Power rankings

[HuskyNan]

More to argue about

Hey! Carla’s Princeton team makes the list!

Women's college basketball power rankings: Louisville picks up big win against rival Kentucky

With conference play approaching, the 11-1 Cardinals are No. 7 in the power rankings

www.cbssports.com

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

Hey! Carla’s Princeton team makes the list!

Carla Berube was an "outside of the box" hire, in the sense that she was a Division III coach, not Division I. But all she did at Tufts was win -- she won exactly 80 percent of her games with the Jumbos, going 384-96 in 17 seasons while reaching the NCAA Division III final twice, the Final Four four times and the Sweet 16 nine times, including each of the last eight.

I liken it to when Ohio State hired Jim Tressell from Youngstown State. While Tressell did not have Division I-A head coaching experience, he had won four national titles in Division I-AA. Winning is winning.

Berube's challenge will be to replace Bella Alarie, who graduates this year. Berube has signed Kaitlyn Chen, who is ranked 69th per ESPN/Hoopgurlz. And Chetanna Nweke, another signee, plays for Germantown.

If Berube is able to continue Banghart's run, there is no doubt she will have her pick of P5 jobs in a few years.

 

[trisailin]

I'm trying to figure out what "algorithm" is used to generate these "power rankings". Is it just an opinion (whether by multiple people or single individual) spiffied up calling it "Power Ranking". Does anybody know?

 

[HuskyNan]

It helps Princeton that Carla coached at a Baby Ivy, Tufts. She understands the whole academics thing. Duke’s future coach?

 

[eebmg]

It helps Princeton that Carla coached at a Baby Ivy, Tufts. She understands the whole academics thing. Duke’s future coach?

I was going to like this post before I saw the Duke reference.

 

[Roger G]

We should bring her back to the fold. She might make an excellent successor to Geno.

 

[JonathanXIV]

We should bring her back to the fold. She might make an excellent successor to Geno.

How would we do that? She’s a head coach at a DI program. She’s not coming to UConn to be an assistant.

 

[Roger G]

How would we do that? She’s a head coach at a DI program. She’s not coming to UConn to be an assistant.

Granted it may not be possible, but being an assistant at the top program in the world is not something to look down upon. Anyway, I said "successor" not assistant. How bringing Carla back might be accomplished, I'll leave to the experts.

 

[DefenseBB]

More to argue about

Hey! Carla’s Princeton team makes the list!

Women's college basketball power rankings: Louisville picks up big win against rival Kentucky

With conference play approaching, the 11-1 Cardinals are No. 7 in the power rankings

www.cbssports.com

Argue? Come on ‘Nan, we here on the BY engage is civil, respectful and at times, mildly spirited discussions on various opinions no matter how poorly thought out!

 

[bluedevil]

Why the Duke hatred? I spent 4 years there and almost turned out ok...

 

[donalddoowop]

Granted it may not be possible, but being an assistant at the top program in the world is not something to look down upon. Anyway, I said "successor" not assistant. How bringing Carla back might be accomplished, I'll leave to the experts.

I thought that job was reserved for Kobe.

 

[willtalk]

Granted it may not be possible, but being an assistant at the top program in the world is not something to look down upon. Anyway, I said "successor" not assistant. How bringing Carla back might be accomplished, I'll leave to the experts.

Being Geno's successor is not something I would think a coach would really want. It's a no-win situation.