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Post by meyers7 on Feb 4, 2023 13:22:22 GMT -5
doggy, Most of the time I agree with you, but not today. The injury bug kills UCONN in this game. If UCONN had all 12 players available that they were projected to have before the season started UCONN would be undefeated and the favorite in this game. As much as I want UCONN to win this game I don't see how its possible. The game may be close for a quarter, maybe more, but eventually SC's depth will wear UCONN down. I see SC winning this game by 10 or more points. But but but.....It could be an upset of epic proportions!! That's what I'm hoping for.
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Post by meyers7 on Feb 5, 2023 14:40:20 GMT -5
Love ya JD but just saying that those 5 can't take S. Carolina without some analysis, well, it's pretty empty. What makes you think that? Basically don't have enough outside shooting. It's gonna be tough enough as it is to score inside. Without outside shooting, it'll only be worse. Probably need 10-12 3ptrs to win (maybe more). Don't think we got the players at this time to do it. If we had Fudd and CFD that would open up the floor. Fudd/Senechal/CFD could get 3 a piece (avg. maybe more). Then Muhl/Juhasz/Griffin only have to get probably 3 total between them. BUT, we don't have that right now. Hopefully we'll have it down the road.
We can defend them well enough, I think. But not sure we can score enough. I imagine we'll get out-rebounded, so they are gonna get extra shots. If we give up a bunch of turnovers, that will only be worse. (and we haven't done well with TOs this year....except when Fudd is playing, we're better) But again, we don't have Fudd now.
The players we got will play their guts out, but I just don't think it's enough right now.
Well I was partly right. Didn't have enough outside shooting. Putting up only 6 3pt shots, not gonna get it done. And as I thought, we lost the RB battle.
Did think we could do better defensively. And we did better than I thought offensively (so that's good). But giving up an extra 13 shots and an extra 11 FTs just too much to overcome. Luckily we kept the TOs down.
Great effort by the team today. A lot they can build on. Especially when Fudd and Ducharme get back.
This shouldn't hurt us in the eyes of the NCAA Committee either.
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Post by dreamseason on Feb 5, 2023 14:50:42 GMT -5
Basically don't have enough outside shooting. It's gonna be tough enough as it is to score inside. Without outside shooting, it'll only be worse. Probably need 10-12 3ptrs to win (maybe more). Don't think we got the players at this time to do it. If we had Fudd and CFD that would open up the floor. Fudd/Senechal/CFD could get 3 a piece (avg. maybe more). Then Muhl/Juhasz/Griffin only have to get probably 3 total between them. BUT, we don't have that right now. Hopefully we'll have it down the road.
We can defend them well enough, I think. But not sure we can score enough. I imagine we'll get out-rebounded, so they are gonna get extra shots. If we give up a bunch of turnovers, that will only be worse. (and we haven't done well with TOs this year....except when Fudd is playing, we're better) But again, we don't have Fudd now.
The players we got will play their guts out, but I just don't think it's enough right now.
Well I was partly right. Didn't have enough outside shooting. Putting up only 6 3pt shots, not gonna get it done. And as I thought, we lost the RB battle.
Did think we could do better defensively. And we did better than I thought offensively (so that's good). But giving up an extra 13 shots and an extra 11 FTs just too much to overcome. Luckily we kept the TOs down.
Great effort by the team today. A lot they can build on. Especially when Fudd and Ducharme get back.
This shouldn't hurt us in the eyes of the NCAA Committee either.
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3.
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Post by bulkey on Feb 5, 2023 16:52:56 GMT -5
Well I was partly right. Didn't have enough outside shooting. Putting up only 6 3pt shots, not gonna get it done. And as I thought, we lost the RB battle.
Did think we could do better defensively. And we did better than I thought offensively (so that's good). But giving up an extra 13 shots and an extra 11 FTs just too much to overcome. Luckily we kept the TOs down.
