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I noticed that Mallory Collier 2023 verbally committed to the Wolfpack.
She's a banger 6'5" center now trying out for Team USA U17.

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Recruiting summary on Mallory Collier, a 2023 D-I women's basketball center prospect from Bartlett, Tennessee.
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UConn and Maryland signed a deal to play home-and-home starting in '20-21 but it didn't happen because of covid. Looking like the teams will play during the '22-23 season with first of the home-and-home at Maryland.
 
UConnCat said:
UConn and Maryland signed a deal to play home-and-home starting in '20-21 but it didn't happen because of covid. Looking like the teams will play during the '22-23 season with first of the home-and-home at Maryland.
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Thanks for the info. That's a big time game. I think Maryland will be better than a lot of ppl expect. And they have a lot of good wing players
 
UConnCat said:
UConn and Maryland signed a deal to play home-and-home starting in '20-21 but it didn't happen because of covid. Looking like the teams will play during the '22-23 season with first of the home-and-home at Maryland.
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Wow, that will be a very tough OOC road schedule with Texas, South Carolina, and NC State also slated to be on the road after playing in our state this upcoming season.
 
visitingcock said:
I heard more outsiders crying about it than Wolfies
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Yup - can confirm. We sat right behind the NC bench in with all the NC parents. No issue with playing in Bridgeport. We met and spoke to some great parents. We were all disappointed that both teams couldn't have advanced after that amazing 2OT game.
 
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Seems to me that ESPN loves to promote anti-UConn feelings. They did it by sensationalizing that last shot in the Baylor E8 game. Even Lobo was in the lynch mob. Then all they talked about for a week this year was the unfairness of UConn playing "at home", a lie that just kept being repeated. Over and over and over until now it's become the rallying cry of those wanting a "fairer" tournament. Someone at the time posted a list of over 20 instances where a higher seed had to play a "road game" against a lower seeded opponent. Not a peep from the media in those other years except an idle mention here and there.

Just another example of how money influences the sport. ESPN doesn't care whether people love or hate the Huskies. Just as long as it's one or the other. :rolleyes:
 
Dawn said today she’s having a hard time filling up the schedule. NC State and Duke declined to renew the series. We have UConn, Stanford and Maryland. Don’t know who else she’s tried but those are a no go at least for this year. She joked that next year she probably won’t be able to fill everybody’s requests. :rolleyes:
 
TC22 said:
Dawn said today she’s having a hard time filling up the schedule. NC State and Duke declined to renew the series. We have UConn, Stanford and Maryland. Don’t know who else she’s tried but those are a no go at least for this year. She joked that next year she probably won’t be able to fill everybody’s requests. :rolleyes:
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Maybe she could try other (upper echelon) ACC teams? But I seriously doubt that any other top teams would really want to play SoCar...
 
So Maryland has scheduled both UCONN & SC. Who else is on their OOC schedule?
 
Centerstream said:
Maybe she could try other (upper echelon) ACC teams? But I seriously doubt that any other top teams would really want to play SoCar...
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ND was a no and I think UNC was a no and Iowa is a no.
 
visitingcock said:
IDGI . Why would a school NOT agree to play UConn- especially one that is trying to establish itself as a top program?
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That is a winning mindset. Not every coach has it. Some get locked into trying not to fail.
 
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CL82 said:
That is a winning mindset. Not every coach has it. Some get locked into trying not to fail.
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I suspect that has a lot to do with it. A coach with a .750 winning percentage probably isn't going to get fired no matter who they played against. Some coaches have to worry at least a little bit about job security.
 
TC22 said:
Dawn said today she’s having a hard time filling up the schedule. NC State and Duke declined to renew the series. We have UConn, Stanford and Maryland. Don’t know who else she’s tried but those are a no go at least for this year. She joked that next year she probably won’t be able to fill everybody’s requests. :rolleyes:
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Sounds very similar to Geno’s challenge putting together an OOC schedule in 2015-16. While MD, ND, FSU & SC stepped up to the challenge, UConn had to schedule the likes of Chattanooga & Colgate, along with several P5 programs largely in rebuilding mode to fill out their schedule.
 
oldude said:
Sounds very similar to Geno’s challenge putting together an OOC schedule in 2015-16. While MD, ND, FSU & SC stepped up to the challenge, UConn had to schedule the likes of Chattanooga & Colgate, along with several P5 programs largely in rebuilding mode to fill out their schedule.
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Wasn't the reason behind the Colgate game that Syracuse turned down the request for Stewie's "home" game and so Geno asked Colgate? Regardless, Quentin Hillman didn't want to face UConn while Stewie was playing but that idea didn't end well for him...
 
