Wichita St holds UConn to 41....
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Geno will be considered as one of the the greatest college basketball coaches of all time when he retires which can't happen too soon for womens basketball.The talent disparity between UConn and most every womens basketball programs is a mile wide.
Sometimes I wonder if the talent gap between UConn and the rest of college women's basketball is just the talent Geno brings in, but how he and his staff develop that talent that makes the UConn WBB team so great.
I constantly ask myself how on earth these continual blowouts can be enjoyable for the Uconn players. I’ve played high school and college club sports, and yes an occasional rout was fun, but the thrill for me was the competition.
I’m not bashing Uconn or their players, just looking for a reasonable explanation, bc I’m stumped. Why would the top players continue to want to play there?
I’m not bashing Uconn or their players, just looking for a reasonable explanation, bc I’m stumped. Why would the top players continue to want to play there?
Because the goal isn't these games, they are just practice to play the games that matter. It really isn't their fault that their conference is fairly awful. As Geno says, it isn't easy to win (the tougher games) by the margins they do and play as well as they do. A lot of work goes into it and a lot of development of the players to (purportedly) tolerate nothing less than perfection and constant effort to be better.
And then, in the end, you are always competing for the National Championship. Other teams compete for the Final Four, UConn is competing for the championship.
To what someone said above, it isn't only the talent Geno gets, it is development. I do get annoyed at times with UConn fans' tendency to deny the talent gap - they are correct that Geno doesn't get all the good players, all the players he wants, or even the best individual recruiting classes (every time). But top to bottom, few teams (if any) have ever matched the talent that he then coaches "up" to play beyond what they think they can. Someone who could recruit what UConn does but not coach as well would still have a winning program I believe, but they surely wouldn't dominate.
Winning national championships is satisfaction that players will remember for a lifetime.