Great effort by the team today. A lot they can build on. Especially when Fudd and Ducharme get back.
This shouldn't hurt us in the eyes of the NCAA Committee either.
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3. No way! And certainly not if Stanfraud loses again.... Sorry, not if, but when... which is right now against 12 (now 13) and 9 Washington. Just who do you think is really better than UConn (besides South Carolina when they play a UConn without a bench)?
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Post by UConnChapette on Feb 5, 2023 17:25:17 GMT -5
I don’t see UConn dropping in the polls. If anything, they stay where they are or move up with Stanford losing.
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 5, 2023 17:51:16 GMT -5
Basically don't have enough outside shooting. It's gonna be tough enough as it is to score inside. Without outside shooting, it'll only be worse. Probably need 10-12 3ptrs to win (maybe more). Don't think we got the players at this time to do it. If we had Fudd and CFD that would open up the floor. Fudd/Senechal/CFD could get 3 a piece (avg. maybe more). Then Muhl/Juhasz/Griffin only have to get probably 3 total between them. BUT, we don't have that right now. Hopefully we'll have it down the road.
We can defend them well enough, I think. But not sure we can score enough. I imagine we'll get out-rebounded, so they are gonna get extra shots. If we give up a bunch of turnovers, that will only be worse. (and we haven't done well with TOs this year....except when Fudd is playing, we're better) But again, we don't have Fudd now.
The players we got will play their guts out, but I just don't think it's enough right now.
Well I was partly right. Didn't have enough outside shooting. Putting up only 6 3pt shots, not gonna get it done. And as I thought, we lost the RB battle.
Did think we could do better defensively. And we did better than I thought offensively (so that's good). But giving up an extra 13 shots and an extra 11 FTs just too much to overcome. Luckily we kept the TOs down.
Great effort by the team today. A lot they can build on. Especially when Fudd and Ducharme get back.
This shouldn't hurt us in the eyes of the NCAA Committee either.
Between the 2 of us, we nailed it pretty well.
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 5, 2023 17:53:31 GMT -5
Well I was partly right. Didn't have enough outside shooting. Putting up only 6 3pt shots, not gonna get it done. And as I thought, we lost the RB battle.
Did think we could do better defensively. And we did better than I thought offensively (so that's good). But giving up an extra 13 shots and an extra 11 FTs just too much to overcome. Luckily we kept the TOs down.
Great effort by the team today. A lot they can build on. Especially when Fudd and Ducharme get back.
This shouldn't hurt us in the eyes of the NCAA Committee either.
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3. They won't drop any. Four?? For losing to the No. 1 team? How many will Stanford fall? 15 for losing to unranked 13-9 Washington?
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 5, 2023 17:57:45 GMT -5
I don’t see UConn dropping in the polls. If anything, they stay where they are or move up with Stanford losing. Will the voters hold the LSU 6 point win against a terrible (much worse than Providence and Georgetown) 6-15, yes, 6-15 Texas A&M team against them?
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Post by UConnChapette on Feb 5, 2023 17:59:37 GMT -5
I don’t see UConn dropping in the polls. If anything, they stay where they are or move up with Stanford losing. Will the voters hold the LSU 6 point win against a terrible (much worse than Providence and Georgetown) 6-15, yes, 6-15 Texas A&M team against them? Doubtful. LSU seems to be the darling this season.
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Post by dreamseason on Feb 5, 2023 20:38:15 GMT -5
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3. They won't drop any. Four?? For losing to the No. 1 team? How many will Stanford fall? 15 for losing to unranked 13-9 Washington? Based on other results today, I revise my prediction to #7. Best case is to stay at #5. But would it shock anyone to see us drop below Iowa and Utah?
