers7]

Muffet, from the same article....

"We're playing Duke twice, and they should be either No. 1 or No. 2 in the country".

No. 1 ? Really?

Technically she is correct. They should be #1 or #2. (about 99.995% gonna be #2).

 

[Bigpetunia]

While I am a charter, card-carrying member of the Hate Notre Dame Club, I have to admit to a lot of respect for Muffet as a coach, a recruiter, and a person. I didn't get the sense that she was trying to tweak anyone, but, if she was, her point is valid. For fans, for women's basketball, and, most especially, for the good of the programs themselves, the greatest possible effort should be made to annually schedule games against the best competition. We should play ND every year, Tennessee every year, Baylor every year, etc. Intersectional games have special appeal, and should be strongly encouraged. But, most importantly, teams cannot get a true sense of who they are unless they regularly schedule against top competition and not just rely upon the Tournament to make that happen. Ironically, if ND football had scheduled games against such top competition (which, as everyone knows, resides in the SEC) they and their fans would have approached their game vs Alabama more soberly. I'm much less concerned about our team's W-L record going into the Tournament than in how battle-hardened and tested and ready they are to face the stiffest competition, and, as a fan of the game, I'll have a much more interesting season to watch along the way.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Muffet, from the same article....

"We're playing Duke twice, and they should be either No. 1 or No. 2 in the country".

No. 1 ? Really?

Muffet is still smarting from the NCAA loss and has always displayed the tendency toward the occasional verbal gaffe.

 

[rocky rococo]

The UConn-ND rivalry will probably be better for wcbb as a whole being in separate conferences. Seeing each other 3 or 4 times a year was getting stale, but it is a significant and historic rivalry in the sport, and meeting once or twice ((NCAA) a year will be very exciting for fans.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

I wanna play ND.

ND wasn't necessarily the thorn in our side, it was Skylar Diggins.

I am anxious to see them play next year without her. And yes, if we dont play during they regular season we are likely to see them in the NCAA's.

 

[msf22b]

If the out-of conference schedule is completed why not announce it?

 

[Stray Cat]

Muffet is just tweaking Geno a little bit; you know, the type of stuff only Geno engages in.

No, she is just showing loyalty to her new conference. Of course she is going to talk up ACC teams and coaches whenever possible. She knows darn well that UConn is and should be the pre-season top-ranked team and favorite to win the 2014 NC.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

If the out-of conference schedule is completed why not announce it?

That just means the slots are full. The actual dates have to be worked out. With UConn's tendency to play late OOC games, probably not set until after the AAC schedule is finalized.

CVS used to tease the fans at the annual banquet with some of the upcoming opponents, and years ago RU would release the OOC sched before the conference one; however, as scheduling and TV have become more complicated within the game, that stopped.

 

[UConnCat]

No, she is just showing loyalty to her new conference. Of course she is going to talk up ACC teams and coaches whenever possible. She knows darn well that UConn is and should be the pre-season top-ranked team and favorite to win the 2014 NC.

I was referring to both of her comments, saying she's waiting on UConn when ND knows what's going on with next year's schedule, as well as the comment on Duke. She didn't need to put a #1 before Duke to show loyalty to her new conference. She could have easily said one of the top teams in the country and she would have been both accurate and loyal. She knows which team will be a unanimous preseason #1 and which team beat Duke by 30 last year. I bet she thinks her own team will be better than Duke. It's a nit but it's also a tweak

 

[Icebear]

If the out-of conference schedule is completed why not announce it?

The who may be decided but not the dates.

 

[ChicagoGG]

If the out-of conference schedule is completed why not announce it?

The Horde has cited many of the OOC games earlier (before season end and during Muffet's original request to play this coming season). However, the actual dates on the calendar are still being worked out. Patience, patience.

 

[doggydaddy]

If the out-of conference schedule is completed why not announce it?

Don't believe these posters that are saying the teams have been selected but not the dates.

It's a conspiracy, just like the freshmen's minutes.

 

[Wonkster]

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Screw Mufffet. She can rot on her tuffet, for all I care.

If Notre Dame plays UConn in the regular season it's to their advantage, so as to prepare them for NCAA Tournament time. I think it's better we let her worry over the fact that she won't get a chance to preview her newest ideas for limiting Stewart.

Let her worry.

 

[Husky68]

ND has picked their league, play in it. If they want to play, it' a 3 for 1 with their 1 being on an aircraft carrier in San Diego. Uconn is the ND of WCBB and we should treat ND like they treated Uconn's football team.

 

[Kibitzer]

Notre Dame will probably play Duke 3 or 4 times this season, whereas they will be fortunate to play UConn once.

If ND does play UConn it will not be fortunate for the Irish, especially with Skylar gone and Stewie revving up. And Kaleena, Stef et al.

 

[HuskyNan]

If the out-of conference schedule is completed why not announce it?

Because ESPN has to peruse all available games/dates and decide which games it wants to scheule. Then other media types need to do the same thing. The Big East schedules used to be near the last to be published; the AAC might be a different story. We'll see.

 

[Vowelguy]

Seeing each other 3 or 4 times a year was getting stale

Stale?

Ask WCBB fans and media which were the best games of last year, and I'd bet that the 4 UConn-ND games are in the top 5. Top 10 at worst.

I didn't enjoy havign to play them so often, but no one can deny that WCBB has a lot of snoozer games or ones not played at the highest level. UConn-ND matches were easily among the most competitive, well played, exciting games.

 

[Icebear]

I'm with rocky. I thought it was stale, too, in the wearying sense. 8 times in two years was just too much of a good thing.

 

[Phil]

Don't believe these posters that are saying the teams have been selected but not the dates.

It's a conspiracy, just like the freshmen's minutes.

Never believe a poster who chooses an orange avatar.

What up with that?

 

[doggydaddy]

Never believe a poster who chooses an orange avatar.

What up with that?

Hey hey hey.....that's the color of my fur.

 

[boontonbomber]

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Screw Mufffet. She can rot on her tuffet, for all I care.

If Notre Dame plays UConn in the regular season it's to their advantage, so as to prepare them for NCAA Tournament time. I think it's better we let her worry over the fact that she won't get a chance to preview her newest ideas for limiting Stewart.

Let her worry.

you can't really think that it's not to uconn's advantage , also. and i don't think muffet's doing a whole lot of worrying about schedule, given that they're in a conference that's a whole lot more competitive than uconn's.

 

[Wonkster]

you can't really think that it's not to uconn's advantage , also. and i don't think muffet's doing a whole lot of worrying about schedule, given that they're in a conference that's a whole lot more competitive than uconn's.

So tell Geno he doesn't know what he's doing. He's surely tired of looking at those engineered fouls as Notre Dame's leading offensive weapon, too.

It'll be interesting to see if the ACC referees are half as generous to the newbie AAC member as the Big East officials seemed to be in falling all over themselves to bolster the Domer's Big East challenge to UConn.

 

[boontonbomber]

So tell Geno he doesn't know what he's doing. He's surely tired of looking at those engineered fouls as Notre Dame's leading offensive weapon, too.

you can't really think that geno doesn't want ND on their schedule, and every year if possible.

 

[Wonkster]

you can't really think that geno doesn't want ND on their schedule, and every year if possible.

Have you got anything besides a bare assertion?

 

[Wonkster]

If we meet them in the Final Four that will be just fine...

If .Notre Dame even makes it to the Final Four this season.