UConn-DePaul postgame thread (merged)

[Zarathustra]

Ya know before Uconn went back, Bruno and DePaul were running the BE??

Yes, Doug Bruno is a classy, good coach, IMO.

 

[cohenzone]

LSU has guaranteed NIL $$$$$$$

Doug’s teams have suffered injuries like UConn, and everyone else it seems, since Covid. The last two columns below are final rankings. Shaded areas are conference championships

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As I said, he does well against average competition. He had zero top shelf league competition in any of those highlighted years when no BE teams scared national level teams. His teams lose in the NCAA against top teams. Im not saying he should be fired, I’m saying DePaul expects less of the women than the men and they are not alone. And maybe that says something worse about the men’s coaches are treated, forgetting how bad DePaul’s men have been in recent years.

 

[omshanti]

And look what a depleted UConn team is doing to the Big East. The BE they dominated no longer had UConn, ND or Rutgers. Tell me how Bruno’s teams do against top shelf competition. His teams were basically the best of the rest after the top 3 and rarely gave top national teams a scare. Their NCAA tourney history over the last 20 years is basically run of the mill or worse since they joined the Big East. But the main observation is that DePaul is one of those schools that has different expectations for the men and women programs but moreover, Doug Bruno’s teams play a style that hardly ever gives better teams a problem. Do you disagree?

I disagree. Bruno is a good coach and has been for years. He coached with Geno with the USA team. The Big East isn’t a powerhouse conference it once was. That hurts programs other than UConn in the Big East. DePaul cannot get the players that the top teams in the country get. That isn’t based on Bronco’s style of coaching. If UConn didn’t have the history it has Geno wouldn’t be getting the players it does. Why compare 5he women’s game to the men’s game?

 

[Centerstream]

Explain instead of being mad.

I didn’t say they SHOULD fire him. I said they look at the womens‘ team fortunes differently from the men FOR BETTER OR WORSE (not yelling just emphasizing). it might in fact be better. But I would appreciate your evaluation of his teams performance against better competition over the years.

Personally I don't visit the BY to see posts that consist of bashing our opponents - programs, coaches or players, so that is why I replied "I hope so." Especially when the post is hidden in a post game thread.
I follow UConn WBB and don't research or follow other teams. I have started to watch non UConn games but just because there's usually nothing else on.
I have no further interest in what you posted.

 

[cohenzone]

I disagree. Bruno is a good coach and has been for years. He coached with Geno with the USA team. The Big East isn’t a powerhouse conference it once was. That hurts programs other than UConn in the Big East. DePaul cannot get the players that the top teams in the country get. That isn’t based on Bronco’s style of coaching. If UConn didn’t have the history it has Geno wouldn’t be getting the players it does. Why compare 5he women’s game to the men’s game?

I’m not comparing the game, i’m comparing how the university treats them differently and, as I said, for better or worse. Moreover, being in the BE was no recruiting issue for Rutgers or ND and other reams like BC and WV , and occasiobally a few others recruited ok. People used to say UConn men couldn’t compete in the BE and location was the problem. Seems like for UConn’ location is not an issue for hoops. Seems like the right coach can succeed almost anywhere. But nobody yet has pointed out that my take is inaccurate about DePaul’s ability to scare national level teams.