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Vegas has just posted the odds to win the National Championship. Here are the top six.:
  • South Carolina+175
  • Connecticut+350
  • Stanford+475
  • North Carolina State+1100
  • Louisville+1500
  • Baylor+2000
I'm surprised they had UCONN over Stanford.
 
They were actually out before the conference tournaments. At that time UConn was +750. I believe South Carolina and Stanford were ahead of UConn and North Carolina State & Louisville were the same as UConn.

There's been a lot of money pouring in on UConn since the BE tournament finished.
 
They were actually out before the conference tournaments. At that time UConn was +750. I believe South Carolina and Stanford were ahead of UConn and North Carolina State & Louisville were the same as UConn.

There's been a lot of money pouring in on UConn since the BE tournament finished.
and seeing that Paige has a good shot at looking like her old self.
 
They were actually out before the conference tournaments. At that time UConn was +750. I believe South Carolina and Stanford were ahead of UConn and North Carolina State & Louisville were the same as UConn.

There's been a lot of money pouring in on UConn since the BE tournament finished.
Vegas always overplays UCONN because they get the most action. LOL.. they make us pay to ride the Husky Train!
 
50 miles as opposed to 160.
Basically, the NCAA should adopt a "mileage" criteria as well. No team/school should be placed in a regional with no fewer miles than...let's say 150-200 miles. The selection committee is challenged as it is but I like this "mileage" criteria.
 
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After looking up her resume on coaching, I always take her comments with a grain of salt. Studio armchair coaching.
  • Led by Katie Douglas, Stephanie White and Ukari Figgs, the Boilermakers posted a 28–1 record during the regular season ... won the 1999 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament (IMHO an inherited team)
  • During Peck's three seasons as WNBA coach, the Miracle, which featured Shannon Johnson, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Nykesha Sales and fellow Vanderbilt graduate Sheri Sam, posted a 44–52 record
  • During her five seasons at Florida (2002–03 through 2006-07), the Gators posted a 72–75 record with two NCAA tournament berths. The 2006–07 season was a disaster—the Gators suffered through a 14-game losing streak and finished 9–22. Following the losing streak, the university fired Peck in February but allowed her to finish the season as coach.
(steps down gingerly from soapbox)
If Nell Fortner had not been appointed by the Olympic committee to be the head coach of the US Women's basketball coach in April 1997 she would have still been the HC at Purdue. Fortner became the HC after Lin Dunn had been fired, both Dunn and Fortner were responsible for most of the players, Peck had just been lucky enough to be one of the assistant coaches under Fortner.

The top 3 players on Purdue's championship team, Douglas, Friggs, and White were not signed by Peck and she wouldn't have been the HC, if the Purdue AD & the Senior VP of the new WNBA team the Orlando Miracle, (Now the Connecticut Sun) allowed her to stay for the Championship season.

I believe that Peck was lucky and was not a great coach, but an opportunist. She only had 3 winning seasons in her coaching tenure and only one of them was a team that she had coached with the majority of the players that she recruited.
 
The NCAA is a business at the end of the day, and they need to generate revenue from the less popular Women’s tournament any way they can. You could argue it’s actually pretty unfair to have the top 16 teams host the first two rounds. Yes, every team has the opportunity to play their way into the top 16, but once the tournament starts, it’s a huge advantage.

I’m not super familiar with why regionals are where they are, and why bids are accepted. But if you have a regional in the home state of one of the most loyal fan bases in the country, it’s a no brainer to figure out a way to place that team there. It might not be totally fair, but is the top 16 advantage fair?

Uconn in Bridgeport generates revenue, but also puts people into the seats. I remember watching a game when Karlie Samuelson was a senior, and their regional had less than 2,000 fans. In what appeared to be a rather large arena. A casual person tuning in must see that and question the true importance of what they are watching. It’s not a good look if you’re trying to grow the sport.

As a Uconn fan, I get the complaints, and understand it’s not completely fair. But I 100% understand why the committee did what they did and created a narrative to justify it. UConn’s injuries basically gave them a free pass to excuse any losses, or weigh those losses more heavily to get them into Bridgeport on the S curve.

Perhaps Ms. Antonelli was into something when she wanted all 16 teams playing at one location. I honestly don’t think it’s a half bad idea, and eliminates all of the geography concerns. Until that once location is near a top team, of course.
Las Vegas would love to be that city, but I think it was all 64, now 68, when she said the one location statement.
 
