(November 23, 2012)

The UConn women's basketball season got off to a controversial start earlier this year when Coach Geno Auriemma suggested they lower the rim in women's basketball.


Geno was looking for ways to make the college sport more popular outside Connecticut. OK, I can see his viewpoint. The basketball in the women's game is smaller than the men's. The net is lower than the men's in women's volleyball. The forward tees on the golf course is for women. OK, but...

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I had an idea. Instead of lowering the net, how about raising the players? They could play in high-heeled sneakers. Then I thought high-heeled sneakers, lowered rims. What's next, a ramp? But you know what? I think the answer is to put more talent on fewer teams. You know, start a super-conference of competitive and talented women.


Then, I looked at UConn's start this year, and I'm talking even before the Paradise Jam. They've beaten their opponents by an average of more than 60 points a game. Even when they lose, they don't lose by much, and that's when I came up with today's cartoon.