Women's game vs Uconn....

[thekimmer]

I don't think we could beat UConn if we played them a thousand times but I think the game sat was an overstatement of the talent gap between the two teams. That game was a consequence of us playing way below our capability and them being at the absolute top of their game. We got caught playing tentative and intimidated, UConn was just lights out and it just snowballed on us very, very quickly. We are not good shooters anyway but we could not throw one in the ocean sat. Went goose egg behind the arc on 14 attempts with some open looks. I just hate that the season had end like that but gotta put it behind us and move on. Team should be proud of what was accomplished this season and next year should be a good one too.

 

[KingBarkus]

Our "game" has sparked a national discussion on sports radio about the state of women's basketball,i.e. Uconn's dominance. At least they have kept our name out of the discussion. Hopefully, Vic will get us some scorers. Our defense was shredded and not as good as advertised. Vivians doesn't play a lick of d.

 

[121Josey]

Sell on the overstatement of the talent gap. State was the 15th-20th best team in the country. UC*** is one of the greatest teams of all time.

Unfortunately I can say that State could have lost by more.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

A couple 1 seeds went down the day before our game. They decided to play all out and it showed. They could have beat us by more and had they kept their starters in, would have scored more in the first quarter than we scored all game.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Our "game" has sparked a national discussion on sports radio about the state of women's basketball,i.e. Uconn's dominance. At least they have kept our name out of the discussion. Hopefully, Vic will get us some scorers. Our defense was shredded and not as good as advertised. Vivians doesn't play a lick of d.

Did I read where they beat Texas by 50 in last year's Sweet 16? At this rate, they'll be favored by 100 in 2020.

 

[13thEagle]

A couple 1 seeds went down the day before our game. They decided to play all out and it showed. They could have beat us by more and had they kept their starters in, would have scored more in the first quarter than we scored all game.

Ive watched them many times over the last few years. Including in person at the f4 in nola. What i saw in the 1st half sat was a different level than ive ever seen from them or anyone.
You hit the nail on the head. Those 1's went down and they got serious.

 

[thekimmer]

A few other data points......

Sell on the overstatement of the talent gap. State was the 15th-20th best team in the country. UC*** is one of the greatest teams of all time.

Unfortunately I can say that State could have lost by more.

Actually, we had quite a few common opponents that indicates they are probably not genuinely 60 points better than us.

......UConn MSU
USF -20 -10
LSU -34 -19
USC -12 +18 & +6
SMU -53 -2
Texas -21 +6

Based on this I think the real talent gap between us is probably around 25-30 points. Sure, on Sat they could have beaten us by 100 if they wanted but I think that was a result of shell shock and surrender after that initial blitz.