Duck Women: #10 Oregon v. #1 UConn (4:06 p.m. PT, ESPN)

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Ducks10 wrote:Expected, but great season and plenty to build off. UConn is just on another planet, no shame in losing big to them.

No gameplan would have made this any closer, UConn is too good for us. Plain and simple.
Lady Ducks had a great season and they need an applause, watched enough of the game to see they were completely out matched. My hats off to the ladies and what another great Duck athletic season to remember!
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How is UCONN so dominant? I just can't imagine a team like Bama winning over 100 games in a row. How do they sustain that much success?
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karlhungis wrote:How is UCONN so dominant? I just can't imagine a team like Bama winning over 100 games in a row. How do they sustain that much success?
Oh, I don't know. Best coach in the game? Recruits the best players in the game? I dunno, how does he do it?
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Indeed -- tremendous accomplishments for the Duck women this year. And by going against the best today and coming so far short, they now also have a very tangible sense of just how much better they need to be to get where they want to get. Really looking forward to next year and beyond.
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And let's not forget that it was a home game for UConn.

Reading the R-G article on the loss, it definitely looks like the team was looking at it as a learning experience long before the game was even over.
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nogerO wrote:
karlhungis wrote:How is UCONN so dominant? I just can't imagine a team like Bama winning over 100 games in a row. How do they sustain that much success?
Oh, I don't know. Best coach in the game? Recruits the best players in the game? I dunno, how does he do it?
Tell me when Saban (best coach in football with the best recruits) rips off 100 wins in a row. There is dominant and there is UCONN women's basketball dominance.
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Great video of the postgame speech Kelly Graves gave his team.
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karlhungis wrote:
nogerO wrote:
karlhungis wrote:How is UCONN so dominant? I just can't imagine a team like Bama winning over 100 games in a row. How do they sustain that much success?
Oh, I don't know. Best coach in the game? Recruits the best players in the game? I dunno, how does he do it?
Tell me when Saban (best coach in football with the best recruits) rips off 100 wins in a row. There is dominant and there is UCONN women's basketball dominance.
I think it has to do with where the sport is. College football attracts the best because they are compensated accordingly. Saban has to compete against the best minds in the sport.

Women's college basketball just isn't there, and may never be, which allows for massive gaps in coaching ability. Not to take anything away from Geno but he is somewhat of a big fish in a little pond.
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No doubt most or all of us are aware that Mississippi State ended UConn's 111-game winning streak in the [semifinal] game with a buzzer-beater in OT. I thought it worth pointing out that the Ducks lost by 12 to the eventual national champions early this season in Hawaii.
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Greenblood wrote:No doubt most or all of us are aware that Mississippi State ended UConn's 111-game winning streak in the championship game with a buzzer-beater in OT. I thought it worth pointing out that the Ducks lost by 12 to the eventual national champions early this season in Hawaii.
I thought they beat them in the final four, not the championship game. The championship was Miss State and South Carolina.


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duckduckgoose wrote:
Greenblood wrote:No doubt most or all of us are aware that Mississippi State ended UConn's 111-game winning streak in the championship game with a buzzer-beater in OT. I thought it worth pointing out that the Ducks lost by 12 to the eventual national champions early this season in Hawaii.
I thought they beat them in the final four, not the championship game. The championship was Miss State and South Carolina.


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OOPS! Sorry, got so caught up in the fact that UConn finally lost AND that the Ducks didn't lose to their conquerors by much that I wasn't paying close enough attention. :oops:
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