All Episodes Dishin & Swishin 03/30/17 Podcast: Doug Bruno returns to talk Final Four and more

[DishNSwish]

Probably my favorite podcast to record of the year.

This is the fifth year in a row that Doug Bruno has come on the podcast and talked women's basketball tournament and analyzed the Final Four. It's a blast, and you hear very little of me...I just say something and let Doug go!

Topics covered include:

• DePaul's season in review, and the injury bug continually biting his teams
• The job the selection committee did this year and the difficulty involved with seedings and placements
• Bruno's idea for game sites and moving the regionals' sites, where and why it would work (hello, Debbie Antonelli)!
• The moving of the tournament schedule this year, and the results in terms of attention, if not attendance
• Thoughts on each of the Final Four teams, the good and the bad
• Players to look out for on each team
• What needs to happen for each team to win their respective semifiinals and the final
• Why Mississippi State was able to sit most of their regular season starters and still not only survive, but thrive offensively
• Has Geno been pulling our leg or telling the truth about never knowing what he'd get each game from his team
• How South Carolina has adjusted to the loss of Alaina Coates, and the difficulty in replacing an All-American level player in a short period of time
• The flexibility and diversity in Stanford's players, how Tara gets them to be so successful almost every year
• Who will cut down the nets on Sunday night?

 

[UcMiami]

Lexington which was in everything but name was a home site, shows that home sites are not a regional solution unless you can guarantee your top four teams have strong home fan bases that will support other teams. Nebraska is the only location that actually did that (with a lot of help from Yori who is not there any more.)

 

[DishNSwish]

I'm figuring Husky fans will like Doug Bruno's idea for regionals....

 

[UcMiami]

I think Albany, Springfield, NYC, Providence, or even Philadelphia/Boston would work equally well if they can find an arena in the 9000-12000 that would host. (Albany has already done so as we will see again next year.)

 

[Wbbfan1]

Doug's comment about Saniya were interesting. If we look at Saniy'a UConn career, then what he said makes complete sense.

 

[DishNSwish]

Agree with your assessment of the Saniya comments; of course virtually everything Doug says makes complete sense, right?