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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2653273, member: 6927"] It's easy to overlook the tournament of also-rans, but as a basketball junkie I find it compelling in its own right. Also, history has shown that many teams have can use a deep WNIT run as a springboard for future postseason success. The WNIT is down to its final 8: [LIST] [*]Five "power 5" teams [*]Two "mid-majors" [*]One Big East team [/LIST] The quarterfinal matchups tomorrow: [LIST] [*][B]TCU @ South Dakota[/B] South Dakota has beaten Houston (by 7), Colorado State (by 25), and Michigan State (by 2 in OT), all at home. TCU has beaten Lamar (by 12) and Missouri State (by 35), both at home, and then New Mexico (by 9) on the road. This will be a very intriguing matchup. South Dakota won the WNIT two years ago by winning 6 in a row on its home floor. [*][B]UC Davis @ Indiana[/B] Indiana has beaten UT Martin (by 24), Milwaukee (by 20), and Purdue (by 22), all at home, making the Hoosiers the only WNIT team to have won each of their first 3 games by at least 20 points. UC Davis has beaten Idaho (by 20) at home, and then Wyoming (by 10) and Kansas State (by 2), both on the road. Morgan Bertsch torched KSU with 31 points. [*][B]St. John's @ West Virginia[/B] West Virginia has beaten Bucknell (by 33), St. Joseph's (by 28), and James Madison (by 12), all at home. St. John's has beaten Marist (by 21), Penn (by 5), and Duquesne (by 13). WVU has had 4 different players in double figures in each of their 3 wins so far. [*][B]Alabama @ Virginia Tech[/B] Virginia Tech has beaten Navy (by 1 point, on a buzzer-beater by Taylor Emery), George Mason (by 9), and Fordham (by 31), all at home. Alabama has beaten Southern (by 13), UCF (by 19), and Georgia Tech (by 2), all at home. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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