what's at stake Uconn vs Notre Dame!

[cbraarj]

We are not P5.
Most of the teams in our OOC schedule are from P5 conferences.
The general expectation was that we will lose a few games this year and a new champion will be crowned.
If we continue to win, will P5 teams schedule us?
Duke (and perhaps Stanford) have already dropped out.
Baylor was anticipating a victory.
A loss at ND will help maintain our strength of schedule.

P5 conferences were made for college football. They were going to leave the NCAA and make their own Association for FB. Football makes the money and the NCAA did not want to lose it. Power 5 is all about Division 1 CFB that is the bottom line.

 

[Soxx]

No one believes any of this. Notre Dame will continue to get quality women's basketball players because Notre Dame is a wonderful learning institution and Muffett is a great coach while others will continue to gravitate to UConn to be coached by the greatest coach (and assistant) in the history of women's basketball. It's possible that could change eventually once either or both coaches are gone but that's the State of the Union as of now. The programs only issue is where to hang all those banners that the Huskies continue to earn for their continued excellence.

Just want to point out that UCONN is *also* a wonderful learning institution. Geno has bristled more than once when commentators suggest that UCONN is not an institution with any academic credibility. It's got plenty. And much of what one takes from the educational opportunities of a given college or university is a direct result of what the athlete seeks/invests.

 

[Soxx]

This was my way of saying that the season e

I think one thing that is at stake is that during and after the Skylar Duggins years there was an arrogance that was coming out of South Bend and it's finally started to dissipate and I want it to continue to do so. I don't want the Irish to have a glimmer of confidence or cockiness when they're due to play the Huskies. In the Skylar Duggins era we LOST a number of games to Notre Dame rather than Notre Dame having WON a number of games over us. Between some uncharacteristically bad late game glitches on our part (sloppy play and missed free throws) along with some HORRIFIC officiating, we LOST most of those games. The term luck of the Irish couldn't have been more evident because if anything, all but one or two of those games were handed to them but yet you would have thought they owned us and dominated us and kicked our butts. It may have been the aura of Skylar Duggins because she captivated the media with her skills and her looks and her charisma and the officials seemed to allow her to do whatever she wanted on the court. If she missed, she must have been fouled. If there was contact, it was her opponent that had created it. I don't ever want to return to those days where I feel the Huskies were continually disrespected in those games.

And let's not forget all of those bizarre drives with definite flops! Part of your comment about officiating, I suspect.