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Undefeated teams, part 2 (merged)

Just some thoughts on the Vandy SC game. I think Vandy was caught off guard and with all the TOs from the start they were a little unsure of themselves. That help SC gain confidence and rSC rode that confidence throughout the game. SC played great and without fear. SC used their height and quickness to overrun Vandy. Vandy isnt that bad. Vandy will learn from this. We will see how Vandy reacts against the ranked teams coming up on their schedule. Vandy needs to play better D. They just stood around and let SC run right by them thus helping SC great shooting percentages. The one thing that sticks out to me is Vandy still scored over 70 pts. Something to work on in practice is less TO's and better defense.
 
Zanzman said:
You can win a title without being undefeated not the most important thung to the season
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I know, right? The regular season is so overrated! See you in March!
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Tonyc said:
Just some thoughts on the Vandy SC game. I think Vandy was caught off guard and with all the TOs from the start they were a little unsure of themselves. That help SC gain confidence and rSC rode that confidence throughout the game. SC played great and without fear. SC used their height and quickness to overrun Vandy. Vandy isnt that bad. Vandy will learn from this. We will see how Vandy reacts against the ranked teams coming up on their schedule. Vandy needs to play better D. They just stood around and let SC run right by them thus helping SC great shooting percentages. The one thing that sticks out to me is Vandy still scored over 70 pts. Something to work on in practice is less TO's and better defense.
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Vandy had to travel to SC in bad weather and defeating SC at home, especially after a loss is at best difficult. That said, the game highlighted some of their deficiencies and how to play against them (aggressive defense, use of height, limit Blakes). Still see them top 15 by tournament time.
 
oldude said:
I try to keep things simple. If you just win the last game of the season you are the NCAA champions. The only exception is if you win the WNIT.
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Or if your record isn't good enough for the postseason, but you win your last game.
 
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CL82 said:
Or if your record isn't good enough for the postseason, but you win your last game.
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Nope. Every eligible D1 team plays in a conference tournament at the end of the season. So even if you have a losing record, if you win your last game, by definition, you win your conference tournament and the AQ then gets you into the Big Dance and so on.

Again, the only exception to the win your last game = NCAA championship is if you win the WNIT championship.
 
visitingcock said:
Not true,

2027 UConn
2018 UConn
2023 SCar

Probably some others
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Noooo, if you go undefeated for the season, you win a NC. True. (except that Covid year as already noted)
 
meyers7 said:
Yeah.....undefeated.

And by the way, UCONN is undefeated in 6 of it's 11. So it's more likely to get a NC with an undefeated season.
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Don't you mean 6 of it's 12 National Championships? How quickly we forget😉😉😉
 
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oldude said:
Nope. Every eligible D1 team plays in a conference tournament at the end of the season. So even if you have a losing record, if you win your last game, by definition, you win your conference tournament and the AQ then gets you into the Big Dance and so on.

Again, the only exception to the win your last game = NCAA championship is if you win the WNIT championship.
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Actually, since the ACC expanded to 18 teams, I think only the top 15 make the tournament. At least that was true last year.
ACC Tournament won't include all teams starting next season; will stay with 20-game conference schedule
 
oldude said:
Nope. Every eligible D1 team plays in a conference tournament at the end of the season. So even if you have a losing record, if you win your last game, by definition, you win your conference tournament and the AQ then gets you into the Big Dance and so on.

Again, the only exception to the win your last game = NCAA championship is if you win the WNIT championship.
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HuskyNan said:
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Just some perspective - in the history of NCAA women's basketball there are 6 schools that have won at least 37 games in a row. Uconn is on that list (x5), SC (x2), and 4 other teams once. (see the bottom for why I am not listing LaTech's 54 games.)

The current 37 games ties ND's longest streak, if they win the next 3 they would tie TX's longest (40) at DePaul, if they win the following three they would tie Baylor's (42) and SC's 43 at Marquette, and if they win the next 3 they would tie TN (46) at home against Georgetown. And if they win through to the end of the regular season at St. John's they would own the top 5 longest winning streaks in NCAA history.

NB - the NCAA lists Louisiana Tech with a 54 game win streak, but the first 34 games in that streak were in the AIAW, followed by '20' games in the inaugural NCAA season. I am curious as to the '20' games as wikipedia list only 12 games before their loss in a total season of 22 games (including the NCAA title) while listing the head coaching record at 34-1. I suspect the missing 13 games were not NCAA teams.

NB2 - The NCAA adds AIAW and non-D1 games to coaching records, has added 34 AIAW games to the Lady Techsters 54 game winning streak, but does not list Sonya Hogg's LaTech AIAW undefeated season to the list of 10 undefeated seasons. Curious.
 
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