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UConnChapette said:
Finally, whippit coverage.

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Finally. They stayed with TENN way too long. Now we can see a GOOD game!
 
Assuming Gonzaga wins this game, could the Zags beat a Williams-less Miami team?????
 
I picked the Zags to go to the Sweet 16..... almost picked them to knock off Iowa State to make it to the elite 8..... but I came to my senses...... Im trying to win the Boneyard contest :p
 
Standish is a really solid player, in contrast Sykes is 3-15, ouch. Rushdan not changing things much.
 
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Sorry, Rushdan was grabbing the player all the way. Wheeler is RU's total offense.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
I am loving it....Sykes with a T....now if they lose we can enjoy CVS throwing her team under the bus. Yes, my blown desktop has me in a foul humor, but CVS's stengalisma etc may reprieve my day!
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I'd love to interview CVS after this game and ask her if Rutgers is scheduled to play The Sisters of the Poor next season.
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I'm not defending Rutgers in any way, but the women's basketball tournament has inherent unfairness in it. Why in the world should any team, such as Gonzaga, play their opening round games at home? I understand that is not the case in the men's tournament. I was watching a game from the Pit in Albuquerque and noticed that the New Mexico Lobos were playing at the same time in another city. That's the way it ought to be.
 
Wonkster said:
I'd love to interview CVS after this game and ask her if Rutgers is scheduled to play The Sisters of the Poor next season.
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Are they showing the post game interviews anywhere?
 
Wheeler had a great game, but none of her team mates showed up.
 
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RoyDodger said:
I'm not defending Rutgers in any way, but the women's basketball tournament has inherent unfairness in it. Why in the world should any team, such as Gonzaga, play their opening round games at home? I understand that is not the case in the men's tournament. I was watching a game from the Pit in Albuquerque and noticed that the New Mexico Lobos were playing at the same time in another city. That's the way it ought to be.
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Because without doing that the NCAA would lose even more money. Women's basketball is not the only sport that is handled this way.
 
RoyDodger said:
I'm not defending Rutgers in any way, but the women's basketball tournament has inherent unfairness in it. Why in the world should any team, such as Gonzaga, play their opening round games at home? I understand that is not the case in the men's tournament. I was watching a game from the Pit in Albuquerque and noticed that the New Mexico Lobos were playing at the same time in another city. That's the way it ought to be.
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Your comma sorta threw me there. Certainly not the Zags, 'cuz they did not earn it. But economics and a lets move it around a bit produces this stuff. And maybe as Trey just suggested we will have CVS wax eloquent on this any moment now.
 
I didn't fill out a complete bracket, but I picked the Zags here, even without 'Sloot.
 
Icebear said:
Are they showing the post game interviews anywhere?
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Expect we will have to read about it. Maybe at the half of the next game we will get a snippet.

Or if CVS really goes off it will be an ESPN home page video snippet! We can hope, can't we. :p
 
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RockyMTblue2 said:
... Or if CVS really goes off it will be an ESPN home page video snippet! We can hope, can't we. :p
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Maybe ESPN can take this snippet and whip it!
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Wonkster said:
Maybe ESPN can take this snippet and whip it!
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Faster than my soup can arrangement. LOL ;) I hope you allow the Toucans a break and a smoke.
 
I've been wondering about Gonzaga's seeding since I saw it. Seemed way wrong, and this proves it. I figured them for a 6 or so. Anyway, I like watching them when they're hot, as they were at times in this game. Sorry to see a BE team lose, but I just cannot bring myself to cheer for a team that plays the way Rutgers does.
 
Blueballer said:
In CT I'm ready for ESPN to switch to a more competetive game. TENN may look awful but they are not going to lose THIS game. Where's that "whip-around" coverage you were talking about?
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I think "Whiparound" coverage has been changed to "Standaround."
 
tomcat said:
I've been wondering about Gonzaga's seeding since I saw it. Seemed way wrong, and this proves it. I figured them for a 6 or so. Anyway, I like watching them when they're hot, as they were at times in this game. Sorry to see a BE team lose, but I just cannot bring myself to cheer for a team that plays the way Rutgers does.
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Zags have something in the air ... actually I suspect that the mens exploits in the last several years are a manifestation of something real good about the campus and the student body and that stuff rubs off. And hopefully and NCAA investigation will not follow. As an aside: What a horrible mess for the UC mens' program and Coach JC ... the men's game is a quagmire and I hope the womens game - across all divisions and conferences can stay out of it.
 
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Icebear said:
Because without doing that the NCAA would lose even more money. Women's basketball is not the only sport that is handled this way.
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I understand that there are economic and other factors in women's basketball that are very different from the men's. But it seems pretty ridiculous that a team like Rutgers, seeded #6, should have to travel across country to Spokane, WA, to play a lower-seeded team on their home court (and especially when the teams are in the Kingston, RI, Region), while our guys get to stay within a few miles of home and never have to get on a plane (except, hopefully, to make it to Denver and the final four). I'm just talking about fairness. That would seem to me to be something that should be an important element in scheduling tournaments of such stature.

When you say women's basketball is not the only sport handled this way, I presume you are referring to NCAA tournaments in other sports. Is that right?
 
HuskyNan said:
Press conferences and other videos are available on the NCAA tournament site.
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Thanks Nan. The presser subsite gives us 3 P Summitt snippets ( yeah, my word of the day) and 3 other Lynn University and ilk opps. As of 3:07 Eastern S Time. I am not blaming you. I will keep checking. Love the Avatar by the way. Don't stop changing.
 
Wonkster said:
Maybe a soupçon faster.

Their labor union will only let me use these guys during the toucans' breaks:

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OKAY, you dah man man....too funny!

I surrender...'til I get my computer back up and running.

Stop Heckling me!
 
RoyDodger said:
I'm not defending Rutgers in any way, but the women's basketball tournament has inherent unfairness in it. Why in the world should any team, such as Gonzaga, play their opening round games at home? I understand that is not the case in the men's tournament. I was watching a game from the Pit in Albuquerque and noticed that the New Mexico Lobos were playing at the same time in another city. That's the way it ought to be.
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I disagree.

The position you advocate reduces to this: You, Team X, can slack off the whole season, just squeeze into the NCAA 64(+) teams that will play (only 64 - gee, isn't that inherently unfair, too?) and you'll get treated in the same way as a team that wins 90% of their games and has performed magnificently during the regular season.

Exactly what, then, is the incentive to play hard during the regular season and conference tournament games?
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