Who Wins a UConn vs Notre Dame Series?

[RegisteredUconn]

For the first time, two undefeateds enter the NCAAs in the same year. Since I can't imagine a poll asking who, should they meet in the final, will win would add much light to the topic, what if the format were a best of seven series? Who wins and how many games does the loser take?

Note: There weren't enough poll choices to include a Notre Dame sweep so I left that out. Besides, if you think ND would sweep us, you don't belong here.

 

[reno tony]

UCONN

 

[msf22b]

All hard fought games with UConn's superior starting lineup prevailing.
I see it as Notre Dame 3 stars, UConn 5
If the backcourts cancel or even a slight advantage for ND scoring wise
and Steff and Natalie cancel
That still leaves Stewie and KML.
real simple handicapping

Big advantage UConn

 

[SallyH]

Talk is cheap, I know because I do so much of it. Let's play the game and find out. But my money's on UConn.

 

[RUGGY]

This I see as a hard nasty game ,I think it's gona be close..ND not going down easy..UCONN by 10

 

[Tonyc]

Uconn is healthy this season and they've got a year of experience under their belt. They are a much better team then last season when they struggled against ND until the finals. Breanna MoJeff are much better. Bria and KML are healthy again. This weekend it showed. If ND makes it to the finals UConn will beat them by 18+. LVille is a very good team with a group of very good outside shooters and UConn shut them down. Yes McBride and Lloyd are very good. This season they face a much improved UConn team. They same team that beat ND by 18 in the FF last season. Dont forget Mojeff Bria Breanna and KML were different players last season. They are much improved this season. I dont think there is a team in WCBB that can stay with UConn this season. After watching Breanna this weekend I saw alot of Diana and Maya. That alone is tuff to beat. Barring injuries UConn wins big. The biggest questions remains. Who can compete with UConn. The answer hasnt changed, there isnt a team in WCBB that can. UConn has overcome injuries, overcome sickness, over come just about everything .

 

[sawxfan23]

All hard fought games with UConn's superior starting lineup prevailing.
I see it as Notre Dame 3 stars, UConn 5
If the backcourts cancel or even a slight advantage for ND scoring wise
and Steff and Natalie cancel
That still leaves Stewie and KML.
real simple handicapping

Big advantage UConn

I see it as Allen Jefferson advantage UConn
Lloyd Hartley even
McBride KML advantage Notre Dame
Braker Stewart advantage Stewart
Achonwa Dolson even
Bench Bench advantage Notre Dame

Thses teams are very evenly matched and it will be a very close game either way if {when} they meet.

 

[stormsurge]

Defense wins championships. I go with the team that held Louisville to under 30% shooting. And I got to factor that into to which team has the better player at each position.

 

[baggerbob]

Just remember who DT said was the best player at the trials this past summer, until such time as Stewie moves on to the pro's UConn is the best college basketball team.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

I see it as Allen Jefferson even
Lloyd Hartley even
Mabrey KML even
Braker Stewart advantage Stewart
Achonwa Dolson even
Bench Bench advantage Notre Dame

Thses teams are very evenly matched and it will be a very close game either way if {when} they meet.

Yikes! That could be the worst match up analysis I've ever seen.

[Edit: Just realized you left off McBride and probably meant her in place of Mabrey which makes you seem more reasonable.]

 

[Husky25]

I am primarily a fan of the men's game, but normally catch a few minutes of the women on tv. I think UConn would win a Best of 7 Game Series vs. ND series in 5 games, and the game ND won would be a nail biter. Notre Dame's offense might be efficient, but there is no womens team on UConn's schedule that has even approached their own average offensive output and its not like UConn is in the lower half of the country in team offense either.

Rank at time, Team, average pts. scored, pts. vs. UConn, differential
#3 Stanford, 77.6, 57, 20.6
#8 Maryland, 83.2, 55, 26.2
#2 Duke, 80.2, 61, 19.2
#21 Cal, 73.6, 47, 26.6
#7 Baylor, 84.3, 55, 29.3
#23 Rutgers, 70.6, 64, 6.6
#4 Louisville, 79.7, 64, 15.7
# 24 Rutgers, 70.6, 35, 35.6
#3 Louisville, 79.7, 48, 31.7
# 24 Rutgers, 70.6, 57, 23.6
#3 Louisville, 79.7, 52, 27.7

Here's the same Analysis for ranked teams vs ND

Rank at time, Team, average pts. scored, pts. vs. ND, differential
#19 MSU, 73.4, 62, 11.4
#25 DePaul, 83.8,76, 6.8
#10 Penn St., 75.9, 67, 8.9
#11 Tennessee, 78.9, 70, 8.9
#8 Maryland, 83.2,83, 0.2
#3 Duke, 80.2, 67, 13.2
#7 Duke, 80.2, 70, 10.2
#14 UNC, 80.7, 75, 5.7
#13 NCSt., 75.7 ,60, 15.7
#14 NCSt., 75.7 ,48, 27.7
#10 Duke, 80.2, 53, 27.2

Not one ranked team scored above their average vs. UConn. Rutgers came the closest, then UConn pounded them the next two time they played. UConn destroyed the #3 team in the country all three times they played as well.

The team that UConn pounded by 17 while keep them below their season average by 26 points actually scored their season average vs. ND (Maryland). We know about margin of victory. I say whatever (UConn beats their opponents by 10 more points than ND anyway).

UConn played a slightly more difficult schedule (given the rankings) and kept the best of their opponents below their scoring average by 24 points. ND by 12. ND may be the second best team in the country, but thanks to UConn's team defense, it is not close. The rankings from 2-7 may as well be vacated and start back up with ND at #8.

