So, who does Uconn recruit against?

[DobbsRover2]

You're whistling past the graveyard if you're not concerned about the AAC. Looking at the polls, next year's AAC's membership has 901 points in top 25 voting....UConn has 900 and the rest of the conference chipped in with one.

We're replacing Notre Dame, Villanova, Georgetown, Syracuse and St. John's with Central Florida, Southern Methodist, Temple, Tulane and Houston. Next year, we'll replace Louisville and Rutgers with East Carolina and Tulsa. There isn't a single in-season matchup where television might be able to predict a competitive matchup - the program will have to live out of conference.

With Geno, all things are possible, but opposing programs will hammer our conference affiliation and they'll be successful with some kids.

Hmm, sound like a story I heard once in the past.

Long ago in the long forgotten year of 2001, a team of Huskies played in a crap conference called by some the Big Easy or ruder names, and this conference had the worst rating of the conferences called the Big 6 in the games outside of their group. But fortunately their overall rating was a little ahead of a conference called the PAC (yes, there are similarities to the present time). Still, there was gloom in the land of Husky, and rending of unis, and gnashing of bicuspids, because plainly the Husky women could not possibly compete in the future against teams from the better conferences since most of their Big Easy sisters except Irish girl and Scarlet meanie spent much time puckering on lemons. In sooth the Huskies had won two crowns previously in much the same state of abysmalness, but this success could not possibly continue it was thought by the wisemen, and the fishermen stopped spinning out there lines because there was no point anymore.

But lo, the basketball gods were merciful, and the Husky women went on to smite the Volites and other adversaries with enough force to win six more crowns even though in most years their abode was only better than that of the PAC's relative pig sty. And after the Husky faithful had gotten their 8th crown, they were gloomy, rended their unis, and gnashed their molars to stumps because .............

Someday in the not too distant future the siphon of network cable money is going to dry up, and then many swelled up conferences are going to have serious reasons to do some uni rending.

 

[Tonyc]

Genos success help build the Big East Womens BB program. It can happen again. SNY broadcasting the games against lesser competition will help. I do agree some kids will go elsewhere because of the conference but many kids did the past 10 seasons so if a few more add to it then imo they aren't looking at UConn theyre looking at the conference. If you look at any of the top 10 schools in the polls this season what makes them better then UConn? Their conference...No. UConn is the best this season and will be for the next 3 seasons. I can see concern but I can also see a lot of kids still coming here because its UConn and their OOC schedule is very tuff.

 

[Phil]

Lol - of 6,605 likes, about three of them came from posts on the women's board, but thanks.

Three? That many? Can you name names we got some house cleaning to do

 

[Fishy]

Three? That many? Can you name names we got some house cleaning to do

I did do a quick audit and have discovered that all three seem to have been from you.

The townspeople, their torches and their pitchforks should be arriving on your doorstep within the hour.

 

[Biff]

I did do a quick audit and have discovered that all three seem to have been from you.

The townspeople, their torches and their pitchforks should be arriving on your doorstep within the hour.

Current security camera image just outside Phil's front door

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Fishy isn't wrong, I just opine that Geno will counter some of the issues.

If Rutgers was in the AAC for the long-term I'd be panicking - Rutgers lacks any of the cachet that attaches itself to the UConn name in WBB and men's BB, the SNY coverage, and all the other things the positive folks tout.

It is not the recruiting landscape where I see the issue, but, as I said above, the financial impact.

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

So, who does Uconn recruit against?

Right now, I would say, "UConn recruits against the field and any misconceptions or misinformation from opposing coaches."

For the past three years, UConn's rival on the court was Notre Dame. But UConn does not have a true rival in recruiting.

I would venture a guess that Geno Auriemma and his staff spend more time trying to dispel "recruiting rumors" and the like than any other program. But that is to be expected. When you are at the summit (pun intended), there are always people trying to take you down (through whatever means, scrupulous or not).

I liken Geno Auriemma and UConn to Serena Williams' dominance this year. When she showed up and played her best, she won. When people would take bets on Serena vs. The Field, people took Serena.

 

[Phil]

Current security camera image just outside Phil's front door

Well-played, sir.

 

[Phil]

I liken Geno Auriemma and UConn to Serena Williams' dominance this year. When she showed up and played her best, she won. When people would take bets on Serena vs. The Field, people took Serena.

A few years ago (quite a few, now that I think about it) I moved to Baltimore and talked about my interest in wbb. This is ACC country, where they take their basketball seriously, but they think basketball means men's basketball.

One day I was talking about how I felt about the team, and a colleague decided to shut me up. He said, OK, $100, you get UConn, I get the field. I paused for only a second and told him he was on.

I collected.

 

[triaddukefan]

A few years ago (quite a few, now that I think about it) I moved to Baltimore and talked about my interest in wbb. This is ACC country, where they take their basketball seriously, but they think basketball means men's basketball.

One day I was talking about how I felt about the team, and a colleague decided to shut me up. He said, OK, $100, you get UConn, I get the field. I paused for only a second and told him he was on.

I collected.

Reminds me of the 1998-99 Men's college BB season... when I was yapping all year about my favorite team. C0-workers and even my barber couldnt shut me up. I was so bold that I asked them all if they wanted to bet 25 dollars each on the NCAA tourney. I gave them the field and I took Duke.


I did not collect