[TheFarm07]

Here are all of our home losses over the last few years, for comparison.

14-15  ASU 57-60; C.al 53-63; Texas 84-87
13-14 No home losses
12-13 UConn 35-61; C.al 55-67
11-12 No home losses
10-11 No home losses
09-10 No home losses
08-09 No home losses
07-08 UConn 54-66
06-07 BYU 52-55; 57-72 C.al

I guess the worst losses before last night was that horrible 61-35 thrashing at the hands of UConn, or perhaps the loss at home last year to ASU.  I don't remember the BYU loss--perhaps that was a very bad home loss too if BYU was as unheralded as Santa Clara.

But it does seem as if this was the worst home loss in 10 years.  On the other hand, we probably have the least experienced team we have had for 10 years.  No starting seniors, and the juniors are not that experienced either.

I am thinking the worst loss in terms of quality of opponent.  UConn thrashes top 5 opponents on a regular basis, so there is no major loss of prestige there even with a 25-pt loss.

Ending Records of the teams cited above and NCAA tourney result for those years:

2014-15: ASU (29-6; Sweet 16), C.al (25-10; Second Round), Texas (24-11; Sweet 16)
2012-13: C.al (32-4; Final 4), UConn (35-4; National Champs)
2007-08: UConn (36-2; Final 4)
2006-07: BYU (23-10; First Round), C.al (23-9; First Round)

We'll re-check at the end of this season, but I bet Santa Clara will struggle to reach .500 this year, which would make this by far the worst loss compared to the 8 listed above.  I am not sure all of the records under Tara's guidance, so I can't say if this is one of the most notable setbacks during her tenure, but at least over the last decade, nothing really compares.

[TheFarm07]

Here are all of our home losses over the last few years, for comparison.

14-15  ASU 57-60; C.al 53-63; Texas 84-87
13-14 No home losses
12-13 UConn 35-61; C.al 55-67
11-12 No home losses
10-11 No home losses
09-10 No home losses
08-09 No home losses
07-08 UConn 54-66
06-07 BYU 52-55; 57-72 C.al

I guess the worst losses before last night was that horrible 61-35 thrashing at the hands of UConn, or perhaps the loss at home last year to ASU.  I don't remember the BYU loss--perhaps that was a very bad home loss too if BYU was as unheralded as Santa Clara.

But it does seem as if this was the worst home loss in 10 years.  On the other hand, we probably have the least experienced team we have had for 10 years.  No starting seniors, and the juniors are not that experienced either.

I am thinking the worst loss in terms of quality of opponent.  UConn thrashes top 5 opponents on a regular basis, so there is no major loss of prestige there even with a 25-pt loss.

Ending Records of the teams cited above and NCAA tourney result for those years:

2014-15: ASU (29-6; Sweet 16), C.al (25-10; Second Round), Texas (24-11; Sweet 16)
2012-13: C.al (32-4; Final 4), UConn (35-4; National Champs)
2007-08: UConn (36-2; Final 4)
2006-07: BYU (23-10; First Round), C.al (23-9; First Round)

We'll re-check at the end of this season, but I bet Santa Clara will struggle to reach .500 this year, which would make this by far the worst loss compared to the 8 listed above.  I am not sure all of the records under Tara's guidance, so I can't say if this is one of the most notable setbacks during her tenure, but at least over the last decade, nothing really compares.