New USA Today coaches poll out.

[doggydaddy]

Stanford drops to #5.

Uconn received all the votes for #1, convincing that one voter who voted for Tennessee last week.

Was it Uconn's performance agains Stanford or Tennessee's performance that did it?

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/rankings

 

[pap49cba]

Stanford dropped 2 spots and Cal dropped 1 spot.

 

[ocoandasoc]

"Uconn received all the votes for #1, convincing that one voter who voted for Tennessee last week."

Maybe not. Four of the USA Today voters failed to submit a ballot on time this week.

 

[Boxerpups4me]

Stanford drops to #5.

Uconn received all the votes for #1, convincing that one voter who voted for Tennessee last week.

Was it Uconn's performance agains Stanford or Tennessee's performance that did it?

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/rankings

Tennessee has played two away games against top 30 opponents, so yes, I say the coaches are convinced Tennessee is a legitimate #3 ranked team. It's still early, they can and will get better by NCAA tournament time..

 

[semper]

UNC went down two; I thought they would drop further after last night.

 

[calpedaler]

Tennessee has played two away games against top 30 opponents, so yes, I say the coaches are convinced Tennessee is a legitimate #3 ranked team. It's still early, they can and will get better by NCAA tournament time..

People always make this comment about other teams. Doris said it last night about Stanford. UConn always seems to be improved tournament time also.

 

[doggydaddy]

Tennessee has played two away games against top 30 opponents, so yes, I say the coaches are convinced Tennessee is a legitimate #3 ranked team. It's still early, they can and will get better by NCAA tournament time..

Top 30?.....lol.

My point was on the voter that had Tennessee #1 last week. Third is ok with me for them.

 

[Kibitzer]

Tennessee has played two away games against top 30 opponents, so yes, I say the coaches are convinced Tennessee is a legitimate #3 ranked team. It's still early, they can and will get better by NCAA tournament time..

Statements like this ("can and will get better. . . .") appear here often. The posters seem to assume that only their team (in this instance, Tennessee) will be improving and their competitors (Stanford, ND, PSU, etc.) will not.

This position is illogical and based on the assumption that Holly is a wizard while Tara, Muffet, Coquese et al are a bunch of incompetent dopes.

How dumb.

 

[Boxerpups4me]

Statements like this ("can and will get better. . . .") appear here often. The posters seem to assume that only their team (in this instance, Tennessee) will be improving and their competitors (Stanford, ND, PSU, etc.) will not.

This position is illogical and based on the assumption that Holly is a wizard while Tara, Muffet, Coquese et al are a bunch of incompetent dopes.

How dumb.

Which posters you referring to? In another thread I clearly stated that UNC would be a contender for an ACC championship and that they would be much improved by the end of the season. I posted this after Tennessee won the game. Holly doesn't need to be a "wizard" to improve a bit of sloppy play Tennessee has had in it's first two games.

 

[Boxerpups4me]

Top 30?.....lol.

My point was on the voter that had Tennessee #1 last week. Third is ok with me for them.

I don't think many people think of MTSU as a top 30 team, but the reality is they have a very good team this year.

 

[HuskyNan]

I don't think many people think of MTSU as a top 30 team, but the reality is they have a very good team this year.

They're well coached and have been on the national radar since Insell got there.

 

[doggydaddy]

They're well coached and have been on the national radar since Insell got there.

I agree. I was laughing that beating a top 30 team means something.

 

[doggydaddy]

Which posters you referring to? In another thread I clearly stated that UNC would be a contender for an ACC championship and that they would be much improved by the end of the season. I posted this after Tennessee won the game. Holly doesn't need to be a "wizard" to improve a bit of sloppy play Tennessee has had in it's first two games.

But she does need to be a "wizard" to team some semblance of an offense. Looks the same as last year to me.

 

[Boxerpups4me]

But she does need to be a "wizard" to team some semblance of an offense. Looks the same as last year to me.

They had 23 turnovers and looked shaky on offense at times, but still scored 81 points. UCONN runs it's offense like a well oiled machine many times, so I understand your pessimism about our offense.

 

[Sonny44]

Tennessee has played two away games against top 30 opponents, so yes, I say the coaches are convinced Tennessee is a legitimate #3 ranked team. It's still early, they can and will get better by NCAA tournament time..

What teams get worse during the season; barring injuries of course?

 

[Icebear]

They had 23 turnovers and looked shaky on offense at times, but still scored 81 points. UCONN runs it's offense like a well oiled machine many times, so I understand your pessimism about our offense.

Against a team whose best defense is reserved for the last piece of cake in the dessert line.

 

[Boxerpups4me]

What teams get worse during the season; barring injuries of course?

What teams get worse during the season; barring injuries of course?

Well, just looking back at Tennessee's 2009 team in which they lost a first round tournament game to Ball St, I'd say that's a pretty good example of a team that regressed during the season. I guess my main point is that Tennessee has a lot they can improve on and learn from. UCONN looks really good early on, but I'm sure Geno sees things his team can improve on.

 

[triaddukefan]

Against a team whose best defense is reserved for the last piece of cake in the dessert line.

No offense Mr Bear... but dont you think you are being unnecessarily harsh on UNC ??

 

[HuskyNan]

You know, guys, boxerpups has been more than civil, considering that just about all of his posts have been mocked. If he were a, say, USF fan saying the things he's been saying, would he be getting the same flak?

 

[Icebear]

Boxerpups is great but it isn't like we don't mock each other and even our own posts, too. Boxer pups had me at the handle my family has long had boxers.

 

[doggydaddy]

You know, guys, boxerpups has been more than civil, considering that just about all of his posts have been mocked. If he were a, say, USF fan saying the things he's been saying, would he be getting the same flak?

If a USF fan said he was using a win over a top 30 team as reason to justify their ranking, I would not mock them. It's USF.

If a UConn fan used a win over a top 30 opponent to justify being #1, I would mock them. As would everyone else on this board.

The fact that Boxerpups did that with Tennessee deserved mocking. I was gentle...

And I like Boxerpups. I hope he/she doesn't take this too seriously.

 

[Phil]

Statements like this ("can and will get better. . . .") appear here often. The posters seem to assume that only their team (in this instance, Tennessee) will be improving and their competitors (Stanford, ND, PSU, etc.) will not.

This position is illogical and based on the assumption that Holly is a wizard while Tara, Muffet, Coquese et al are a bunch of incompetent dopes.

How dumb.

I'm not sure I would phrase it that way, but yeah. Most teams will improve. But, like Alice, they have to run to stay even. Can they do better than that? Some will, some won't, which means some teams will improve over the course of a season, yet fall back in the pack.