Week 18 - Mar 3 to 9

[BRS24]

Conference tourneys now in play this week for the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC. I'll try to keep up posting schedules, however with the byes, etc, there will be a lot of TBD in future days until games are completed. All but the Big East start on Wednesday, so stay tuned.

Here are the final games of the teams still undefeated in conference play. Although the Ivy has its last games on Saturday, there are no tourney seeding implications within the top 3 (Columbia, Princeton, Harvard), due to prior h2h matchups, however Penn (6-7) and Brown (5-8) could be interesting as they split their two matchups, so the 4th seed could be in play.

 

[azfan]

The Lopes game against Abilene Christian on Saturday should be a challenge. I know that Molly Miller will have the squad prepared and a victory would extend the winning streak to 27 games headed into the tournament up in Las Vegas.

Grand Canyon has a realistic shot at a 30 win season

 

[BRS24]

Here's a quick peek at Wednesday's conf tourney games for the big 4, so to speak. Numbers indicate seeding and not overall ranking.

 

[maple]

I will be biding my time on Monday/Tuesday watching some mid-majors finish out their regular season. A little appetizer for the conference tournaments.

I'll be turning 37 on Wednesday ... I'm hoping for some nice birthday presents in the form of upsets.

 

[12au]

Creme's bracketology update this morning:

 

[12au]

Minnesota and Washington meet in First round of B10 tourney. Loser leaves town?

 

[12au]

Princeton faces Harvard in Ivy semis

 

[12au]

Marquette gets Villanova then UConn in semis.

I wonder if the bubble always gets squeezed. Like I doubt Creme accounts for stolen bids. So there might be 2-3 fewer at-large bids to grab suddenly every year.

 

[Centerstream]

Marquette gets Villanova then UConn in semis.

I wonder if the bubble always gets squeezed. Like I doubt Creme accounts for stolen bids. So there might be 2-3 fewer at-large bids to grab suddenly every year.

You don't believe in possible upsets????

 

[12au]

You don't believe in possible upsets????

Reverse jinx was worth a try

 

[WBBTakeover]

I'll just leave this here for the NET watchers:

Lady Lions Highest Team in NET Rankings, on Both Men's and Women's Side, to Miss NCAA Tournament

Penn State women's basketball missed out on the NCAA Tournament on Sunday evening, taking home the distinction of being the highest ranked team in the NET

www.statecollege.com

ETA: Penn State's women were left out of last year's tournament with a NET of 27. Let's keep that in mind when evaluating certain teams' chances for making the current tournament.

 

[cancontent]

Minnesota and Washington meet in First round of B10 tourney. Loser leaves town?

I thought Indianapolis was a city?

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Marquette gets Villanova then UConn in semis.

I wonder if the bubble always gets squeezed. Like I doubt Creme accounts for stolen bids. So there might be 2-3 fewer at-large bids to grab suddenly every year.

What stolen bids do you have in mind? I could see (maybe) the A10 in the event of an upset and maybe 2 bids for the Ivy. Relatively big maybes. Everyone else is problematic - there are conferences with teams that have relatively high NET rankings - most will win their one-bid conference and, while their NET is "relatively" high, most clearly wouldn't qualify if you simply used the NET as the key word is "relative". I would actually hope some of them might have a chance but I don't quite see it.

 

[maccca3232]

For those interested in such things.

Post 1 of 2: AP Poll by Voter Rank.

 

[maccca3232]

Post 2 of 2: AP Poll by Voter Change.

 

[BRS24]

Here we go, folks, First game of ACC, B10, B12, SEC conferences is on - TN vs TAMU.

 

[12au]

A&M's season might end with 11 straight losses. I guess it depends if they opt-in for a postseason tournament.

 

[maple]

Ughhhhhh. Syracuse loses to BC after being up big at the half — at one point they led by 19!

This is nothing but emblematic of Syracuse’s entire season this year. Winnable games inexplicably lost. How do you let BC back into the game like that? Siiiiigh.

I don’t know if the fault lies with the players, coaches, or both. So disappointing and frustrating.

 

[cancontent]

Ughhhhhh. Syracuse loses to BC after being up big at the half — at one point they led by 19!

This is nothing but emblematic of Syracuse’s entire season this year. Winnable games inexplicably lost. How do you let BC back into the game like that? Siiiiigh.

I don’t know if the fault lies with the players, coaches, or both. So disappointing and frustrating.

Big time head scratcher. Had the game on as well and I couldn't believe it myself.

 

[maple]

Big time head scratcher. Had the game on as well and I couldn't believe it myself.

It’s been like this all season. They’ll have a nice lead at halftime and then just absolutely fall apart in the second half. Makes no sense. Even at games you could feel the shift — I don’t know.

 

[LETTERL]

Big time head scratcher. Had the game on as well and I couldn't believe it myself.

I went for a walk with my dog at halftime...and was shocked to get back home and see BC managed to come back and actually win.

 

[triaddukefan]

March Madness is my favorite time of the year. Players who don't want their careers to end coming up big... ex Waggonner of BC. However its always painful to watch players whose careers have come to a close on the sidelines in tears. Seeing Woodley after she missed the last shot was hard to watch

 

[cancontent]

March Madness is my favorite time of the year. Players who don't want their careers to end coming up big... ex Waggonner of BC. However its always painful to watch players whose careers have come to a close on the sidelines in tears. Seeing Woodley after she missed the last shot was hard to watch

Agreed. This time of year tugs at one's heartstrings in so many ways.

 

[nwhoopfan]

My Huskies! Gonna run their winning streak to 5 games, taking down Minnesota by double digits in the Big 10 tourney. One more would be nice for insurance, but I'm feeling pretty decent about Selection
Sunday.

edit--79-65 final




It's kinda weird, I've been complaining for years about poor shooting by the Huskies. Something clicked this year and it really doesn't apply anymore. One of the best shooting teams in the Big 10. It's mostly the same players from last year. Curious.

 

[cancontent]

My Huskies! Gonna run their winning streak to 5 games, taking down Minnesota by double digits in the Big 10 tourney. One more would be nice for insurance, but I'm feeling pretty decent about Selection
Sunday.

edit--79-65 final




It's kinda weird, I've been complaining for years about poor shooting by the Huskies. Something clicked this year and it really doesn't apply anymore. One of the best shooting teams in the Big 10. It's mostly the same players from last year. Curious.

Shhhhh. Don't worry about such trivial things and enjoy the moment.

All that matters is............