NCAA WBB Tournament Selection Show - Mon. Mar. 14

[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?

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[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.

 

[MilfordHusky]

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

Yeah, but Stanford has a great coach. The Cardinal beat us last year.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Tenn is a 7 and Duke is out?

I wish it were the reverse.

 

[Blue Huskie]

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.

If memory serves the last time they did have a camera with the team (And that was a few years ago) they didn't jump up and down like jerks and were pretty reserved about the whole thing.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Initial thoughts::

Jennifer Azzi has to go up against her former coach at Standord.

Not sure why the committee wants rematches. Hasn't South Carolina already played Syracuse and ASU??

South Florida??? Really?? In UCONNs bracket??

ND has the toughest bracket IMO.

UCLA is a dangerous 3 seed!

Marlyand is a dangerous 2 seed!!

Can't wait for the games to start!!

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Seems to me that Baylor has the most dangerous path to the Final Four. They have surging Louisville and St. John's. Florida State is always tough, while Oregon State is the Pac-12 winner. Any of those could decide to play the game of the year against Baylor.

 

[EricSD]

I"m bummed for USF. They have some very tough teams to get past. Yeah I know all the upper seeds are "worthy" but who are you more scared of - ASU or Maryland? I think Texas has improved a lot this year too, Oregon STate is a mystery - looked great at times, but didn't look great winning their tourney (2 point win over 5 seed Washington??)...

I agree ND has the toughest bracket followed closely by Baylor. Both are tricky. And Michigan State - what a jekyll/hyde team. Beat a very good tOSU team by almost 20, and then stomped by MD in the finals.

 

[JavaMan]

Top-seeded UConn should steamroll through Bridgeport​

So, our next game is at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 19 against Robert Morris
on ESPN2 and WatchESPN.

This is the 10th consecutive year that UConn is a #1 seed. ​

 

[Kaizen]

From LVNation: Thank God we didn't get dropped into Bridgeport.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

WOW. SC is overall #2 ... but to Sioux Falls.

WOW. St Bonaventure makes it in.

Wow isn't exactly what I had to say. I respect you guys enough not to repeat what I had to say when I saw we were going to Nunavut as the 2nd number 1 seed.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Wow isn't exactly what I had to say. I respect you guys enough not to repeat what I had to say when I saw we were going to Nunavut as the 2nd number 1 seed.

Ummm.... what is "the garnet and black"? Fill me in.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I knew there was no way the committee would not place Kentucky in the Lexington Regional. Makes no financial sense. South Carolina to Sioux Falls is not a surprise to me.

If South Carolina had gotten the Lexington Regional we would have had almost as many fans there as Kentucky. Sioux Falls? I am pricing airfare into MSP. I can't imagine flying from Columbia to SF.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Ummm.... what is "the garnet and black"? Fill me in.

South Carolina's colors: garnet and black. They are also common colors on Fighting Gamecocks.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

South Carolina's colors: garnet and black. They are also common colors on Fighting Gamecocks.

Ah. Thanks.

 

[UcMiami]

Love our region - Texas got dropped down where they belonged as the worst 2, UCLA may be the best 3 but I prefer them to OSU. And MSU ... haven't played them in a while so I am good with that. UFS in our region ... meh - I really don't think they can win three games so doubt we see them - hope they win the first two and getting a six seed for them makes that a lot more likely. Rather have them as a six seed in our region rather than a seven seed anywhere else. And being in Bridgeport means they will have a home crowd if they make it to the sweet sixteen!

ND got a gift being placed in Lexington - no one expected that and KY is the reason whether it is stated or not. And they got screwed by being given the three most experienced 2-4 teams and I think the toughest #2 seed.

SC got shafted by being placed in Sioux Falls, and getting OSU as a three is interesting, but overall they have a pretty easy two seed I think and OSU is hot and cold. Syracuse really surprised me by beating Louisville so maybe they are better than expected - but shouldn't really cause a problem.

Baylor - well they get lost of chances for revenge - is the committee being cute - TAMU and Louisville in their regional is almost sadistic - and OrSt - do we get the TN/Stanford loss team or the UCLA dominating team? I suspect the former.

 

[Kaizen]

Wow isn't exactly what I had to say. I respect you guys enough not to repeat what I had to say when I saw we were going to Nunavut as the 2nd number 1 seed.

SC and ND is 50-50, good luck to both