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Message: [QUOTE="maxw, post: 5185805, member: 13214"] Below is a table that shows the remaining games (including potential conference tournament games) between the top teams that might compete with UConn for 1 and 2 seeds. The arrows point to the home team in the match up, and an oval indicates a potential conference tournament game at a neutral site. I left out the UConn-South Carolina game, more on that in a moment. After seeing USC stumble against Iowa, anything is possible for teams not named ND and South Carolina, they may even lose against teams not in this list. But I assumed that the home teams will win the games in general, with the exception of South Carolina (they'll win anywhere). I assumed Ohio State and USC will meet in the conference tournament semifinals (in addition to OSU visiting USC in regular season), followed by USC and UCLA in the finals. If USC beats UCLA in the finals (I assumed the opposite in the table predictions), then UCLA will finish 2-2 and USC 4-1. Similarly, South Carolina and Texas will meet in the finals of their tournament, after Texas beats LSU in the semifinals. (If LSU beats Texas in the conf semifinals, they will end up with a 1-2 record in these games after losing in the finals, and Texas will end up with 0-2.) [ATTACH type="full" width="368px" alt="1738616836575.jpeg"]106750[/ATTACH] If UConn has any hope of getting a 1 seed (or even a 2 seed), they MUST beat Tennessee and play a close game against South Carolina. If they win both games, they are guaranteed to finish top-3 in the tournament ranking/seeding, they will have excellent metrics across the board. It's highly likely that South Carolina and ND will get the first two 1 seeds. Whoever wins the Big 10 will get the third 1 seed. There isn't much separating the other teams on this list, at least on paper. UConn must hope to finish in the top-6 in the country if they want to avoid playing South Carolina or ND until the final four. Based on what might happen in the games in the table (see last column for my predictions), there is a good chance that UConn will achieve that. [/QUOTE]

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