Womens BBall

[Talldawg21]

HBO did a hard knocks version of the UCONN women bball team this year. The last episode is the final four game against us. Worth watching the last show if you have HBO GO, even knowing what happens, rewatching this will give you chills

 

[PineGroveBully]

I watched it about a month ago. You know when they started that all assumed it'd end with Geno cutting down the nets. I never cared that much for him but after the way he handled it all I'm a fan now. This may not be breaking news but an uncle of mine that keeps up with things a lot more than I do in the offseason said Vic offered a coaching job to Dillingham. He didn't know if she'd accepted or not

 

[Hump4Hoops]

I feel the same way about Geno.

It was nice seeing how completely aware he was that winning 90 or whatever games in a row isn't normal, and that learning how to lose is very important. Seems like a good guy.

 

[klong-dog]

Actually it was 100+ in a row, but your point is taken.

111 is when it snapped, thanks to us.

 

[MSUDAWGFAN]

I watched it about a month ago. You know when they started that all assumed it'd end with Geno cutting down the nets. I never cared that much for him but after the way he handled it all I'm a fan now. This may not be breaking news but an uncle of mine that keeps up with things a lot more than I do in the offseason said Vic offered a coaching job to Dillingham. He didn't know if she'd accepted or not

My initial thought was how classy he was, but there were some things that made me rethink that. For one, in our past game press conference, a reporter asked him about this team losing a 111 game winning streak and he responded something to the effect of "This team didn't. This team had a 36 game win streak." Kind of struck me as being kind of a jerk. Also, think about the way he won 111 games in a row. They beat the absolute Hell out of teams. They beat us a year prior in the Sweet 16, by what, 60? I didn't watch a single game in the streak, so I don't know how they were beating teams like that, but if they weren't taking their starters out when they were up by 20 or so and putting in 2nd and 3rd team players, that isn't winning with class.

The only game I've ever seen of theirs is the one we beat them, so maybe that last point is off. He can't tell his team not to try, but he can tell them to not shoot until there's less than 8 seconds on the shot clock in order to not run up the score.

 

[patdog]

I think you're looking way too hard for ways to get offended.

 

[msstatelp1]

I think he was putting the 2d and 3d string in but they are like Bama in football, their 2d and 3d string could start at any other college.

 

[Dawgg]

Same. This quote kind of won me over:
"I understand losing, believe it or not. We haven't lost in a while, but I understand it. And I know how to appreciate when other people win."

 

[Dawgg]

"This team didn't. This team had a 36 game win streak."

He had been making that point to his team the whole season though about how he kind of wished they had gotten beaten by Tulane (I think) or Florida State earlier in the season because he felt like his team felt that just putting the UConn jersey on 'entitled' them to an NCAA Championship. Also, there were plenty of quotes going into the Final Four weekend about how little his current starters contributed to the 60 point Sweet Sixteen win in Bridgeport.

Nick Saban is credited with similar quotes at the beginning of each season. Something to the effect of "Let's be clear. This team didn't win a National Championship. Last year's team did."

They're right. We get caught up in multi-year streaks, but it irks me when a sportscaster says something to the effect of "This is the exact same team that was beaten at home by 27 last year" because it's not true.

 

[MSUDC11]

Greatest win in MSU sports history when you put it in perspective.

That being said, they will crush us if we play them again next year. They bring basically everyone back and there's zero chance they won't be ready for us.

 

[MSUDAWGFAN]

It's not that I'm offended. I'm not. It's sports, for crying out loud. But to say that Geno is all class - I just don't buy it.