Damn you. Now I’m watching this game and I can’t turn away! 76-53 after 3. Sent from my iPad using Butler Hoops mobile app
Bueckers is going to be the Larry Bird of women’s basketball. 20 points, 14 assists. 97-68 final. Morale victory. Sent from my iPad using Butler Hoops mobile app
So when does the women's team begin reaping the benefits of these 72 and 29 point blowouts by Connecticut?
I don’t think you can look at that. It’s really hard to scale with UCONN. Sent from my iPhone using Butler Hoops
I totally understand why you draw this conclusion, and logically don’t think you’re wrong, but apparently by whomever does like womens kenpom this was the biggest upset of the year in WBB. Butler had like a 2% chance to win, and it’s the second biggest upset of the last four years. Normally you’d be completely correct in this, but I think with this specific Butler womens team, DePaul is likely closer to UCONN than Butler is to DePaul. Sent from my iPhone using Butler Hoops
You're correct; I think my amateur analysis is that it's much easier for Butler to get to DePaul's level than it is for DePaul to get to UConn's level.
Actually a very interesting question. I’d think that if DePaul got the two best recruits in a class they’d be immediately competitive with (but still not as a good as) UCONN-whereas I’m not sure even that would get this Butler team to DePaul’s level. Butler can get to DePaul’s level without truly elite talent, however, and that’s theoretically easier to accumulate. It’s hard to assess since the really good women’s players are so much better than average women’s players, but there are so many fewer of them than on the men’s side. Experience also counts for a lot more on the women’s side than on men’s. It’s a really interesting question and I’m inclined to agree with you. Sent from my iPhone using Butler Hoops
