15 December 2010
Quote of the Day: Brian Agler
From his recent live chat:
question: UConn women's streak good or bad for WBB?
Brian Agler: I think it's great for women's basketball because the prominent sports talk shows, radio stations, TV stations are following what's going on right now. We like that publicity for the game. More people are watching. There are a lot of sports fans around the country who want to compare what they're doing now to what UCLA did back in the '60s. I will honestly tell you my evaluation is that what they're trying to do now against their competition is harder than what UCLA had to do against their competition because in that era, there were just a handful of programs that were putting the resources into recruiting that UCLA was putting into it. They were one of the first teams to really recruit nationally. Now, there are probably 30-50 universities around the country that are really investing in women's basketball at Connecticut's level. Their competition is stiff. It's amazing and my hat's off to them on how they've been able to maintain it. We had this last year three former UConn players. They are extremely loyal and hold Coach Auriemma in high regard. They have established a culture there of excellence.
p.s. He got a lot of questions about what the 2011 Storm team is going to look like. Here's the rundown:
"There are lots of questions about the status of our current roster. Here's a quick rundown. Sue, LJ, Tanisha, Le'coe and Alison are under contract. We have exclusive rights to Abby and Jana. Camille is a restricted free agent, which means we can match any offer made to her. Then Svetlana, Swin and Ashley are unrestricted free agents."
He also talked a bit about whether he thought certain players would want to come back and how Jana Vesela and Svetlana Abrosimova have national team obligations next summer. (Not sure what that's about, btw. Maybe there's a European championship? Like there is in figure skating?)
question: UConn women's streak good or bad for WBB?
Brian Agler: I think it's great for women's basketball because the prominent sports talk shows, radio stations, TV stations are following what's going on right now. We like that publicity for the game. More people are watching. There are a lot of sports fans around the country who want to compare what they're doing now to what UCLA did back in the '60s. I will honestly tell you my evaluation is that what they're trying to do now against their competition is harder than what UCLA had to do against their competition because in that era, there were just a handful of programs that were putting the resources into recruiting that UCLA was putting into it. They were one of the first teams to really recruit nationally. Now, there are probably 30-50 universities around the country that are really investing in women's basketball at Connecticut's level. Their competition is stiff. It's amazing and my hat's off to them on how they've been able to maintain it. We had this last year three former UConn players. They are extremely loyal and hold Coach Auriemma in high regard. They have established a culture there of excellence.
p.s. He got a lot of questions about what the 2011 Storm team is going to look like. Here's the rundown:
"There are lots of questions about the status of our current roster. Here's a quick rundown. Sue, LJ, Tanisha, Le'coe and Alison are under contract. We have exclusive rights to Abby and Jana. Camille is a restricted free agent, which means we can match any offer made to her. Then Svetlana, Swin and Ashley are unrestricted free agents."
He also talked a bit about whether he thought certain players would want to come back and how Jana Vesela and Svetlana Abrosimova have national team obligations next summer. (Not sure what that's about, btw. Maybe there's a European championship? Like there is in figure skating?)
Labels: Seattle Storm, UConn basketball
# posted by mamurd @ 11:20 PM 
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What would be the scoring impact of Svetlana, Swin, and Ashley no longer being on the team? Can you do an analysis of the 2010 points scored per minute of playing time for Sue, LJ, Tanisha, Le'coe, Alison, Abby, Jana, and Camille; and extrapolate their 2010 playing times to full time? Assume they have the same playing time distribution as 2010, and that no new players will score. That will give you a proportionally lower point total for each game. Then look at the final game scores for the 2010 season, reduce the Storm score by the proportionality factor, and calculate a new win-loss record, assuming that the opponents score is unchanged by the roster change.
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