Centerstream said:
Wasn't the reason behind the Colgate game that Syracuse turned down the request for Stewie's "home" game and so Geno asked Colgate? Regardless, Quentin Hillman didn't want to face UConn while Stewie was playing but that idea didn't end well for him...
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I think it’s fair to say that Q didn’t want to face UConn regardless of who was on the court for the Huskies. But as far as the 2015-16 season, UConn was looking for a homecoming game for Stewie. Syracuse would have been a natural, that could have drawn a huge crowd at the Carrier Dome, along with a big national tv audience. Q wanted no part of it. Fortunately, Colgate stepped up, agreeing to play in a one-sided game they had no chance in.
 
TC22 said:
ND was a no and I think UNC was a no and Iowa is a no.
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I really don't get it. If your team has aspiration of winning a championship, you should welcome the opportunity to play the team you might have to go through to do it.
 
Centerstream said:
Maybe she could try other (upper echelon) ACC teams? But I seriously doubt that any other top teams would really want to play SoCar...
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Which is sad. Top matchups are good for the game.
 
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shiverz45 said:
I really don't get it. If your team has aspiration of winning a championship, you should welcome the opportunity to play the team you might have to go through to do it.
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It seems that there's 2 ways of looking at it.
If Scar becomes the overall #1 seed again by beating every other contender like they did last year, then why should they all want to contribute to that happening all over again?

On the other hand, if the contenders don't want to increase their own SOS by playing Scar, then they're the ones being hurt by not scheduling a game with them.
While beating Scar once would be a feat, beating them twice would be even tougher.
It sounds reasonable that some teams just don't want to push their luck by scheduling with them before they need to.
 
shiverz45 said:
Which is sad. Top matchups are good for the game.
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I believe that the Top schools (UConn, SoCar, and Stanford to name a few) believe that. I also believe that a lot of good schools would rather have a win instead of a potential Top matchup loss.
I sometimes wonder what would happen if UConn decided to stop playing Top matchup opponents and scheduled teams from the lower level of the SEC, ACC, B1G, PAC-12, etc. for their entire OOC schedule.
 
TC22 said:
Dawn said today she’s having a hard time filling up the schedule. NC State and Duke declined to renew the series. We have UConn, Stanford and Maryland. Don’t know who else she’s tried but those are a no go at least for this year. She joked that next year she probably won’t be able to fill everybody’s requests. :rolleyes:
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Did she ask Kim Mulkey?
 
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Bone Dog said:
This really speaks volumes about the Big East coaches that supported UConn’s return. They each end up playing Paige twice.
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Paige played 2 big east games not sure what you mean by playing her twice
 
jchusky said:
Paige played 2 big east games not sure what you mean by playing her twice
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Each season, Big East teams play each other twice (mostly). Supporting UConn's return to the conference meant they'd have to play against them ~2x/year. Paige played a bunch of Big East game two years ago. By chance, an injury kept her out of a lot of those games last season. And, of course, I'm just using Paige as an example of what it would mean to the other schools to support UConn's return. The decision to let UConn back into the Big East happened before Paige arrived.
 
Bone Dog said:
Each season, Big East teams play each other twice (mostly). Supporting UConn's return to the conference meant they'd have to play against them ~2x/year. Paige played a bunch of Big East game two years ago. By chance, an injury kept her out of a lot of those games last season. And, of course, I'm just using Paige as an example of what it would mean to the other schools to support UConn's return. The decision to let UConn back into the Big East happened before Paige arrived.
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with all due respect the big east teams that did well in the tourny last season didn't play Paige twice, has nothing to do with her.
 
jchusky said:
with all due respect the big east teams that did well in the tourny last season didn't play Paige twice, has nothing to do with her.
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Huh? I said nothing about how they did in the tourney. Nor did I claim they all played Paige. I said the coaches who supported UConn’s return to the Big East knew it would mean playing a great team 2 times a year. I was merely reflecting on the contrast between their decision and the occasional difficulty in scheduling OOC games. They recognize that playing UConn would help them make their teams better.

I am impressed by the Big East coaches, not only for their support, but also because several have done a wonderful job with their teams. I think they’re underrated, as Creighton’s run this year suggests.
 
oldude said:
Sounds very similar to Geno’s challenge putting together an OOC schedule in 2015-16. While MD, ND, FSU & SC stepped up to the challenge, UConn had to schedule the likes of Chattanooga & Colgate, along with several P5 programs largely in rebuilding mode to fill out their schedule.
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I believe that the Colgate Vs UCONN game was B. Stewart's " Senior Game" after Syacuse
declined the request for Stewie's game to be in the Syracuse area ( her hometown region ).
In case your wondering, Ms. Steward and company had a wonderful game in Hamilton, N.Y.,
south of Syracuse in the Chenango Valley.!
 
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