Next Years out of conference schedule (merged)

[oldude]

Sorry to my Huskie friends for ripping the Band-aid off those wounds....not my intention. If it makes you feel any better, UCLA got revenge for you on a late game screen call in our 2 point loss to them last month. This time an apparent illegal screen by Dugalic tripped Lucy Olsen with 3.8 seconds remaining in a tie game, who then fell into a UCLA teammate leading to a "blocking foul" and 2 FT's for the Bruins. FT's good; game over and 67-65 loss. We're over it but disappointing nonetheless. Let me whine so I feel better: rules state feet must be no wider than shoulder width on a screen; apparently Dugalic's shoulders are 5 feet wide:

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real time video:

Thanks for listening. Good luck in March Madness; lots of respect in Iowa for UConn.

It’s not you. It’s us. The illegal screen call on Aaliyah will be a source of debate on the Boneyard ad nauseam until all of us are pushing up daisies…

 

[Jonathan14]

Got a notice in my email this morning that the presale for the Shark Beauty Women's Championship Classic at Barclays starts today at Ticketmaster. Early access code is WCCBK if anyone is interested. Good seats are available and the prices aren't astronomical since the resale market hasn't come into play yet. (To get down to brass tacks, I got two seats on the aisle in row 14 of the center section of the lower bowl for $228; no, not cheap, but that will be my birthday weekend, so happy birthday to me. )

Here's the link to more (limited) info about the event. Games start at 7. If I were a betting woman, I'd say UConn–Iowa will be the later game, but the site doesn't confirm that.

 

[Vowelguy]

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[Vowelguy]

UConn to Face Iowa in Second Women’s Champions Classic - University of Connecticut Athletics

The UConn women's basketball team will face Iowa on Saturday, Dec. 20, at Barclays Center, in the second Shark Beauty Women's Champion Classic, Horizon Sports &

uconnhuskies.com

 

[Huskee11]

Got a notice in my email this morning that the presale for the Shark Beauty Women's Championship Classic at Barclays starts today at Ticketmaster. Early access code is WCCBK if anyone is interested. Good seats are available and the prices aren't astronomical since the resale market hasn't come into play yet. (To get down to brass tacks, I got two seats on the aisle in row 14 of the center section of the lower bowl for $228; no, not cheap, but that will be my birthday weekend, so happy birthday to me. )

Here's the link to more (limited) info about the event. Games start at 7. If I were a betting woman, I'd say UConn–Iowa will be the later game, but the site doesn't confirm that.

I got a notice today from UConn that went to all season ticket holders advising them to hold off, they have reserved a block of tickets that will be made available to season ticket holders in a couple of months at a 10% discount.

Hopefully enough, hopefully well-placed.

So if you are a season ticket holder, take that into consideration.

 

[Jonathan14]

I got a notice today from UConn that went to all season ticket holders advising them to hold off, they have reserved a block of tickets that will be made available to season ticket holders in a couple of months at a 10% discount.

Hopefully enough, hopefully well-placed.

So if you are a season ticket holder, take that into consideration.

Yup, I got that email too...after I had already bought my tickets. Frustrating that the email from UConn athletics didn't give any sense of where their block of tickets is. Oh well, I'll check out where the UConn block is when they're made available in a couple of months. If they're more appealing, I can always buy a new pair and resell the ones I bought in the presale (at the price I paid for them; I refuse to be party to the extortionate resale market).

 

[Zarathustra]

Sorry to my Husky friends for ripping the Band-aid off those wounds....not my intention. If it makes you feel any better, UCLA got revenge for you on a late game screen call in our 2 point loss to them last month. This time an apparent illegal screen by Dugalic tripped Lucy Olsen with 3.8 seconds remaining in a tie game, who then fell into a UCLA teammate leading to a "blocking foul" and 2 FT's for the Bruins. FT's good; game over and 67-65 loss. We're over it but disappointing nonetheless. Let me whine so I feel better: rules state feet must be no wider than shoulder width on a screen; apparently Dugalic's shoulders are 5 feet wide:

(click on images to get full screen)

real time video:

Thanks for listening. Good luck in March Madness; lots of respect in Iowa for UConn.

A "picture" (or video) is worth 10,000 words. I can't imagine being "over it".
I'm a big Lucy fan. "I LOVE LUCY" (especially when she was not playing UCONN!)

