Watching Cal-Ga

[triaddukefan]

Happy for Cal's coaches and players. First Final Four in school history. That's a big deal for them. I remember 1991 for us. Yes it was ugly but they came from behind to win when it looked like they were dead. Good for them! Louisville or Tennessee will be favored but Cal did win 30 games and just beat SEC's Georgia and LSU so they could still win.

I too am happy for Cal. Good to see new blood in the wcbb final 4.

 

[alexrgct]

Cal did beat Stanford, who beat Tennessee, so anything is possible, I suppose. However, assuming ND beats Duke, hard to imagine UConn-ND IV isn't the NC game for all intents and purposes. Unless Uconn and ND beat each other into such a bloody pulp that the winner is still spent two days later.

 

[Phil]

The opening was astoundingly bad. I still felt Cal was better, despite the score, but it took them forever to show it. 12 for 24 from the free throw line! Abysmal, almost cost them the game. Hard to believe this was a regional final. I know I'm spoiled, after watching the first half of CT_KY, one of the more exciting halves of basketball (and probably the most exciting 22 point margin half) so I had to expect a letdown, but that's like going from Baked Alaska to mud pie (made from real mud)

 

[DobbsRover2]

So in all the 24 years UConn has been going to the tourney, no team from a western state (however, that's defined; OH is western to me) other than Stanford has gone to the FF. Amazing fact considering how many years have gone by and how much talent has sprouted in those western states.

 

[Aluminny69]

So in all the 24 years UConn has been going to the tourney, no team from a western state (however, that's defined; OH is western to me) other than Stanford has gone to the FF. Amazing fact considering how many years have gone by and how much talent has sprouted in those western states.

I don't think any Northeastern State (including NY, Penn, New England) has sent a team either?? ( I don't know for sure, other than Rutgers.) Speaks to the dominance of UConn and Stanford, more than anything else.

 

[Icebear]

PSU was in the 2000 FF.

 

[UcMiami]

PSU was in the 2000 FF.

Hate to tell you but for this discussion PA is considered the deep south and NJ is considered mid-atlantic

 

[DobbsRover2]

Yeah, just PSU and Rutgers. But if the western region is defined as basically the Mountain and Pacific times zones, which I think is the measure here, that's a pretty big area vs the NE, which is not that loaded with big D1 sports crazy schools. And if you flipped it to softball, there would be a total lockdown for the West vs the NE.

Of course when you add up all of UConn, UTenn's, Stanford's, LA Tech's, LSU's, Duke's and ND's FF visits during those 24 years (4 or more per team), you do take away a big 60% chunk of the berths for other teams to fight over.