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Which is more popular UConn Men's Basketball or UConn Women's Basketball?

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ucp990411 said:
What about the students? My daughter graduated in 2016 and it was no contest which was more popular on campus.
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How do they feel about the Gentlemen Huskies?
 
Fishy said:
So many awful takes.
Women’s hoop is a really small pie - using a metric like google searches to determine popularity is goofy.
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But UConn fans are a huge chunk of that Women’s hoop pie. And that's women's hoop not just WCBB hoop. The men's fans are just a small part of the men's CBB pie.
 
Waquoit said:
It's too bad JC couldn't have been classier towards the women's success. Neither he nor the school benefitted from his churlishness.
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I mean we kinda love jc for his churlishness no? That’s #1

#2 is that quote came out after the amazing women’s season in 95 where he was being barraged with “ women can win a title, why can’t you”. Stupidity.
 
There are certainly tons of people who recognize UConn for the UConn women because they've been so dominant in their sport for so long but the people saying they run into all sorts of UConn women's bball fans all over the country are completely full of s^^t. Women's basketball just doesn't have many fans, people will tune in to the title game to see if the UConn women can complete an undefeated season and they get a ton of ESPN/media coverage because of their dominance but the idea there are a lot of UConn women's bball fans outside of CT. is ridiculous.
 
“Who has more fans” is kind of a pointless discussion. If you leave the Classic Big East footprint and you say “UConn” to someone, they will think of WBB. That’s just the facts.

If that makes you uncomfortable, that’s between you and the very fast sports car I’m sure you own.
 
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Guapo said:
“Who has more fans” is kind of a pointless discussion. If you leave the Classic Big East footprint and you say “UConn” to someone, they will think of WBB. That’s just the facts.

If that makes you uncomfortable, that’s between you and the very fast sports car I’m sure you own.
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Disagree......maybe. I think it comes back to what RayistheGOAT said about what one means about “popularity”. If it is simply a case of yeah I’ve heard of UConn cuz their women’s team is great then it’s the ladies. But if it’s based on having more people who actually follow the team, watch the games, etc. then it’s the guys.
 
Vuce said:
Disagree......maybe. I think it comes back to what RayistheGOAT said about what one means about “popularity”. If it is simply a case of yeah I’ve heard of UConn cuz their women’s team is great then it’s the ladies. But if it’s based on having more people who actually follow the team, watch the games, etc. then it’s the guys.
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Yeah, I think you’re agreeing with me.
 
The reality is if their both doing well
Who commands the higher ticket price and who is the tougher ticket .
Which program normally makes a profit .
That should answer the question.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
The reality is if their both doing well
Who commands the higher ticket price and who is the tougher ticket .
Which program normally makes a profit .
That should answer the question.
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In that scenario it’s not even close
 
August_West said:
#2 is that quote came out after the amazing women’s season in 95 where he was being barraged with “ women can win a title, why can’t you”. Stupidity.
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You know it wasn't just that quote. It was the attitude he had the entire time he was here.
 
Waquoit said:
You know it wasn't just that quote. It was the attitude he had the entire time he was here.
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This is really dumb. Geno has taken more shots at the women's game and the fans than Calhoun ever has.
 
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easily women’s team here & internationally

not even close

didn’t read the thread
 
superjohn said:
This is really dumb. Geno has taken more shots at the women's game and the fans than Calhoun ever has.
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It's not about occasional "shots", it's about 20 years of behavior. It would have been nice for UConn if he was classier toward the program that built that the new BB facility.
 
Palatine said:
If put on the open market, which team, men's or women's, would command more dollars to broadcast?
Money talks and bullspit walks. The men are vastly more popular.
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On what do you base this assertion? The first year the Big East went to Fox, I would check their weekly ratings. That year during the OOC conference portion of the schedule, the third highest rated game was UConn-DePaul women. And there was a huge gap between 3rd and 4th. Nationwide the women are vastly more popular, they would get a much higher contract. Locally, the men are more popular.
 
Waquoit said:
It's too bad JC couldn't have been classier towards the women's success. Neither he nor the school benefitted from his churlishness.
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Mmm, Tough to dump that on Calhoun alone. It takes two to tango and some people have no problem finding a dance partner.

Geno vs. Calhoun
Geno vs. Pat
Geno vs. Muffet

FWIW, I remember Calhoun on Centerstage being very complementary about Geno and the WBB program.
 
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Waquoit said:
On what do you base this assertion? The first year the Big East went to Fox, I would check their weekly ratings. That year during the OOC conference portion of the schedule, the third highest rated game was UConn-DePaul women. And there was a huge gap between 3rd and 4th. Nationwide the women are vastly more popular, they would get a much higher contract. Locally, the men are more popular.
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UConn men's final 4 ratings semis and title game since 1999-

1999- 9.2, 17.2
2004- 10.5, 11.0
2009- 7.8
2011- 9.5, 11.7
2014- 6.9, 12.4

Uconn women's final 4 ratings semis and title game since 1999-

2000- 1.4, 2.7
2001- 1.9
2002- 2.0, 3.3
2003- 2.6, 2.8
2004- 2.8, 3.5
2008- 1.8
2009- 1.7, 1.8
2010- 2.3, 2.4
2011- 2.1
2012- 1.8
2013- 1.8, 2.0
2014- 1.5, 2.8
2015- 1.5, 2.0
2016- 1.5, 1.9
2017- 1.7
2018- 1.4
2019- 1.4
 
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superjohn said:
UConn men's final 4 ratings semis and title game since 1999-

1999- 9.2, 17.2
2004- 10.5, 11.0
2009- 7.8
2011- 9.5, 11.7
2014- 6.9, 12.4

Uconn women's final 4 ratings semis and title game since 1999-

2000- 1.4, 2.7
2001- 1.9
2002- 2.0, 3.3
2003- 2.6, 2.8
2004- 2.8, 3.5
2008- 1.8
2009- 1.7, 1.8
2010- 2.3, 2.4
2011- 2.1
2012- 1.8
2013- 1.8, 2.0
2014- 1.5, 2.8
2015- 1.5, 2.0
2016- 1.5, 1.9
2017- 1.7
2018- 1.4
2019- 1.4
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This "comparison" would be more honest if you put zeroes next to the men from 2015 on.
 
I think people are confusing popularity with recognition.

Taking nothing away from the women's program the competition level is not as deep as the men's locally or nationally. Therefore you get multiple long winning streaks, four championships in a row, not losing an AAC game etc which brings the headlines so people who say when traveling around the country they hear more about the women's team than the men's is due to the "headline" factor.

Trying to figure out which is more popular is the old apples vs oranges argument.

Each has its own core following and demographic of its fan base and there is nothing wrong with that.

I assume fans who primarily follow the men's team are glad when the women's team is doing well and vice - versa.
 
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