Creme/ESPN Bracketology 3/10

[azfan]

Kitties from Tucson are in South Carolina's region. Barring upset they'd have an opportunity to show their stuff against either North Carolina State or Iowa if the Hawkeyes could pull a Bunky Hackleroad. If Clark could lead her team past NC State I'd love to watch McDonald chase her around. Although come to think of it maybe Barnes would have Thomas try to slow down Clark. Wonder if Clark would exceed her season average against McDonald and company.

 

[azfan]

Creme has the WAC champ playing Stanford. Would that suggest Creme views the WAC rep as the weakest in the field?

The Lopes from Grand Canyon have an outside chance for the honor of playing Stanford if they can beat Utah Valley State tomorrow and then hope three's the charm against Cal Baptist.

 

[Vowelguy]

Is no one giving Maryland a shot at a number one ranking, even if they win the Big Ten tourney? They have had a bunch of highly rated recruiting classes, and are always very good. I haven't followed them this year.

Maryland would get a 1 if it could rack up a bunch of high quality wins but the big 10 isn’t deep enough. At best they’d beat 5/6 seed Michigan and then Indiana or Rutgers. Not enough to overtake NC St which has 2 wins over Louisville and 1 over SC, or SC after winning SECT.

 

[azfan]

Creme must have updated prior to the Mountain West final. So assuming Fresno State would slide in where he has New Mexico there would be a very interesting second round game between Gonzaga and the Bulldogs, assuming Haley and Hannah could defeat Harper and company. Twins all over the court.

 

[Vowelguy]

Creme has the WAC champ playing Stanford. Would that suggest Creme views the WAC rep as the weakest in the field?

The Lopes from Grand Canyon have an outside chance for the honor of playing Stanford if they can beat Utah Valley State tomorrow and then hope three's the charm against Cal Baptist.

Yes. Weak conference. And the clear best team in the league won’t make it.
If there’s an upset in one of the other low leagues (swac meac patriot etc) then that team could take over #64.

 

[eebmg]

Just out of curiosity, they said they will have 4 reserve teams incase of a COVID shutdown. Will those be the first 4 out? Will they be in a holding pattern and thus could not make the WNIT and then miss both?

 

[Vowelguy]

Just out of curiosity, they said they will have 4 reserve teams incase of a COVID shutdown. Will those be the first 4 out? Will they be in a holding pattern and thus could not make the WNIT and then miss both?

Interesting I had not heard that. Got a link?
Am gonna guess WNIT is not going to want to wait a week plus.
but you’ve got some P5 schools (eg ND) that would probably turn down a WNIT bid anyway

 

[eebmg]

Interesting I had not heard that. Got a link?
Am gonna guess WNIT is not going to want to wait a week plus.
but you’ve got some P5 schools (eg ND) that would probably turn down a WNIT bid anyway

Good point about some P5 turning down a WNIT invite.

2020-21D1WBB_TournamentReplacementPolicy.pdf (ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com)

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Maybe it’s me but any of the top 8 have a chance at a National Championship. There is zero home court advantage for anyone except maybe the Texas teams. In a year where there wasn’t a great deal of non conference games to gauge and reference some of these match ups. There is usually always a holiday tournament upset or 2! Maybe that’s destined for the NCAAs this year. I can see it.

 

[FairView]

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[Vowelguy]

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[nwhoopfan]

Creme must have updated prior to the Mountain West final. So assuming Fresno State would slide in where he has New Mexico there would be a very interesting second round game between Gonzaga and the Bulldogs, assuming Haley and Hannah could defeat Harper and company. Twins all over the court.

I think Gonzaga played Stanford last year, so there would've been 3 sets of twins in that game as well. Probably would tie the record.

 

[azfan]

Kitties from Tucson are in South Carolina's region. Barring upset they'd have an opportunity to show their stuff against either North Carolina State or Iowa if the Hawkeyes could pull a Bunky Hackleroad. If Clark could lead her team past NC State I'd love to watch McDonald chase her around. Although come to think of it maybe Barnes would have Thomas try to slow down Clark. Wonder if Clark would exceed her season average against McDonald and company.

