NCAA WBB Tournament Selection Show - Mon. Mar. 14

[Eskapeesto]

Robert Morris player

 

[msf22b]

I'm feeling really sorry for South Florida, tough to be in our bracket...too bad

 

[Sonny44]

We beat them by 50 last year. They want a rematch. Maybe.

What could be better?

 

[EricLA]

I think ND got kinda robbed. Toughest bracket by far IMHO.

 

[hoopsdiva]

What's the big deal? USF needs to make it all the way to the regional finals to face UConn.

Do you think they can't? I'm never happy to see any team four times in one season.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I have no major complaints.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I think ND got kinda robbed. Toughest bracket by far IMHO.

Happy for them!

There is a trade-off. They got Lexington instead of Sioux Falls. That's a big plus, except that they got Kentucky too.

 

[MilfordHusky]

UCLA is lucky because they get USF at home.

 

[southie]

Not that it probably matters but why is Texas considered weaker than Arizona State?

Since the PAC teams which were top 4 seeds couldn't be placed in the same region, that meant some "bumping". ASU lost in the conference tourney quarterfinals. Most folks figured UCLA was going to be a #2 seed and Arizona State a #3 seed. Regardless of their actual seed, they couldn't be placed in the same regional as the 2-3 teams. All I can think of is that Texas got bumped to prevent that.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Hawaii is no pushover for UCLA. They can play very physical.

 

[Blue Huskie]

UCLA is lucky because they get USF at home.

Yes and despite the odds being long we see them again, I think where we only have 2 teams in from the American in the Tourney it's total BS to set up a potential 4th meeting (between any two teams for that matter). Would have liked to have seen both USF and MD in SC Region. I don't get how MD ended up the 2 in ND's region. To me MD is the strongest 2.

 

[Nuyoika]

I think ND got kinda robbed. Toughest bracket by far IMHO.[/QUOTE
Seems like the committee was conflicted. They felt like the best way to not have another UConn vs ND final was to put SCar in Sioux Falls and give them and easier path and let ND play closer to home but stick them with Maryland. I was really hoping for a Maryland vs SCar game. I think that is pretty unlikely now. Hey.... ya never know.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I think MD is the scariest 2 seed. They now play decent defense and shoot the ball very well, including from the arc.

I agree about putting USF in our bracket. Not fair to either team.

 

[magic]

Can SC slow down Ohio State? Could be interesting. SC wants to score 50. OSU wants to score 100.

I believe Buckeyes will be a very difficult matchup for SC. !

 

[arch]

Tenn is a 7 and Duke is out?

 

[stamfordhusky]

I'm feeling really sorry for South Florida, tough to be in our bracket...too bad

It's likely irrelevant. They would have to beat UCLA and Texas back-to-back to get to UConn. Maybe they will do that, but I doubt it.

 

[msf22b]

Other than the possibility of a tough, tough 4th meeting with S Florida, our bracket is fine.

 

[calpedaler]

Mulkey does not look well.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

And NC States is out, too? Favoritism much?

Tenn is a 7 and Duke is out?

i

 

[Orangutan]

Certainly had hoped that ND would avoid drawing Maryland. Oh well.

We can worry about that later. Don't mind the brackets leading up to that.

 

[Eskapeesto]

ESPN Tournament Challenge - Brackets are up!
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket-women/2016/en/

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Robert Morris player

Are they in a pub? Really celebrating?

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Ooh! Notre Dame has Maryland, Kentucky, and Stanford in their bracket--in Kentucky.

Maryland is the only serious challenge to them. Stanford didn't even make the Pac-12 title game.

 

[Nuyoika]

So who is volunteering to track the results of all these SEC and Pac12 teams in the tourney and aggregate the data?

 

[msf22b]

I really like that our Husky's are not shown sitting together in a room
and jumping up and down like jerks when the light goes on...
A good UConn tradition.