 

[triaddukefan]

Having seen both teams in person.... UCONN once and ND twice... no doubt in my mind that UCONN would win a series. It wouldnt be a sweep though.. ND would win 1 or maybe 2 games. ND hasnt faced a tough defensive squad this season.... so alot of the open looks they got on the perimeter, just wouldnt be there vs UCONN. I would give the PG advantage to UCONN, though the ND PG is solid and steady... I would love to see the wing match-up.... I would give the slight advantage to UCONN. Before Sunday's ACC Final i would have given UCONN the clear advantage on the inside... After seeing that game, I feel that UCONN would absolutely DESTROY ND on the interior.

If my dream final of Duke vs Minnesota cant happen..... i would love to see the UCONN/ND matchup in the championship game. I've only watched a handful of championship games in the past 15 years or so... but I definitely would tune in for that

 

[Sonny44]

I am primarily a fan of the men's game, but normally catch a few minutes of the women on tv. I think UConn would win a Best of 7 Game Series vs. ND series in 5 games, and the game UConn won would be a nail biter. Notre Dames offense might be efficient, but there is no womens team on UConn's schedule that has even approached their own average offensive output and its not like UConn is in the lower half of the country in team offense either.

Rank at time, Team, average pts. scored, pts. vs. UConn, differential
#3 Stanford, 77.6, 57, 20.6
#8 Maryland, 83.2, 55, 26.2
#2 Duke, 80.2, 61, 19.2
#21 Cal, 73.6, 47, 26.6
#7 Baylor, 84.3, 55, 29.3
#23 Rutgers, 70.6, 64, 6.6
#4 Louisville, 79.7, 64, 15.7
# 24 Rutgers, 70.6, 35, 35.6
#3 Louisville, 79.7, 48, 31.7
# 24 Rutgers, 70.6, 57, 23.6
#3 Louisville, 79.7, 52, 27.7

Here's the same Analysis for ranked teams vs ND

Rank at time, Team, average pts. scored, pts. vs. ND, differential
#19 MSU, 73.4, 62, 11.4
#25 DePaul, 83.8,76, 6.8
#10 Penn St., 75.9, 67, 8.9
#11 Tennessee, 78.9, 70, 8.9
#8 Maryland, 83.2,83, 0.2
#3 Duke, 80.2, 67, 13.2
#7 Duke, 80.2, 70, 10.2
#14 UNC, 80.7, 75, 5.7
#13 NCSt., 75.7 ,60, 15.7
#14 NCSt., 75.7 ,48, 27.7
#10 Duke, 80.2, 53, 27.2

Not one ranked team scored above their average vs. UConn. Rutgers came the closest, then UConn pounded them the next two time they played. UConn destroyed the #3 team in the country all three times they played as well.

The team that UConn pounded by 17 while keep them below their season average by 26 points actually scored their season average vs. ND (Maryland). We know about margin of victory. I say whatever (UConn beats their opponents by 10 more points than ND anyway).

UConn played a slightly more difficult schedule (given the rankings) and kept the best of their opponents below their scoring average by 24 points. ND by 12. ND may be the second best team in the country, but thanks to UConn's team defense, it is not close. The rankings from 2-7 may as well be vacated and start back up with ND at #8.

Very convincing.

 

[sawxfan23]

Yikes! That could be the worst match up analysis I've ever seen.

[Edit: Just realized you left off McBride and probably meant her in place of Mabrey which makes you seem more reasonable.]

Yes I meant to type McBride instead of Mabrey.

 

[doggydaddy]

I see it as Allen Jefferson even
Lloyd Hartley even
McBride KML even
Braker Stewart advantage Stewart
Achonwa Dolson even
Bench Bench advantage Notre Dame

Thses teams are very evenly matched and it will be a very close game either way if {when} they meet.

Why do you have Jefferson and Allen even?

 

[HoopsFan21]

One bone to pick, and that's the contention that Mosqueda-Lewis is better this year compared to last. She was in some kind of zone last season, especially in that final game.

 

[Waquoit]

Why do you have Jefferson and Allen even?

Gotta be the booze.

 

[JellyBean]

In a best of 7 series, I got our girls(UConn) winning in six games.

 

[sawxfan23]

Why do you have Jefferson and Allen even?

After further consideration I gave MoJeff the advantage over Allen but I also gave McBride the advantage over KML.

 

[doggydaddy]

After further consideration I gave MoJeff the advantage over Allen but I also gave McBride the advantage over KML.

I just think that ND having 2 freshman, one the starting point guard and the other the first big off the bench gives Uconn a huge advantage.

 

[msf22b]

I just think that ND having 2 freshman, one the starting point guard and the other the first big off the bench gives Uconn a huge advantage.

Yeah, Mo might just eat her up

 

[doggydaddy]

Yeah, Mo might just eat her up

It's not just Mo. It's the tipped balls in the passing lane and the organized speed and quickness of the Uconn defense.

 

[Shenandoah]

"Stef and Natalie cancel"

No Way. Achonwa has worked herself into a fine post player, but Stef is the BEST post in the country, hands down.

 

[DobbsRover2]

One bone to pick, and that's the contention that Mosqueda-Lewis is better this year compared to last. She was in some kind of zone last season, especially in that final game.

What? She was just 0.6 points above her season's average in the NC and 0.8 points below her tournament average.

But yeah, we tend to think of Stewie and her MOP and 20.8 tournament average last year as the key, which it certainly was, but KML's steady 18.8 ppg and 5.5 rpg was also a big key to the tournament run. And 5 bombs in the NC was nice. She's at 14.25 ppg for the last four games, and it would be really great if she can up that just a bit in the tourney and make the corner 3 her personal shooting range location.

 

[easttexastrash]

UCONN in 3.5 games...ND throws in the towel at halftime of game four.