Baylor women beat UConn

[MSUDC11]

There appears to be a lot of parity among the Top 8 or so teams in women’s basketball this year. Going to be four legit national title contenders that don’t even get to the Final Four.

Baylor looked really good. They have a ton of height and athleticism. UConn looked more human than they’ve looked in years, including when we beat them two years ago.

 

[patdog]

All dynasties come to and end and it looks like Geno's is in sight. They almost lost to a bad Oklahoma team a couple of weeks ago.

 

[She Mate Me]

UConn is going to struggle with teams that have a dominant post and athletic guards...

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

All dynasties come to and end and it looks like Geno's is in sight. They almost lost to a bad Oklahoma team a couple of weeks ago.

Some people thought the same about Alabama football a few years ago.

 

[patdog]

Alabama football wasn't a dynasty by any means from 1981 until 2008. They are one now, but like all dynasties, this will end. UCLA men's basketball was an even bigger dynasty than Bama football is now, but they've been mostly irrelevant for 40 years.

 

[civildawg88]

The replay is on right now if anyone is interested. Baylor has a 6-7 post player and their other players have a lot of length. They are physically bigger than us so we would need to our run them if we play them

 

[Dawgg]

There appears to be a lot of parity among the Top 8 or so teams in women’s basketball this year. Going to be four legit national title contenders that don’t even get to the Final Four.

Baylor looked really good. They have a ton of height and athleticism. UConn looked more human than they’ve looked in years, including when we beat them two years ago.

I think just about every team in the Top 8 right now has a potential matchup problem.

Mississippi State exposed Texas's post play and depth.

Oregon exposed State's weakness (bringing an athletic 5 out to the perimeter and try to beat McCowan back to the basket... then flop like you're playing in the men's World Cup).

Michigan State exposed Oregon's perimeter defense.

Baylor exposed UConn's post and guard play.

UConn exposed Notre Dame's transition defense.


Anybody in the Top 8 right now could get put out in the Sweet 16 or win it all. I think it's a healthy drop off after that Top 8 though. The gap between Stanford/Baylor/Mississippi State and, say, Tennessee/Oregon State/NC State is a chasm.

 

[johnson86-1]

Alabama football wasn't a dynasty by any means from 1981 until 2008. They are one now, but like all dynasties, this will end. UCLA men's basketball was an even bigger dynasty than Bama football is now, but they've been mostly irrelevant for 40 years.

Not that your point about the dynasty is wrong, but they won a title in the nineties with the Obannon brothers, went to three straight final fours under Howland, and probably went to a half dozen Sweet 16's in the same time period? I hope we have a stretch of irrelevance like that in basketball.

 

[She Mate Me]

Anybody in the Top 8 right now could get put out in the Sweet 16 or win it all. I think it's a healthy drop off after that Top 8 though. The gap between Stanford/Baylor/Mississippi State and, say, Tennessee/Oregon State/NC State is a chasm.

Gonzaga knocked off Stanford and Marquette very nearly whipped us on our home floor so I'm not sure it's a chasm to the next level.

UConn is clearly more beatable than they have been in many years.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

So they should have no trouble using the top oven

Baylor looked really good. They have a ton of height and athleticism.

In a double oven stack up. While also pouring me a glass of tea. Good for them.

#RIPMutt

 

[MSUDC11]

Of the Top 8 group, Louisville is the only unbeaten, and they play both Notre Dame and UConn this month, so we will learn about them soon enough. My guess is they lose at least one of those games and possibly both.

I don’t know if we have the perimeter shooting to win it all, but I also know we are a bad matchup for a lot of teams as well. So we could very feasibly get back to the Final Four, especially if Holmes and Danberry can be more consistent scoring threats in the mid-range game.

I don’t think we end up getting a one seed though, and that’s possible even if we don’t lose another game until the NCAA Tourney. The SEC is currently ranked 6th in conference RPI. Not great. We also run the risk of maybe playing a de facto road game in the Elite 8 (UConn in Albany, Notre Dame in Chicago, Oregon in Portland) as well. So our path to the Final Four will likely be significantly tougher this year. Last year we won each of our first four NCAAT games by at least 14.

 

[crackerjax]

Agree that it's going to be hard for State to claim a No. 1 seed this year, even if we run the table. RPI is currently 14th, and Tennessee, UK, and Auburn are the only other SEC teams ranked in the top 40. Bad luck that Virginia, Texas, and Washington are down this year. For now, our second best non-conference win from an RPI standpoint is Lamar.

 

[Len2003]

A lot of doom and gloom on the UConn message board. They are all convinced it's about to go the way of the UCLA men's basketball program.

 

[patdog]

This is probably the worst the SEC has been since the days when Delta St. was winning national championships.

 

[She Mate Me]

The focus needs to be an undefeated SEC and a tourney championship. Difficult but do-able. We will be favored in every game.

This team can win it all.