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  1. DefenseBB

    Coaching hot seat turned mildly warm....

    While we have the "Coaching carousel" thread for actual coaching changes, I am still perplexed by some moves that are so apparent that to not make a change is disconcerting. #1. Robin Pingeton, Missouri. Seriously what's the holdup? Another abysmal year record wise, she's gotten a grand total...
  2. DefenseBB

    A Duke Fan wager

    So if UConn wins, the Duke fans stay away from the Boneyard for 2 weeks unless they post photos in UCONN clothing? If Duke wins, Duke fans stay away from the Boneyard for 2 years unless they post photos in UCONN clothing and a majority vote let's them back on the island.... I jest of course, I...
  3. DefenseBB

    Wowsa-Attendance for 1st Two rounds

    The total attendance for the 1st Two rounds (not counting the first 4 in) was 292,456! Last year it was 240,589 so an increase of 51,867 fans. In 2022 the 1st Two rounds saw 216,890 fans. There were 11 identical sites in 2024 to 2023 and these 11 sites had an increase of 30,207 led by ND who...
  4. DefenseBB

    Conference Tournament Prognosticating

    Exciting week with all the P6 tournaments starting and most start today! So with aplogies to @triaddukefan and his mid to lower level WCBB tier affinity, I am asking the forum for their 6 P6 Conference winners. Feel Free to just copy the format below for your reply and change your choice to make...
  5. DefenseBB

    Conference Tournament Dates and Links

    As we fast approach the end of the regular season, here is the list of dates, locations, sessions, seating capacity, last 5 years of attendance and the website links. Also is the mred bracket maker to see projected seeding that is interactive. I do think this year we shall see all the...
  6. DefenseBB

    An assessment of All-Americans vs. HoopGurlz ranking since 2013

    I looked at the last 8 (2016-2023) years of All-Americans for the AP (1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mention) and the 10 Member Team for the WBCA. The list has 330 Slots listed- 80 WBCA and 250 AP slots. I did the analysis against the HoopGurlz Top 100 from 2013-2022. The AP teams ranged from 31...
  7. DefenseBB

    Attendance Update across P5 WCBB

    We have a changing of the guard happening! From a conference perspective the SEC has been dethroned! The Big 10 and it's 14 teams are averaging 5,588 fans per game this year (1,039,375 for 186 games) while the SEC and it's 14 teams are 5,124 (953,042 for 186 games). Big 10 with 5.588 and Iowa...
  8. DefenseBB

    ESPN article about Aaliyah

    https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39471658/uconn-forward-aaliyah-edwards-inspired-huskies-legends But yeah, ESPN hates UConn….
  9. DefenseBB

    Besides Iowa, what other teams rely predominantly on one player

    We know how much Caitlin shoulders the load for Iowa and within the Big East Lucy Olsen is similarly shouldering the bulk of offense for Villanova which got me thinking about other schools who's leading lady is far and above the rest of the cast. It doesn't have to mean the rest of the cast are...
  10. DefenseBB

    Optimism

    Without a doubt, I am a "glass is half empty type guy" and consider myself a "realist" when it comes to sports and fandom. I appreciate the fanatics who blindly support their teams (how much I appreciate some of them is up for debate!). And this team has me almost giddy on the offensive effort...
  11. DefenseBB

    OT-with Nick Saban's retirement here is a POLL question

    With Nick Saban's retirement announcement and the Mulkey defection from two years ago and Baylor looking good again, I was curious what the BYers think. One the one hand we have Shea rebuilding Vanderbilt after a disasterous Steph White tenure but yet we have Marissa still struggling at...
  12. DefenseBB

    Be Grateful for what we have in all things peripheral to our program

    As a born and bred New Englander, I grew up with all the local colleges competing against each other and the formation of the Big East to put these local schools together coalesced nicely for us fans to see. In the early days of the BE, PC was the WCBB force but after Geno arrived, PC fell on...
  13. DefenseBB

