Why is ESPNU showing the first round matchups?

[Vowelguy]

Considering the demographics of this board.... its almost dinner time now...

HEY. I'm representin for the Gen X ers !

 

[Alydar]

Some poor intern has already been ushered out the door, Adnan Virk-style, just less famous.

The problem is that ESPN has laid off a ton of the grunts that do all the technical work while the bulk of the talking heads are still spouting their jibber jabber all day. Notice how the wcbb scores were cut back to just top 25 games unless you weave through a few pages. And the actual wbb page has become an endless string of tweets, mostly promoting the WNBA. Gotta make more profit to cover the poor performance of the rest of the conglomerate.

 

[southie]

Miss. State is a #1 seed; not sure if in Portland or Greensboro

 

[Plebe]

Miss. State is a #1 seed; not sure if in Portland or Greensboro

I'll be very surprised if Baylor is sent anywhere but Greensboro. MSU must be in Portland.

 

[Orangutan]

So...Miss St. jumped UConn since the last seeding reveal? How? Both teams won all their games.

Does the NCAA think that Lou may not be healthy for the tournament?

 

[Plebe]

ALBANY
R Morris @ 1 Lou / Michigan v Kansas St
Boise @ 4 Ore St / UALR v Gonzaga

PORTLAND (?)
? @ 1 Miss St / Clem v
FGCU @ 4 Miami / UCF v Ariz St

Whoa so UCF made it in?

I believe it's the first time since I've been paying attention to this that an at-large bid has been given to a team with no wins over the at-large field.

 

[Vowelguy]

In my bracket I had 1 UConn v 4 Syr & 2 Lou v 3 Ore St. Looks like we got that anyway but with different seed #s.

Oh I wait, I forgot my own bracket! I had UConn/Syr & Miss St/OreSt.

 

[triaddukefan]

HEY. I'm representin for the Gen X ers !

According to google and wiki.... I am as well.

 

[DaBball]

Mississippi State is a #1 (Portland?) and the 8/9 there is South Dakota Clemson I think.

 

[southie]

 

[southie]

 

[Plebe]

ALBANY
R Morris @ 1 Lou / Michigan v Kansas St
Boise @ 4 Ore St / UALR v Gonzaga

PORTLAND (?)
? @ 1 Miss St / Clem v
FGCU @ 4 Miami / UCF v Ariz St

Also, if both Oregon State and Miami are 4-seeds, who are the 3's? NC State, Maryland, Syracuse and ... South Carolina?

Oh never mind, I see above ... Iowa State was made a 3. Interesting.

 

[UConnCat]

 

[DICKG]

Was UCONN really a number two seed?

 

[Bama fan]

warning.... Dont go on Twitter if you dont wanna know stuff....

Conversely, do not go on Twitter if you do want to know anything!

 

[Vowelguy]

So ...
NY: Lou / UConn/ Md__ / OreSt
NC: Bay / Iowa / NCSt / SCar
IL: ND_ / Stan / IaSt / TAMU
OR: MSt / Oreg / Syra / Mia

 

[Plebe]

Apparently here is UConn's bracket:

2 UConn vs. 15 Towson
7 Rutgers vs. 10 Buffalo

3 Maryland vs. 14 Radford
6 UCLA vs. 11 Tennessee

 

[triaddukefan]

Maryland will be thrilled about going to Albany

 

[PacoBlaze]

Was UCONN really a number two seed?

Apparently...

 

[Plebe]

Greensboro region:
1 Baylor
4 South Carolina
3 NC State
2 Iowa

Chicago region:
1 ND
4 TAMU
3 Iowa St
2 Stanford

 

[UConnCat]

Texas A&M is the #4 in Chicago.

 

[Orangutan]

Greensboro region:
1 Baylor
4 South Carolina
3 NC State
2 Iowa

Chicago region:
1 ND
4 TAMU
3 Iowa St
2 Stanford

NC State - Iowa is very intriguing to me. I would love to see how Cunane fares v. Gustafson. Hope that matchup does happen.

 

[PacoBlaze]

So what are the guesses for the order of the #1 seeds (or did I just miss them?):
Baylor
ND
Louisville
MS St

 

[Wbbfan1]

Complete Bracket
ESPN broadcasts women’s tournament bracket early; see them now!

 

[southie]

Greensboro region:
1 Baylor
4 South Carolina
3 NC State
2 Iowa

Chicago region:
1 ND
4 TAMU
3 Iowa St
2 Stanford

The committee sure does like matching Notre Dame with Stanford and Texas A&M more often than not.

 

[Plebe]

So the last 4 teams in were:
Indiana, Auburn, Tennessee, UCF

Ohio got left out. (Cue the cries of mid-major injustice!)

Also left out: TCU, Arkansas.

 

[Vowelguy]

In my final 16 ranks:
NY: 3 / 4 / 10 / 12 = 29 !
NC: 1 / 8 / 9 / 14 = 32
IL: 2 / 7 / 15/ 16 = 40 !!
OR: 5 / 6 / 13 / 11 = 35

 

[Alydar]

Whoa so UCF made it in?

I believe it's the first time since I've been paying attention to this that an at-large bid has been given to a team with no wins over the at-large field.

What puzzles me is their RPI rank of 15th. How is that possible? I thought that RPI was the best measuring stick?

That was a rhetorical question. It's been demonstrated that a team could lose it's entire schedule of games and still have a top RPI. Maybe UCF will force the women's side to abandon RPI for a more performance-based system that distinguishes between good wins/loses and bad wins/loses. But I doubt it.

 

[Plebe]

What puzzles me is their RPI rank of 15th. How is that possible? I thought that RPI was the best measuring stick?

That was a rhetorical question. It's been demonstrated that a team could lose it's entire schedule of games and still have a top RPI. Maybe UCF will force the women's side to abandon RPI for a more performance-based system that distinguishes between good wins/loses and bad wins/loses. But I doubt it.

Well FWIW Massey currently has UCF as #32. So maybe *that's* what got them in

 

[DaBball]

Using Creme's Regionals, but I believe is incorrect