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Post by dreamseason on Feb 5, 2023 20:43:31 GMT -5
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3. No way! And certainly not if Stanfraud loses again.... Sorry, not if, but when... which is right now against 12 (now 13) and 9 Washington. Just who do you think is really better than UConn (besides South Carolina when they play a UConn without a bench)? We have seen how the voters treat Stanfraud. They fall to #4. No more than that. Certainly not below us! It isn't about who *I* think is better. I am guessing at what the voters will do. 1. SC 2. LSU 3. Indiana 4. Stanfraud 5. Iowa 6. Utah 7. UConn
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Post by UConnChapette on Feb 5, 2023 20:48:51 GMT -5
They won't drop any. Four?? For losing to the No. 1 team? How many will Stanford fall? 15 for losing to unranked 13-9 Washington? Based on other results today, I revise my prediction to #7. Best case is to stay at #5. But would it shock anyone to see us drop below Iowa and Utah? We lost to the #1 team by four points as the #5 team. Stanford lost to an unranked team. Who should drop more? Yes, I would be shocked to see us drop two spots and have Iowa and Utah leap frog us.
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Post by swash on Feb 5, 2023 20:56:48 GMT -5
Well I was partly right. Didn't have enough outside shooting. Putting up only 6 3pt shots, not gonna get it done. And as I thought, we lost the RB battle.
Did think we could do better defensively. And we did better than I thought offensively (so that's good). But giving up an extra 13 shots and an extra 11 FTs just too much to overcome. Luckily we kept the TOs down.
Great effort by the team today. A lot they can build on. Especially when Fudd and Ducharme get back.
This shouldn't hurt us in the eyes of the NCAA Committee either.
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3. Stanford didn't fall at all. Why would UCONN? A close game with #1 should be expected from a #4/5. I think no drop is warranted, but expect a spot or two. No way four.
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Post by ucchamp on Feb 5, 2023 21:13:03 GMT -5
Well I was partly right. Didn't have enough outside shooting. Putting up only 6 3pt shots, not gonna get it done. And as I thought, we lost the RB battle.
Did think we could do better defensively. And we did better than I thought offensively (so that's good). But giving up an extra 13 shots and an extra 11 FTs just too much to overcome. Luckily we kept the TOs down.
Great effort by the team today. A lot they can build on. Especially when Fudd and Ducharme get back.
This shouldn't hurt us in the eyes of the NCAA Committee either.
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3. You're not suggesting UCONN is going to be a 3-seed this year, are you? It's possible if they lose to Nova/don't win out in the Big East, but that shouldn't happen. If anything UCONN should be a lock for a 2seed if they run out as expected - or even if they lose in the title game playing 3 games in 3 days more than likely they will be. And things do matter even if we are unable to beat South Carolina but go very far such as FF or Championship game.
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Post by dreamseason on Feb 5, 2023 22:04:57 GMT -5
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3. You're not suggesting UCONN is going to be a 3-seed this year, are you? It's possible if they lose to Nova/don't win out in the Big East, but that shouldn't happen. If anything UCONN should be a lock for a 2seed if they run out as expected - or even if they lose in the title game playing 3 games in 3 days more than likely they will be. And things do matter even if we are unable to beat South Carolina but go very far such as FF or Championship game. No. This week's poll is not the same as selection Sunday. And I already revised my poll prediction to #7. That is a 2 seed if it holds through selection Sunday. After today, I am hopeful we can go undefeated through the Big East tournament and especially if we can add Azzi and Caroline. So, maybe, we can climb to a 1 seed. But I suspect we are starting that climb from #7, not #5 as of today.
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 6, 2023 0:01:38 GMT -5
They won't drop any. Four?? For losing to the No. 1 team? How many will Stanford fall? 15 for losing to unranked 13-9 Washington? Based on other results today, I revise my prediction to #7. Best case is to stay at #5. But would it shock anyone to see us drop below Iowa and Utah? UConn had 623 points. Iowa had 522 points. Utah had 520 points. I would be shocked to see that gap disappear totally.