    Question for the BY on the true National title contenders

    I am looking at the statistical analysis of the teams I view as National contenders vs. the Husky's and how we stack up. So far I have collected the data for 1. SC 2. UCLA 3. Iowa 4. Stanford 5. Colorado 6. LSU 7. Baylor 8. NC State 9. Utah Am I am missing anyone? The current stats confirm...
  14. DefenseBB

    Pre-conference schedule Player of the Year Efficiency Games Score averages

    In the Freshman to watch thread on the General Board, I posted the scores of the ESPN list. Here I am posting the top 20 scores I gathered among 67 contenders from the top 35 teams in the weekly poll. The top 20 include both Paige and Aaliyah. I have also included the Strength of Schedule rank...
  15. DefenseBB

    NET vs. Massey vs. AP Voters

    Something @Plebe mentioned to me yesterday had me thinking about the "voter perception" vs. the NET and Massey analytical approach. Mostly Plebe was trolling me on comments by Deb Antonelli (who he knows I despise) where she wondered how NC State went from "unranked" to the #3 team in the...
  16. DefenseBB

    Sporting News and their list of Top 10 players to watch

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ranking-top-10-women-s-college-basketball-players-for-2023-24-from-caitlin-clark-to-angel-reese-paige-bueckers/ar-AA1jEFHP?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=3795b1b429c848d39b83163869ad7b62&ei=9 WARNING-I normally try to quell the storm of umbridge by my fellow UConn...
  17. DefenseBB

    Conference Attendance in 2022-23

    The official NCAA WCBB attendance numbers have not been released but I have collected the P5 +BE data to show a recap of last year plus a 5 year trend for the conferences. The big surprise is the BIG TEN passed the SEC last year with an average attendance of 4,698 to 4,482. The Big Ten jumped up...
  18. DefenseBB

    Big East WCBB assessment past 7 years (4 before; 3 with)

    As we enter year 4 of UConn back into the Big East, let’s assess how WCBB is situated vs. when UConn rejoined: I looked at a few key items: # of Bids to NCAAT Round 2 achievements Sweet 16 achievements (before UConn came back, no one had reached the Elite 8) Attendance growth Conference SoS...
  19. DefenseBB

    Coaches to watch in 2023-24; Hotseat edition

    As noted in the thread on the main page post "Slightly OT Define Coaching Success" by @Puppy Love, I had been researching the current 65 + 11 Big East coaches/teams to see which are on the "watch list" either by fans, by ADs, by press or by all 3. I looked at analytics listed as Overall...
  20. DefenseBB

    Handicapping the 2023 Cayman Island Classic

    The full schedule for the Nov 24/25 set of games in George Town, Grand Cayman have been announced. Here is the link https://caymanislandsclassic.com/documents/2023/8/14//2023_Womens_Bracket.pdf?id=43 I have seeded the 8 teams according to their returning roster composition/media hype 1. LSU 2...
  21. DefenseBB

    OT: Summer travels in South Caroline

    So my wife and I are in the midst of an NC/SC trip (wearing all our UConn gear of course!) and upon entering Charleston, I saw a huge “Cheerwine” sign which immediately made me stop at Publix and buy a 4 pack, which my wife said “why on wart are you buying 4 of these if you don’t know what it...
  22. DefenseBB

    Well, this certainly explains A LOT about their fandom....

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/lsu-baseball-fans-have-set-an-alcohol-consumption-record-at-the-college-baseball-world-series/ar-AA1cNjbK?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=e74fce5fdb2445c59509c1c80f58549f&ei=51
  23. DefenseBB

    There's a reason UConn has stated it is the Basketball Capital

    To add to what @and one posted in the Men's National Championship thread, the combined totals of the College Basketball Titles for Men and Women are (and there are only 5 schools who have won both): 1. 16 UConn 5 Men/11 Women 2. 7 North Carolina 6/1 3. 4 Stanford 1/3 3. 4 Baylor 1/3 5. 2...
  24. DefenseBB

    Final Attendance Post for NCAAT 2023

    Congratulations on an ALL-TIME Record of Post Season Attendance! The 2 Regional Format attracted 81,234 Fans, the next highest since 2013 was 2014 with 72,246. While the Final Four has always sold out in the big arena's the Sweet 16 Regional games have had varying degrees of success so the...
  25. DefenseBB

    Alexis Morris-I want to like her but.....

