Official Selection Show thread

[jaydee602]

Nova 11??? No respect.

And no play-in game for Villanova.

 

[CB360]

4 Big East teams!!!!

 

[robert]

Expecting to have 4 Big East teams in the big dance …

 

[pghhuskydoc]

4 Big East teams in! I like this very much. Uncharacteristically I think the women’s committee did a good job.

 

[oldude]

Really good to see 4 BE teams in the Big Dance. Rooting for UConn to win it all, but hoping to see DePaul, Creighton & Nova make some noise.

 

[CB360]

I’ll be happy to meet Princeton - it means they beat Kentucky

Also will mean Carla Berube and Geno!!

 

[jaydee602]

It looks like the committee rewarded Louisville for losing the 1st round to an unranked team & punished Baylor for losing the finals to a #2 seed.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Pac 12 got 6, I can live with that. I didn't try to count how many SEC or ACC teams got in.

 

[bballnut90]

Did anyone notice that Nikki Fargas (sp?) mentioned that Bridgeport was virtually a home game for the Huskies but didn't mention that Greensboro is virtually a home game for SoCar?

Not at all the same. Bridgeport to Hartford is less than an hour drive. No one else in UCONN's regional is remotely close to Bridgeport.

Greensboro is just under 3 hours from Columbia. There's a good chance they'll face UNC in the Sweet 16 whose campus is 50 minutes away. It's also in a completely different state. Not quite the same as a home crowd, though it will be well attended by SC fans.

 

[BlueSkyGLW]

Peck might be slightly less painful than a sharp stick in the eye, but not for sure.

When UConn lost Paige and were in the peak of their struggles, Peck stated that Geno depends on a single star and doesn't develop the whole team to do multiple roles, that's why it was having problems.....

Tut! Tut! I haven't heard her lately.

 

[LETTERL]

My feed is a bit behind... I take it that Duke WBB didn't make the NCAA field.

They did not. Neither did Boston College.

 

[Plebe]

Poor VPI

Why do you say that?

 

[Plebe]

They did not. Neither did Boston College.

I still say Florida State should've been left out too.

 

[Centerstream]

That's stretching it a bit.

I was talking mainly about crowd size not actual distance...

 

[SECbbfan24]

It looks like the committee rewarded Louisville for losing the 1st round to an unranked team & punished Baylor for losing the finals to a #2 seed.

I wonder if the fact that Baylor had zero top 25 wins in OOC hurt them there.

Louisville beat Michigan, Kentucky, UCONN

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[robert]

Villanova should be ranked higher than 11, probably 6-8….Go Nova wildcats.

 

[AgStatesman]

Best possible case for the Big East

This plays out exactly perfectly for UConn. If you let Geno pick the brackets he would not have done a better job.

 

[Bills Fan]

If she calls the other 3 "ladies" one more time I will throw up!

 

[SimpleDawg]

Missouri beats South Carolina but doesn't make it. Arkansas has one more loss than Missouri with 1 good win (LSU) but not as high a win as South Carolina. But they did beat Missouri 3 times, maybe that was the tiebreaker.

 

[triaddukefan]

Why do you say that?

Tough matchup in the first game.... can't see them winning two games in that bracket.

 

[jaydee602]

I wonder if the fact that Baylor had zero top 25 wins in OOC hurt them there.

Louisville beat Michigan, Kentucky, UCONN

Charlie Creme claims that the committee recognized Conference tournament performance. But they gave a #1 to a team that lost the 1st round to an inferior opponent.

 

[CB360]

H

Villanova should be ranked higher than 11, probably 6-8….Go Nova wildcats.

Just hoping they do well and play atleast a couple of games. Same with Depaul and Creighton

 

[Stinger92860]

And no play-in game for Villanova.

I think they are better than that, time will tell

 

[BballFan]

Can you remind me - which regions play in the finial 4 against each other - following on my phone hard to follow.