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Message: [QUOTE="JavaMan, post: 3082797, member: 5562"] [SIZE=5][B]Where’s the March Madness in the Women’s Final Four?[/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=rgb(124, 112, 107)][SIZE=3]The NCAA women’s basketball tournament will have more upsets than it used to but still lags behind the men’s tourney. By Matt Baker[/SIZE][/COLOR] [I]When the Women’s Final Four last came to Tampa in 2015, you could count the number of teams with realistic championship hopes on one or two fingers.[/I] [I]As the NCAA women’s basketball tournament prepares to return to Amalie Arena next month, UConn coach Geno Auriemma sees six or seven teams capable of winning it all, as his Huskies did four years ago.[/I] [I][ATTACH=full]41050[/ATTACH][/I] [I]“This year, I think, is going to be one of the more wide-open races that there has been,” Auriemma said.[/I] [I]As Tampa was preparing to host its first Women’s Final Four in 2008, eight of the nation’s top 20 recruits signed with either Tennessee or UConn. Nine other teams split the rest.[/I] [I]This year’s top 20 recruits went to 15 different schools. None, shockingly, chose the Huskies. The defending national champion (Notre Dame) only landed one of them, as did the Lady Vols.[/I] [I]“More teams are benefiting from the fact that more players are choosing different schools,” Auriemma said. “That’s what needed to happen.”[/I] [I]And it’s starting to result in a little bit more madness.[/I] Complete article [URL='https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2019/03/18/wheres-the-march-madness-in-the-womens-final-four/'][B]HERE[/B][/URL] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)].[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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