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Do you care as much as Auriemma thinks you do? (1 Viewer)
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Socrates11
Footballguy
Meh, who cares. It's chickball.
This pretty much sums it up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feE1G2sJty0
This pretty much sums it up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feE1G2sJty0
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The Commish
Footballguy
I don't follow women's basketball, but I know two things. Uconn is really good, and Baylor has a man playing for them.The "streak" has been headlined on espn.com several times this season.
hard to imagine that gets missed by most sports fans, even if you don't click on the article.
Warehouse Nasty
Footballguy
I didn't know anything about this either. And I'm a regular visitor to espn.com.I don't follow women's basketball, but I know two things. Uconn is really good, and Baylor has a man playing for them.The "streak" has been headlined on espn.com several times this season.
:X hard to imagine that gets missed by most sports fans, even if you don't click on the article.
The Commish
Footballguy
I know UCONN is good....didn't know about the streak. I rarely watch espn anymore except for football games and hardly ever go to that trainwreck of a page at espn.com.....gives me a headache. I spent 20 minutes looking for a stat on their pages and ran across this. This guy has always been a toolbox IMO. He thinks way more of what he is doing than anyone else, always has. There's really no reason to compare what he's doing to what UCLA did....it's silly and ESPN is shameless.I don't follow women's basketball, but I know two things. Uconn is really good, and Baylor has a man playing for them.The "streak" has been headlined on espn.com several times this season.
:X hard to imagine that gets missed by most sports fans, even if you don't click on the article.
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Jayrod
Footballguy
Are you saying there aren't numerous teams and coaches doing their best to beat his team game in and game out?Winning streaks are winning streaks and as long as there is a level playing field, then it is a heck of a feat. Now if you want to talk about stats, that I'd agree isn't comparable, but wins and records are legitimate comparisons.I know UCONN is good....didn't know about the streak. I rarely watch espn anymore except for football games and hardly ever go to that trainwreck of a page at espn.com.....gives me a headache. I spent 20 minutes looking for a stat on their pages and ran across this. This guy has always been a toolbox IMO. He thinks way more of what he is doing than anyone else, always has. There's really no reason to compare what he's doing to what UCLA did....it's silly and ESPN is shameless.I don't follow women's basketball, but I know two things. Uconn is really good, and Baylor has a man playing for them.The "streak" has been headlined on espn.com several times this season.
hard to imagine that gets missed by most sports fans, even if you don't click on the article.
I think its a pretty big deal. Nobody is saying they could compete with a mens team - but winning 88 consecutive games is a pretty big deal in any sport.I know they typically play the top ranked teams in out-of-conference play, so its not like they are racking up wins playing a bunch of bad teams. Uconn is to women's basketball, what UCLA was to men's basketball 40 years ago.
GeauxTigers
Footballguy
"All the women are happy as hell and they can't wait to come in here and ask questions. All the guys that loved women's basketball are all excited, and all the miserable bastards that follow men's basketball and don't want us to break the record are all here because they're pissed," Auriemma said. "That's just the way it is."
I've always thought this guy was complete #######. I saw a special on some girl, one of the best recruits in a long time, who was suppose to play for him and she decided to stop playing b-ball because she was burned out. He said some harsh things about her.
I hate this arrogant POS.
I've always thought this guy was complete #######. I saw a special on some girl, one of the best recruits in a long time, who was suppose to play for him and she decided to stop playing b-ball because she was burned out. He said some harsh things about her.
I hate this arrogant POS.
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The Commish
Footballguy
No, I am saying that streaks aren't "broken" cross gender/sport. Men's bball has it's streak, women's bball has it's streak. Has nothing to do with whether people are trying to beat this team or not...not sure where you are trying to go with that. We wouldn't compare a "starting streak" in the CFL with what Brett Favre did in the NFL either.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Footballguy
I think its a pretty big deal. Nobody is saying they could compete with a mens team - but winning 88 consecutive games is a pretty big deal in any sport.I know they typically play the top ranked teams in out-of-conference play, so its not like they are racking up wins playing a bunch of bad teams. Uconn is to women's basketball, what UCLA was to men's basketball 40 years ago.
proxy
The Commish
Footballguy
What do you think the point of comparing it to the UCLA streak is then? I am not poo pooing the accomplishment, just find the comparison laughable. If it's such a big deal, it should be able to stand on it's own and not be compared to anything else IMO.
gollum
Footballguy
sure they are
I know they typically play the top ranked teams in out-of-conference play, so its not like they are racking up wins playing a bunch of bad teams. Uconn is to women's basketball, what UCLA was to men's basketball 40 years ago.
but no one really cares much
Were you aware that Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is one of the best cricket players ever?
Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most centuries in either form of the game. On October 17, 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket. He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history.
Quite a feat, I assume, yet none of us know crap about him, so take it for what it is worth.
supporting video if you are interested.
GoFishTN
Footballguy
Hate is a little much, but still
The Commish
Footballguy
I find it funny he left out the "and there is a group of guys who probably don't even know what we are doing" group....I suspect that's the largest group. However, I will disagree with him on WHY the hate is out there. Isn't because of what they are doing on the court, it's because of the coach and his attitude. Just one example here that GT has posted. There are many more.
