Question on final four match-ups

[Blakeon18]

Maybe I have just missed it. Have they said whether the national semi-finals will
have the 2 Spokane teams meeting...and the 2 Birmingham teams meeting....or will
they have both games with Spokane/Birmingham meeting?

Or maybe that hasn't been decided yet?

 

[Vowelguy]

Spokane 1 vs Spokane 4
Birmingham 2 vs Birmingham 3

 

[Blakeon18]

Vowel...thanks for that info.

 

[Aluminny69]

Spokane 1 vs Spokane 4
Birmingham 2 vs Birmingham 3

Possibly USC vs. UCLA for fourth time, Texas vs. So. Carolina for third time, in semi finals. Not very well thought out, IMHO.

 

[Centerstream]

Possibly USC vs. UCLA for fourth time, Texas vs. So. Carolina for third time, in semi finals. Not very well thought out, IMHO.

Just another thing to look at the brackets and just shake your head, wondering what these people are thinking...
I was thinking that UCLA vs Texas and USC vs USC would probably get the same reaction

 

[Vowelguy]

Just another thing to look at the brackets and just shake your head, wondering what these people are thinking...
I was thinking that UCLA vs Texas and USC vs USC would probably get the same reaction

What they’re probably thinking is “If we go through this intense process to rank the teams, why should we punish the 1 seed by making them have to face the 3 seed and not the 4?”

Rarely do all the #1 seeds make it to the F4 (4 times in 42 years). Worrying now about who MIGHT play who 3 weekends from now seems much ado…

 

[David54]

Possibly USC vs. UCLA for fourth time, Texas vs. So. Carolina for third time, in semi finals. Not very well thought out, IMHO.

Texas and South Carolina have already played 3 times so it would be their fourth meeting too.

 

[BBallF]

Possibly USC vs. UCLA for fourth time, Texas vs. So. Carolina for third time, in semi finals. Not very well thought out, IMHO.

In my book, USC v. UCLA is not a possibility.

 

[Rowdy831]

I think there is good chance this year to have three teams not 1s in the FF. UCLA might be the number 1 but they have some really good teams in their little bracket. Texas is not a great team but they do play good defense and they can win if they are hot but they can be dreadfully bad too. South Carolina and UConn have the best rosters but don't have great length which could be an issue for them too.

March is always fun to watch but really over the years the winner hasn't really been much of a surprise. This year a couple good teams stumbled down the stretch and ended up down the chart. Could that mean a surprise 3 in the FF?

 

[The CDR-Ret]

I think there is good chance this year to have three teams not 1s in the FF. UCLA might be the number 1 but they have some really good teams in their little bracket. Texas is not a great team but they do play good defense and they can win if they are hot but they can be dreadfully bad too. South Carolina and UConn have the best rosters but don't have great length which could be an issue for them too.

March is always fun to watch but really over the years the winner hasn't really been much of a surprise. This year a couple good teams stumbled down the stretch and ended up down the chart. Could that mean a surprise 3 in the FF?

uNd would be the #3 you are looking for... I'm thinking UConn vs. UCLA, and uNd vs. USC.