Not an NCAA tournament team

[amory]

No. It wasn't reasonable. Tulsa was favored to win the game. UConn's chances are not "pretty bleak".

And the fact that Tulsa, TULSA, was favored to beat us, doesn't tell you that our chances are bleak? Wake up dude.

This is not a team that will get an at-large bid. Our saving grace might end up being the tournament taking place in Hartford.

 

[1999.2004.2011]

We lost on the road to a team that made the NCAA tourney last year...not the end of the world. We have an exceptionally young team, and these games are going to happen.

I have full faith in Kevin Ollie and the coaching staff to develop this team throughout this season and going forward. It is incredibly difficult to replace two of the top three scorers when one of those players was the best in college basketball (Napier) and the second was a top 35 pick in the NBA draft (Daniels).

 

[ecasadoSBU]

A little premature to count Connecticut out of the NCAA. Still a lot of basketball left and Connecticut has plenty of opportunities to pull things together. It has happened before and it can happened again. Teams grow as the season progresses so lets not count Conencticut out

 

[storrsroars]

A little premature to count Connecticut out of the NCAA. Still a lot of basketball left and Connecticut has plenty of opportunities to pull things together. It has happened before and it can happened again. Teams grow as the season progresses so lets not count Conencticut out

9-6 with no signature wins and a couple of bad losses. Middling RPI/SOS. It's simply not an NCAA resume, nor are there opportunities to gain a signature win the rest of the way. Even if they fix their issues and go 12-3 and end up 21-9, they're a bubble team.

IMO, it's win the AAC tourney or go home. At least make the finals.

 

[Bonehead]

No. It wasn't reasonable. Tulsa was favored to win the game. UConn's chances are not "pretty bleak".

You guys crack me up with this Favored to win the game - +1

What about the games UConn lost when they were favored? Or we arent factoring those into play?

 

[Jaker]

9-6 with no signature wins and a couple of bad losses. Middling RPI/SOS. It's simply not an NCAA resume, nor are there opportunities to gain a signature win the rest of the way. Even if they fix their issues and go 12-3 and end up 21-9, they're a bubble team.

IMO, it's win the AAC tourney or go home. At least make the finals.

Luckily, there are not a lot of good teams in college hoops this year and the committee will be hard pressed to find 64 worthy teams.

 

[Jerry1714]

9-6 with no signature wins and a couple of bad losses. Middling RPI/SOS. It's simply not an NCAA resume, nor are there opportunities to gain a signature win the rest of the way. Even if they fix their issues and go 12-3 and end up 21-9, they're a bubble team.

IMO, it's win the AAC tourney or go home. At least make the finals.

What do you define as a signature win? 2 games versus SMU (RPI 23), at Stanford, at Temple and at Cincy (all in the 30s RPI), are these not good wins?

Is a win over Dayton, 17th RPI and on the verge of being ranked again, not a good win?

21-9 gives them an RPI in the 30s, and then there is the AAC tournament to improve on that even more. That is a tournament team.

People are saying they need to find 64 teams, no they do not, they need to find 68! I am at a loss if some people even follow this sport outside of UConn.

 

[storrsroars]

What do you define as a signature win? 2 games versus SMU (RPI 23), at Stanford, at Temple and at Cincy (all in the 30s RPI), are these not good wins?

Is a win over Dayton, 17th RPI and on the verge of being ranked again, not a good win?

21-9 gives them an RPI in the 30s, and then there is the AAC tournament to improve on that even more. That is a tournament team.

People are saying they need to find 64 teams, no they do not, they need to find 68! I am at a loss if some people even follow this sport outside of UConn.

Did not SMU miss the Dance last year?

You mention SMU twice, Stanford, Temple and Cincy. And I said we'd lose three more (which you seem to have quoted). I'd expect those three losses to come in those five games.

Which would leave UConn is looking about the same or worse than SMU last year.

 

[Jerry1714]

Did not SMU miss the Dance last year?

