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Classy post. I have had a high opinion of Ms. Staley as a coach for a while. Several years ago, I was in Columbia on a business trip during the season, and so one day I called the ticket office just to see if I could get a ticket to go see them play. The folks at the ticket office were very...

No. I recall during the post-game of the previous game, when she had done back to back 30 point games, it being mentioned that she was only the second UConn player to do that, and nobody had ever done three in a row.

There will be no brackets—tournament cancelled in toto

Yes same here but it’s actual tv only — on the NBC Sports App it’s clear.

I was at the arena and saw that and was quite happy to see it. I’ve always believed that in an elimination tournament like this if you lose in a close game you WANT the team that won to trounce everyone else. Then you can with some legitimacy say “we were the second best in this tournament...

Hey there congrats on your grandchild’s baptism! That’s all just wanted to say that!

That was supposed to say lighthearted not lightheaded. Stupid autocorrect

Husky Nan thank you for posting this! As an avid Walt Disney World fan I post on a few message boards on that topic. I have actually abandoned one or two because what started as an insult like the ones you cited devolved into a full blown “flame war” ending all serious (or even lightheaded)...

No not really—what they do is give the overall #1 the 1 seed at the closest regional. Then the #2 gets the closest of the remaining three etc. so with four #1’s in the eastern or central time zone the fourth #1 gets the short straw and is shipped out west. Which under the “UConn is the fourth...

My biggest problem with this bracket is that Creme has had Louisville as the two seed in Albany for several weeks now. But we are ranked 2 and they 5 in both polls. That’s not right. That means Creme really thinks we are #4 or they are #7. And I’m guessing it’s the former. By all the...

Actually there is a reason. The schedule of the subregion (1st & 2nd rounds) is dictated by which region you are in, so that everyone has roughly equal rest between games. So until it is known whether top four seeded team x is playing a Friday/Sunday regional or a Saturday/Monday regional...

I heard on the radio broadcast of the AAC championship game Bob Joyce discussing this very issue. He said the Geno was lobbying HARD to be assigned a Friday game so that people would be able to attend all of the NCAA tournament in Connecticut (men's first round Thursday, women's first round...

Um, “other than by scoring more points”? I sort of thought that was how one defined winning in this game.

I quite agree with your analysis. Mmes. Warlick, McCallie and Aston seem to me simply to take their pkayers’ Skills and utilize them as they are. In my opinion part of the job of a COLLEGE coach is to develop the players and this they do not do, which is I think doing a disservice to the young...

I used to listen to the games, coach’s shows etc. using the TuneIn App on my iPhone and the UConn IMG network channel. But now for the past several months when I try that I get “We’re sorry. An error occurred with this stream. Please try again later.“ Does anyone know why this no longer...

Sure about that?? I lived for five years in Gaithersburg MD and found their idea of clearing snow to be highly comical...until I slipped in the driveway of the Silver Diner in Silver Spring and cracked two vertebrae in my back which has never been the same.

And here we are a month later with no tickets delivered..,

Just wondering Has anyone received their tickets for the regionals in Albany?

If any of you have ever watched the Tour de France on NBCSN (formerly Versus) you have heard the dulcet tones of Phil Liggett and his partner Paul Sherwen, for my money (and many others) the best cycling commentators in the business. Sadly tonight the latter half of that duo is no longer with...

I hate to be the one to say this, as I would love us to be in the ACC, but it won't happen, and there is a reason. Our state's current US Senator and former attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, famously sued the ACC to block Boston College from leaving the Big East in 2003 to join the ACC...

Note: As of 2017-18 there are no more "use it or lose it" time outs. The NCAA changed that rule. See https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2017-19WBB_Rules_Changes_20170614.pdf. Rule 5-14 was changed as follows: "To delete the requirement that when a team does not use a 30 second...

The problem for Tennessee's coach is simply that top four seeds hosting the first and second rounds in the NCAA tournament have an overwhelming winning percentage. Now, a five seed beating a four seed on their home court, that will happen from time to time, but Tennessee was a 3 seed. I bet if...

According to Bob Joyce on the radio, first for both -- Lou with 18 points & 10 assists, Kia with 15 points & 10 rebounds.

I take your point. I'm pretty sure, however, that if you use either your computer or mobile device you will be able to get any given game (including NC State, Georgia & South Carolina) in its entirety. In ESPN's defense, CBS has kind of got the same problem in the men's tournament, but they...

Oldude, your analysis is spot on. When I looked at the bracket, my initial thought was that the committee got this just about right. UGA, our 4 seed, is the 17th ranked team in the Coaches poll, which is about right. South Carolina, our 2 seed, is the 7th ranked team. I think if this team...

I think it's all a function of where you are. Every year, a couple days before action starts, they have on their website a map showing what parts of the country will be seeing what games in their entirety. (I found one from last year via google.) Invariably, in CT they show the UConn game in...

Yes, I forgot about that -- they got what they call a "procedural bump" down in order to avoid two SEC teams playing each other in the regional final.

Yes

There are 25 top 25 teams, 4 brackets - three brackets get 6 each, one gets 7, in particular the bottom 7 (24 & 25). Seems fair to me.

Not too far off -- the last AP poll as South Carolina as #7, or the 2nd worst of the 2 seeds.

Yes, they get the most, by one -- #1 overall seed should have the #8 team as 2 seed, #9 team as 3 seed, #16 team as 4 seed, #17 as 5 seed, #24 as 6 seed, #25 as 7 seed. 7 ranked teams; the other regions have 6 each. But we have the bottom two of the top 25, so that evens it out.

You do realize it's unlikely that it would get to UConn vs. USF in the tournament. The following have to happen: 1. USF defeat FSU on their home court in round 2 -- very unlikely; road teams do not as a simple matter of fact win very often in the women's tournament first two rounds. 2. USF...

Does anyone know where/how I can listen to the WTIC coverage online? I've tried both the UConn feed and the WTIC feed on the IMG network and neither one has it!

Bascomfan, you got it! Never been to the Virgin Islands myself, but have heard it is beautiful. My first visit to the Caribbean came a little over a year ago when I visited an all-inclusive in Jamaica. Will be doing my second later this year, when I take a Disney Cruise that will stop at...

By the way she is also a great pharmacist! She was at the CVS at four corners in Storrs for quite a while and then was tabbed to run the pharmacy at the new Storrs Centre store. She is still there and has done a lot for me negotiating with the utilization review idiots at my insurance company...