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Week 19 - Championship Week

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Hey gang - here are a few games of interest today. The purple shaded games are those where the #1 seed is already out.

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Sacramento St. upset Idaho St. in the Big Sky.
 
Horizon Championship tomorrow will be Green Bay vs. Youngstown St., the top 2 seeds I think.
 
#4 Oregon State beats #1 Loyola Marymount, 73-67 in the WCC semis.
 
BRS24 said:
#4 Oregon State beats #1 Loyola Marymount, 73-67 in the WCC semis.
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2 years in a row taking out the #1 seed in the tourney. Await winner of Gonzaga/Santa Clara for the Title.
 
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GoChips20 said:
Not sure anyone was as disadvantaged by conference realignment as Scott Rueck yet Oregon State continues to peak at the right time
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Kamie Ethridge, Washington State, whose program has cratered. This after Ethridge coached Washington State to its first NCAA tourney in 30 years.
 
GoChips20 said:
Not sure anyone was as disadvantaged by conference realignment as Scott Rueck yet Oregon State continues to peak at the right time
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For this reason alone I've always wondered why he hasn't been hired by a P4 school since the realignment. He has a proven record of doing more with less.
 
GamecockFam said:
For this reason alone I've always wondered why he hasn't been hired by a P4 school since the realignment. He has a proven record of doing more with less.
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Deep roots in Oregon. OSU was probably his dream job. He'd have to go faaaaar away to move up. Might not be worth it for him.
Also probably wants to see the transition to Pac 2.0, and see if the conference can return to semi-major status.
 
Zags wiped the floor w/ Santa Clara, will have a chance to return to the NCAA Tourney w/ 1 more win. Missed last year but go more often than not.
 
Eastern Washington w/ a fairly big upset over Northern Colorado in the Big Sky. That tournament has been quite unpredictable so far.
 
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Brutal. Vermont missed 2 FTs w/ 16 seconds left, down 1.
 
Vermont survives and will face Maine in the America East Championship. #1 and #2 seed.
 
What’s the play for Carly Thibault-DuDonis? She’s talked about making Fairfield the Gonzaga of the East, but has done everything she realistically can there IMO. I don’t think they have the resources or allure to pull high-major talent. But she can clearly coach.
 
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Air Force w/ a another big upset in the Mountain West, this time Boise St. They are in the Championship awaiting either Colorado St. or UNLV.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Fairfield-Quinnipiac is really low scoring. Fairfield on the verge of locking up a bid. Too bad for Quinnipiac, really good season.
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MAAC teams shot a combined 24.6% (89/361) from 3P in the tournament. Cavernous Boardwalk Hall in A.C. seems to play a part.
 
Vowelguy said:
Waiting for the right job to come along. She's smart enough to turn down interest from schools that aren't investing.
She's in a good spot and can wait a few years.
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You mean like a school 60 miles to the north of her whose coach is close to retiring? 🤓
 
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GamecockFam said:
For this reason alone I've always wondered why he hasn't been hired by a P4 school since the realignment. He has a proven record of doing more with less.
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I think Florida should be throwing bags of money at him. Not sure he’d be interested. Seems to be happy in the northwest. Even if they do try to hire him, I hope they fail. I have no ill will toward the Gator program, but we don’t need another rising program in the SEC.

It’s going to be interesting to see if they can hang on to Liv McGill, who I think is the most underrated player in the country. She and coach Finley seemed to be very close. I wouldn’t be surprised if she hits the portal and somebody like Yo makes her a rich young lady.
 
Today's schedule - one final, one semi, a few quarters and a bunch of early rounds

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Looks like Montana St. made a little run at the end, but too little too late. Idaho gets the auto bid for the Big Sky.


My impression is that nobody has really dominated that conference for an extended time frame. Maybe someone has won the conference tourney back to back a few times, but mostly it changes every year.
 
Vowelguy said:
Deep roots in Oregon. OSU was probably his dream job. He'd have to go faaaaar away to move up. Might not be worth it for him.
Also probably wants to see the transition to Pac 2.0, and see if the conference can return to semi-major status.
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My thinking as well. Some coaches are pretty comfortable where they are at and want to see that particular program thrive and that is the vibe I get with Coach Rueck. He has been there 15-16 years, and he has definitely been the definition of "Be where your feet are"
 
nwhoopfan said:
Looks like Montana St. made a little run at the end, but too little too late. Idaho gets the auto bid for the Big Sky.


My impression is that nobody has really dominated that conference for an extended time frame. Maybe someone has won the conference tourney back to back a few times, but mostly it changes every year.
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Just add "recently" to your nobody dominating for an extended period of time. I don't know how long you have been following, but Robin Selvig had a long run at, IIRC, Montana.
 
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