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Zonepress said:
Agree would
Much rather play Texas
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Disagree. Strongly. We got a gift with USC. Just have to double one player like UCLA did in their last matchup. In spite of the hype this is not a Paige/Juju faceoff. We are a complete team with 3 stars, they are a one wo(man) show. Sarah can handle Kiki so they have no one to put up against Azzi. And our defense is so much better now that that first game. I'm lovin this matchup.
 
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oldude said:
Dawn’s currently complaining about not getting the overall #1 on ESPN. It’s not a good look. By the way, didn’t she lose to someone a few weeks ago by 29? ;)
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Dawn has a valid point pointing to her Q1 record. Like Pat Summitt (and Geno), she will "play anyone, anytime, anywhere". Compared to LSU's OOC conference schedule Dawn's is tremendous.
 
NEforceUConn said:
Dawn has a valid point pointing to her Q1 record. Like Pat Summitt (and Geno), she will "play anyone, anytime, anywhere". Compared to LSU's OOC conference schedule Dawn's is tremendous.
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No idea if it matters, but maybe the committee used head-to-head as the final decision criteria? Or has the "committee" already explained their rationale?
 
FormerCTrez said:
@Triad, why do I sense a hint of sacrcasm in your statemen?
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Hey.... look at their excitement





If you are gonna get smoked in the 1st round.....Kids would rather get on a plane to a city that most of them have never been to... than riding a bus down Interstate 77 on that rough pavement to Columbia :rolleyes:
 
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Centerstream said:
No idea if it matters, but maybe the committee used head-to-head as the final decision criteria? Or has the "committee" already explained their rationale?
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I honestly think that all of the various “criteria” that they include is more or less just guidelines for justification of subjective decisions.

Who gets in, who doesn’t, perhaps that is based upon some season long stat that justifies the teams. Same thing with the top four selections which may be based upon something real. And then, once they have a field of 68 selected, a general ranking of the field from top to bottom starts to become more fluid. What becomes the difference between a #28 and a #33 is based upon matchup’s.

So yeh a general ranking is established but after that, to fill out the bracket, I believe that they selectively start looking at these potential matchups games.

“What is going to be a great T.V. draw for Elite Eight games?” and potentially even good TV draws for Sweet 16 games. Who has already played each other three times and nobody wants to see them play a fourth? Perhaps an ex-teammate who has left a team to the transfer portal matchup? A matchup of the two finalists teams from last year, etc., etc.

Yes, there are a dozen or more selection criteria guidelines. Almost certainly, after they choose whom they want in the various games, they would be able to go and find a selection criteria that justifies their choice if put to the test. But let’s be honest, they don’t need to validate their decisions and typically don’t.
 
NEforceUConn said:
Dawn has a valid point pointing to her Q1 record. Like Pat Summitt (and Geno), she will "play anyone, anytime, anywhere". Compared to LSU's OOC conference schedule Dawn's is tremendous.
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Her Q1 record isn't technically better than UCLA's. 13-2 is a better percentage than 16-3. They were bound to look at other factors. The decision really could have gone either way. It was a very close call.
 
Centerstream said:
No idea if it matters, but maybe the committee used head-to-head as the final decision criteria? Or has the "committee" already explained their rationale?
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Holly specifically asked the committee chair about this decision between UCLA and SC for overall #1, and she said the criteria that carried the day for UCLA were “head-to-head” and “competitive in losses” and she specifically mentioned the 29-point loss to UConn.
 
ERWUC65 said:
Disagree. Strongly. We got a gift with USC. Just have to double one player like UCLA did in their last matchup. In spite of the hype this is not a Paige/Juju faceoff. We are a complete team with 3 stars, they are a one wo(man) show. Sarah can handle Kiki so they have no one to put up against Azzi. And our defense is so much better now that that first game. I'm lovin this matchup.
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Juju/Kiki are a tougher matchup than Booker/Jones would’ve been IMO. If Iriafen has a big night and Juju’s shot is falling, USC becomes very difficult to beat. They’re far more than a 1 woman team
 
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NEforceUConn said:
Dawn has a valid point pointing to her Q1 record. Like Pat Summitt (and Geno), she will "play anyone, anytime, anywhere". Compared to LSU's OOC conference schedule Dawn's is tremendous.
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Yes, but before we all think that a team’s Q1 record is the sole criteria for seeding, keep in mind that “head to head” is also a critical factor. SC lost head to head against UCLA, the team seeded ahead of them. Dawn ignored that fact. In addition, Dawn did not mention the bad loss at home to the Huskies just a few weeks back, which is also part of the seeding criteria.
 
Add Lindsay Gottlieb to the coaches who are complaining about their team’s (USC) seeding, indicating that she felt “disrespected” by the committee. As I indicated in another post, whichever #1 seed drew UConn were not going to be happy about it.

Geno has complained about a lot of things over the years. But I have never heard him complain about a selection committee decision relative to the Huskies, including last season when UConn was a #3 seed and had to go all the way to the PNW to play in the Regionals, rather than the friendly confines of Albany, NY.

Geno always says, “We go wherever they send us and play whoever they tell us to play.” Some of these other coaches could learn a thing or two from the GOAT.

While a coach might think that a team feeling “disrespected” creates extra motivation, I think it has the opposite effect, by becoming a needless distraction. If a team needs extra motivation to play in the Big Dance, they probably shouldn’t be in the tournament to begin with.
 
oldude said:
Juju/Kiki are a tougher matchup than Booker/Jones would’ve been IMO. If Iriafen has a big night and Juju’s shot is falling, USC becomes very difficult to beat. They’re far more than a 1 woman team
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UConn has a choice against USC- either double-up on JuJu to try limiting her scoring, or take chance with regular switching man-to-man and limiting rest of team. I think they should just play their regular switching defense. Hopefully, UConn’s offense will be shooting well & they will get their revenge against USC.
 
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