Running women's college basketball thread

[Blitz]

Looked thru pages and pages of topics and didn't see anything that resembles this.

I will start it with the rout by No. 1 UConn of No. 7 North Carolina, which is headed by a legend in Sylvia Hatchell.
Seems there is UConn, Tennessee, Stanford ... and everybody else this season (again).

No. 2 Stanford did lose by just 80-68 earlier this year to UConn but I can't see anybody stopping (once again) UConn
Tennessee is 15-1, with a 15-point loss at Stanford earlier this season.

 

[Lugnuts]

Wake me when Pat plays Geno.

 

[zagoshe]

I don't think anyone has a prayer of beating UConn this year.

And what is scary is three if the top five players including Maya Moore are coming back next year.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

UConn could have a bump in the road since it has to play Notre Dame twice.

Emphasis on the word "could."

Outside of that, I don't see how the Huskies can lose another game.

 

[CHETtheJET]

prahalis tOSU best point guard male or female

 

[Den1983]

Brittney Griner is the truth.

That's all anyone needs to know about 2009-10 women's college basketball.

 

[Oz]

UConn should play in the men's tournament, that's the only way they're going to be challenged in March.

 

[Della9250]

Unless ACLs start popping in Storrs, UConn will waltz to a title. So far this year they have beaten the following, when they were ranked:

No. 14 Texas by 25
No. 2 Stanford by 22
No. 11 Fla. State by 19
No. 7 UNC by 41

Their lowest offensive output is 78 points. They have held 12 of 15 opponents to 51 or less.

Yes they have seven games against ranked teams left, including the double-dip against ND. But I can't see anyone stopping them,

 

[Blitz]

No. 11 LSU at home, leading Auburn 43-42 in second half.
Yes, I'm watching the football and will tap into Kansas/Tennessee men in a minute, but the women's game is intriguing to me, too.
When you get past the few at the top, all the other games are usually competitive as hell.
I hope my 3-year-old garners a hoops skolly some day.
I'd love to travel and watch the games.

EDIT: Auburn trailed 59-56 with :14 left and worked it around before a wing player drained a 25-foot 3-pointer.
Overtime.
EDIT: Auburn took 2-pt lead with :11 and (this will please some of you) an LSU player missed a clear lay-up at the buzzer. AU springs the upset at Baton Rouge.

 

[Shifty Squid]

Just as a note ... Georgia is off to its best start in school history at 16-0, with a road trip to Vandy and Arkansas before hosting Tennessee. The Bulldogs have beaten UT 7 times in 39 meetings since 1986, so it would be a pretty big deal if they could actually pull that off in a top-10 matchup.

 

[Blitz]

Shikes!
UConn slams Duke women by huge margin.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/recap?gid=201001180173&prov=ap

Nobody's stopping UConn this year, I'm afraid.
(Although I said I'd be shocked if the Jets won last weekend)

 

[Flip Wilson]

Brittney Griner is the truth.

That's all anyone needs to know about 2009-10 women's college basketball.

Against Nebraska yesterday, she blocked a 3-point attempt about five rows into the stands. She set Baylor's single-season block record in about 14 games. She's a stud.

 

[da man]

Brittney Griner is the truth.

That's all anyone needs to know about 2009-10 women's college basketball.

Against Nebraska yesterday, she blocked a 3-point attempt about five rows into the stands. She set Baylor's single-season block record in about 14 games. She's a stud.

And the Bears still lost.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Brittney Griner is impressive. Now if Kim Mulkey can get her teammates involved instead of either too busy watching Griner or counting on her to bail them out of not playing strong defense.

Nobody is touching UConn. Geno is a turd personality, but as a coach, he's keeping them hungry and that's impressive given what they've already accomplished.

And Luggy, I hear you but it's not Pat who refuses to play Geno. It's the other way around, and that void is killing a golden opportunity to continue to grow the women's fanbase.

 

[zagoshe]

Pat Summitt on her best day can't touch Geno on his worst day in terms of coaching. Further, she should be happy she hasn't had to play the Huskies the past two years because the Lady Vols would have gotten their asses handed to them.

What UConn has done the past 18 months or whatever is ridiculous - they are making a mockery out of the rest of the country. Look at the current AP top 15 - the Huskies have played five of those teams in the past three weeks - FSU, Duke, UNC, ND and Stanford -- and has not even had to break a sweat in any of those games.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Summitt can't touch Geno now. A decade ago, Pat had the machine rolling in Knoxville much the way Geno now does in Storrs.

Auriemma has the upper hand without question. But that doesn't suddenly make Summitt an inferior coach. She didn't get to 1,000 wins by lining up all the local community colleges.

 

[zagoshe]

Summitt can't touch Geno now. A decade ago, Pat had the machine rolling in Knoxville much the way Geno now does in Storrs.

Auriemma has the upper hand without question. But that doesn't suddenly make Summitt an inferior coach. She didn't get to 1,000 wins by lining up all the local community colleges.

Summitt built a great program, is a great recruiter but also had the advantage of being in on the ground floor with a program that was willing to spend a lot of money to be great before the overwhelming majority of the country could have.

She is a legend and deserves all the accolades she gets.

But she is not 1/2 the game coach that Geno is and that point really isn't debatable. The scary thing about UConn is not only do they have the best players, they have by far the best coach, too.

 

[Karl Hungus]

USC's Michael Cooper in hot water for a press conference no-no after beating UCLA on Sunday:

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=4842118

"My opening statement is **** UCLA."

 

[cjericho]

Looked thru pages and pages of topics and didn't see anything that resembles this.

I will start it with the rout by No. 1 UConn of No. 7 North Carolina, which is headed by a legend in Sylvia Hatchell.
Seems there is UConn, Tennessee, Stanford ... and everybody else this season (again).

No. 2 Stanford did lose by just 80-68 earlier this year to UConn but I can't see anybody stopping (once again) UConn
Tennessee is 15-1, with a 15-point loss at Stanford earlier this season.

Is 12 points supposed to be considered close?

 

[JackReacher]

USC's Michael Cooper in hot water for a press conference no-no after beating UCLA on Sunday:

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=4842118

"My opening statement is **** UCLA."

Holy crap is that awesome!