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Message: [QUOTE="ASweet3781, post: 2135341, member: 1926"] - I think the phrase "good for women's basketball" gets thrown around a lot and is overused but I do think if I can look past the string of last nights loss I think the sport probably needed this moment. More people were talking about women's basketball last night on social media and in national news than in years. It was a moment. A moment because of Morgan Williams and the shot. And because of our mind boggling win streak. So when people ask was our win streak/dominance good for the game I think we got our answer last night. I hope in defeat people around the country who just dismissed our team as robots who just showed up and could dominate realize how much hard work was put into that and how easily it could have ended before last night. Things need to go in cycles. We can't win every year. If we needed to lose I am fine with it happening in such a dramatic newsworthy moment in the Final 4 to Mississippi State coming off 4 titles with a pissed off loaded team ready to go next year. - I think Geno and his staff did an amazing job all year to go undefeated with that schedule. I think they did a great job dealing with limited depth and height. After losing the top 3 picks in the draft. This was supposed to be our down year and we went 36-1 and lost at the buzzer in the Final 4. - Gabby Williams is a warrior. We may have lost by 20 last night without her. - I was disappointed in how both Collier and Samuelson responded to adversity last night. They are young and will have 2 more shots at it but it was disappointing just the same. Samuelson was off for the tournament for whatever reasons. I am sure both will use it as motivation. I thought Dangerfield looked overwhelmed most of the postseason. - I won't get too into the end of game coaching because I made my feelings known last night. We don't play many close games. I just feel if we are going to brag about how tough our practices are we need to know what to do in end of game time and score situations. We have seen some small data points to suggest we don't. Perhaps next years team will be so pissed off we won't find ourselves in many close games. But there will be good teams we face next year in the tournament. And if we are in a tight possession to possession game late I will be genuinely worried about how we respond. - I am glad the days of 6 player rotations will come to a crashing end next year. It killed us last night. I am also concerned about a 14 player roster next year. I think that's too many people in the mix. The last time the roster was that deep was in 2001 and even before the injuries the chemistry never truly gelled. And I don't want chemistry or playing time issues to cost us. I do think a red shirt or a heart to heart honest discussion about realistic available playing time is in the best interest for everyone. - I am really happy Azura Stevens is 6'6. - And lastly, there are not many things I currently like about college athletics. The greed. The corruption. The destruction of rivalries. And just the general phoniness of it all. I don't think many of these schools and their athletic departments give a hoot about women's basketball or want to grow the game. I think UConn is in a generally unhealthy position of if you win no one cares and if you lose it's the biggest story in the country. I hope for our sake that changes. But I don't think it will. We are portrayed as a Goliath as we face schools who will make tens of millions of more dollars than us this year in TV revenue. These schools will claim they care about women's basketball and get on the bandwagon as their teams make postseason runs. Many of these schools belong to conferences that have already passed us over to add "football" schools with 6-6 records or academic cesspools with shady football programs. We have been told by at least 3 "Power" conferences so far we bring nothing to the table to deserve a spot in their league. It seems to me what we did to Mississippi State last year in Bridgeport helped their program reach a new level of excellence no? Just like it did for Notre Dame, Rutgers, and Louisville facing us 3 times a year. Just like the kids at Kansas State and Maryland played before their biggest crowds of the year when we came to town this year. So I think maybe its past time for ESPN, the media, and these Power 5 conference to stop using UConn women's basketball as battering ram to portray in their story lines. If they were serious about growing this sport, imagine how many more Mississippi State's could be created if UConn was in a strong conference that it deserves to be in. You could have far more moments like last night. Perhaps people other than Geno can now we be asked if what they are doing is "good for the game". The right people. I won't hold my breath. [/QUOTE]

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