Seth Davis's UConn write up

[sdrouin]

Hoop Thoughts: The superstition behind UConn's hot start, Marcus Sasser's health and more

The Huskies are off to their best start in years with wins over Alabama, Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Oregon.

theathletic.com

Decent write up by Seth Davis, decided this deserved its own thread.

 

[aburks41]

Yet this clown still has us at #7 in his AP Poll rankings for this upcoming week. He's a bum

 

[elmcityboy]

Hurley’s nine-man rotation will get deeper in late December when 6-10 sophomore forward Samson Johnson is scheduled to return from a stress reaction in his right foot that he suffered in the season opener.

is this breaking news? i don't remember hearing about a "scheduled" samson johnson return and i thought the team was keeping the nature of his foot injury private.

regardless, good article! hurley is a mad man, but we already knew that.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Great mental image of Hurley washing his winning underwear in the hotel sink.

 

[businesslawyer]

Yet this clown still has us at #7 in his AP Poll rankings for this upcoming week. He's a bum

I would suggest calming down. It's the first week of December and someone thinks that out of 350 some odd teams we're what -- 3 or 4 places different than you do? I hope for your sake that's false outrage.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I would suggest calming down. It's the first week of December and someone thinks that out of 350 some odd teams we're what -- 3 or 4 spaces different than you do? I hope for your sake that's false outrage.

In fairness, his top 25s are clearly somewhere between legit exercise and professional trolling to a) stand out from the crowd, and b) drive engagement because of controversy. These reactions are exactly what Davis is going for.

 

[Waquoit]

Yet this clown still has us at #7 in his AP Poll rankings for this upcoming week. He's a bum

Up from 12 last week when I said he was an embarassment, though. He's says it's about SOS.

 

[Kolumbo]

I couldn't read it but found this:

"5. UConn: Jordan Hawkins is the best shooter that the Huskies have had since Ben Gordon and Rashad Anderson."

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[aburks41]

Up from 12 last week when I said he was an embarassment, though. He's says it's about SOS.

Playing Oregon, Alabama, Iowa State, and Oklahoma State is a bad SOS according to Seth? Okay then

 

[aburks41]

I would suggest calming down. It's the first week of December and someone thinks that out of 350 some odd teams we're what -- 3 or 4 places different than you do? I hope for your sake that's false outrage.

No, it's real outrage. There is zero excuse to not have this team ranked in the top 5. They've earned it.

 

[businesslawyer]

No, it's real outrage. There is zero excuse to not have this team ranked in the top 5. They've earned it.

Fine differences in the rankings are truly meaningless this early in the season. Can I see being upset if someone has us at 15? Sure, if you want to follow the rankings of individuals. But the difference between 7 and 5 at this point in the season is so unbelievably fine that I truly don't understand how someone can be outraged or upset because someone disagrees with you by 2 spots. That is giving the rankings far, far, far more respect than they deserve. Not Seth Davis's rankings -- anyones. Not everyone is going to have or has to have the exactly same opinion.

 

[awfuldan]

"Only once in Hurley’s six years there did the Rams win fewer games than the year before, and that was because their best player suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason. Hurley has reprised that pattern at UConn. The Huskies went from winning 19 games to 15 in 2020-21 after they moved from the AAC to the Big East, but they went 23-10 last season and earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the highest since their national championship season in 2011."

Odd to act like we had a worse season in 2021 because we didn't win as many games... that was the COVID shortened season! We won 61% of games in 2020 and increased that to 65% of games in 2021.

 

[Apollo]

Hoop Thoughts: The superstition behind UConn's hot start, Marcus Sasser's health and more

The Huskies are off to their best start in years with wins over Alabama, Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Oregon.

theathletic.com

Decent write up by Seth Davis, decided this deserved its own thread.

Alternate link: UConn’s hot start, Virginia’s lethal weapon, Marcus Sasser’s health and more: Hoop Thoughts

 

[WhereistheDove?]

"Only once in Hurley’s six years there did the Rams win fewer games than the year before, and that was because their best player suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason. Hurley has reprised that pattern at UConn. The Huskies went from winning 19 games to 15 in 2020-21 after they moved from the AAC to the Big East, but they went 23-10 last season and earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the highest since their national championship season in 2011."

