Recent content by Phil

Excellent point. I've hated realignment for multiple reasons and you've added one more. Many fans underestimate the challenges of putting together a bracket. It's far more complicated than simply ranking them all in placing them in an S surve. Amount other things they have some rules about teams...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_rankings Last year, there were rankings on March 4, March 11, March 18 than a skip to the April 8 final

Sorry, why do you think this? They have in the past.

Unforunately, no, it was a paid site and I stopped paying.

I read she has already signed a pro contract, so I don't expect her back.

Six ranked unbeaten but eight unbeaten. Buffalo and Portland are undefeated.

Maybe. Massey has Miss at 28, not saying that is the right answer, but suggests 18 might be generous. However, it definitley is not Providence.

And volleyball starts conference tourney this week, with a chance at the NCAA tournament.

You've got it. :)

I get your point, but the AP doesn't do a poll after the NC game

On February 1, 2021, fourth-ranked NC State beat number one ranked Louisville, but NC State was not moved to the top position in fact they didn't even move up a single spot. South Carolina was moved to the top position. Does this qualify as an example?

Vaulting a team ahead of the number 2 team into the number one spot hasn't happened in the last 10 years.

Wow, not a single number one vote for South Carolina. My prediction it would be UConn was obviously wrong.

I do agree this is an insightful take away.

I'm going to gently push back on this. While obviously there's more to performance than simply points let's look at how UCLA managed to shut down Watkins and Edwards: UCLA versus SC Watkins 8 Edwards 6 No one else in the country? Even though NC State lost by 14 points to South Carolina is how...