GENO: tell it! Ain't that the truth! Was just looking at my pocket UCONN schedule today and thinking, "Man , that was quick.....and that marks another several months of LIFE itself flying by as well." Guess the thing is to keep havin fun and trying to do some good things for folks.
I think this season in particular has flown by quickly because it was evident early in the season that the championship was a 2 horse race between Connecticut and Maryland. Since Notre Dame won by 16 at Tennessee it was pretty clear that Connecticut/Notre Dame were head and shoulders above everyone else. As a result, the focus of women's college basketball since then has been on the potential match up of these 2 powerhouses in the championship game.
I think overall it has been a down year for women's college basketball compared to years past. Outside of UCONN/Notre Dame, there haven't been any other consistent teams this year. It's rare you see nearly every top 10 team have 1-2 really bad losses throughout the season. Outside of the Maryland-Notre Dame game, and Baylor-Connecticut, no one has challenged the top dogs.
On the other side of it, it's worth pointing out that Notre Dame and Connecticut are both truly exceptional teams this year. I believe both teams are vastly improved compared to a year ago and have earned their right to be considered "one of the best teams ever" even though only one of them will take home the trophy. The clear separation of Notre Dame/UCONN and the rest of college basketball has made this season predictable, and I think most people have been waiting for the epic showdown on April 8th rather than the focusing on the rest of the season.
There were some other good headlines this season (ex. who deserved 1 seeds, how good/not good was the SEC, how good was Louisville, Sims chasing Stiles, Chiney breaking the Pac-12 record), but at the end of the day there were really only 2 teams that anyone could see winning the championship so hopefully we'll get the matchup everyone is dying to see.