Odd to act like we had a worse season in 2021 because we didn't win as many games... that was the COVID shortened season! We won 61% of games in 2020 and increased that to 65% of games in 2021.

I would guess that’s journalistic laziness more than intentional slight.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Fine differences in the rankings are truly meaningless this early in the season. Can I see being upset if someone has us at 15? Sure, if you want to follow the rankings of individuals. But the difference between 7 and 5 at this point in the season is so unbelievably fine that I truly don't understand how someone can be outraged or upset because someone disagrees with you by 2 spots. That is giving the rankings far, far, far more respect than they deserve. Not Seth Davis's rankings -- anyones. Not everyone is going to have or has to have the exactly same opinion.

Sounds to me like you want @aburks41 to have the same opinion on the matter as you.

 

[HuskyHawk]

In fairness, his top 25s are clearly somewhere between legit exercise and professional trolling to a) stand out from the crowd, and b) drive engagement because of controversy. These reactions are exactly what Davis is going for.

Yes, he likes to rile up a fanbase and get the clicks. He knows our fans will take the bait. This week is fine, we made a big jump. Last week he was either irrationally wedded to preseason rankings that look like crap or he was trolling us. I think too many of these people treat the preseason rankings like they are worth something.

 

[Waquoit]

Last week was just insulting. Nobody who watched games could say that there were 11 better teams.

 

[Husky25]

"Only once in Hurley’s six years there did the Rams win fewer games than the year before, and that was because their best player suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason. Hurley has reprised that pattern at UConn. The Huskies went from winning 19 games to 15 in 2020-21 after they moved from the AAC to the Big East, but they went 23-10 last season and earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the highest since their national championship season in 2011."

Odd to act like we had a worse season in 2021 because we didn't win as many games... that was the COVID shortened season! We won 61% of games in 2020 and increased that to 65% of games in 2021.

Being early in the season and Seth Davis giving UConn an outlying low ranking for no rational reason are not necessarily mutually exclusive. On the other hand I don't think this is the slight you think it is.

Last week was just insulting. Nobody who watched games could say that there were 11 better teams.

I'm looking at jumping UConn 5 spots from last week's outlying ranking as a market correction of sorts, especially after UConn playing only one game. Provided they beat Florida, it will correct again.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Last week was just insulting. Nobody who watched games could say that there were 11 better teams.

Agreed and when you look at the current top 10's resumes, no one has a better one than us.

 

[businesslawyer]

Sounds to me like you want @aburks41 to have the same opinion on the matter as you.

Logic much? I don't even have an opinion on where we should be ranked at the moment. Would take way too much time for no apparent purpose. As to whether it's sane to verbally attack someone, as opposed to disagreeing, over a few spots in an arbitrary ranking system? Or whether people deserve to be attacked for insignificant differences in how they would rank a teeam? Damn right.

 

[NotADime89]

Logic much? I don't even have an opinion on where we should be ranked at the moment. Would take way too much time for no apparent purpose. As to whether it's sane to verbally attack someone, as opposed to disagreeing, over a few spots in an arbitrary ranking system? Or whether people deserve to be attacked for insignificant differences in how they would rank a teeam? Damn right.

Rankings matter for national exposure and recruiting.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Rankings matter for national exposure and recruiting.

7 vs 5 this week has no impact on either.

 

[businesslawyer]

Rankings matter for national exposure and recruiting.

Matter? Yes. One person's ranking in early December being two spots off what you think? You can't be serious. Recruit: "UConn has a high AP ranking, and its computer rankings are through the roof, and if Seth Davis had us in his top 5 this week I'd be interested, but if he has UConn at 7 I'm not interested."

Yes, that's a reasonable scenario to worry about.

 

[Alum1620]

Yes, he likes to rile up a fanbase and get the clicks. He knows our fans will take the bait. This week is fine, we made a big jump. Last week he was either irrationally wedded to preseason rankings that look like crap or he was trolling us. I think too many of these people treat the preseason rankings like they are worth something.

Just look at how he tweets about how he is always correct and such he trolls

 

[CL82]

I would suggest calming down. It's the first week of December and someone thinks that out of 350 some odd teams we're what -- 3 or 4 places different than you do? I hope for your sake that's false outrage.

Calming down? Really? It’s like you don’t know us at all anymore.