WNIT

[jchusky]

Oregon State was a tournament team to me and they are proving it in the WNIT, covid ruined their season, believe they had a month layoff without a game.

 

[cancontent]

Sorry y'all, I couldn't follow the later games of the WNIT because I was too busy watching my Cougs destroy Arizona in the men's S16

Did you do like Sampson and go shirtless while celebrating?

 

[Plebe]

Oregon State was a tournament team to me and they are proving it in the WNIT, covid ruined their season, believe they had a month layoff without a game.

Proving it by barely beating a team that wasn't even on the bubble?

Funny definition of the word "proving"

 

[DefenseBB]

We forget when we say ... only one team ends the year with a win - there are two tournaments and a chance for the also ran programs to have a shot at a crown.

Columbia sports have been pretty dreadful and WCBB hasn't made any noise in a long while - third winning season since 1987 - and they pushed Princeton hard in the Ivy this year.

Whoa, yes Columbia finished second in the league at 12-2 vs. Princeton's 14-0 but to say the "pushed Princeton hard" is not at all accurate. I watch all 3 Princeton-Columbia games and Princeton won handily with the first 2 games over by halftime and the final game was never in doubt either but the score was closer than the other two games. Scores were:
1st game 57-39 (36-16 at halftime)
2nd game 73-53 (halftime was 47-21) and
Ivy Championship was 77-59 (halftime was 37-25)

Look, I am thrilled for Columbia as I know they have been dreadful in WCBB and probably even worse than my Alma-Mater Rhody, so it is really good story. Just don't get out over your skis on proclamations that are not accurate....

 

[undersized]

Oregon State was a tournament team to me and they are proving it in the WNIT, covid ruined their season, believe they had a month layoff without a game.

Yup, they're a tournament team indeed! A Women's National Invitation Tournament team.

 

[Plebe]

Quarterfinal matchups are set:

Sun., March 27
UCLA at Oregon State (3p, Oregon State live stream)
Alabama at South Dakota State (6p, ESPN3)

Mon., March 28
Middle Tennessee at Toledo (7p, ESPN3)
Seton Hall at Columbia (8p, ESPN3)

 

[jchusky]

Yup, they're a tournament team indeed! A Women's National Invitation Tournament team.

lol Big ten had 0 elite 8 teams, how embarrassing.

 

[Basket]

Quarterfinal matchups are set:

Sun., March 27
UCLA at Oregon State (3p, Oregon State live stream)
Alabama at South Dakota State (6p, ESPN3)

Mon., March 28
Middle Tennessee at Toledo (7p, ESPN3)
Seton Hall at Columbia (8p, ESPN3)

Both Pac 12 make Elite Eight. Good job
At this point I’m predicting S. Dakota St faces Toledo in the title game

 

[Basket]

Whoa, yes Columbia finished second in the league at 12-2 vs. Princeton's 14-0 but to say the "pushed Princeton hard" is not at all accurate. I watch all 3 Princeton-Columbia games and Princeton won handily with the first 2 games over by halftime and the final game was never in doubt either but the score was closer than the other two games. Scores were:
1st game 57-39 (36-16 at halftime)
2nd game 73-53 (halftime was 47-21) and
Ivy Championship was 77-59 (halftime was 37-25)

Look, I am thrilled for Columbia as I know they have been dreadful in WCBB and probably even worse than my Alma-Mater Rhody, so it is really good story. Just don't get out over your skis on proclamations that are not accurate....

Nice insight. I will say Patrick (can’t shoot yet) and Davis are two impressive players for Columbia. I was very surprised how good their instincts and athleticism are after watching their last game. Patrick is a total disrupter and strong. In that game easily the two best players for both teams

 

[undersized]

lol Big ten had 0 elite 8 teams, how embarrassing.

False.

 

[jchusky]

False.

talking about the men, we happy for Naz Hilmon but that is on the Women's side. The men in the big 10 could learn from her on what is like to have athleticism.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I have family connections to Columbia, I hope they win it all.

 

[triaddukefan]

Nice insight. I will say Patrick (can’t shoot yet) and Davis are two impressive players for Columbia. I was very surprised how good their instincts and athleticism are after watching their last game. Patrick is a total disrupter and strong. In that game easily the two best players for both teams

Former Blue Devil Patrick. Nice to see her playing well this season

 

[jchusky]

interesting that they put the 2 pac 12 teams in the same region, coincidence? Well I'll just keep my opinion to myself.

