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GlennMacGrady · Posted: 02/15/15 10:30 am ::: Has UConn dominance lowered your interest in WCBB?

Have you become less interested in following, watching or posting about WCBB because of the dominance of UConn over the past several years than you used to be?

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FollowtheCardinalRule · Posted: 02/15/15 10:31 am :::

"Dominance."

*cough* Stanford. *cough*

summertime blues · Posted: 02/15/15 10:36 am :::

Not at all. I'm just more interested in everyone else. UConn? Eh.

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FollowtheCardinalRule · Posted: 02/15/15 10:41 am :::

ArtBest23 · Posted: 02/15/15 10:57 am :::

No. I still watch a lot of games from a lot of conferences, majors and mids, maybe more this year than ever because there seem to be more games available. But I certainly don't waste my time watching UConn players pad their stats against the AAC high school team of the week.

Durantula · Posted: 02/15/15 11:14 am :::

Less interested in the NCAA tournament because you feel like no one has a chance. Part of that is UConn already played the top contenders in the regular season so now there is very little intrigue, except for them maybe matching up with ND since Turner didn't play in their matchup. It sounds counter intuitive but maybe it would bring more intrigue if UConn didn't play a couple of the top teams because they you could see them blow out AAC teams and at least think someone will trip them up. I think UConn needs the top OOC games more than their opponents due to conference affiliation though.

Regular season I am very interested in but its not just concentrated to UConn, there are a lot of blowouts in televised games these days because now you see some of the bad teams get on TV too. The good and the bad of more tv exposure.

RP · Posted: 02/15/15 11:35 am :::

No. The field was truly hopeless in 2009, but in the years since there has always been at least one team with the talent to beat UConn.

ripleydc · Posted: 02/15/15 11:39 am :::

No, I'm just less interested in UConn, not less interested in WCBB in general. Now that they've been thrown into a mis-matched conference, their games are not anything I enjoy watching.

UConn was dominant before, but in the old conf, they met up with ND, UL, RU, DePaul . . . though they won most of those games, they were more competitive and fun to watch.

Oldfandepot2 · Posted: 02/15/15 11:49 am :::

summertime blues · Posted: 02/15/15 12:24 pm :::

SueFavor · Posted: 02/15/15 12:28 pm :::

SueFavor · Posted: 02/15/15 12:29 pm :::

FollowtheCardinalRule · Posted: 02/15/15 1:05 pm :::

Homyonkel · Posted: 02/15/15 2:46 pm :::

How they beat them is easily explained. First, they played a beautiful game and I think they would have beaten any team in the country that night.

Add to that, UCONN gave their worst defensive effort I've seen since 1990.

The consequence was inescapable.

pilight · Posted: 02/15/15 2:51 pm :::

Richard 77 · Posted: 02/15/15 3:17 pm :::

In answer to the question, nope. It's just a lot harder for me to do so. I don't have a car to get to the Kohl Center to see games played, I don't have cable, so I can't watch the Big Ten Network or ESPN2, I'm much more limited as to the news and games I have access to. Rebkell and Internet sites are the only things I can turn to for my interest women's college basketball, as well as the WNBA.

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FS02 · Posted: 02/15/15 4:31 pm :::

sigur3 · Posted: 02/15/15 4:59 pm :::

No and I'm not a UConn fan. With the competitiveness of the B1G this season and scouting potential picks for the upcoming WNBA draft, that's more than enough college basketball for me.

readyAIMfire53 · Posted: 02/15/15 5:30 pm :::

Yes. But it's probably more related to how non-competitive my own team (Duke) has become. Glad the Duke/UConn series was ended for now. This Duke coach will never beat UConn.

Regarding Coach Staley: I believe she will become a very good coach. At least one poster here continuously knocks Staley's coaching. She's currently not as good as some of the best - Geno, Tara and Muffet - but she's already WAY better than most of the others. And she's still early in her coaching career, with this season being her first shot at really playing with the big guns. I think she'll continue to draw her share of the top talent and continue to grow as a coach developing her talent.

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cthskzfn · Posted: 02/15/15 6:17 pm :::

Nope.

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markinct · Posted: 02/15/15 6:31 pm :::

I AM a UConn fan, have been since 1994.... but I watch as much of Women's Hoops as I can...ESPN3 has certainly helped that out a LOT.

I understand the thoughts behind this post but in UConn's defense, there are other teams with more talented rosters, they just aren't obviously coached as well. If you look at the starting five, Morgan Tuck was a big question mark with her health/knee issues so she's turned out to be great. Mo Jefferson wasn't thought of to be the second coming of Sue Bird but has developed into one of the elite point guards in the country. Kia Nurse is a freshman who wasn't even supposed to be playing big minutes right away. Stewie obviously is the core of the team and KML one of the better shooters ever to play the game but she also has deficiencies that have been pointed out on here many times. They have a big shot blocker in Kiah Stokes but she adds nearly nothing offensively....Sinaya Chong, she's struggled in the past and we will have to wait and see what she actually develops into. Then Gabby Williams, a nice young surprise off the bench. It's the passion they are coached with that brings them the attitude they have. There are teams out there who can beat them but they have to bring their A game in order to do so because UConn teams are very smart. I love watching the crispness of their game but I will admit, after the first half, I typically lose interest. This team is not nearly as talented as the team of Sue, Swin, Diana, Ajsha and Tamika but they certainly can be just as successful.

Queenie · Posted: 02/15/15 7:43 pm :::

summertime blues · Posted: 02/15/15 8:26 pm :::

You are beyond lucky, Queenie. Some of us are stuck with whatever ESPN deigns to put on its various channels, and really crappy coverage of local teams. ESPN has a serious pro-UConn bias, IMNSHO, and in other ways is biased towards certain other "marquee" teams (thank goodness I do happen to be a fan of one of those!). But otherwise the coverage in the rest of the country STINKS. I live where there is a damn good and usually RANKED team (JMU) and they don't even get local coverage, fuhgawdsakes, let alone national.....despite the fact that right now they have one player on the Naismith watch list and another on the Lieberman watch list. Being a WBB fan is NOT easy!

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ArtBest23 · Posted: 02/15/15 11:51 pm :::

lvf08 · Posted: 02/16/15 12:48 am :::

No, I still watch as much as ever.

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