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Slightly OT - but for any B1G fans interested - the Athletic had a piece about B1G finances, including a look at Iowa men's and women's basketball, even if the article was football driven. Some very interesting stuff - that reflect the overspending that goes on in programs these days.

Typically, I suppose, to avoid rematches. Which (arguably) fans don't really want to see. That said, historically, the NCAA seems to delight in "tricky" match-ups. I wouldn't be shocked, for instance, to see Vanderbilt matched up in some way with UConn, because of Shea Ralph. "Connections"...

The first half of the Arizona / Houston game was the worst 2 quarters of basketball I have watched in a very long time. Years ago a very elderly ex-coach was hosting (i.e. serving as a local contact for one of the teams participating in an in-season tourney) and commented about the team that...

I largely agree with @WBBTakeover with 2 comments - If Rutgers does not replace Washington after this nauseating season - then they have proven that they no longer care about women's basketball. Of course, there was always some doubt - even in the best of Vivian's years, school support was...

There is a lot of history, and the young (much less than 60) are missing out. I happened to see Teresa Grentz - who was part of those Imaculata teams, and later coached at Rutgers and Illinois, among others - inducted into the Naismith on TV - her "sponsors" were C. Vivian Stringer...

The Big 12 is beyond predicting. In TCU I trust, except when I don't. Arizona losing is the only relative constant.

Vivian Stringer was very open about giving folks second or third chances. So, truthfully - what happened? - A couple players didn't work out and were dismissed. One caused suspensions for otherwise well behaved teammates. A couple were dismissed mid-season - A couple players worked out...

We will go one of these years, when Arizona improves, most likely. We used to go to the Big East Tournament for years when we were following Rutgers, usually in Connecticut. We saw a Holiday Inn of some sort near the arena (we typically stay in Holiday Inns, usually Expresses), but I'm sure...

Adia - rather than "not-improving" I would go for "not changing with the times". One result of an old school mentality about playing time, and roles, and all the rest of that is perhaps a difficulty in retaining players who don't want to be a sporadic sub, or be needed to play a position that...

Just to note that at least one of the conferences has or had a "newcomer of the year" which covers the transfers, I don't remember which conference.

Yes, and he has more than a trace of the Albert voice. There are announcers who do women's basketball pretty well. Some are ruined by their color commentator and others are terrible and ruin their largely competent color commentator. My wife was wondering if we could teach Tara Lipinski and...

After 2 years of watching Jayda in Tucson, the biggest issue was her streakiness. Not sure always if it was a result of being more of a 2 guard or just part of her game. The converse to your point is that, at least during her time at Arizona, she at least knew what her teammates were supposed...

Also not a local, but like @Vowelguy I have visited a number of times. Actually during my working career did a few site visits at our area theatres to audit them and my wife took a couple weeks of specialized courses offered by a professional organization at a theological seminary in town. For...

Its not a bad idea, although a more dramatic comparison would be between conference record and non-conference record. In general, a lot of power conference type teams will have better out of conference records than in-conference, except for the top teams where they may be close to equal...

The last prediction I saw had ASU as a last 4 in, playing in the "First Four". Arizona did it a couple years back, and advanced. It seems quite possible to me, as long as they keep playing well. The out of conference was fairly weak but they won all of them, which is a positive. Results in...