My guess is that if a CFL QB had 297 consecutive starts it would get the same press that the Uconn women are getting.This is a bottom of the fold story - albeit on the front page. The streak is as long as UCLA's. Assuming they win their next game, they will have the longest winning streak in NCAA basketball history.UCLA will still have the longest streak in NCAA men's basketball history.You can still debate which is a more impressive feat, but facts are facts.
I asked my wife for a #10 Tendulkar jersey for christmas.sure they areI think its a pretty big deal. Nobody is saying they could compete with a mens team - but winning 88 consecutive games is a pretty big deal in any sport.
I know they typically play the top ranked teams in out-of-conference play, so its not like they are racking up wins playing a bunch of bad teams. Uconn is to women's basketball, what UCLA was to men's basketball 40 years ago.
but no one really cares much
Were you aware that Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is one of the best cricket players ever?
Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most centuries in either form of the game. On October 17, 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket. He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history.
Quite a feat, I assume, yet none of us know crap about him, so take it for what it is worth.
Dude rocks.
Card Trader
Footballguy
Unless you are directly involved with Women's basketball, or UConn, you just really don't care about this. Women's basketball? Come on, seriously.
The Commish
Footballguy
Til now....it's never been "NCAA basketball history". They've always differentiated between men/women. Why the change for this? Seems silly to me.
Jayrod
Footballguy
I have a really good friend who coaches girls HS bball. He is always watching men's college games....never watches the women. I'm sure he knows about the UCONN streak and would go to any clinic he could get to, but he's never once discussed anything with me about women's NCAA basketball.
gollum
Footballguy
if i were santa you'd have one!sure they are
I know they typically play the top ranked teams in out-of-conference play, so its not like they are racking up wins playing a bunch of bad teams. Uconn is to women's basketball, what UCLA was to men's basketball 40 years ago.
but no one really cares much
Were you aware that Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is one of the best cricket players ever?
Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most centuries in either form of the game. On October 17, 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket. He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history.
Quite a feat, I assume, yet none of us know crap about him, so take it for what it is worth.
What is the change? If Uconn wins another game, they will have a longer streak than UCLA. What am I missing?If a guy in AA ball has a 57-game hit streak, he will have the longest hit streak in professional baseball. It will be longer than DiMaggio's, and you can debate the difficulty, and DiMaggio will still own the MLB record.Not sure what is so difficult here. UCLA will still own the longest win streak in mens basketball - that does not go away. Uconn will simply extend their record win streak in women's basketball beyond UCLAs.
Postradamus
Footballguy
Didn't know, don't care.
gollum
Footballguy
if not for the constitution your freedom to post on this board might not exist!
How do you like them apples?
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Womens Cricket is pretty weak too.
The Commish
Footballguy
The change is, all of a sudden, it's "NCAA Basketball History". Up til now, it's been "NCAA Men's/Women's Basketball History" depending on topic and league being discussed.
Not sure if you are fishing at this point or not, but you couldn't be more wrong about the baseball. Stats are kept at each level and never would a AA player be credited for "longest hit streak in MLB".Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
The UNC women's soccer team won 92 straight in the early 90s. As the streak approached 88, some proponents tried to compare it to the UCLA men's basketball streak. That effort was met with similar resistance. If anything, it got more prejudice against it because it was soccer.
Dexter Manley
Footballguy
I'll be impressed when the UConn women's team is able to beat my 121 consecutive game win streak playing '94 NHL Hockey on Sega Genesis.
-fish-
Footballguy
wat?I don't follow women's basketball, but I know two things. Uconn is really good, and Baylor has a man playing for them.The "streak" has been headlined on espn.com several times this season.
RIFAnd I am pretty sure the Uconn women are not being credited with the longest winning streak in Mens NCAA basketball - simply that their winning streak is as long as UCLA's.The change is, all of a sudden, it's "NCAA Basketball History". Up til now, it's been "NCAA Men's/Women's Basketball History" depending on topic and league being discussed.
Card Trader
Footballguy
It means far less though.
pantherclub
Footballguy
I wonder if Gino is ever embarrassed that he beats up on women and is afraid to take a job coaching mens bball.
dennis.moore
Footballguy
Congrats to the UConn women's basketball team. Winning 88 games in a row in anything is damn impressive.
-fish-
Footballguy
We used to play this game so much that I didn't even know that the system was called Sega Genesis. We just called it "hockey." I never owned any other game for it.
pantherclub
Footballguy
Could the UCONN women beat Oak Hill Academy?
Card Trader
Footballguy
You mean the team that has two players that would probably have gone straight to the NBA if there was no longer that rule? Yeah, UConn women wouldn't be within 20 points at the end of that one.
pantherclub
Footballguy
its being subsidized and I think it may be in serious trouble once the labor talks come to a head in the NBA
pantherclub
Footballguy
Okay. Do you think that they could beat the state 4A champs of Arizona?
The Commish
Footballguy
Right....that was dumb too. Because it's the same sport doesn't make it any less dumb.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4828831wat?I don't follow women's basketball, but I know two things. Uconn is really good, and Baylor has a man playing for them.The "streak" has been headlined on espn.com several times this season.
hard to imagine that gets missed by most sports fans, even if you don't click on the article.
