Pre Season Bracketology

[nwhoopfan]

1) yes of course there will be only 1 pac team in the top 4 in Portland. That’s the rule
2) by “outside Oregon” I meant the state — so either ore or ore st
3) yes, if Stanford outright wins the PAC regular and tourney then they leave the committee with no choice. But if there is even the slightest wiggle room , and say split results, it will go to a team from OR.

Oops, I misinterpreted your previous post. Yes, I'm sure the committee very much wants to be able to place one of the Oregon schools in the Portland regional.

 

[LoTrader]

October 26 Article on OSU WBB by my favorite sportswriter in Oregon, Kerry Eggers: Beavers should have 'a really fun year'.

First time Scott Rueck has stated publicly that Kat Tudor will be playing this season (and soon). This is fantastic news if you are an OSU WBB fan.

 

[Plebe]

October 26 Article on OSU WBB by my favorite sportswriter in Oregon, Kerry Eggers: Beavers should have 'a really fun year'.

First time Scott Rueck has stated publicly that Kat Tudor will be playing this season (and soon). This is fantastic news if you are an OSU WBB fan.

Okay, I got a great chuckle out of this quote (about OSU playing an exhibition against Team USA):

"I'm super excited to be playing against the best team in the world," said Rueck, entering his 10th season at the OSU helm. "It will be one of those nights where you'll remember for the rest of your life that you were there — the night Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird and Alisha Gray played in Gill Coliseum.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Women's Bracketology: LSU, Iowa open on top line, but UConn is No. 1 overall

LSU and Iowa open as top seeds along with UConn and Utah. The Huskies are No. 1 overall in our first projection for 2023-24.

www.espn.com

Surprising to see Notre Dame as a 5 Seed. While I don't see ND getting a #1 or #2 Seed, I think they'll be better then many are projecting. I would also put So Carolina in the Greensboro region as they'll probably be higher ranked at season end then Maryland. Based on UConn being in Fort Wayne, Charlie is projecting Stanford to have the higher #1 seed. Fort Waayne is further away from Storrs then Greensboro is.

The Regional is in Greenville, SC and not Greensboro, NC. It would be absurd to send the Gamecocks to Dallas when the regional is in SC and the NCAA struggling for attendance.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Are you sure about Greenville. The arena here maxes out at about 10,000 for basketball.
2020 NCAA tournament schedule and locations:

DATES	ROUND	CITY, STATE	HOST(S)	FACILITY
March 15	Selection Sunday	N/A	N/A	N/A
March 17-18	First Four	Dayton, OH	University of Dayton	UD Arena
March 19/21	1st/2nd Rounds	Albany, NY	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Times Union Center
March 19/21	1st/2nd Rounds	Spokane, WA	University of Idaho	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
March 19/21	1st/2nd Rounds	St. Louis, MO	Missouri Valley Conference	Enterprise Center
March 19/21	1st/2nd Rounds	Tampa, FL	University of South Florida	Amalie Arena
March 20/22	1st/2nd Rounds	Greensboro, NC	Atlantic Coast Conference	Greensboro Coliseum
March 20/22	1st/2nd Rounds	Omaha, NE	Creighton University	CenturyLink Center Omaha
March 20/22	1st/2nd Rounds	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento State University	Golden 1 Center
March 20/22	1st/2nd Rounds	Cleveland, OH	Mid-American Conference/Cleveland State	Quicken Loans Arena
March 26/28	Midwest Regional	Indianapolis, IN	Horizon League/IUPUI	Lucas Oil Stadium
March 26/28	West Regional	Los Angeles, CA	Pepperdine University	STAPLES Center
March 27/29	South Regional	Houston, TX	University of Houston	Toyota Center
March 27/29	East Regional	New York, NY	St. John’s University/Big East Conference	Madison Square Garden
April 4/6	Final Four	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Institute of Technology

It seat about 14,000 for tournament basketball - roughly the same size as Albany. The SEC Tournament is there again this season.

 

[triaddukefan]

The Regional is in Greenville, SC and not Greensboro, NC. It would be absurd to send the Gamecocks to Dallas when the regional is in SC and the NCAA struggling for attendance.

They have done it before.... sent both UNCcheat and Duke to New Orleans and OKC when the regional was in Greensboro. 2008.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Well, South Carolina has to earn a high seed first don't they? Or should we just skip the season and go ahead and award them? Although Gonzaga has gotten to play in Spokane a few times as a non-protected seed, but that caused a fair bit of grumbling about how unfair it was.


edit--granted everyone needs to earn a high seed and favorable placement, but it's easier for me to pencil in Oregon for Portland and Baylor for Dallas than it is South Carolina for Greenville before the season starts. 2 of them were elite last year, 1 wasn't.