When will Geno pass Tara?

[UcMiami]

Over the last 5 years Geno picked up 19 wins on Tara. Tara has a 6 game lead at this time and a very good team basically equal to Uconn. You have to go back ten years for Stanford to go undefeated in the Pac and she has averaged 3 losses in the Pac during the last five years. Geno hasn't lost a BE or AAC game since ND beat them twice in 2012-13 and has average a total of 2.5 losses a season for the last five years. The BE gives Uconn a pretty clear shot at 21-0 every year. I give Uconn and Stanford a pretty even shot in their OOC and a pretty equal shot in the NCAA.

Given the above I could easily see Geno picking up 2 or 3 wins a year, so I would say either 2 or 3 years will see them tied.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Plus Stanford always seems to drop a game or two that they shouldn't. That basically never happens with UConn. Arkansas this year was the first time since maybe St. John's in 2012 that has happened.

 

[jonson]

We're in the national championship game for the first time since 2010 and we still had 2 conference losses (yeah, the Colorado one was a fluke, but it's still a loss!). The last time we lost only one conference game was Chiney's final season - Graves, Rueck, and Barnes were practically unknowns back then. And for the first time in WCBB, the championship game is between two PAC-12 teams, with another two in the Sweet Sixteen. If we lose only one conference game per season for the next few years, I'll send everyone in this thread free beers from Drizly.com. I seriously doubt that will happen, but a fan can dream!'

ETA: To my knowledge, the PAC-12 is the only conference that has paired travel partners, which means Stanford and Cal always play weekend away and home games against the pairs of UA/ASU, Colo/Utah, Oregon/OSU, UCLA/USC, and Wash/WSU. A decade ago, that was a decided advantage for us because Cal was the next best team in the league, so opposing teams couldn't just scout us and slack on them. These days, Cal is terrible and Oregon/OSU, UCLA/USC, and UA/ASU are all rough back-to-back Fri night/Sunday day assignments. That means we're scouting two at-least-solid teams and they're able to slack off on Cal and focus on us. Over the course of conference play, that dynamic probably chalks up to at least one loss per season or so.

Last year's Oregon team was the first in quite a while (Stanford in Chiney's final season?) to get through a Pac12 season with only a single loss. 2 losses have been the norm for the conference champion, and I think it's very likely to be just that going forward. And that's a substantial plus (for Geno) given what the Big East will likely look like.

 

[mhshuskies]

And when will Tara pass Geno on NC's ??

Uh, NEVER!!!!

 

[mhshuskies]

And when will Tara pass Geno on NC's ??

Only if Geno stops coaching and at 3 NC/ 30 years she would need to coach until she was about 140+ years old!

 

[Happydad745]

Was I the only one who was somewhat annoyed that they announced about a dozen times that Tara has the most wins in WCBB? Not once did they say that Geno is only a couple wins behind? ( I don't know, I guess four maybe?)

It looks like Stanford will be dominating the PAC12 for some time now. It looks difficult to catch her. And I think she will continue coaching for a long time, barring health issues. So, I know that Geno doesn't really care about such things, but some fans do. Anyone care to guess when or if Geno might pass Tara for most wins?

11 championships is the only thing that really counts....plus Geno's win/loss percentage.

 

[MSGRET]

Meant to post this here but accidentally posted it on the "Did Geno throw the team under a bus?" and can't delete it.

This is a little off of the story line but why does ESPN almost always have the tag line of HOF Coach Tara Vanderveer, inducted in 2011. When it comes to Geno they usually just state Coach Geno Auriemma, inducted in 2006.