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UConn is #1 in the newest coaches poll

JordyG said:
That's because I believe that good teams prevail no matter the referring. I've said all of this many times before, but I guess it bears repeating. As a player you know real soon how any particular ref is going to call the game and you are suppose to react and adjust your play accordingly. If you don't that's on you. I don't believe in complaining about refs and you'll never, ever hear me say any ref cost the team the game. A team should be good enough to make the refs irrelevant and overcome any and all "bad" calls.
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That silver medal that has never been picked up is the only loss I can think of.
 
Charliebball said:
do you think that's always true? The NCAA committee has been known to make some strange brackets......
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Since all of the teams are going to be in San Antonio this year. There is no reason for the geography (mileage) or even the S curve which is used because of the mileage.
 
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X conn said:
That silver medal that has never been picked up is the only loss I can think of.
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But again, a good team would have never left it to the refs to make that call. A good team would have beaten the Russians by 20 making, again, the ending irrelevant.
 
Sanka541 said:
if UConn will their remaining games, win the conference tournament are they seeded no1 overall come tournament time even though other teams have harder schedules left?
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Likely yes, but I could see a strong case for Stanford if they win out. They'll have 7 combined wins over UCLA, Oregon and Arizona, and enter the NCAAs on a 14 game win streak.

Realistically though, being overall #1 means next to nothing this year. There is no homecourt advantage in regionals and there isn't a considerable drop off after the top few teams like there is most seasons. Anyone in the top 8 could easily lose in the Sweet 16, and a lot of teams could lose potentially in the first 2 rounds depending on the matchup.
 
JordyG said:
That's because I believe that good teams prevail no matter the refereeing. I've said all of this many times before, but I guess it bears repeating. As a player you know real soon how any particular ref is going to call the game and you are suppose to react and adjust your play accordingly. If you don't that's on you. I don't believe in complaining about refs and you'll never, ever hear me say any ref cost the team the game. A team should be good enough to make the refs irrelevant and overcome any and all "bad" calls.
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Well, if two teams are very evenly matched it seems irrefutable that a few unfair calls could easily have a dramatic effect on the outcome of the game. Check out the famous USA vs Russia game in the olympics where a bad/blatantly wrong call cost us the game.
 
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JordyG said:
But again, a good team would have never left it to the refs to make that call. A good team would have beaten the Russians by 20 making, again, the ending irrelevant.
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So, are you saying that a good team should never have a close game?
 
JordyG said:
That's because I believe that good teams prevail no matter the refereeing. I've said all of this many times before, but I guess it bears repeating. As a player you know real soon how any particular ref is going to call the game and you are suppose to react and adjust your play accordingly. If you don't that's on you. I don't believe in complaining about refs and you'll never, ever hear me say any ref cost the team the game. A team should be good enough to make the refs irrelevant and overcome any and all "bad" calls.
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Can't agree, some calls or calls all game long influence too much to overcome. Putting players/teams in foul trouble. The egregious non foul call at the end of the Mississippi State ND title game as an example
 
JordyG said:
But again, a good team would have never left it to the refs to make that call. A good team would have beaten the Russians by 20 making, again, the ending irrelevant.
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That was a game of bad calls against the US, culminating in the final debacle.
 
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donalddoowop said:
The number one seed gets the easiest path to the FF. That is reason enough.
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Not sure there is enough difference in the top 8 teams this year to make a difference. We will see.
 
HopJim said:
Not sure there is enough difference in the top 8 teams this year to make a difference. We will see.
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Right now, The Creme Bracketology has #2 MD and #3 Arizona in our region. That is not easy by any stretch
 
You know whats really scary. We're not firing on all cylinders yet. When we get to that point and Im referring to scorers scoring we're gonna be scary good. I expect Liv to start knocking down her 15 footers and I expect Christyn to get her outside shot goin. I also expect the coaches will clean up some of the hiccups like illegal screens and missed foul shots. We have beaten 4 of 5 top 25 teams and we're much better then we were a few weeks ago and getting better. The teams determination is sky high.
 
Kaizen said:
After the SC game. You can see UConn is 14-1 and South Carolina is 15-2.
The AP poll is before the game.
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Thank you. For some reason I thought they both came out on Monday afternoons.
 
Fairfield Fan said:
Not all that crazy. Yes, Connecticut won on our own court. But in overtime. And while being out rebounded substantially by South Carolina. And it took a magical game by Paige to do it. Would UConn do the same to SC if the game were held down there? Putting South Carolina at #1 wouldn't be all that crazy.... They're really good.
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I agree, if one of those easy put back had gone in, we would not be discussing it here. A very lucky win on home court. Neither team had any flow through out most of the games. I wish both teams luck! Hope they will meet in the final and decide the outcome without having to go into OT :)
 
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It will all be decided during the tournament. For the person who wondered if UConn could do the same if the played in SC: The tournament is not in SC; the tournament is in San Antonio. Do you think Evina will have another game where she scores zero points? I don't. Also, it's not like there were fans in Gampel, and they were cheering for UConn and that gave them an immense advantage.
 
Cuango said:
Well, if two teams are very evenly matched it seems irrefutable that a few unfair calls could easily have a dramatic effect on the outcome of the game. Check out the famous USA vs Russia game in the olympics where a bad/blatantly wrong call cost us the game.
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Multiple bad calls. Russia got 3 tries to win. The calls were so egregious the US team declined the silver medals.
 
eebmg said:
Right now, The Creme Bracketology has #2 MD and #3 Arizona in our region. That is not easy by any stretch
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While Adia Barnes has done a wonderful job at Arizona, bringing them from the PAC 12 cellar to a top 10 ranking in 4 years, they are not close to being able to beat UConn. Maryland is another team that would not bother me to see in our bracket. #2s & #3s by definition are not easy, but those two imo are definitely not the toughest teams at their respective ranking levels.
 
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