 

[Fossil]

Wow, Oldude, you had to bring this up. That argument bears no weight. If it isn't called and Aaliyah has blocked the defender's path to guard Paige, wouldn't that be potentially deciding the game? You're also assuming UConn would have scored in the next two seconds or so, a rather presumptive assumption.

Aaliyah had a long history at UConn of illegal screens, including one just a minute or two earlier that wasn't called. It's on Geno and UConn that they paid the price for not coaching her to do it correctly.

If someone wanted to reply to that last post, it would be very easy to show numerous times where Iowa set moving pics that were not called so to do it at that point of the game after not having done at all game long was ridiculous. True that the shot may not have gone in, but at least they’re probably would’ve been a shot which should have happened. And clearly the review shows that was an exaggeration on the screen which the refs fell for or are just incompetent

 

[oldude]

By the way, Maggie Vanoni indicates that UConn’s all time record vs Iowa is 6-4. That’s incorrect. UConn has only played the Hawkeyes 3 times, winning 2 and losing 1.

 

[Jonathan14]

By the way, Maggie Vanoni indicates that UConn’s all time record vs Iowa is 6-4. That’s incorrect. UConn has only played the Hawkeyes 3 times, winning 2 and losing 1.

In recent years, yes, but UConn played Iowa back when C. Vivian Stringer was their head coach. I remember hearing an interview where Geno praised her for being willing to play a home and home with UConn when Iowa was a strong program and UConn was on the way up. This article mentions how one of her Iowa teams gave him "the worst loss of his career."

 

[oldude]

In recent years, yes, but UConn played Iowa back when C. Vivian Stringer was their head coach. I remember hearing an interview where Geno praised her for being willing to play a home and home with UConn when Iowa was a strong program and UConn was on the way up. This article mentions how one of her Iowa teams gave him "the worst loss of his career."

I stand corrected.

 

[MSGRET]

Sorry to my Husky friends for ripping the Band-aid off those wounds....not my intention. If it makes you feel any better, UCLA got revenge for you on a late game screen call in our 2 point loss to them last month. This time an apparent illegal screen by Dugalic tripped Lucy Olsen with 3.8 seconds remaining in a tie game, who then fell into a UCLA teammate leading to a "blocking foul" and 2 FT's for the Bruins. FT's good; game over and 67-65 loss. We're over it but disappointing nonetheless. Let me whine so I feel better: rules state feet must be no wider than shoulder width on a screen; apparently Dugalic's shoulders are 5 feet wide:

(click on images to get full screen)

real time video:

Thanks for listening. Good luck in March Madness; lots of respect in Iowa for UConn.

Actually I believe that the ref that called it should not be officiating any NCAA Tournament games this year and the other two should not officiate any after the first two rounds of the first weekend.

 

[JeannoCT]

I was hoping we'd get the Vegas tournament. Not sure when it is. I love Vegas and I love UConn!

 

[Dugway]

I recall that last summer The Boneyard was all on pins and needles waiting to see the final 24-25' schedule. The entire conference was being held up so that everyone could announce at once or something like that.

I have no inside information, but my assumption is that it was probably UConn that was the last to finalize the schedule, and it was a result of our Out of Conference scheduling. The long and the short of it is, that SEC teams, Big 10 teams, ACC teams, and Big 12 teams are all in the midst of their difficult conference schedule during the same portion of the season that UConn would like to play them. I saw comments from South Carolina and Tennessee, who both indicated that they had to really work to finagle their schedules to fit in the UConn game, and they were at undesirable timeframes for each of those teams. Given the matchups, given the T.V. publicity and previous commitments for the game they were obligated and got it done in January, but they didn't like it.

I guess my point is that it takes two to tango and I can imagine that several teams would likely entertain playing UConn, however only if that game were to occur prior to Christmas.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Is this a one game thing...or is it winners play/losers play?

it's a doubleheader.

 

[ThisJustIn]

I have 2 thoughts on that particular call. My first thought is that technically speaking it was a moving screen. My 2nd thought is that no referee should ever make that call at that point in the game to effectively decide the outcome of the game.

Hard disagree. If it's a moving screen, it shouldn't matter when it happens in a game. The player caused the referee to to make the call.
Or, shall we just say, 3 minutes left, "NOTHING IS A FOUL! GO AT'EM!"