Oklahoma vs Uconn

[Go/huskies]

http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=210620060

home-and-home series with three-time defending national champion Connecticut starting in 2017.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

All those people saying UConn would dry up and die 'cuz no one would play them. No 1 SOS this year and anon anon... UConn defines the landscape. Got balls... play UConn.

 

[Wbbfan1]

As long as Geno can recruit elite players, UConn will be competitive for National Championships and games against upper echelon teams will be Nationally Televised. Many teams want that opportunity. I would like to see Seton Hall get on UConn's schedule as they're an improving program and will soon pass Rutgers as the 2nd best program in the Northeast. Its a toss up between Syracuse and Seton Hall. Don't see Syracuse scheduling a Home/Away with UConn as long as Q is the coach.

 

[j66kicker]

Cool - 4 years of Sherri!

 

[vtcwbuff]

Cool - 4 years of Sherri!

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Intelligent, articulate, good coach and a hottie to boot!

 

[j66kicker]

Intelligent, articulate, good coach and a hottie to boot!

OU is my alma mater, so I'm partial

 

[ctfjr]

I look forward to playing OU again. I think one of the best games I ever attended was in the final 4 in Atlanta in 2002 against them. Taurasi went one on one with Stacey Dales & got her to foul out, that pretty much sealed the deal. With only only a couple of minutes left & their big out, it was over.

 

[alexrgct]

OU is my alma mater, so I'm partial

u of Texas is mine, so I'm partial to loathing that school north of the Red River. ah well- at lease our disaster of a season did include a win in Dallas.

 

[j66kicker]

u of Texas is mine, so I'm partial to loathing that school north of the Red River. ah well- at lease our disaster of a season did include a win in Dallas.

I was there, unfortunately. I'm doomed to hating orange: OSU, Texas and, later in life, Tennessee. And now... My daughter is a Clemson grad. So our bet on last week's national semifinal game was the loser had to put the other's logo and a school picture of the winner's choice as our FB headers for a month. Ugh.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Cool - 4 years of Sherri!

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[DaddyChoc]

is that 2016-2017 season or 2017-2018 (long time away)?

 

[Sonny44]

Cool - 4 years of Sherri!

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Check out our championship game against her. Count the number of times the camera goes on her vs. Geno. And I would have to say he is a reasonably good looking guy.

 

[meyers7]

OU is my alma mater, so I'm partial

My niece is doing her Master's there now.

 

[Blakeon18]

I recall a Sherri presser postgame in Hartford a few years ago after getting thumped by UConn.
She was pretty much in tears over a string of losses to UConn [never beat them] and especially upset
by the UConn players hustling like madmen late in the game when her players had figuratively headed to the bus.
I think there was a [temporary] halt to the series at that point.

I remember way back when Geno was looking at Stacy Hansmeyer at a Norman High practice where
Sherri was coach at the time. He said to her something about 'do you know how good you are'...in terms of teaching
and organizing. I do believe Geno had something to do with her getting the OU job...maybe a strong recommendation to the then AD?

 

[j66kicker]

I remember way back when Geno was looking at Stacy Hansmeyer at a Norman High practice where
Sherri was coach at the time. He said to her something about 'do you know how good you are'...in terms of teaching
and organizing. I do believe Geno had something to do with her getting the OU job...maybe a strong recommendation to the then AD?

Correct. OU was just starting their WBB program and hired Sherri as their first coach

 

[DaddyChoc]

and Courtney Paris was close to being a UConn player coming out of HS... UConn may have backed off

 

[easttexastrash]

Try 20 years...

 

[DaddyChoc]

Try 20 years...

for what?

 

[easttexastrash]

Correct. OU was just starting their WBB program and hired Sherri as their first coach

I don't believe that to be accurate. I believe that OU was looking to eliminate the basketball program when Sherri was hired, and that she was hired with a recommendation from Geno.

 

[easttexastrash]

for what?

Of dealing with "her."

 

[easttexastrash]

I don't believe that to be accurate. I believe that OU was looking to eliminate the basketball program when Sherri was hired, and that she was hired with a recommendation from Geno.

I checked the history of the OU program and WBB was started in the 1974-75 season. They attempted to eliminate the program in 1990 but due to public outcry the plan was stopped. Sherri Coale was eventually hired in 1996.

 

[Carnac]

I'm glad the two programs was able to work out an agreement which allows resumption of the home and home series. OU is a respected and competitive program that will always give the huskies a good game. This will also give UConn recruiting targets in Oklahoma a chance to see the Huskies in person without a lot of travel expense.
While I did not go to OU, I did attend an institution of higher learning in the great state of Oklahoma.

 

[alexrgct]

I was there, unfortunately. I'm doomed to hating orange: OSU, Texas and, later in life, Tennessee. And now... My daughter is a Clemson grad. So our bet on last week's national semifinal game was the loser had to put the other's logo and a school picture of the winner's choice as our FB headers for a month. Ugh.

yeah, Clemson has been y'all's bete noire the past two bowl games. All I can hang my hat on was the OU game and the W over Baylor. I empathize with your hatred of other things orange, but Austin, TX and UT will always have a special place in mi Corazon.

 

[j66kicker]

I checked the history of the OU program and WBB was started in the 1974-75 season. They attempted to eliminate the program in 1990 but due to public outcry the plan was stopped. Sherri Coale was eventually hired in 1996.

You are right - I stand corrected. (Geez - I even went to school there, and you hate OU.) Anyway, according to Wiki, Sherri has increased average attendance form 65 (yes, 65 people per game) to 6500.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_women's_basketball

 

[Trappist]

I'm surprised that no one has reposted this link from last year:

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-b...geno-auriemma-voice-always-strikes-right-tone