You mention SMU twice, Stanford, Temple and Cincy. And I said we'd lose three more (which you seem to have quoted). I'd expect those three losses to come in those five games.

Which would leave UConn is looking about the same or worse than SMU last year.

No it would not. In fact UConn would have a much much better resume then SMU did last year.

SMU had an RPI in the 50s, a SOS in the 130s and NCSOS over 300.

UConn's RPI would be in the low 30s, NCSOS in the 40s and SOS in the 50-60s probably, and with the conference tournament to improve on it.

 

[pnow15]

The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings. So, please leave your girlfriends home.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

What do you define as a signature win? 2 games versus SMU (RPI 23), at Stanford, at Temple and at Cincy (all in the 30s RPI), are these not good wins?

Is a win over Dayton, 17th RPI and on the verge of being ranked again, not a good win?

21-9 gives them an RPI in the 30s, and then there is the AAC tournament to improve on that even more. That is a tournament team.

People are saying they need to find 64 teams, no they do not, they need to find 68! I am at a loss if some people even follow this sport outside of UConn.

C'mon, be honest, though. Those are nice (or, in this case, necessary) wins for the resume, but they're not "signature wins." A signature win would have been Duke or Texas.

 

[Greathusky]

Unless we win the league tournament, our chances for the dance are so variable at this point. It comes down to the number of upsets in the league tournaments. The less upsets, the better our chances.

 

[Jerry1714]

C'mon, be honest, though. Those are nice (or, in this case, necessary) wins for the resume, but they're not "signature wins." A signature win would have been Duke or Texas.

Texas? Their RPI is 35 and they have 0 Top 50 wins. Cincy is 37. Tulsa is 34. Dayton is 20.

If you said West Virginia I would give it to you, but come on.

 

[champs99and04]

C'mon, be honest, though. Those are nice (or, in this case, necessary) wins for the resume, but they're not "signature wins." A signature win would have been Duke or Texas.

I would think that beating Dayton on a neutral court would be considered more impressive than beating Texas at home at this juncture. Swap the results, and Dayton is sitting at 15-1 and Texas is a spiraling 11-5 squad. I think you're point is right, though.

Incidentally, playing teams like Tulsa is exactly the type of game I dread with this team. They aren't a big enough name to demand our peak performance (not that this team can summon one at will) but good enough to beat us. I bet they'll play a lot better on Saturday, even if they don't win.

 

[joober jones]

I love UConn Basketball more than I love myself, yet what is it with this fanbase/board? Why is it whenever someone chooses to show even the slightest sign of displeasure with what he has seen, everyone's response is to gang up on them and attack their level of fandom, as if it makes them "better" fans in any way. When bad performances occur, there must be room for criticism, or else things will not improve. The behavior of some fans on this board reminds me of the Conservatives on Fox News: Obama "The U.S. needs to disassociate itself from the Middle East", Fox Analyst "Obama clearly doesnt love America, these are the words of a traitor."

The OP posted literally one line of text and everyone is burying him for it, and the best part? What he said is 100% reasonable based on the things seen from this team by any RATIONAL individual. Grow up guys.

I like the argument you're making here, but for the love of God, please never even come close to equating Obama and UConn in any way, shape or form. I know you weren't attempting to do so, but still...

 

[Scot-e]

I hate to say it but with a loss to Tulsa tonight, our chances of making the tournament as an at large bid are looking pretty bleak

Ur a little biatch.

 

[whaler11]

People are saying they need to find 64 teams, no they do not, they need to find 68! I am at a loss if some people even follow this sport outside of UConn.

They don't so the relative nature of
bids is lost on them.

It's a lot of change - it's a new dynamic where the 8th and 9th best leagues can get multiple at large bids on top of their AQ.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Texas? Their RPI is 35 and they have 0 Top 50 wins. Cincy is 37. Tulsa is 34. Dayton is 20.

If you said West Virginia I would give it to you, but come on.