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 6, 2023 0:23:29 GMT -5
You're not suggesting UCONN is going to be a 3-seed this year, are you? It's possible if they lose to Nova/don't win out in the Big East, but that shouldn't happen. If anything UCONN should be a lock for a 2seed if they run out as expected - or even if they lose in the title game playing 3 games in 3 days more than likely they will be. And things do matter even if we are unable to beat South Carolina but go very far such as FF or Championship game. No. This week's poll is not the same as selection Sunday. And I already revised my poll prediction to #7. That is a 2 seed if it holds through selection Sunday. After today, I am hopeful we can go undefeated through the Big East tournament and especially if we can add Azzi and Caroline. So, maybe, we can climb to a 1 seed. But I suspect we are starting that climb from #7, not #5 as of today. Just a point of reference. Stanford lost against South Carolina at home by 5 points and stayed at No. 2. If they didn't punish Stanford, why would they drop UConn 2 spots? Makes no sense.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 1:07:34 GMT -5
No. This week's poll is not the same as selection Sunday. And I already revised my poll prediction to #7. That is a 2 seed if it holds through selection Sunday. After today, I am hopeful we can go undefeated through the Big East tournament and especially if we can add Azzi and Caroline. So, maybe, we can climb to a 1 seed. But I suspect we are starting that climb from #7, not #5 as of today. Just a point of reference. Stanford lost against South Carolina at home by 5 points and stayed at No. 2. If they didn't punish Stanford, why would they drop UConn 2 spots? Makes no sense. You can expect the AP Sportswriters Poll tomorrow to have the same pro P5 bias they've had all season? Same thing with the lazy coaches poll on Tuesday? However, Massey, Realtim RPI and NET will all have UConn @ #2 because that's what the data supports. Chucklehead Charlie Creme even said UConn's resume was suspect 2 weeks ago due to injuries. When Ohio State had their own injuries do you think he dropped them and said their resume was suspect? No he didn't and look at their 4 losses in less than 2 weeks? Good job Charlie? Nice prediction; Charlie! Look at the genius coaches and sportsblabbers: www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/rankings/_/week/1/year/2023/seasontype/2Texas, Tenessee and Louisville in the top 5, coaches? Good work?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 1:15:43 GMT -5
Yeah, better than I expected. But this will hurt us in terms of seeding. Hopefully not a lot...hopefully we can carry this as momentum and go undefeated the rest of the way. And, hopefully, that gets us one of the #2 or #3 one seeds. Still, it won't mean a thing if we can't beat SC. How many spots do we fall in the polls? I am guessing 4. We will need to climb from #9 to #2 or #3. No way! And certainly not if Stanfraud loses again.... Sorry, not if, but when... which is right now against 12 (now 13) and 9 Washington. Just who do you think is really better than UConn (besides South Carolina when they play a UConn without a bench)? This should actually help us with seeding because we played a very CLOSE game against the clear #1, 1 seed team. Stanford lost to another unranked team and LSU barely defeated a very weak Texas A&M team. Ohio State lost their 4th game in 2 weeks? If Creme follows the 14 rules the NCAA Selection Committee follows, we'll be a 1 seed on Tuesday. NET Rankings will have us #2 behind South Carolina and we've played the toughest schedule of all DI WBB teams.
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Post by meyers7 on Feb 6, 2023 8:23:47 GMT -5
Well I was partly right. Didn't have enough outside shooting. Putting up only 6 3pt shots, not gonna get it done. And as I thought, we lost the RB battle.
Did think we could do better defensively. And we did better than I thought offensively (so that's good). But giving up an extra 13 shots and an extra 11 FTs just too much to overcome. Luckily we kept the TOs down.
Great effort by the team today. A lot they can build on. Especially when Fudd and Ducharme get back.
This shouldn't hurt us in the eyes of the NCAA Committee either.
Between the 2 of us, we nailed it pretty well. Did you hear Geno's post game interview?? He was specifically asked how many 3pt's were needed to win. He counted them up and came up with......what for it.....10. Oh, where have I heard that before. I fully expect to a bench coach next year.
