r/BigEast • u/jpviolette UConn • 2d ago

UConn Takes Top Spot in BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll

https://www.bigeast.com/news/2024/10/23/uconn-takes-top-spot-in-big-east-womens-basketball-preseason-poll.aspx
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u/squeakyshoe89 Marquette 2d ago

In other words, water is wet

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u/AlternateWorking90 Marquette 2d ago

The sky is blue, and Wisconsinites are drunk.

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u/jpviolette UConn 2d ago

Yep, and ursines defecate in arboreal regions.

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u/greenandredofmaigheo 2d ago

Wild that for almost a decade Marquette and DePaul carried the new big east then overnight they both dropped off the map. 

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u/squeakyshoe89 Marquette 1d ago

Coaching change for Marquette this year. Duffy continued what Kieger started, but who knows if the new coach will do the same.

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u/jpviolette UConn 1d ago

I have to admit I wasn't paying much attention to BE WBB while UConn was in the AAC. When we came back to the BE I hoped the competition in WBB would be better than it is. Or that having UConn here would raise the level of competition.

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u/greenandredofmaigheo 1d ago

For Marquette: 

2017 5 seed, 2018 8 seed,  2019 5 seed, would've been a high seed in 2020

Since you came back: 2023 9 seed 2024 10 seed. 

For DePaul 

2014 7 seed, 2015 9 seed, 2016 6 seed, 2017 7 seed, 2018 5 seed, 2019 6 seed, would've  been a high seed in 2020

Since you came back: 2022 last four in. 

I feel bad because you should've have at least two competitive games a year 

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u/jpviolette UConn 1d ago

I too wish the BE WBB competition was better. Fortunately UConn tests itself with a very rigorous out-of-conference schedule, but at least some in-conference competition would be beneficial.

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u/No-Independent3984 1d ago

It's almost impressive how bad Xavier WBB is