UCLA-USC TONIGHT!! Oh wait, it's on Peacock. Never mind.

[Gamecockfan77]

not sure LSU can win enough games to have A better resume than ND.

Texas has the h2h loss. But overall better. SCar would be better.

moat wide open tournament in a long while. No one looks dominant.

 

[boontonbomber]

Silly talk about tournament seeding. When all is said and done , they have to go out there and play. Look at how the seeding worked in this year's football tournament.

 

[visitingcock]

I always believe that the value of rankings when dependent on single game outcomes should consider the factors that resulted in the win or loss. Basketball by nature is a game of hot and cold shooting and streaks. A player playing the best game of their life is not going to happen in every game. Neither is a player playing a sub par game. I always say that you are never as good as your best game, nor as bad as your worst. In their loss to ND Juji had a bad shooting night. While some could be attributed to ND defense, not all of it is to a player like Juju who when they get hot are unstopable. Too bad the National Championships are decided by a single elimination tournament. On any given night, any team can beat a better team as long as they are close enough in talent. All it takes is for them to catch the better team on a down day while they play one of their better games.

Should the National championship be best 2 out of three?

 

[JstVisiting]

Silly talk about tournament seeding. When all is said and done , they have to go out there and play. Look at how the seeding worked in this year's football tournament.

If sports fandom was entirely backwards looking, never forward, the boneyard and other forums wouldn’t last very long.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Only if they lose the rematch.

No one is talking about Texas getting blown out by SCar after Texas's win the second time.

Nobody is talking about Texas, period (they just beat a Top 10 team on the road--and all we hear is "UCLA/USC" and people finally joining me on the "Kentucky's SEC schedule is backloaded" train). Most people outside of those fan bases (Texas and South Carolina) do not care one bit about either Texas/South Carolina game. Also, the second Texas game took place on the day of the Super Bowl. Even Dawn didn't seem to care all that much at that time.

UCLA/Southern Cal is different in that JuJu commands so much more attention than anyone on that court (and perhaps in the sport). Even if UCLA wins the rematch (and confirms what people believe--that UCLA is the superior team), most people will still point to that JuJu performance from a couple of days back (as they should--and folks on here really need to stop underselling the performance).

 

[JstVisiting]

not sure LSU can win enough games to have A better resume than ND.

Texas has the h2h loss. But overall better. SCar would be better.

moat wide open tournament in a long while. No one looks dominant.

An LSU road win at Texas would be the best win anybody has this season. LSU also has three other Q1 remaining, so if they win out, think they’d be 9-1 to ND’s 9-2 heading to conference tourneys, where LSU would presumably play at least two of Texas/South Carolina/Tennessee to win the SEC. And 1 loss at South Carolina vs 2 neutrals would matter too.

I expect LSU speculation to end Sunday afternoon, but if they do go on a tear, I think they’d get there.

 

[visitingcock]

Nobody is talking about Texas, period (they just beat a Top 10 team on the road--and all we hear is "UCLA/USC" and people finally joining me on the "Kentucky's SEC schedule is backloaded" train). Most people outside of those fan bases (Texas and South Carolina) do not care one bit about either Texas/South Carolina game. Also, the second Texas game took place on the day of the Super Bowl. Even Dawn didn't seem to care all that much at that time.

UCLA/Southern Cal is different in that JuJu commands so much more attention than anyone on that court (and perhaps in the sport). Even if UCLA wins the rematch (and confirms what people believe--that UCLA is the superior team), most people will still point to that JuJu performance from a couple of days back (as they should--and folks on here really need to stop underselling the performance).

Well, more people watched SCar v Tex II than any other WBB game this year at that point pond I doubt UCLA/U$C Peacock can come close

 

[WBBTakeover]

Well, more people watched SCar v Tex II than any other WBB game this year at that point pond I doubt UCLA/U$C Peacock can come close

"Watching it" and "talking about it/caring about it" are two completely different things. We don't know if the viewers were watching it while being actively engaged or if it served as a mere means of passing time prior to the Super Bowl. Even though Peacock doesn't have the viewership that ESPN has, that doesn't mean that the game wasn't streamed via other means. And given the media's and social media's reaction to JuJu's performance, I'd say that says a lot about what people thought about the UCLA/Southern Cal game.

JuJu is the main draw in WCBB right now (she still wouldn't be my NPOY, but that's a different discussion). The only other person that I can think of who comes close is...Dawn (and she's not pulling up from three).

 

[sivad40]

"Watching it" and "talking about it/caring about it" are two completely different things. We don't know if the viewers were watching it while being actively engaged or if it served as a mere means of passing time prior to the Super Bowl. Even though Peacock doesn't have the viewership that ESPN has, that doesn't mean that the game wasn't streamed via other means. And given the media's and social media's reaction to JuJu's performance, I'd say that says a lot about what people thought about the UCLA/Southern Cal game.

JuJu is the main draw in WCBB right now (she still wouldn't be my NPOY, but that's a different discussion). The only other person that I can think of who comes close is...Dawn (and she's not pulling up from three).

You're using semantics with the motives of why people were watching the Texas and South Carolina game.

 

[packwrap]

Should the National championship be best 2 out of three?

Will soon be a 7 game series when the football accountants turn their attention to hoops. That's 7 TV opportunities vs one, plus focused national attention on personalities like Paige, Azzi, Hannah, JuJu, Lauren for 1-2 weeks instead of 1 weekend.
Here comes the 2040 College Basketball Women's Finals! (NCAA missing here on purpose).

 

[WBBTakeover]

You're using semantics with the motives of why people were watching the Texas and South Carolina game.

No, there is a distinct difference between catching something while it's on and actively watching/engaging with it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Yeah, maybe nobody is a lock for a #1 seed at this point. Certainly South Carolina isn't after today. Been beaten down twice, that is eye opening.