Their schedule has been pretty easy, but then now have 3 Top 125 wins (#54 Georgia Tech, #96 Ole Miss, #117 Kansas) and have hammered all of the bad teams they played and lost a competitive game on the road @ #32 Georgetown. They got smoked on the road by South Carolina, but South Carolina is a national title contender.

Seems like a reasonable expectation for them to go 6-10 or 7-9 in conference, which would put them at 18-12 or 19-11 and probably in the WNIT again (and possible the NCAA Tournament, not sure how their RPI would rise or fall).

Hopefully Curry has built a foundation and they will keep taking steps each year. It's good to have that program competitive again, because it was a total embarrassment there for a while.

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Posted on 1/6/17 at 1:50 pm to Triple Daves

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Posted by GumpInLex

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Posted on 1/6/17 at 2:49 pm to Triple Daves

Really glad to see this. My mom played Bball for Bama in the 70's. She was pretty excited when Coach Curry was hired. Nice to see them make such a positive start to the season, even if it wasnt against top-tier opposition.

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Posted by JordonfortheJ

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Posted on 1/6/17 at 2:58 pm to Triple Daves

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No way in hell.

The schedule they have played this season and the past few have been pretty bad OOC. All the decent teams they play they lose or get straight up blown out to.

Just for comparison sake Duke Women, did not get into NCAAT last season 20-12, (8-8) finishing in top half of conference, after making it for 22 straight years.

And the ACC is the toughest conference along with the SEC wbb..so wins are tough to come by.

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