Would you trade the streak for the ntl title?

[UConnNick]

I'd rather have extended the streak of NCs to five at the expense of the winning streak ending. I wouldn't have cared if it ended vs. Florida State if it meant winning the NC this season. About half the games during the streak were against AAC nobodies with zero chance of beating us. It's a great accomplishment, but people will knock it because we play in a pathetic conference for WCBB.

 

[Adios]

You can't win every game either, so I don't get your point.

We have another shot for title #12. You guys want another 111 game streak?

Knock it? I wouldn't say so. We beat ranked teams. It's not as if UCLA played all powerhouses during their 88 game winning streak. That streak was ended by Notre Dame, who has yet to win a title in men's basketball.

 

[Wally East]

The thing though is that the streak will probably be remembered more than a Nattty. Everyone expected them to win the NC so it really would have meant little.

D'Oh? Expectations in October for this team were to win the national championship? Really?

Would have meant little? No, I don't think so. It would've been one of Geno's greater jobs of coaching.

 

[connie]

The question is a very provocative one. And I like many of the arguments on both sides. The reason why I cannot commit to either is because the two choices leave me equally so very far from what we all hoped for and anticipated with each passing victory: an undefeated season, a 5th consecutive title, AND an ongoing 113 consecutive game winning streak. All dashed to smithereens in a single shot with no time on the clock.

We witnessed history in that game because, truth is, it is inconceivable that any basketball team will ever be in that position again.

 

[ReadR00ster]

If I was a UConn fan I would want the title. It would be a 5th straight and who know when that streak would have ended. But I supposed it's moot.

 

[GoingPostal]

The NC. You can lose 2 or 3 games along the way during the season but there's only one national championship. The loses get forgotten. The championship lives on forever. Besides it would have been great if Saniya and Tierney had won a NC as seniors.

 

[willtalk]

The 111 game streak was more difficult than a single championship. I agree. But that wasn't the original question.

I'm not sure everyone expected them to win the NC, but it certainly would not have meant little.
Remember we're talking about the 111 game streak; if we had a lost a game prior to the NCAAs, the streak would have been anywhere from 74 to 107. UConn also already owns the then leading 90 game streak prior.

So, the question really is:

A. 90-game streak, and 74-107 game streak and 12 overall NCs (with 5 straight NCs and the potential for more)
vs.
B. 90-game streak, 111-game streak (currently 0); 11 overall NCs

B is reality, but I would prefer A.

Actually you are bringing in Qualifiers that were not part of the original question. The question was if one would prefer a 111 game winning streak to a National Championship. You forget that a 111 game winning streak would have to include two or more National Championships. The assumption was this last championship would be traded for the 111 streak. You are creating a scenario that would favor the Championship while still having a long streak but that was nor really the question. I mean I could do the same thing by creating a scenario where losing the streak also meant losing past championships. The choice was simple the 111 game winning streak vs the 2017 National Championship.

 

[MilfordHusky]

The Mississippi State game showed that nothing is certain. Though I like our chances, there is no guarantee that we get to NC #12 next year. Or ever. I'd like to see Geno have 15 or 16 when he retires, but it's possible that he will still have (only) 11.

 

[DALTX]

Actually you are bringing in Qualifiers that were not part of the original question. The question was if one would prefer a 111 game winning streak to a National Championship. You forget that a 111 game winning streak would have to include two or more National Championships. The assumption was this last championship would be traded for the 111 streak. You are creating a scenario that would favor the Championship while still having a long streak but that was nor really the question. I mean I could do the same thing by creating a scenario where losing the streak also meant losing past championships. The choice was simple the 111 game winning streak vs the 2017 National Championship.

The qualifier implied in the original post was the streak this year. The OP @socal613ws gave the example of losing to FSU in the first game of the season. Obviously my opinion would be different with your choice.

 

[mhshuskies]

Without a doubt the NC is what it is all about every year. That is why UCONN doesn't cut down the nets after the elite eight victory, there is still unfinished business. Practically, the current team win streak was 36.

 

[BroadwayVa]

I would trade the last 11 wins for a NC, but I really wanted them to get to 100 so ... tough choice if you are saying lose game #90.

I suggest that the 111 WINNING STREAK is much more memorable than a single NC. Miss St, a flawed team with losses, won the NC.
I takes STAYING power to accumulate 111 wins without a loss.
It's not that just any one can get to the NC---but apparently anyone in the top 10 can---how many could or will exceed 100 wins in a row? The 111 was and is a much more significant accomplishment than any SINGLE NC.
Having said that--a 5th NC--is equally exceptional --but isn't 4 NC 's unheard of in the hall of Women's or Men's Basketball
If UConn had to lose one of them--let it be the NC.
I agree UMiami ---100 was a nice outstanding record-- an the NC would have set Uconn so far from any other Men or Women's team ---it would be the first thing in the record books.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Without a doubt the NC is what it is all about every year. That is why UCONN doesn't cut down the nets after the elite eight victory, there is still unfinished business. Practically, the current team win streak was 36.

Did you ever think-----to accumulate more than 39 wins a team must win the NC also???

 

[BroadwayVa]

"Different" doesn't necessarily mean better mindset. Youth and inexperience are being thrown out for the MSU loss, a young inexperienced team losing the first game of the season could also easily have spiraled the entire season out of control and nobody would have been talking about the streak. This team build on that close call at FSU into a win over Baylor, into a wins @ND, @ MD, & SC =undefeated regular season.

These 2016/17 Uconn kids did what they could--what Geno could pull from them--they had nothing more to give--. If they played Miss St a week later--different story I think--no one truly knows how or why Uconn couldn't make shots they normally made--

I agree any loss along the way could have ---changed the rest of the season--with young/inexperienced kids--there is no prediction of what they will do.