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Message: [QUOTE="visitingcock, post: 4067468, member: 6872"] Proper Board? Okay, Maybe: [I] Howard Megdal, editor-in-chief of women’s basketball website The Next, has taken notice of Staley’s interest in scheduling difficult opponents early. While it’s common for some coaches, such as Staley and UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, to prioritize difficulty, Megdal said it’s not something every NCAA head coach puts effort into. UConn’s non-conference slate is a gauntlet of its own. The Huskies’ 2021-22 schedule includes ESPN’s No. 2 Gamecocks, No. 6 Louisville, No. 10 Oregon and No. 18 Tennessee. “There are programs who really dedicate themselves to playing a tough schedule, and there are programs that do not,” he told The State. “We’ll leave it at that, but Dawn always does. Dawn goes out of her way to get her team prepared.” Megdal made a point of the “challenging landscape” at the top tier of the NCAA. Stanford and UConn, two programs in that upper echelon, travel to Columbia this season to face the Gamecocks.[/I] Read more at: [URL]https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article254785422.html#storylink=cpy[/URL] [/QUOTE]