    She's battled her own adversity and she's had two great years back under Kim Mulkey at LSU but for a woman who is playing the higher echelons of college basketball, she seems to know nothing about game plans or statistics...
  26. DefenseBB

    Sweet 16 1st day attendance

    The whole reason the NCAAT went to the two Regional setup was to boost on site attendance as most regions, particularly the West and Midwest have traditionall struggled. Well Greenville had LSU-Utah and Miami-Villanova with attendance as 8,592 which, to be honest is only Ok as I am sure with...
  27. DefenseBB

    NCAA 1st/2nd Round Attendance

    Ok, the numbers are in (mostly anyway, as UCLA did not disclose their 1st round session attendance :mad:) I have listed each round, the two session average, the '23 season average and the season average rank. I sorted by the 2 round average. Iowa led the way and was second behind SC during the...
  28. DefenseBB

    Tickets for Seattle

    So, I am thinking of making the trip to Seattle but what I don't know is if, as a season ticket holder, I can get tickets from the school or if I have to buy on-line from a ticket site. When we called the UConn ticket office, the student who answered did not know the answer. Do any of my fellow...
  29. DefenseBB

    Which conference will have the best Winning Percentage in the NCAAT

    Here's where the proverbial "rubber meets the road" in what conference really exerts it's dominance over all comers. Among the P6 schools, we know that the Big Ten led the way with 4 teams hosting (7 teams total), SEC 3 hosts (7 total), ACC 3 hosts (8 total), PAC-12 3 hosts (7 teams total), Big...
  30. DefenseBB

    Conference Tournament Attendance 2023

    So far 5 of the P6 have conducted their Tournaments and below is a listing by Average session attendance (what is posted), total attendance for the tournament and I also included 2022 and 2020 (2021 being Covid). Two items to note, Attendance at the conference level is improving although the...
  31. DefenseBB

    Rumor has it….

    We are at Mohegan and the mild buzz (mild only because not all the UConn fans are here yet) is that Azzi is playing tomorrow. Can’t reveal my source but I trust it as very solid intel…
  32. DefenseBB

    Conference Tournaments-Dates and TV listing

    Below is the listing of the P6 Conference Tournaments and the TV network. I only listed the time for the Title Game. Note that the Big 12 has always held their Tournament a week after everyone else. The PAC12 also has a day of rest on Saturday and their title on Sunday.
  33. DefenseBB

    Week 15 Top 25 Games and Other NCAAT Teams

    As we head into either the last week or second to last week of Conference games before the various Conference Tournaments, here are this weeks games. Out of the ordinary is the PAC 12 going to a Thurs/Sat schedule as the PAC12 Tournament starts next week. This week has a whopping 10 games...
  34. DefenseBB

    Week 14 Top 25 Games and other NCAAT Teams

    Here is the list, including a battle for top spot in the A10 in Rhody vs. UMass on Thursday. I have also included both sets of Oregon vs. Washington Universities due to the high profile posters we have. I included Louisville on Sunday as I feel after their Win on Thursday against ND, they...
  35. DefenseBB

    Vote on the best Conference

    Quotes from the Thursday reveal had one from Teri Moren of Indiana touting the Big 10 as best conference based on their 6 teams in the Top 16. The Massey and Warran Nolan metrics rank on the "whole conference" (top and bottom teams) with both saying the PAC-12 is the best. To me, I don't care if...
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