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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 2106657, member: 591"] I don't really know whether or not that is 100% true. Vivian when RU was leaving the American said she wanted to play UConn going forward - and if she changed her mind I am sure it had to do with the declining ability of Rutgers to be competitive in the game. Or Geno realized that RU wouldn't be competitive and passed if she asked. But I am 100% certain in the abstract that if she was fielding a decent team, CVS would want to play UConn. For a coach with a good team it is a win / win situation. It boosts your RPI, the loss doesn't affect what anyone thinks of your team and you get credit for playing the game. For the players, they get to compete against the highest level and find out what some of their faults might be. And when RU was really good, we were actually competitive with UConn and won some games. An Assistant once said that if RU (of that time) played UConn 3 times a season, they would have a chance to win one, which was born out pretty much. We didn't always win that one but we were competitive. But since then UConn has gotten better (I wouldn't have believed it possible) while Rutgers has declined quite a bit. [/QUOTE]