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Louisville and maybe Creighton and North Carolina.UConn has no "good wins"
Louisville and maybe Creighton and North Carolina.UConn has no "good wins"
The Selection committee will give us an idea of what they think their seedings will be on Thursday 2/5 at 6:30PM on ESPN.UConn is still fourth in both Massey and Net.
They have been beaten soundly by 5 teams. What matters is what are they changing to be more competitive against those teams? UConn has talent, they have size and they have floor leadership. What they don't have is someone in charge making changes when they see things not working.I want to know what the NET UConn has, that's what actually matters.
Here’s what I THINK is happening:UConn is still fourth in both Massey and Net.
You mean 2/15 at 6:30PM on ESPN?The Selection committee will give us an idea of what they think their seedings will be on Thursday 2/5 at 6:30PM on ESPN.
2024 NCAA women's basketball top 16 reveal dates, schedule and how to watch
The NCAA DI Women's Basketball Committee will reveal two top 16 rankings this season ahead of Selection Sunday. Here's everything you need to know.www.ncaa.com
Thanks for correction. Yes, 2/15.You mean 2/15 at 6:30PM on ESPN?
I guess beating ranked (at the time) MD and Marquette teams don't count...Louisville and maybe Creighton and North Carolina.
The good news (other than no new injuries) is that The UCONN women are still #4 in the NET rankings. Only Texas jumped ahead of us from yesterday's loss, and they will have a harder time of staying "unblemished" from now until bracket selection day....Well many of the best long running streaks have ended during our injury plagued seasons, but we still have a couple to defend. A very long streak of being ranked, which I don't think is in danger unless we blow a couple of remaining games or suffer another injury, and making the sweet sixteen I think since the first championship.
We can't jump up the polls a lot with basically no potential big win possibilities left. Regardless if we hold serve on the remaining games we are expected to win, we should move up a little bit, and secure our position as a hosting site for the first two games in the NCAA tournament.
That at least would give us a decent chance of keeping the sweet sixteen streak alive, but if we want to host we better run the table from this point.
It might've seemed like a nice win at the time, but those teams are what they are: mediocre.I guess beating ranked (at the time) MD and Marquette teams don't count...
They count for what they are: wins over teams on or near the bubble. Just as our loss to NC State counts as a loss to a top 10 team, regardless of their "ranking" at the time.I guess beating ranked (at the time) MD and Marquette teams don't count...
I mean, technically UConn is 8-5 in quadrant one games, so it has 8 "good wins" - they just aren't great wins. Best wins are @Creighton, @Marquette, vs. Louisville, and neutral win over UNC. And none of its losses are bad losses, since they're all to top 15 teams. But buried within, it is a bit striking - and extremely un-UConn - that all five of the losses were not particularly close, and by double digits.UConn has no "good wins"
Thats what the resume of a team like Green Bay looks like. If UConn has to have those teams on their resumes as "Good Wins", well it speaks volumes.I guess beating ranked (at the time) MD and Marquette teams don't count...
Thats what the resume of a team like Green Bay looks like. If UConn has to have those teams on their resumes as "Good Wins", well it speaks volumes.
Exactly, Oregon State wins on the road at #20 Utah and #4 Colorado, and same thing with VT winning at #3 NC State. Both Oregon State and VT deservedly got more votes than us after the week they had, and LSU and Indiana both held serve so they stayed put.Iowa would've fallen farther if the two teams ranked immediately behind them hadn't both also lost. The results of the surrounding teams also affect each team's landing spot. Similarly, UConn dropped an additional spot because Oregon State won their way ahead of us.
If we make it to the sweet 16, consider this season very very successful. Considering who we have sitting on the bench due to injuries, a sweet 16 spot should be seen as super successfulA very harsh season......hoping for the Sweet 16
Yessssa! And let's move onto the next season. Maybe we recover some players and add a couple of freshmen (hoping in good and healthy condition, not like the last few years with Azzi, Ayanna etc.). Go Huskies!If we make it to the sweet 16, consider this season very very successful. Considering who we have sitting on the bench due to injuries, a sweet 16 spot should be seen as super successful
So, basically what you are saying is that humans are biased and flawed. Only kidding. I don't have too much of a problem with #15 in the poll, especially after that debacle on Sunday.Here’s what I THINK is happening:
The humans are applying something that computers don’t consider: UConn’s lack of a bench. The computers only consider wins/losses and quality of those wins and losses TO DATE.
Humans vote based not only upon how good a team has performed to date but also upon how they think a team will have performed when the dust settles. The consensus of humans seems to be that UConn will be a sweet 16 team but not better because they only have a competitive starting five with no bench.
This is the only logical explanation I can think of to account for the HUGE disparity between human and computer rankings.
Creighton is ranked and is #24 in the NETSo, basically what you are saying is that humans are biased and flawed. Only kidding. I don't have too much of a problem with #15 in the poll, especially after that debacle on Sunday.
UConn has virtually no opportunity to move up for 2 reasons: 1) there are no big games left for quality wins, and 2) the teams in front of UConn seem to be fairly lightly punished when the lose games they should win. So, there will be no moving up.
Do they need to move up when they are presently top 4 in the NET?So, basically what you are saying is that humans are biased and flawed. Only kidding. I don't have too much of a problem with #15 in the poll, especially after that debacle on Sunday.
UConn has virtually no opportunity to move up for 2 reasons: 1) there are no big games left for quality wins, and 2) the teams in front of UConn seem to be fairly lightly punished when the lose games they should win. So, there will be no moving up.
The teams that moved ahead of us are all arguably better; it's as simple as that.This is such a travesty. Several teams have lost to SC without dropping in the rankings. Losing to the #1 team should not cost a team 4 spots!
Iowa lost to unranked Minnesota & only dropped two spots!
“Ranked at the time” is worthless. Do you really consider Maryland a “ power win?” The computers don’t and I would think very few humans would despite the oompf that the name has traditionally carried.I guess beating ranked (at the time) MD and Marquette teams don't count...
“Ranked at the time” is worthless. Do you really consider Maryland a “ power win?” The computers don’t and I would think very few humans would despite the oompf that the name has traditionally carried.
They count for what they are: wins over teams on or near the bubble. Just as our loss to NC State counts as a loss to a top 10 team, regardless of their "ranking" at the time.
Thats what the resume of a team like Green Bay looks like. If UConn has to have those teams on their resumes as "Good Wins", well it speaks volumes.