 

[UcMiami]

interesting that they put the 2 pac 12 teams in the same region, coincidence? Well I'll just keep my opinion to myself.

They do distance from opponent as much as they can in the WNIT. Since the games are all on the home courts it makes sense to reduce travel. One side of bracket was all east of the Mississippi and the other was west. And within those the quarters were most northern and southern.

 

[UcMiami]

UCLA is the last P5 standing with half the E8 completed as Bruins handle Beavers and the Jackrabbits run the Tide

 

[Plebe]

Charisma Osborne stuffed the stat sheet for UCLA: 31 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks. UCLA led by as much as 18 in the 1st half. OSU cut it to 4 but I think that's as close as they got.

Both teams should be a lot better next year. Strong recruiting classes plus returning talent.

Wild momentum swings in the SDSU-Alabama game. Jackrabbits built a huge lead in 1st half, then Bama outscored them 34-12 to lead by 8 after 3Q, then SDSU flipped it back with a 22-9 fourth quarter.

UCLA travels to Brookings on Thursday for the semifinal game.

 

[undersized]

UCLA @ SDSU ... gonna be a lot of blue and yellow in that gym

 

[Basket]

Charisma Osborne stuffed the stat sheet for UCLA: 31 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks. UCLA led by as much as 18 in the 1st half. OSU cut it to 4 but I think that's as close as they got.

Both teams should be a lot better next year. Strong recruiting classes plus returning talent.

Wild momentum swings in the SDSU-Alabama game. Jackrabbits built a huge lead in 1st half, then Bama outscored them 34-12 to lead by 8 after 3Q, then SDSU flipped it back with a 22-9 fourth quarter.

UCLA travels to Brookings on Thursday for the semifinal game.

Go Jackrabbits! S. Dakota teams having good tourneys

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

interesting that they put the 2 pac 12 teams in the same region, coincidence? Well I'll just keep my opinion to myself.

In the WNIT there is no "seeding" it is all geography, really. So yes, the 2 PAC teams would, by definition, be in the same region. One quadrant was all west and all the northeast teams were together with some Virginia teams. The other 2 parts of the bracket were all soundly in mid-America. Teams were matched up purely on geography in their first games and more or less so thereafter.

 

[DefenseBB]

Quarterfinal matchups are set:

Sun., March 27
UCLA at Oregon State (3p, Oregon State live stream)
Alabama at South Dakota State (6p, ESPN3)

Mon., March 28
Middle Tennessee at Toledo (7p, ESPN3)
Seton Hall at Columbia (8p, ESPN3)

I just noticed that 2 semi-finals are not scheduled on the same day and seem to do a disservice to both winners of tonight's games. UCLA and SDSU play on March 31, 4 days of rest, while the winner of tonight's games (SH/Columbia) and MTSU/Toledo) play on March 30th, 2 days of rest. WTH???

 

[cancontent]

lol Big ten had 0 elite 8 teams, how embarrassing.

Sorry............how did you come to this assessment? Michigan is playing Louisville tonight.

 

[UcMiami]

I just noticed that 2 semi-finals are not scheduled on the same day and seem to do a disservice to both winners of tonight's games. UCLA and SDSU play on March 31, 4 days of rest, while the winner of tonight's games (SH/Columbia) and MTSU/Toledo) play on March 30th, 2 days of rest. WTH???

On the other hand, the winner of the first semi-final gets an extra day of rest before the final while the UCLA/SDSU winner has only one day between the Semi and the Final. Oddly foreshortened tournament schedule.

 

[JellyBean]

lol Big ten had 0 elite 8 teams, how embarrassing.

Big Ten got Michigan playing tonight.

Men's side, Big Ten had Michigan State in 2018-19 in the Final Four. In 2020-21, Big Ten had Michigan in the Elite 8. Heck in 2017-18, the Ten had Michigan in the Final Four. How is that embarrassing?

 

[HuskyMJ]

What is Cori Close crying about here?



Second tweet https://twitter.com/CoachCoriClose/status/1508496460228169733

I don't see anything great in that video except Texas A&M hyping up a trip to New York. UCLA just played in a great environment at Wyoming so what is it, should these games be neutral sites? When people say that for NCAA tournament round 1 and 2 people push back. So its not ready for NCAA but we should do it for the NIT?

Does she need someone at UCLA to make a cool video of the players walking into a plane?