Official Bracket Thread

[mbr33ct]

Dawn is PISSED. Being interviewed on ESPNU.

Says her fans are being screwed. #1 in attendance. Never get to stay close to home.

Wait, I have read the same thing in this thread by "supposedly" a South Car fan...could it actually be Dawn posting here?

 

[Shenandoah]

I think Louisville got screwed.

Could be, but a 1 loss team that won both the regular season and conference tourney vs. a 3 loss team that lost their tourney final...to a 2 seed.

 

[mbr33ct]

You mean Dawn is also Sc spur

I should have read through the replies first, before I posted the same...although din't mention SC Spur by name.

 

[JordyG]

Who in this bracket is scary? UConn has the best bracket, IMO.

And frankly it's not even close. Shame on you whiners. Some of you sound like a bunch of entitled, over expectant homers.

Of the 213 posts on this thread, only a few have come close to pointing out what I think is the salient fact for UConn fans: UConn cannot face more than one of the BIG Troika of Mississippi State / Baylor / Texas, and then only in the Final game.

Everyone (even Geno) seemed to agree that the teams with major size (mainly those three) would be the biggest threat to UConn’s chances. Now, with this bracket, at least two of those three will be eliminated before UConn can possibly play them.

The biggest and strongest player that UConn will have to face before the final game is A’ja Wilson, and while she is certainly deserving of being the Player of the Year and the probably #1 draft choice for the WNBA, she is NOT the biggest or strongest player in the field, and UConn has became fairly accustomed to facing her. Moreover, I don’t think she has the guard play around her that any of the three above-mentioned teams have around their bigs, which should make it easier for UConn to beat the Gamecocks yet again.

If UConn comes out of Albany with the Husky still growling, their semifinal game is likely to be against either Notre Dame or Oregon. They are both very good teams, but not as intimidating as those mentioned above. UConn knows how to play those games against those kinds of teams, and (since about 2013) has nearly always been successful.

UConn might have had to win its NC this year by playing Texas, Baylor, and Mississippi State in succession. This bracket removes that possibility entirely.

Obviously, I think the bracket is very favorable to UConn’s chances for an NC.

Gee. To steal a phrase, shut up, you're making way too much sense.

 

[oldude]

If it all plays out, UConn gets ND in the semis, which is probably the best game UConn could wish for, assuming that Baylor and MissState are the other two.

I think Oregon beats ND in Spokane.

 

[Centerstream]

Yes, my son is peeved. He was hoping to go out West somewhere - he's losing his spring break time to the tourney and wanted something more....exotic (and closer to his girlfriend)/.

Isn't Raleigh exotic? It's our State Capitol afterall...

 

[stwainfan]

How many number 1 seeds make FF?

 

[MainefanSC]

How many number 1 seeds make FF?

IMO 2 , ND & LV ousted

 

[bags27]

History is very much against all four making it: has been done only 3x:

• 1989 Auburn, Louisiana Tech, Maryland, Tennessee
• 2012 Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Stanford
• 2015 Connecticut, Maryland, Notre Dame, South Carolina

NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament - Wikipedia

 

[oldude]

Dawn is PISSED. Being interviewed on ESPNU.

Says her fans are being screwed. #1 in attendance. Never get to stay close to home.

Does she have any idea yet that all the tickets in the TUC are sold out except for SC's NCAA allotment of 200 seats?

 

[DefenseBB]

The original post had nothing to do with ND. It was about the NCAA constantly screwing SC over. And Cool beans at least the game is now finally "growing".

My point was ND was sent away just like you were to Stockton as higher ranked #1 seeds stayed closer to home. I do not think the committee has it out for SC, just not ranked higher than other seeds who were closer to hosting regions so SC had to travel. I do think if A’ja stayed healthy and played in all your games you would would been a high 2 seed and maybe in in Spokane. So either way, Travel was in the cards.

 

[oldude]

Save some snow for when I get to Albany!

We're going to get snow up here again tonight and tomorrow. But I got to tell you, even for upstate NY, we've had more than our share of snow this year. I'm ready for spring.

 

[Wbbfan1]

Beat Notre Dame this year, and ND is probably a #2 Seed with Baylor as the #1 Seed in the Spokane Region. Then I think So Carolina ends up in Lexington. The two losses to the Lady Vols also hurt your chances to be the #1 two seed which also would have put your team in Lexington. Balancing the Bracket which is a committee responsibility put Baylor in Lexington as the #1 two seed. Albany was the closest Region after Baylor was put in Lexington. Got to win the Games you're supposed to. I know A'ja was hurt for one of the two Lady Vol losses.

How do you place the team with the best attendance in an already sold out Regional? Not sure what SC has done to the NCAA but it is clear they don't like us, especially after send us west the past 3 years and now placing us agaisnt the #1 team.

