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Post by semper on Oct 4, 2022 19:03:14 GMT -5
Boy, I hope you are right, Linkster. Me would love to see us with a GREAT front court.
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Post by swash on Oct 4, 2022 19:47:34 GMT -5
I remember last year it really hurt UConn’s resume that they didn’t have that big marquee out of conference win. Even the Tennessee win didn’t help as much as you would think because they slid out of contention. Tennessee, Notre Dame, Texas, NC State, South Carolina, maybe Iowa. Need to win some of those games and hope those teams are as good as advertised. UConn gets Texas and NCSt early. UConn will be more ready than either team and they will be home. It's almost as if Geno did it to motivate them. No waltzing through a cupcake early sched. Got to be ready from the opening jump. Geno has said that creating a sense of urgency right from the start of practice is important because learning anything new has to happen before the season starts. This group looks to have been urgent since May. I recognize that there are unknowns but when I look around the country I only see 2 teams that can stay in a game with UConn. Others could upset UConn but only if CT throws in a clunker. UConn has 4 or5 players in their front court who could all start this season. Last season UConn's front court was a shell of itself by the end of the season. This year it will be the team's backbone. I don't think UConn will be out-rebounded the entire season. I hope you are correct, but I think the guards are still the strength of this team. More balanced than recent editions, though
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2022 12:37:05 GMT -5
UConn gets Texas and NCSt early. UConn will be more ready than either team and they will be home. It's almost as if Geno did it to motivate them. No waltzing through a cupcake early sched. Got to be ready from the opening jump. Geno has said that creating a sense of urgency right from the start of practice is important because learning anything new has to happen before the season starts. This group looks to have been urgent since May. I recognize that there are unknowns but when I look around the country I only see 2 teams that can stay in a game with UConn. Others could upset UConn but only if CT throws in a clunker. UConn has 4 or5 players in their front court who could all start this season. Last season UConn's front court was a shell of itself by the end of the season. This year it will be the team's backbone. I don't think UConn will be out-rebounded the entire season. I hope you are correct, but I think the guards are still the strength of this team. More balanced than recent editions, though Losing a game or two during the early season isn't a problem so long as the team learns from the loss and improves by NCAA Tournament time.
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Post by swash on Oct 5, 2022 12:49:16 GMT -5
I hope you are correct, but I think the guards are still the strength of this team. More balanced than recent editions, though Losing a game or two during the early season isn't a problem so long as the team learns from the loss and improves by NCAA Tournament time. Right. ... but ... let's win em all anyway, eh?
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Post by rukia on Oct 5, 2022 12:54:50 GMT -5
Creme has DePaul going into the tournament. I am not sold on that. I think DePaul will be down this season. And I actually expect Marquette and maybe Seton Hall to both be better than them.
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Post by bulkey on Oct 5, 2022 14:37:49 GMT -5
Creme has DePaul going into the tournament. I am not sold on that. I think DePaul will be down this season. And I actually expect Marquette and maybe Seton Hall to both be better than them. Maybe, but I think they make the tournament. They have a player who can take over the game. Aneesah is good for a handful of wins on her own. The bracketeers will want to showcase her. And I hope so, because it's time for her to get national attention for our national teams, too.
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Post by linkster on Oct 5, 2022 20:37:32 GMT -5
I felt the same at this time last year. The difference then and now is threefold. First, of course is the injuries. This year I know what CAN happen. Second, no seniors. Third, the freshmen/tranfer. The talent added to the team trumps what left. It will be another year before we can hope to see this group all play together but that doesn't lessen the upside this year. Geno likes to put freshman into roles they are best at and build from there. In Brady and Patterson he has his front court core for the next 4 years. I was concerned that Patterson would be raw but she seems to be very sound fundamentally and as soon as Geno starts talking I think we are going to hear "we need to give her minutes". Same with Brady. LLS is a wild card. So are Brady, Patterson and Deberry. And each is more likely than not going to be a contributor. I wouldn't be shocked if all of them had a 20 pt game this season.
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Post by sewingcybermom on Oct 5, 2022 23:34:55 GMT -5
Tennessee did lose several games it should have won, but it took UConn down to the wire and actually beat South Carolina. Charlie's just updating his projections, knocking UConn down after Paige got injured. He's a semi-idiot, but that doesn't seem idiotic at all. He had ranked Tenn as #6 back in April, behind Iowa. He's jumped Tenn over UConn (understandable, given his reasoning) and above Iowa. I don't know how Tenn improved itself over the summer to get beyond Iowa, but that seems like a very small thing. If everyone thinks Charlie is pandering to Tenn now, they should have thought the same in April, because since then the bracketing has been pretty predictable. Tennessee never beat S. Carolina last year.
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Post by sewingcybermom on Oct 5, 2022 23:37:43 GMT -5
I'm good with a #2 seed. However, I'm not sure TN deserves to be on that #1 line. There are just too many other teams worthy of that spot over them as their rosters are listed right now. If you could convince me that Key has become a Tina Charles in the post..well, I'd consider it, but based on what TN showed us in the 2nd half of last season, Nah....def not a #1 seed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2022 4:20:42 GMT -5
Creme has DePaul going into the tournament. I am not sold on that. I think DePaul will be down this season. And I actually expect Marquette and maybe Seton Hall to both be better than them. Maybe, but I think they make the tournament. They have a player who can take over the game. Aneesah is good for a handful of wins on her own. The bracketeers will want to showcase her. And I hope so, because it's time for her to get national attention for our national teams, too. She could have a breakout season??
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Post by bulkey on Oct 6, 2022 8:28:54 GMT -5
Maybe, but I think they make the tournament. They have a player who can take over the game. Aneesah is good for a handful of wins on her own. The bracketeers will want to showcase her. And I hope so, because it's time for her to get national attention for our national teams, too. She could have a breakout season?? I thought she already broke out. As a freshman, she averaged 22 pts and 14 ribbies/game.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2022 9:47:39 GMT -5
She could have a breakout season?? I thought she already broke out. As a freshman, she averaged 22 pts and 14 ribbies/game. She did, but the media focused on Boston Baked Beans and Nalyssa Smith?
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Post by rukia on Oct 6, 2022 11:26:56 GMT -5
I think last year proved she can only break out so much at DePaul. Because she should have gotten some national player of the year chatter tbh.
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Post by linkster on Oct 7, 2022 19:08:34 GMT -5
I think last year proved she can only break out so much at DePaul. Because she should have gotten some national player of the year chatter tbh. I'd be shocked if she wasn't on some of the early POY lists. There will be many on that list with less reason.
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Post by linkster on Oct 7, 2022 19:11:08 GMT -5
ESPN has overrated the vols more years than not.
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