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How do they determine who gets stuck w/ the play in games? 2 games pit #16 seeds against each other, those are probably the 4 weakest teams that got auto bids. I thought the other 2 games were always 11 seeds, but not this year. 1 game is 10 seeds. Those can't be the last couple of teams that got in if they ended up a 10 seed can they?
 
South Carolina can walk to the FF. Iowa to me is the lowest of the 2 seeds and should have been in UCONN’s bracket. Vanderbilt with So Carolina if they’re the #5 team, no?
Somebody keeps explaining this. They weren't going to put 2 SEC teams as the #1 and #2 in the same Region.

Is Michigan really better than Iowa? Two beat downs by the Hawkeyes in recent weeks say otherwise.
 
As if we couldn't have predicted Shea's Vanderbilt team as our #2. That's SO lame
Yes that’s correct. The 4th rated SEC team (Vandy) was going to be in UConn’s region, assuming UConn was the #1 overall seed, which it was. That is a “written in stone” seeding requirement.
 
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UConn's first opponent - UTSA (University of Texas San Antonio). Middle of the pack in the AAC. Won their tournament. Saw then play South Florida back in January. USF beat them 70 - 53. Nuf said.
I think Creme's projection was UConn versus FDU. I was all prepared to talk about the two games in history between UConn and FDU, So it's a little bit of a letdown to have nothing to say about UTSA a team UConn has never played.
 
I think Creme's projection was UConn versus FDU. I was all prepared to talk about the two games in history between UConn and FDU, So it's a little bit of a letdown to have nothing to say about UTSA a team UConn has never played.
Karen Aston (Texas) is the Coach. She has history with UConn
 
Did Arizona State make the field? I don't remember hearing their name. @azfan must be very disappointed.
 
I understand why South Carolina has Iowa as their 2, but they also get TCU as their 3? I'm just not impressed by TCU's resume. They've beaten WVU 2 out of 3 times, and...what else? Wouldn't any team rather see them in their bracket than Duke, Louisville, or tOSU?
 
Somebody keeps explaining this. They weren't going to put 2 SEC teams as the #1 and #2 in the same Region.

Is Michigan really better than Iowa? Two beat downs by the Hawkeyes in recent weeks say otherwise.
The math isn't mathing as they say. How they're a 2 over a team like Duke who won their conference outright is puzzling to me.
 
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They were talking about UCLA's bracket as "brutal". Um... if the seeds hold, UCLA gets the winner of Duke vs. LSU. Not both, One of them. And their 4 seed is Minnesota. Pretty basic. UCLA was either getting Vandy or LSU. Frankly I prefer Vandy, and as the top overall seed, that makes sense to me.

Michigan and Iowa - to be honest, the weaker pair of 2-seeds. Both UConn and UCLA should be technically bummed about that as SC and Texas have an "easier" path.

I get it - keeping teams in the same conference as far away as possible, but I hope they change that soon.
 
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The Orange have the infamous Natasha Adair on the coaching staff.

Well I know who you will be rooting for it that matchup happens 😁
 
South Carolina and UCONN will meet in the Final Four if both advance. If Texas advances to the Final Four they'll play the winner of UCLA's region.
I thought since both were in Fort Worth they would match up in final four thats why I questioned it
 
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How do they determine who gets stuck w/ the play in games? 2 games pit #16 seeds against each other, those are probably the 4 weakest teams that got auto bids. I thought the other 2 games were always 11 seeds, but not this year. 1 game is 10 seeds. Those can't be the last couple of teams that got in if they ended up a 10 seed can they?
This question seems to come up every year:
Both Men's and Women's play-in brackets (the "First Four") are comprised of the 4 lowest ranked Automatic Qualifiers (almost always 16-seed placement) and the 4 lowest ranked At-large bids (the "last four in" - typically bubble teams from power conferences). Usually their seed placement ranges from 13 to 11, depending on the quality of the auto-bid (AQ) field. Apparently this year there are more AQ's ranked below these 'Last Four In' to push the seed placements to 10 and 11.
 
I don’t know that they ever had one. It’s a UConn thing, just like never cutting down the nets when they win a Regional Championship.

The Huskies don’t celebrate getting chosen for the Big Dance and they don’t celebrate winning the Regionals. There is just one celebration, when they win the National Championship, which they’ve done 12 times.
I remember a few parties early on, but they are all choreographed by whoever is broadcasting the NCAAs or ESPN and they are monumentally cheesy and a waste of time for anyone who knows they are going to the Dance. But for whatever reason Conn may be the only school that doesn't do it, but I'm eternally grateful we don't engage in the silliness.
 
Why don't they have a watch party? I know they haven't in years. Did they ever?

I tried to find a specific Geno quote on this, but couldn't with a quick search. Geno has said in the past that for many schools, making the big dance and getting their moment on ESPN is a major highlight of their season. UCONN being televised may take some attention away from the rest of the field, particularly if Geno makes himself available for interviews.
 
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