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Message: [QUOTE="SCGamecock, post: 2033866, member: 6132"] We're on the same wavelength. I don't think UConn is bad for the game... they play a style and level of basketball that more teams need to be playing. Now with that being said, I do understand why people criticize WCBB and call it boring when it's already known at the beginning of the season that everybody else is playing for 2nd. I don't like when people criticize UConn for being too good though.. I think that's unfair. We need to criticize everybody else for not being good enough. Other coaches of top 15-20 programs need to coach better and RECRUIT better to keep pace with UConn. As you mentioned.. UConn isn't going anywhere. Looking at their recruiting.. they will always get their pick of the elite litter. The schools like Baylor, Texas and Notre Dame that can consistently compete with UConn recruiting wise are going to be the schools most successful against them going forward. I also think it's equally unfair when UConn fans criticize fans of other teams and non-WCBB for being bored with UConn's domination of the sport. Yes, most of us think what UConn is doing is very impressive, but a lot of us are just as bored with it. It's easier for you guys to swallow this domination by UConn because you all are actual fans of the team dominating but for the rest of us it's kinda like playing a video game over and over that you know you're never going to beat (annoying, right?). I'm obviously rooting for SC on February 13th.. but I will also admit that I openly rooted against UConn in every game they played against a top 25 OOC opponent this season... not because I dislike UConn or anything. I don't dislike UConn.. I hang out here and I think the team is likeable.. but I love underdogs and I love suspense, especially in sports. A lot of us watch sports for suspense.. and the bottom line is that when you're watching UConn yes you get beautiful execution and precision.. but you definitely don't get suspense. So yes, IMHO, UConn's domination is good for the sport in the sense that they set THE benchmark for the way WCBB could and should be played. No doubt about it, all teams need to execute on offense and defense like UConn.. that's the level the sport needs to be played. But UConn's domination is not exciting for the sport.. most people that aren't UConn fans but watch UConn games are usually watching in the hopes that their opposition pulls off what seems like a miracle at this point and actually beats the Huskies. Again, none of this is UConn's fault.. but I'm just providing an honest opinion of what it means to be a non-UConn fan of WCBB in 2017.. we're all essentially underneath the thumb of Geno Auriemma at this point. [/QUOTE]

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