women to WNIT
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sometimes if teams are beaten up by injury or there is bad team chemistry to finish the year they will decline. if the athletes are not excited to continue playing, there is no reason to play
Though I could be wrong here since I am posting this off the top of my head, but I believe they only declined in one year, when a player committed suicide. Hard to fault them for that.
Awesome-- now 4 postseason appearances in 6 years, including one after a total rebuild where they lost 3 1,000 pt. scorers, including one to the first round of the WNBA draft...
And I believe we also declined a bid during that period, so it would have been 5 in 6 years (see above).
I'm sorry, but regularly appearing in the WNIT is not good enough (I know one of the postseason appearances you're referencing is the NCAA Tournament). The WNIT inexplicably includes 64 teams so as long as we're .500 or better we're in. We should be better than that.
This year's team was close, as we've discussed. Next year's team really needs to make the NCAA Tournament or I would hope JMcK is on the hot seat (and if JP leaves then all bets are off).
How quickly we forget the 43-game conference losing streak before Joe arrived and rescued the program from the ashes of a great dumpster fire....
Oh please, you are in Coach's lap on this one. Unless you're competing for the conference title, it doesn't matter much if you're in the lower half or dead last.
I agree with you 100%. We're bringing in solid recruits but can't sniff a conference title. People can scapegoat injuries but every school has them.
It doesn't matter if you lose 43 conference games in a row? Got it, good talk. We've won one conference title in 44 years, btw.
Combs was our coach TEN years ago. Olkowski 15 years ago. You're living in the past if you think that's remotely relevant.
Also, I'm asking you once again to refrain from your name calling. It reflects poorly on your character.
If you continue to troll and attack coaches, I will continue to do what I do. Have a problem with it? Take it up with the mods.
I know the program is in better shape that is was in maybe forever, but NU does need to keep advancing where they legitimately contend for the tourney most years. The expectation eventually needs to advance beyond being horrible to mediocre.
Isn't this thread about the women? Abby Wolfe will be a fine starting center for us next year.
Oops. My bad. Agree that the Women's program seems to be in a good place. Kudos to Joe.
It’s too bad that you’ve become completely unhinged. I’ve never ever “attacked” coaches. I’m simply disappointed in Coach McKeown’s performance. Show me a single post in which I personally attacked him or any Coach. In many men’s threads, I have repeatedly backed Coach Collins and said the team will be good in a few years if he can retain the current frosh. Coach McKeown has had his run and it should end; the team is no longer making progress.
If you’re going to resort to petty name calling and false accusations, I’m sorry but I’m not interested in that and nobody else is, either. You’ve had a tough year with underachieving results by our basketball teams. Maybe you need a vacation.
They’re definitely mediocre now, which is good, but our university has a lot of selling points for women’s sports and coaches of those sports at NU are pretty successful overall—from golf to field hockey to lacrosse to tennis to fencing to softball. It’s time to take a step up in WBB.
I appreciate what Joe has done and agree the time is here for the next step. If it is Joe, that great, if the team regresses, then you need to consider other options. Next year should be a tourney bid.
What an annihilation! Courtney Shaw, our third-string center who had 7 points all season, even managed 4...
On to Toledo in the second round Sunday at 2 Eastern.
yes i think i saw sunday at home is a home game too? it on the NU twitter - probably the website too
According to the NU official site the game is at 1 PM central on Sunday at Toledo