 

[HoopsFan21]

I think it's interesting that OSU could start and end the tourney in the same city. First two rounds in Columbus, go somewhere else for the regionals, then the semi-final and championship also in Columbus.

 

[Huskie78]

I would be very tempted to attend a ND vs SDST game on Sunday, if it were to happen.
Go JACKRABBITS!!

 

[wallman]

Correct me if I am wrong but at the beginning of season OHIO st and Oregon were both top 4? So both have underachieved if so LOL Kinda like how my Bruins have underachieved for 4 years, so c'mon prove me wrong!

 

[housekeys]

You do realize it's unlikely that it would get to UConn vs. USF in the tournament.

The following have to happen:
1. USF defeat FSU on their home court in round 2 -- very unlikely; road teams do not as a simple matter of fact win very often in the women's tournament first two rounds.
2. USF would then have to defeat South Carolina, the 2 seed in our region.

Then and only then would they get to play us for the regional final. Kind of unlikely.... But if they beat both the 2 and 3 seeds in our region, they will have earned the right in my opinion.

You are looking at it from UConn(fans) point of view. This has nothing to do with UConn. It is all about the injustice to USF. As you have illustrated, USF's reward for surviving the difficult task above is to face UConn. Not the final four, but UConn. That's the point. Don't you think USF chances of making it to the final four from another region is higher? Two #1 seeds did not make it to the final four last year from the other regions. Ask Jose in which region he would prefer to be in.

 

[MSGRET]

They probably hate Coach Staley for all the complaining she's done on so many topics.

Including the referring, and questioning the league on the officials. That really goes over big.

 

[IWearShoes]

Florida State almost beat South Carolina last year. Should be a good game.

Georgia does not score nearly enough points to beat UConn. Duke is coached by Joanne P. Nuff said.

I'm afraid, for UGA's sake, that they may be the Mississippi State of 2016.

 

[JordyG]

Beat Notre Dame this year, and ND is probably a #2 Seed with Baylor as the #1 Seed in the Spokane Region. Then I think So Carolina ends up in Lexington. The two losses to the Lady Vols also hurt your chances to be the #1 two seed which also would have put your team in Lexington. Balancing the Bracket which is a committee responsibility put Baylor in Lexington as the #1 two seed. Albany was the closest Region after Baylor was put in Lexington. Got to win the Games you're supposed to. I know A'ja was hurt for one of the two Lady Vol losses.

How do you place the team with the best attendance in an already sold out Regional? Not sure what SC has done to the NCAA but it is clear they don't like us, especially after send us west the past 3 years and now placing us agaisnt the #1 team.

I agree that Baylor should have been the number 1 seed and ND a 2. But once it was clear, which I knew at least 2 wks ago that was not to be the case, the writing was on the wall for SCar.

 

[oldude]

I think it's interesting that OSU could start and end the tourney in the same city. First two rounds in Columbus, go somewhere else for the regionals, then the semi-final and championship also in Columbus.

tOSU will be in Columbus for the FF, watching the games in their dorm rooms.

 

[SCspur]

Oh stop! SC lost six games! If they wanted to be a #1 seed they lost at least three too many games. Just because SC is the defending NC and has a big fan base doesn’t give them special props in terms of the bracket. A couple of years back UConn was sent to Lincoln despite being the overall #1 seed. They won the NC that year anyway. Baylor lost one game and is a #2 seed. So there.

I never said SC deserved a #1 seed! If your going to comment to what I have to say please READ the context of my arguement then reply accordingly! Geez it's not that hard.

 

[SCspur]

My point was ND was sent away just like you were to Stockton as higher ranked #1 seeds stayed closer to home. I do not think the committee has it out for SC, just not ranked higher than other seeds who were closer to hosting regions so SC had to travel. I do think if A’ja stayed healthy and played in all your games you would would been a high 2 seed and maybe in in Spokane. So either way, Travel was in the cards.

No Lexington? I mean the three years it's been there SC (the best team in the SEC for the past 5 years) has been sent elsewhere. I know I'm getting a lot of grief from fans for "whining" about our placement but I really just want an explanation.

 

[LETTERL]

I am rooting for Suzie Gardner and Mercer against Georgia. I think she got treated badly at Arkansas and am so happy for her that she has resurfaced with a team that is playing very well right now. I hope her Bears can give Georgia a good game.

 

[MainefanSC]

No Lexington? I mean the three years it's been there SC (the best team in the SEC for the past 5 years) has been sent elsewhere. I know I'm getting a lot of grief from fans for "whining" about our placement but I really just want an explanation.

No Gold Dome????? No preference!!!!!!!!!!!