Oooh, Tampa
. Maybe Phoenix, too, since I’ve got a brother out there
I didn't know that; interesting.
Remember when Vivian Stringer put a lid on ticket sales to UConn fans at the RAC to prevent the Huskies from having a virtual home game at Rutgers' house?any UConn game played in the New England or Middle Atlantic states would be a home game............that's what happens when you are really, really good for a long time..........
I can't find anything on the NCAA website that confirms it, but this article by Mechelle Voepel from November 2021 says starting in 2023 the opening rounds will be at a neutral site to be determined. Maybe they will go back to 8 neutral sites similarly to how they did in 2005-2008 (but schools could host on their home floor if they won the bid in 2005-2008)?
Those 4 years the places UConn played were:
2005- Storrs, Regionals in Kansas City, FF in Indianapolis. Lost to Stanford in Sweet 16.
2006- University Park, PA, Regionals in Bridgeport, FF in Boston. Lost to Duke in Elite 8.
2007- Hartford, Regionals in Fresno CA, FF in Cleveland. Lost to LSU in Elite 8.
2008- Bridgeport, Regionals in Greensboro, FF in Tampa. Lost to Stanford in Final Four.
Currently teams can't play on a court they played more than 3 games in the regular season during the NCAA tournament. So maybe Uconn will be playing the first two rounds in Bridgeport or Albany starting next year. Are there enough hotel rooms near the Mohegan Sun Arena to host 8 teams?
You are exactly on the point! If the article said "UConn being one of the top 4 teams" why didn't they get #1 seed? If UConn got 1(one) of the 4 number one seeds, it certainly belongs to Bridgeport Region, right? Put any one of 2nd seeds, do we care?
Thank you! This is the answer, sports aren’t always fair but that doesn’t mean it’s an issue.
Saying the Washington Post is fair and balanced is like saying Jim Boeheim never picks his nose. If you think fairness is in question ask Rebecca if she thought ESPN’s selection show was fair towards UConn. The comments made on that show about Geno and his team were very disrespectful towards the greatest basketball coach ever.
We're about 30 mins away and maybe in 2025 we'll finally get tickets and see a FF in person.Oooh, Tampa
Has the womens Final Four ever been in New England, New York State, or New Jersey? You would think New England would at some point, Hartford, Boston or Providence.
How many quality wins or bad losses would SC have if they lost Boston for half the season? Iowa wouldn’t even have made the tournament if they had lost Clark for half the season.
"Northeast" locations:
I have attended UConn women's road games in NJ, NY, PA, FL and SC, and at every one of those venues, the huge turnout of UConn supporters (be they alumni or just fans) makes it almost seem like a home game. I can't imagine any other team getting such support on the road.
I wouldn’t include Philly, not really a northeast location, southeast PA is more a mid Atlantic IMO, I mean Philly is right next to Wilmington, Delaware on the map. If places like Indianapolis, Knoxville, and Richmond, Va, among others can host it, Hartford/Springfield and Bridgeport ought be able to as well. Not even considering the UConn “backyard” factor, if Hartford or Bridgeport ever won a FF bid, the pushback from the Hinterland would be enormous. Didn’t know about Boston though, thanks.
I doubt UCONN would even be a 2 seed in Bridgeport if Paige were out for the season, nor would the WaPo have written this garbage.
And North Carolina doesn’t impose unreasonable restrictions on their athletes, like making them attend class. It’s very egalitarian of them.
"UConn is an equal opportunity winner"
LOL, to be perfectly honest, I don’t think Paige impacted it very much at all.
Now that she’s back, I think she definitely impacted their decision. If she were out for the season UConn would of been the last 2 or first 3.
Fixed it for you.
Maybe, especially when you’re saying it might have moved UConn a couple of places here or there one way or the other. Connecticut has shown itself to be a final four were the team without Paige. It moved up in rankings in metrics while Paige was out. None of that minimizes what she can bring, but this is a very solid team even without her.
Not very well informed, though. The "throng of Huskies faithful" appears at all of the UConn tourney games, whether zero or 3000 miles from campus.
