UConn - Time to Get off the Stage

[cbraarj]

Lady Vols went to 8 Straight Final Fours, were they bad for WBB?
Notre Dame went to 5 Straight Final Fours, if they went this year for their 6th. Would they have been bad for WBB?
Lady Vols held the Record for 21 Consecutive Tournament Wins, Were they bad for WBB? Record broken by UConn this year Now 24 Straight.

If Notre Dame, Baylor So Carolina or even Maryland had made it to the Final Four, would the games have been more competitive? I believe so, with Notre Dame having the best chance to knock off UConn. WBB Media/Experts were ecstatic with the early round upsets as it was a sign of parity in the women's game. However they failed to realize that the teams that were upset had the best chance of knocking off UConn. The other team that Might have provided a more competitive game was Stanford. Tara would have come up with a game plan to slow UConn down, but don't think they could have lasted the full 40 minutes.

Tennessee never went to 8 straight FF in the NCAA Tournament

 

[NewCorn]

We did have Barbara Turner.

Sorry, I meant Brianna Turner.

 

[HuskyNan]

when asked [about the drop in viewership of the men's game] in the comments section, she gives a dismissive answer, "No idea."

Then she really hasn't done even a modicum of research because there are a lot of articles about it. And there are articles about the drop in viewership of the women's tourney, too. Last year, UConn and Notre Dame, both "names", were undefeated teams and long time rivals playing for a national championship. This year's opponent, Syracuse, was 6-37 vs the Huskies going into the final with the last win coming 20 years ago, in 1996.

Really, we're giving more attention than is due to a poorly researched and poorly written blog item.

 

[UcMiami]

Then she really hasn't done even a modicum of research because there are a lot of articles about it. And there are articles about the drop in viewership of the women's tourney, too. Last year, UConn and Notre Dame, both "names", were undefeated teams and long time rivals playing for a national championship. This year's opponent, Syracuse, was 6-37 vs the Huskies going into the final with the last win coming 20 years ago, in 1996.

Really, we're giving more attention than is due to a poorly researched and poorly written blog item.

And Syracuse is a team with probably the worst home attendance record of any FF team in the history of the NCAA. Maybe a few more Syracuse folks got excited with their run, but when you average under 1000 per home contest ... It is like the MLB or NBA worst nightmare scenario - small market pro teams getting to the finals/world series is a guaranteed disaster in viewership - Yankees/Dodgers great! replace with Milwaukee not so great.

 

[donalddoowop]

Then she really hasn't done even a modicum of research because there are a lot of articles about it. And there are articles about the drop in viewership of the women's tourney, too. Last year, UConn and Notre Dame, both "names", were undefeated teams and long time rivals playing for a national championship. This year's opponent, Syracuse, was 6-37 vs the Huskies going into the final with the last win coming 20 years ago, in 1996.

Really, we're giving more attention than is due to a poorly researched and poorly written blog item.

Notre Dame was not undefeated last year at NC time. They lost to UCONN early in the season.