Dishin & Swishin: The Roundtable talks NCAA tourney

[DishNSwish]

As annual as a groundhog, it is time for the Dishin & Swishin roundtable preview of the tournament. Each year we convene a panel of some of the best and the brightest from the print, television and Internet markets for an hour (or so) discussion of what makes the tournament great.

The panel this year is as strong as we have ever had:

David Siegel, your moderator, the host of the Dishin & Swishin podcast weekly on Hoopfeed.

Doug Feinberg, the Associated Press’ women’s basketball chief, the keeper of the weekly AP poll.

LaChina Robinson, television analyst for ESPN and various other networks, who will be covering the College Park, Maryland bracket this weekend.

Mel Greenberg, the “Guru” himself; the poll originator, the innovator, the man with the WBCA writer’s award named after him.

Ros Gold-Onwude, television analyst for ESPN and the Pac-12 Network, who will be covering the Queens, New York bracket this weekend.

A small sampling of topics covered include:

The same top seeds as last year, good or bad, and are the teams better than last year’s counterparts?

Is the field seeded fairly and correctly?

Did the BCS conferences deserve the love they received from the committee in choosing their schools over mid-major conferences

Upset specials! Bracket busters! Who are they in each region and what could happen to some big favorites

Who should you be watching for? Everyone knows Griner, Diggins, and Delle Donne, but who are some other gems?

Location, location, location! How and why are teams playing where they are?

Stanford–Cal, UConn–Notre Dame, and other rematches, should they have been set up this way?

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[PacoSwede]

FWIW
Feinberg filed an AP piece yesterday in which he goes through the brackets game by game. He ends up with the No. 1s all in the FF. Then he is of the opinion that UConn with end the careers of both Diggins and Griner with losses when it really counts.

Guess the senior who's gonna have the best season of all is Kelly, then. And Caroline and Heather can close out with yet another big ring.

I can see that happening.

 

[Zorro]

"'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished"!

 

[DishNSwish]

FWIW
Feinberg filed an AP piece yesterday in which he goes through the brackets game by game. He ends up with the No. 1s all in the FF. Then he is of the opinion that UConn with end the careers of both Diggins and Griner with losses when it really counts.

Guess the senior who's gonna have the best season of all is Kelly, then. And Caroline and Heather can close out with yet another big ring.

I can see that happening.

Hey! No spoilers! LOL!

 

[easttexastrash]

I find it hard to think that BG will allow Baylor to lose. She knows that this is her last go-around and I have a feeling that she is going to play the game at a level never seen in WCBB before. I think Kim is going to say "OK, the scoring record is within reach, as is a title, so go out there and grab it all" and that BG will respond with massive performances.