00:00The UConn women's basketball team has won 21 straight games by 25 or more points.
00:14It is, of course, the longest streak this century, because what the heck else would
00:22it be?
00:22You have to be kidding me.
00:26They haven't played South Carolina this year.
00:29They have not played UCLA.
00:31They have not played LSU.
00:33They are also minus 300 to win the championship already.
00:44The team that last year won the championship in pretty dominant fashion.
00:52Is this UConn team coach as good as all of the numbers suggest?
01:00I don't think they're as good as the numbers suggest, because I just think Paige Beckers
01:04is an all-time player.
01:07And also, their schedule is not as loaded as you, if people remember.
01:13Remember, they had a 72-69 game versus Michigan.
01:17And if Michigan had any play inside, they went big.
01:21You want to go look at their game they won against Iowa.
01:25Iowa's not a top-10 team.
01:26You want to go against UCLA, no Juju Watkins.
01:29You want to talk about Tennessee.
01:30Tennessee may be the fifth-best team in the SEC.
01:34Now, that being said, are they the best team in college women's basketball by 15-plus points?
01:42Yes.
01:44I'm not going to bet it.
01:47It's not worth my money.
01:50I'd rather put it somewhere else.
01:52But when you go and look at it, folks, you can ask five different people who the second-best team
01:59in the country is.
02:00You're going to get five different answers.
02:02Some are going to say UCLA.
02:04But then they're going to say UCLA, who have they played?
02:06You know, their league isn't as good in the Big Ten.
02:08Some are going to say it's South Carolina, who's got a big game coming up.
02:12Some are going to say LSU, who they're playing each other.
02:15Some are going to say Texas.
02:16Well, Texas just got beat by Vanderbilt, right?
02:19Some are going to say Michigan.
02:20I saw Vanderbilt beat Michigan a couple of weeks ago.
02:24So, to me, it's going to be one of those things where it's UConn and everywhere else.
02:29And all you're hoping for as a team is you want to be, ready for this, as far on the
02:35other side of the bracket as UConn is.
02:38That's your best bet betting women's college basketball this year.
02:42Can I ask you specifically about Sarah Strong?
02:47Again, I – J-Watt, just tell me if I'm being ridiculous.
02:52I know that they've had – she's the best player, it feels like, in college basketball by a country mile.
02:58As a sophomore.
03:01Like, this feels – I'm not trying to say that she's – I know – I mean, Maya Moore went,
03:07what, four for four on national –
03:08but, like, again, like, UConn – she might go four for four.
03:10I don't understand.
03:11J-Watt, like, how good is Sarah Strong is, I guess, the simple question.
03:17She will go down as one of the ten best players in history in the program.
03:23And this is a program that's had, you know, Paige Beckers, you know, Rebecca Lobo, Jen Rosati, Shea Rell, Maya
03:30Moore, Brianna Stewart.
03:32You want me to keep going?
03:33I can keep going.
03:34But we don't have enough time.
03:36Tina Charles.
03:36I can keep going for the next 30 minutes talking about how great these players are.
03:39But here is the crazy thing about Sarah Strong and having last year.
03:45The second best player is AZ Fudd.
03:50AZ Fudd, who wasn't even a first-team All-American by the AP preseason.
03:57That was when she turned – got back from her knee injury.
04:01She put that team to another stratosphere.
04:04So, when you've got a Batman and Robin of Sarah Strong and AZ Fudd or a Paige Beckers with a
04:10Sarah Strong and an AZ Fudd, I mean, you can tell right then and there that they're the best team.
04:16And the fact that Sarah Strong is a sophomore and we've got to deal with this mess for another couple
04:22of years, good luck.
04:25Don't even get me started with Big O from over there in Middle Village, New York, from Christ the King
04:31High School, heading over to UConn next year.
04:32Don't tell me about Big O that plays for my buddy Kevin Lynch over in the Philadelphia Rise.
04:37Wait until she gets there next year.
04:39The train keeps going with Gino and they just keep on winning.
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