Where Arizona women’s basketball stands in the latest polls, NET rankings, and NCAA Tournament projections

Since their loss to the UCLA Bruins in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament on Friday, the only place the Arizona Wildcats have played is on the practice court. There is still a lot happening...

www.azdesertswarm.com

 

[fomalhaut]

I thought the S-curve meant that the #2 overall seed played the #7 overall seed. If Connecticut is in the same bracket as Baylor, that means that Baylor is #7 overall? If so, that's insane. Baylor is #3 overall in NCAA's own NET
rankings (also #3 in Massey), and vying with Connecticut as the best statistical team in the country. They've lost once since the preseason SEC/Big 12 Challenge, and have gone 17-1 in the 3rd best power conference.

 

[Vowelguy]

I thought the S-curve meant that the #2 overall seed played the #7 overall seed. If Connecticut is in the same bracket as Baylor, that means that Baylor is #7 overall? If so, that's insane. Baylor is #3 overall in NCAA's own NET
rankings (also #3 in Massey), and vying with Connecticut as the best statistical team in the country. They've lost once since the preseason SEC/Big 12 Challenge, and have gone 17-1 in the 3rd best power conference.

Yes, Baylor is #7. They have 0 high quality wins.

Also, Baylor was #8 in the last committee top 16.

 

[MilfordHusky]

The second NCAA reveal was on February 28.

Since that time, UConn beat Marquette by 10 on March 1. Did the low MOV cause UConn to slip from #1 to #2 overall?

Also since then, Stanford won the Pac-12 tourney, including a 20-point win over UCLA. Does that move Stanford up?

Charlie said that he switched UConn and Stanford after the Stanford game. He did NOT take into account the Big East Tournament finals, which negated the close MOV in the UConn game of March 1.

Does Creme get inside intel from the NCAA? Why does he think the committee will switch UConn and Stanford? I can see being impressed by Stanford's play, but not moving them over another team who won out convincingly.

 

[Vowelguy]

Does Creme get inside intel from the NCAA?

No.

Why does he think the committee will switch UConn and Stanford? I can see being impressed by Stanford's play, but not moving them over another team who won out convincingly.

While watching the PAC final, I thought Stanford could move to #1. They had an impressive run through a fairly difficult conference tournament.

 

[JordyG]

No.

While watching the PAC final, I thought Stanford could move to #1. They had an impressive run through a fairly difficult conference tournament.

Creame may think so, but I'm hard pressed to believe the committee will see it the same way. Stanford would have had to dominate even more than they did and even then committee's can be pretty stubborn.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Charlie may be following the NET, but the NET has Baylor at #3, whereas the NCAA has them at #7.

 

[Cuango]

Where Arizona women’s basketball stands in the latest polls, NET rankings, and NCAA Tournament projections

Since their loss to the UCLA Bruins in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament on Friday, the only place the Arizona Wildcats have played is on the practice court. There is still a lot happening...

www.azdesertswarm.com

Adia needs some shooters in her next recruiting class! She’s done a great job there but if she’s going to get to the level she is aiming for, she has to get some players who can score some points efficiently. McDonald has been a real game changer and deserves a lot of credit but this team, as it is currently constructed, is not going to score enough points to beat the elite teams.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Adia needs some shooters in her next recruiting class! She’s done a great job there but if she’s going to get to the level she is aiming for, she has to get some players who can score some points efficiently. McDonald has been a real game changer and deserves a lot of credit but this team, as it is currently constructed, is not going to score enough points to beat the elite teams.

Pueyo looked good as a Fr. but has been mostly M.I.A. this season. She has a nice stroke, maybe she'll get back on track next year.

 

[stamfordhusky]

Geno may not, but not sure the girls won't.

I really doubt it. The very minor difference between being the overall #1 and the overall #2 isn't even worth thinking about.

 

[LETTERL]

I think Gonzaga played Stanford last year, so there would've been 3 sets of twins in that game as well. Probably would tie the record.

An alternate version of a "triple double"

 

[hart2hart]

I still concur with MooseJaw from the previous thread, Stanford Now #1 Seed? Seriously?.....
Charlie: Is he a Creme Puff or a Boston Creme Pie ? I’ll stick with Creme Puff just like MooseJaw!

 

[Bald Husky]

Just out of curiosity, they said they will have 4 reserve teams incase of a COVID shutdown. Will those be the first 4 out? Will they be in a holding pattern and thus could not make the WNIT and then miss both?

Those reserve teams go away once the tournament starts. If a co-vid issue occurs, the affected team would have to forfeit.