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It took a global pandemic to keep Geno from winning his 12th Title. UConn was playing the best basketball in the country. The Basketball Gods have been jealous lately.
 
donalddoowop said:
Ionescu had a tough season. First, losing good friends Koby and his daughter, then not getting the chance to win a NC and losing any chance to accomplish any more big time records. She did accomplish the one big thing she initially wanted when she chose Oregon. She wanted to go to a program that was not a prominent one and help make it prominent. She accomplished that.

One thing I left out about Ionescu. She also won't get the chance to play in the WNBA this season. It would have been interesting to see who would have been drafted number one.
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Got to feel bad for Lonescu. She was driven to win a Title. I still think Geno would have created a gameplan to lock her up & UConn would have beaten SC in the Finals. But, she still will be the #1 Draft Pick. Hope she gets to play!!
 
j66kicker said:
Massey has a lot more credibility than the RPI, AP or coaches poll. But just with my eye test, Oregon would kick SC's butts right now. Hebard and Sabally would eat Boston alive, and then Chavez, Boley and Ionescu would rain 3's down on the rest of the cocks til they cried for mercy.
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Too bad we can not see Oregon South Carolina settle it on the court. IMHO, South Carolina is the best team in the country.
 
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Geno and Tara will break Pat Summitt's Number of Games won in the Same Year. Probably within a week or two of each other. Tara needs 4 Wins to Tie Pat, and that probably would have been in the Elite Eight Game to determine if Stanford was going to the F4 this year. The would probably have been playing Baylor so she might not have tied Pat this year anyway. Still it would have been a lot of pressure for Stanford. Win Go to the F4 and also Tie Pat Summitt for the # of Games Won.
 
Wbbfan1 said:
Geno and Tara will break Pat Summitt's Number of Games won in the Same Year. Probably within a week or two of each other. Tara needs 4 Wins to Tie Pat, and that probably would have been in the Elite Eight Game to determine if Stanford was going to the F4 this year. The would probably have been playing Baylor so she might not have tied Pat this year anyway. Still it would have been a lot of pressure for Stanford. Win Go to the F4 and also Tie Pat Summitt for the # of Games Won.
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I think Stanford would’ve had a very decent chance of beating Baylor. It would have been a great game, and the chance to tie the record would’ve added tremendous buzz. It won’t be the same when she gets the record in November.

Yet another reason to mourn the loss of the NCAA tournament.
 
bballnut90 said:
Major bummer for all of the players, coaches and fans but the smartest move at this point. Congrats to all the graduating seniors on outstanding careers. Stay safe everyone
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Yep, fear and panic reigns.
 
No back-to-back titles for Mulkey. Tough blow, as a 3rd title would have separated her from the pack.
 
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I feel so bad for all the coaches and players. You work so hard at something and a totally out of your control circumstance out of nowhere intervenes.

Let's face it, we would have need a lot of luck to win it to this year. Just to make it to the Final 4. And we've seen our team win a title 11 times. Imagine being an Oregon fan. Their greatest shot ever to win their first championship and they won't even get the chance.
 
BostonBay said:
Got to feel bad for Lonescu. She was driven to win a Title. I still think Geno would have created a gameplan to lock her up & UConn would have beaten SC in the Finals. But, she still will be the #1 Draft Pick. Hope she gets to play!!
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I actually predicted your post if they canceled the NCAA's. No one can prove you wrong. But then again the ND fans are saying that they would have gotten invited to the dance and won it all and no one can prove them wrong either.

Unfortunately for Sabrina there might not be a WNBA season this year either.
 
BostonBay said:
Does that mean the Bruins are Stanley Cup champs & the Bucks are NBA champs?
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yep. obviously it means a lot less than normal years and the season is ruined, but they are champions of the ruined season.
 
MSGRET said:
Nope, No tourney, No Champion!
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Earlier this week I opined that the Tournament be canceled and SC be named NC with an *, based on the latest polls and their longevity as No. 1. Obviously that was not received very well.
Now, I don't know but I believe that some of the Men's Tournaments that have been canceled are naming the Regular Season Champions as the 2020 Champions.
 
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Centerstream said:
Earlier this week I opined that the Tournament be canceled and SC be named NC with an *, based on the latest polls and their longevity as No. 1. Obviously that was not received very well.
Now, I don't know but I believe that some of the Men's Tournaments that have been canceled are naming the Regular Season Champions as the 2020 Champions.
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If I'm not mistaken, college basketball always recognized BOTH the regular season champion and the conference tournament champion as official records.
 
Lucelab113 said:
I feel so bad for all the coaches and players. You work so hard at something and a totally out of your control circumstance out of nowhere intervenes.

Let's face it, we would have need a lot of luck to win it to this year. Just to make it to the Final 4. And we've seen our team win a title 11 times. Imagine being an Oregon fan. Their greatest shot ever to win their first championship and they won't even get the chance.
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Yeah tbh I think the blow is heaviest for the Oregon fans. Ionescu is a generational player. Hebard has been their rock in the interior for 4 whole years. Plus Sabally and Moore in their last years.

Oregon will still be a force with their returning talent plus Sedona and Nyara plus a great recruiting class. But no influx of new talent can instantly replace the 3-4 years of experience and chemistry in the core of this outstanding departing class.

Then you add in the fact that Oregon was hunting their 1st NC, and the pill is even tougher.
 
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Sorry, there is no national champion this year. But there are some conference champions--unlike on the men's side. Everyone will have to be satisfied with the final polls. They gives teams their final status, but no championship.

The players I feel worst for are Crystal and Sabrina, as well as those who got into the tourney for the first time.

Yeah, we were a notch below the top 3 teams, but we seemed to have turned the corner and had lots of momentum. Well never know what would have happened.
 
Boston & SC had a shot to win 4 titles in a row matching Breanna/UConn's 4 in a row. No way to match that now. Boston is a generational player.
 
willtalk said:
I actually predicted your post if they canceled the NCAA's. No one can prove you wrong. But then again the ND fans are saying that they would have gotten invited to the dance and won it all and no one can prove them wrong either.

Unfortunately for Sabrina there might not be a WNBA season this year either.
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The ND fans were ineligible for the NCAAs because they had a losing record. No dice on that one.
 
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