Horrendous Day

Horrendous day for UCONN Basketball.

I haven't been impressed yet by the Men. I've been easier on them because they won the National Championship last year. Last year's team was different and you knew it early on in the season by watching them play. This year's team seems to lack energy and that worries me in a big way. I've been propping them up based on talent, and said they would be an Elite Eight team. What I have seen in the last two games, losing to New Jersey teams, indicates that they aren't that, at least right now. The team has the talent to turn it around, but they worry me because they don't seem to have some ingredient that they had last year. They have to turn it around. These two losses are inexcusable and embarrassing.

The Women also were disappointing today. I'm not as worried about them as the men, but still they also were missing something today, and haven't impressed me their last few games. I still expect them to make the Final Four though. I'll give them a pass for today's game. They will learn and grow from it. I just haven't seen this team give away a game like this...ever.

Both of these teams are good and have a lot of potential. I hope this is just a bump in the road.