Voepel on Husky-LadyVol Rivalry

[tomcat]

They - the powers that be will probably match us in the same bracket in the Tmt regionals this yr , if they think tenn is Gd enough to compete with us- and then ride that as much as they can.

From your mouth to God's ears.

 

[UcMiami]

The difference is the game really doesn't need Uconn/Tenn the way it did. For most of the history of the games, Uconn and Tenn were 'women's basketball' as far as the general public was concerned. Now you have a lot of teams that draw 8,000-10,000 for big games during the season, and you cannot scroll through the sports channels without finding WCBB almost every night.
A revival of the game would almost be anticlimactic. It just wouldn't carry the same meaning. Someday it will happen in the single elimination format of the NCAAs and that will be good enough for me.

 

[ThisJustIn]

From your mouth to God's ears.

Right - like all the conspiracy theorists have posited for so long... only to have it not happen...

 

[Waquoit]

We try to play just about every other top team, and so does Tennessee

At the risk of stating the obvious, not true. UConn will play anyone, not "just about" anyone. Tennessee ducks UConn.

 

[CCinCT]

At the risk of stating the obvious, not true. UConn will play anyone, not "just about" anyone. Tennessee ducks UConn.

As does NC, now Duke, and other teams who cannot stand the pain of losing to the Huskies.

 

[HuskyNan]

As does NC, now Duke, and other teams who cannot stand the pain of losing to the Huskies.

I believe Sylvia Hatchell at North Carolina wanted to continue the series and that it was Geno that wanted a change. He substituted the SEC's South Carolina for North Carolina.

 

[mr006]

At the risk of stating the obvious, not true. UConn will play anyone, not "just about" anyone. Tennessee ducks UConn.

At this point, *neither* side (UConn included) wants to play the other, so "just about" applies to us too. But my point being, feelings aside, Tenn should be an option in the future, even if the rivalry does not do anything for fans or Geno any more. They are still a top 10 team, and if other top teams are indeed dodging us, we can use all the good opponents we can get.

 

[mr006]

Right - like all the conspiracy theorists have posited for so long... only to have it not happen...

Conspiracy theories? I would think that the *NCAA* keeping them *out* of our bracket is more likely .

 

[Modox]

Espn not so instant classic replay scheduled?

It baffles me that ESPN would hype a single basketball game like this and then NOT MAKE IT AVAILABLE to view at all, anywhere! Maybe someone can correct me and point me to it - I can't find a replay or even video to purchase.

 

[j66kicker]

It baffles me that ESPN would hype a single basketball game like this and then NOT MAKE IT AVAILABLE to view at all, anywhere! Maybe someone can correct me and point me to it - I can't find a replay or even video to purchase.

Here you go (courtesy of Wally East in a recent thread on same subject):

 

[j66kicker]

It baffles me that ESPN would hype a single basketball game like this and then NOT MAKE IT AVAILABLE to view at all, anywhere! Maybe someone can correct me and point me to it - I can't find a replay or even video to purchase.

Here you go (courtesy of Wally East in a recent thread on same subject):