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Post by dreamseason on Feb 6, 2023 8:24:58 GMT -5
No. This week's poll is not the same as selection Sunday. And I already revised my poll prediction to #7. That is a 2 seed if it holds through selection Sunday. After today, I am hopeful we can go undefeated through the Big East tournament and especially if we can add Azzi and Caroline. So, maybe, we can climb to a 1 seed. But I suspect we are starting that climb from #7, not #5 as of today. Just a point of reference. Stanford lost against South Carolina at home by 5 points and stayed at No. 2. If they didn't punish Stanford, why would they drop UConn 2 spots? Makes no sense. What Ken said above encapsulates my thinking. I simply have no faith in the sportswriters. If Maryland hadn't lost during the week, they would have jumped ahead of us too. Same with ND. And then we really would have been #9. Hell, they may just do it anyway. Wouldn't shock me. After all, Maryland and ND beat UConn.
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Post by bulkey on Feb 6, 2023 8:39:18 GMT -5
Just a point of reference. Stanford lost against South Carolina at home by 5 points and stayed at No. 2. If they didn't punish Stanford, why would they drop UConn 2 spots? Makes no sense. What Ken said above encapsulates my thinking. I simply have no faith in the sportswriters. If Maryland hadn't lost during the week, they would have jumped ahead of us too. Same with ND. And then we really would have been #9. Hell, they may just do it anyway. Wouldn't shock me. After all, Maryland and ND beat UConn. I think you vastly overestimate the impact of our loss. But of course, it really doesn't matter who's right on this. So long as UConn is at least 3-seed (and I believe it'll stay a 1 seed), it's only marginally different whom UConn will have to beat on the way to beating South Carolina on April 2.
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 6, 2023 9:15:18 GMT -5
Between the 2 of us, we nailed it pretty well. Did you hear Geno's post game interview?? He was specifically asked how many 3pt's were needed to win. He counted them up and came up with......what for it.....10. Oh, where have I heard that before. I fully expect to a bench coach next year. They average 16 a game so I'm not sure how much of a genius thought this is. But you did post it, so great credit to you. I thought it and knew it so I plan on sitting on the bench with you. What a pair we would be....lol.
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 6, 2023 9:24:52 GMT -5
Just a point of reference. Stanford lost against South Carolina at home by 5 points and stayed at No. 2. If they didn't punish Stanford, why would they drop UConn 2 spots? Makes no sense. What Ken said above encapsulates my thinking. I simply have no faith in the sportswriters. If Maryland hadn't lost during the week, they would have jumped ahead of us too. Same with ND. And then we really would have been #9. Hell, they may just do it anyway. Wouldn't shock me. After all, Maryland and ND beat UConn. Again, Stanford had 635 points, LSU 628, Indiana 627, UConn 623, Iowa 522, Utah 520, Maryland 492 I'm not sure you understand how difficult it would be to have Iowa, Utah or Maryland make over 100 point jump into the top 5. Even Stanford's loss to unranked Washington won't drop them to having under 550 points. That would be a ton. My Prediction. 1 - South Carolina 2 - LSU 3 - Indiana 4 - UConn 5 - Stanford
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Post by doggydaddy on Feb 6, 2023 9:34:20 GMT -5
No way! And certainly not if Stanfraud loses again.... Sorry, not if, but when... which is right now against 12 (now 13) and 9 Washington. Just who do you think is really better than UConn (besides South Carolina when they play a UConn without a bench)? We have seen how the voters treat Stanfraud. They fall to #4. No more than that. Certainly not below us! It isn't about who *I* think is better. I am guessing at what the voters will do. 1. SC 2. LSU 3. Indiana 4. Stanfraud 5. Iowa 6. Utah 7. UConn Hmmm.....posting on TOB as 90BSEE? Your rankings on what the voters will do was as widely panned there as it is here.
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