Mock NCAA women's selection process a mythbuster

[pap49cba]

LINK

 

[VAUConnFan]

Thanx.

 

[Wonkster]

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"The process of selecting the field starts with a list of all 366 teams that are eligible to get in."

366 teams??????
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[bbsamjj]

The eight teams are seeded along an S-curve and as each team is moved in, they go to the region site closest to them geographically. So when our bracket had Connecticut as a No. 1 seed and Tennessee as its No. 2 seed, it wasn't intentional. But it was interesting.
The other thing that was intriguing during the bracket-building process was that seeds were not sacred. Because of the extra problems created by the women's tournament's use of home courts and a location-based bracket concept, there has to be some flexibility to the process. That comes in the committee's ability to move a team up or down one seed.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/03/09/...on-process-a.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy​

This is the part that of the women's tournament that I believe is most frustrating to fans and teams. I understand in the women's game the desire to get more people in the seats and eyes on the TV, but it kind of takes away the efforts teams make all season to put themselves in the best positions to advance.

We all know there can be a big difference between the #5 team and the #8 team in the nation. In fact, sometimes the #5 team may be just as worthy as the #4 team for a 1 seed. But for all that effort they put into the season, they could still be sent out to the region with the #1 team in the nation.

Same with other seeding. "Seeds were not sacred" says to me--we have no problem moving your team up or down a seed if it fits location needs. Never mind that a #4 seed can be a lot more difficult than a #3, or a #7 seed is much harder than a #6. It's frustrating for sure, and also leads to unfortunate conference vs conference matchups, (see Baylor vs. A&M last year, RU vs UConn three years before).

 

[HuskyNan]

Because of the extra problems created by the women's tournament's use of home courts and a location-based bracket concept, there has to be some flexibility to the process.

This is a women's tournament problem? Here are the sites for the men's tournament:

First Four: Tuesday and Wednesday, March 13 and 14​

University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH..... Host: University of Dayton​

Second and Third Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 15 and 17​

The Pit, Albuquerque, NM .............................Host: University of New Mexico​

KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY ...................Host: University of Louisville​

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA ..........Host: Duquesne University​

Rose Garden, Portland, OR ..........................Host: University of Oregon​

Second and Third Rounds: Friday and Sunday, March 16 and 18​

Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH ................Host: Ohio State​

Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC ........Host: ACC​

Bridgestone Center, Nashville, TN ................Host: Ohio Valley Conference​

Qwest Center, Omaha, NE ...........................Host: Creighton University​

Regionals: Thursday and Saturday, March 22 and 24​

TD Garden, Boston, MA .................................Host: Boston College​

US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ ..................Host: Arizona State​

Regionals: Friday and Sunday, March 23 and 25​

Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA ...........................Host: Georgia Tech​

Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO ..............Host: Saint Louis University​

Final Four: Saturday and Monday, March 31 and April 2​

Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA .......Host: Tulane University​

 

[ThisJustIn]

Meh. I say suck it up. I want to be able to see my team and I want there to be tons of fans in the stands. And I want my team to do whatever it takes to prove they deserve to move on.