Okay, Duke would have been a signature win. Better? West Virginia would not be. West Virginia would have been a nice neutral court win over a good team. Maybe I'm not being expansive enough in my definition, but there don't appear to be signature wins available on the schedule at this juncture. There are wins that help the resume in the eyes of the committee.

 

[Jerry1714]

Okay, Duke would have been a signature win. Better? West Virginia would not be. West Virginia would have been a nice neutral court win over a good team. Maybe I'm not being expansive enough in my definition, but there don't appear to be signature wins available on the schedule at this juncture. There are wins that help the resume in the eyes of the committee.

If WVU would not have been a signature win then I have no clue what you define as a signature win, none.

 

[RipCity]

The most important thing is having someone become a very serious scoring threat rather than a complimentary player (think Lamb freshman year). Not every team has someone emerge, and this might not happen for us. If it doesn't, I don't care about making the tournament, because we wouldn't make it past the first round.

There's so much more basketball to play though. February always seems the longest. We could be a totally different team by the time we play our conference tournament. Let's hope we evolve, and be thankful we have a coach that's up to the challenge.

 

[UC Billy]

Oh how you are so so right. Their are some good guys on this board but some of them are bottom line s. You can't be critical without them jumping all over your back. But then again, they have nothing else better to do. Plus it's getting under there skin that is the most fun because I could careless what they call me. So this troll is signing out.

I love UConn Basketball more than I love myself, yet what is it with this fanbase/board? Why is it whenever someone chooses to show even the slightest sign of displeasure with what he has seen, everyone's response is to gang up on them and attack their level of fandom, as if it makes them "better" fans in any way. When bad performances occur, there must be room for criticism, or else things will not improve. The behavior of some fans on this board reminds me of the Conservatives on Fox News: Obama "The U.S. needs to disassociate itself from the Middle East", Fox Analyst "Obama clearly doesnt love America, these are the words of a traitor."

The OP posted literally one line of text and everyone is burying him for it, and the best part? What he said is 100% reasonable based on the things seen from this team by any RATIONAL individual. Grow up guys.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

If WVU would not have been a signature win then I have no clue what you define as a signature win, none.

I can tell.

 

[jibsey]

You know, one thing I always complain about is how badly we shoot the ball this year but watching so called prominent teams today in games I'm noticing that they shoot like crap too.

 

[nomar]

Oh how you are so so right. Their are some good guys on this board but some of them are bottom line s. You can't be critical without them jumping all over your back. But then again, they have nothing else better to do. Plus it's getting under there skin that is the most fun because I could careless what they call me. So this troll is signing out.

Hogwash. There isn't a single poster here who hasn't had harsh things to say about the team's play. But there are so many open threads about games, the team, etc -- why do people feel the need to start a thread titled "this team stinks" or "we're going to the nit"? They're babies, that's why. Babies having temper tantrums. People shouldn't post within 2 hours after a loss; this board would be much better for it. Anger doesn't give you clarity. Time does.

This team isn't playing well. We all know it.

 

[UCFan1513]

Hate to bring back an old thread, but to anyone who called me out and thought this team would be worthy of an at large bid with the way they're playing, it's time to face the reality that they just aren't that good,

 

[3rdbass]

Hate to bring back an old thread, but to anyone who called me out and thought this team would be worthy of an at large bid with the way they're playing, it's time to face the reality that they just aren't that good,

Thanks for pointing out the obvious. There is still a chance of winning the AAC tourney if Dham can develop into RB's Robin by the end of the year.

 

[Migs]

Another attention whore, here's a response.

 

[jibsey]

Hate to bring back an old thread, but to anyone who called me out and thought this team would be worthy of an at large bid with the way they're playing, it's time to face the reality that they just aren't that good,

I think we all kinda know that, and many of us were hoping that our eyeballs were lying to us.

 

[UCFan1513]

Another attention whore, here's a response.

You're just upset you were wrong...

 

[Gurleyman]

You're just upset you were wrong...

It's more disturbing that you're so happy about being right.