I wrote a few weeks ago that I think the Selection Committee should seed the teams where they should be and let the chips fall. I believe they have done that. Good for them.
 
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UConn game on ABC. Finally ESPN is doing what CBS has been doing all these years with all games on TV and no "whip around" coverage.
Maybe it was part of the NCAA study on the differences between the Men's and Women's tournaments. I think it was because of all of the hoopla, which was deserved, on how the NCAA treated the women's game and they forced ESPN to do the same as the men's, no whip around.
 
This fellow Ben Pickman of Sports Illustrated has no respect for UConn. UCF defense will give UConn problems, etc. NC State metrics says they are a high scoring team and they have lots of weapons.....not a peep about UConn except the home crowd (am exaggerating just a little bit) (Maybe someone has posted this already???)

 
So, they had better make some noise......that's one better than what Charlie Creme projected. I was hoping Marquette would get in, too....
I'm thinking/hoping for at least 2 games each from Creighton, Nova and Depaul
 
I don't have to look for it, my wife is German and makes d**m good Schnitzel. I can eat all of the varieties that she makes, if the meat is veal, pork, or chicken or the toppings is plain, yager sauce, light or dark, or ziguener. I LOVE them all. Don't get me started about her rolladen's.

Is schnitzel similar to chicken fried steak?
 
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Been to Leavenworth when I lived out there, great little "Bavarian Village". Of course the time to go there was in the winter.
Good any time of year. Outdoor mecca w/ rock climbing, mountaineering, hiking, rafting, kayaking...probably more. Fall is nice. I haven't been, but their Oktoberfest is probably a hoot.
 
Good any time of year. Outdoor mecca w/ rock climbing, mountaineering, hiking, rafting, kayaking...probably more. Fall is nice. I haven't been, but their Oktoberfest is probably a hoot.
Also been to Snoqualmie falls and the famous breakfast at the lodge overlooking the falls. I loved it there.
 
I just realized what I felt while watching Rebecca Lobo with the Cast of Characters. It reminded me of a hostage video.
Rebecca did a great job of not reacting to yet another clickbait/troll comment about "fairness", and she backed up her response with actual data. It would be great to see ESPN have serious sports commentators, rather than the recycled heads that we see so commonly in other sports.
 
I'm thinking/hoping for at least 2 games each from Creighton, Nova and Depaul
Creighton is up against lots of height in Colorado; if DePaul gets by Dayton, Georgia also is a taller team overall, although their defense does not have the same reputation at Georgia Tech; and Nova will face the same height issue against BYU (but they lost to Gonzaga in their tournament, right?, yep, by 12!).....so in all cases, rebounding is the likely disadvantage.

Am hoping for the same (2 games each) as well. Iowa in Iowa City may be the end of the line for Creighton if they get their 2nd game; Iowa State after Georgia for DePaul's possible 3rd game; and Michigan at Ann Arbor for Nova....

Go! take down some of those hosts!

Just checked: Gonzaga does match BYU's height advantage/rebounding. Gonzaga outrebounded BYU in their tournament championship game!
 
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Rebecca did a great job of not reacting to yet another clickbait/troll comment about "fairness", and she backed up her response with actual data. It would be great to see ESPN have serious sports commentators, rather than the recycled heads that we see so commonly in other sports.
If the preference is for women to comment on panels like this group of four, then I suggest that ESPN (or E1 as the hostess called it) look int hiring the 3 ladies who worked the A 10 tournament for FOX on FS1 and FS2. They were terrific ! The three of them with RL would be an All-Star panel.
 
But if I remember correctly ,Creighton shots lots of 3's so if they are going down don't have to worry about offensive rebound...
Actually, that's their ticket to play more games in the tournament.
 
It's sometimes embarrassing when us northerners can't tell the difference between North and South Carolina.
It’s funny. I have no problem keeping them straight
But Between South and North Carolina Forget about it…
 
Is schnitzel similar to chicken fried steak?
Yes, just to me it's much better and not as dry. The schnitzels that I've eaten is, most of the time, twice the thickness of a chicken fried steak and usually much juicer. Some of the "fast food" joints in Germany did have schnitzel's that would be considered like a chicken fried steak.

After I met my wife and her family though I never ate schnitzel at those type of places, just didn't live up to my Mother-in-Law's cooking. My wife's is good, but her mom's was out of this world. Combined with the red cabbage and potatoes, home made bread and the deserts, I was in heaven.
 
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