December 31st, 2010 at 12:20 AM ^
Stanford will have to meet UConn one more time this year, and it will count for a lot more. Stanford broke the streak, but it was already a record. With Stanford's coach letting it slip that they spent a lot of extra time preparing for UConn, it will definitely make UConn extremely motivated when they meet in the late rounds of the NCAA tournament in March.
If Stanford had played them close and lost, or their coach hadn't let it slip that they spent extra time preparing for them, UConn probably would have just moved on. Now, though, they will be gunning for Stanford as bad as Stanford was for them when they meet them in the tournament.
I know I am assuming a lot when I say they will meet, but both teams really should make it to the Final Four. Anyway, the streak was good for women's hoops, and the streak being broken was good for women's hoops, so everybody won tonight: even UConn. I'm sure it doesn't feel that way to them right now, though.
December 31st, 2010 at 12:27 AM ^
Not sure why some of the negative comments on the board about UConn. They have had an amazing era of domination. 70 & 90 game win streaks (think about that, that's 160-0). , 7 NC's, 3 undefetead seasons. Within the 90 game win streak alone, the average margin was 33 points, there were only two games closer than 10 points. They won 31 of those 90 games against top 25 programs. They played top competition every year during the streak and didn't duck anybody.
Well done. Well done indeed.
December 31st, 2010 at 12:51 AM ^
Did they go 70 in a row, lose one and then go 90-0? If so, impressive, but still not 160-0, actually.
December 31st, 2010 at 1:28 PM ^
That's kinda my problem with the streak. I agree they don't dodge anybody...but there's hardly anyone to dodge. Due to the complete lack of depth in the sport they're so vastly superior to the other teams they play, their third string could whoop up on 95% of the teams they play. There's a half dozen good teams, they might as well be playing the Washington Generals most nights. In Men's basketball, or various other sports, upsets happen because the teams are close in talent, even the bad from the good. Not so in women's basketball. (And yes, I'll say UCLA's original streak suffered some from that too...lack of depth of good teams, UCLA stockpiling talent by getting all the best players money could buy, in a pathetic PAC-10....which is why Duke's Final Four streak or North Carolina's Sweet Sixteen streak were equally impressive to me, because they played a lot more, and a lot better teams).
December 31st, 2010 at 2:51 AM ^
Hoped this thread would be a nice reprieve from the downward spiral of CC and Tate threads, but aside from a few genunine comments this thread is really filled with a lot of smart-ass sexist comments. I expected more from the mgoblog community. Sorry for the negativity, but this has been a seriously bad day on the mgoboard.
December 31st, 2010 at 12:49 PM ^
So what exactly constitutes a "good day" on the board? A day in which there is no posting of breaking news, no critical discussion and no debate of the key issues surrounding Michigan football?
December 31st, 2010 at 1:24 PM ^
And a vast majority of "who cares?" If not caring for crappy basketball is sexist just because it's played by women, then so be it. What did you want us to say? Most people are just tired of ESPN force feeding us a story no one cares about just because it's PC. The crappiest bowl games are getting better ratings than their big "record setting" game. No one cares.
December 31st, 2010 at 4:57 AM ^