Why does OU women's hoops hold interest for some of you? It was dying a deserved death (total lack of butts in seats) when the university tried to kill it, and yes the current HC revived its competitiveness (although that has dropped off considerably the last several years), but....
1. Does the level of women college hoops play actually interest you?
2. Is it because you think the (aging badly Kate Capshaw knock-off) Coales is worth following in her own right?
3. You just routinely support all Sooners sports?
Regarding #3, I seldom see mention of other minor sports on this board, and the only reason women's hoops might be considered "mid major" is because of ESPN's half-hearted Title IX-like coverage (with scant viewers) of it. Geno Auriemma has a much tighter death grip around this sport than Saban has ever even dreamed of, so its not even competitive (and the tourney's routine early round 40 point blowouts I see on the ticker bear that out). Don't get it....just another vampiric program that siphons off football program revenue and essentially contributes zilch.
Pay the football players for the elevated concussion risks that they routinely encounter and let the non-revenue sports go intramural already (or realigned bus-distance conferences).
I can understand folks, especially men, having little or no interest in women's basketball, college or pro.
All I will say is that following the UConn women's team since the 1994-95 season during Auriemma's first championship season has been a great addition to my life and cold Connecticut winters, between the end of football season and the start of baseball season.
UConn plays at a higher level than the rest of the women's teams and UConn's domination is amazing, not just because of great players, but because of great coaching. Auriemma has said often, when criticized for routinely beating the crap out of the opposition, that it's not his team's job to get worse....it's the opposition's job to get better. He acknowledges that the women's game is "top heavy"....beyond UConn, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Baylor and Stanford, there seems to be a significant drop off.
I've watched several OU women's games this year and over many years. I can't compare it to what I've seen at UConn. Coale's team and most others seem to play in slow motion with too many mistakes.
What I see in the UConn women's game is more passing and discipline. Obviously it's played at a slower pace and the athleticism is not near what the men's game features, but having followed this team for over 20 years, it's a quality product to me. John Wooden once said that the women's game is a more fundamentally sound than that of the men's game. As far as Auriemma's team goes, it is.
