No Concerns

[NycUcWbbFan]

The Big East is very weak. UConn is NOT getting ready for March by playing any of those teams. If the game was even remotely competitive, it's because UConn played poorly or just shot poorly. Period.

Maybe Geno and CD are just unicorns in preparing their teams for the NCAAT? (Source: SRSCB):

• The SRS statistic is on every team/ conference page.

Despite UConn’s conference affiliation? (Source: SRSCB Big East Conference Index).

• Check out the Big East’s SRS for UConn’s championship years.

The Big East has always been one of the stronger conferences (out of 31 conferences), ranked from as high as 2/3 to as low as 10 (1 time). It is typically in the Top 5/6/7 of conferences by SRS every year. Source

• Being in the Big East may be beneficial.

 

[hoophuskee]

What it really comes down to is UCONN doesn't have a very tough, interesting schedule this year.

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I guess it comes down to as a fan how much does the schedule matter to each person. For me, if I'm going to spend 2 hours of my day watching a game, I want to be entertained. Geno's style imo fits the exact way his teams need to play and the style he employs is just fun to watch which is why I became such a fan. .I think it's why many became such a fan. And over the years imo his use of the bench has been spot on too. For me this means play fastbreak basketball whether you have 5 or 10. I love watching explosive offense and fastbreak basketball. As a result, for example a post was made on this thread that the game was in some manner boring/unattackable. And it's a post you liked as well I believe. For me this game and the last that you and some others complained in some manner about were fast paced basketball. I loved it.

I say this in fun - so take it that way- I feel sorry for some of you that can't appreciate fast paced basketball regardless of the opponent. Did you know that the pace of play which I checked was 81.4 with providence and 79.2 with Villanova? The 81% which you and other seem to think so bad (wehther boring or poor play in your view) in some manner this past game is deemed as rare in the wcbb world. And the pace in the Nova game only gets ranked between 1% and 2% of the time- closer to 1%.

I guess we just have different views of our enjoyment to watch. This game imo was extremely fun to watch. Their pace was incredible. No top 10 team has achieved that pace in a single game and only 3 or 4 achieved higher than 79.2. .I guess I have much more enjoyment of the team than caring as much as you and some others do of the opponenet.

 

[meyers7]

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I guess it comes down to as a fan how much does the schedule matter to each person. For me, if I'm going to spend 2 hours of my day watching a game, I want to be entertained. Geno's style imo fits the exact way his teams need to play and the style he employs is just fun to watch which is why I became such a fan. .I think it's why many became such a fan. And over the years imo his use of the bench has been spot on too. For me this means play fastbreak basketball whether you have 5 or 10. I love watching explosive offense and fastbreak basketball. As a result, for example a post was made on this thread that the game was in some manner boring/unattackable. And it's a post you liked as well I believe. For me this game and the last that you and some others complained in some manner about were fast paced basketball. I loved it.

I say this in fun - so take it that way- I feel sorry for some of you that can't appreciate fast paced basketball regardless of the opponent. Did you know that the pace of play which I checked was 81.4 with providence and 79.2 with Villanova? The 81% which you and other seem to think so bad (wehther boring or poor play in your view) in some manner this past game is deemed as rare in the wcbb world. And the pace in the Nova game only gets ranked between 1% and 2% of the time- closer to 1%.

I guess we just have different views of our enjoyment to watch. This game imo was extremely fun to watch. Their pace was incredible. No top 10 team has achieved that pace in a single game and only 3 or 4 achieved higher than 79.2. .I guess I have much more enjoyment of the team than caring as much as you and some others do of the opponenet.

Not sure why you're trying to explain this to me. I enjoy watching UCONN blow teams out. Good teams, bad teams, whatever. BUT I would rather see them blow out a S. Carolina, Texas, a top ranked team, than blow out a not ranked team. It's more fun.

The point though that we're (at least me and a couple people on here) discussing is UCONN did NOT blow out Nova. UCONN played rather poorly (as compared to how they can and have played) and that made for a more "competitive" game. This made some people very happy. Not me. I'd much prefer a blow out. Especially of a non-ranked BE team.

I love watching UCONN play well.....but against Nova, they didn't play very well. (again comparatively)

 

[meyers7]

We’ve lost the point of this discussion. You made it sound like a UConn win is inevitable against certain teams. I disagree. If the Huskies are sick or injured, disrespectful to the opponent by not playing to their ability, or simply outplayed, they can lose to anyone.

And @oldude , it doesn’t matter if Azzi didn’t play or if Sarah was a freshman, if UConn was playing to their ability they should have beaten anyone. But they didn’t. We don’t know why because it was a secret scrimmage but lose they did

That's my point. UCONN didn't play well against Nova. Sooooo, people shouldn't be so happy about having a "competitive" game.

Having a "competitive" game against a S. Carolina or UCLA (top ranked team) = good

Having a "competitive" game against Nova (a not ranked BE team) because UCONN played poorly = bad

 

[meyers7]

And Geno was thrilled. He had something to hold over them for months.

That, sure for Geno. But us fans are not Geno.

 

[hoophuskee]

Not sure why you're trying to explain this to me. I enjoy watching UCONN blow teams out. Good teams, bad teams, whatever. BUT I would rather see them blow out a S. Carolina, Texas, a top ranked team, than blow out a not ranked team. It's more fun.

The point though that we're (at least me and a couple people on here) discussing is UCONN did NOT blow out Nova. UCONN played rather poorly (as compared to how they can and have played) and that made for a more "competitive" game. This made some people very happy. Not me. I'd much prefer a blow out. Especially of a non-ranked BE team.

I love watching UCONN play well.....but against Nova, they didn't play very well. (again comparatively)

I'm sorry I goofed. In the Prov Thread someone (don’t want to name) said game was "tough to watch." I thought you provided "A like." I goofed. My bad.

It's all about preferences. And if that's your preference great which is mine too. And I didn’t know if it's the same for you I can have a preference but still like very, very, very much a secondary preference. Ergo the fast pace being brought back unlike the Marquette game. With that fast pace being as it was and Nova shooting way over-their-head-- it was a fun game. The point is yeah I am happy and people are okay to be happy too. The opponent was Nova. That was the game I was watching. Not UC vs SoCar.

And with Blanca getting back and Sarah having a good game - that made it much more understandable as the stats of pace of play show that Marquette was unusual while pace of play picked up considerably vs Nova. Which I found out was among overall the best this year from top 10 teams. Gotta love it. Why wouldn't people be happy about this? Sarah being back to unreal efficiency vs Nova is an example.

In fact it was no accident that Geno cited that the team finally missed Blanca after the Marq game. Seven of the 9 core players played for a title team last year (regardless if some weren't core), one transfer played for an E8 team, and Geno is citing that his team missed a freshman. That's a pretty big thing, isn't it?

Also, there has been some pretty wierd unwarranted paranoia going around such as some post which I can no longer find that someone has suggested that Sarah has hit the soph wall. Unless context is provided that she's been sick and if so her wall is still pretty spectacular.

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[Skeets]

Someone please explain to me the calculus on how the quality of who UConn has to play says anything about the quality of the UConn team? I say it says jack.

 

[hoophuskee]

That, sure for Geno. But us fans are not Geno.

As a result some of us fans don't make a big deal over a 2 game stretch in which they don't play as well but they still win. And stil enjoy the wins, and at least one of the games if not both.