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NAU concluded their season as the wandering Lobos advance with a convincing 72-64 win. New Mexico too athletic for the Jacks. Lobos' Mc Gruder was very impressible with a double double.
 
I'm watching Washington against San Fransisco. I might not make it to the end of the game. Tied at 19 at halftime. Both teams have 12 TOs. USF shooting 23%, UW 32%. Dawgs o-fer behind the arc while the Dons have made 3. This is some of the ugliest basketball I've ever seen. Looks like attendance of about 100 people. Can't blame anyone for not wanting to pay to watch this.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I'm watching Washington against San Fransisco. I might not make it to the end of the game. Tied at 19 at halftime. Both teams have 12 TOs. USF shooting 23%, UW 32%. Dawgs o-fer behind the arc while the Dons have made 3. This is some of the ugliest basketball I've ever seen. Looks like attendance of about 100 people. Can't blame anyone for not wanting to pay to watch this.
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There have always been some ugly games, I suppose, but I haven't had to watch too many of them. A few years back, UCSB was my prime "go-to" as their scores would come in relatively late and were often putrid. Other teams have taken their place.

That said, I have watched a few stinkers recently, there were even a couple in the conference tournaments. On the brighter side, some of them picked up a bit in the 2nd half.
 
Washington decided to play some basketball in the 2nd half and ran away 61-46. Mostly sparked by a pair of Fr. guards Stines and Ladine. New Mexico up next. During the broadcast they said the Duff twins opted out of playing in the NIT for the Lobos.
 
Ugh. I am kicking myself. I was planning on watching the WNIT games and it appears that I have missed some decent games so far
 
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azfan said:
Entertaining game in Albuquerque. Any Lobo fans know why the La Duff twins are not playing?
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UNM's Duff twins opt out of WNIT

LaTora Duff, left, and her twin sister LaTascya Duff, seen during a Senior Day ceremony in 2022, opted out of the UNM women's basketball team's postseason WNIT run on Thursday.
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azfan said:
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UNM's Duff twins opt out of WNIT

LaTora Duff, left, and her twin sister LaTascya Duff, seen during a Senior Day ceremony in 2022, opted out of the UNM women's basketball team's postseason WNIT run on Thursday.
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Maybe there's more to this story, but that has to be a big disappointment for their teammates. This isn't like NFL draft prospects skipping their teams' bowl games (which I happen to think is pretty lame).
 
Oregon wins by 39 over North Dakota State. Paopao 26 pts, 9-11 FG, 6-7 3pt. Man oh man, I can’t believe how (why) she went so completely MIA during the 7 game losing streak that killed the Ducks season. Next up: Rice
 
Syracuse plays Seton Hall on Monday. I’m torn because I want to see Big East teams be successful (to grow the conference brand) but also I really like ‘Cuse’s new coach and want her to be successful. I think it should be a good match up, though I am leaning towards Syracuse getting the W.
 
WEIRD game. Washington outscored New Mexico by a combined 46-17 in Q1 and Q2, to offset being outscored 39-21 in the middle quarters. Huskies await winner of Kansas St.-Wyoming.

Elle Ladine is a baller. She really came on strong late this season. Rescued the Dawgs today. Took over when they were down by 10 and looking dead in the water in the 3rd quarter.
 
Washington wins again. Beat Kansas St. When you can shoot 1-20 behind the arc and still win...you take it. Dawgs will be hosting their 4th WNIT game against Oregon on Sunday. At least the Pac 12 will get a team in the Final 4 in one post season tournament this year. :rolleyes:
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Washington wins again. Beat Kansas St. When you can shoot 1-20 behind the arc and still win...you take it. Dawgs will be hosting their 4th WNIT game against Oregon on Sunday. At least the Pac 12 will get a team in the Final 4 in one post season tournament this year. :rolleyes:
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How do they choose where this game was played? If it was Kansas St, it would have been in Eugene due to travel locations. Also a brief side note off topic: What do you know about a Sara Barhoum of Clackamas who just had an Oregon visit. I know she is a team mate of Jazzy Davidson
 
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Figurehead said:
How do they choose where this game was played? If it was Kansas St, it would have been in Eugene due to travel locations. Also a brief side note off topic: What do you know about a Sara Barhoum of Clackamas who just had an Oregon visit. I know she is a team mate of Jazzy Davidson
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Schools bid on hosting. The deeper in the tourney, the more substantial the bids are. When Arizona won and hosted all 6 games a few years back, a couple times the bid was very competitive, in one case Arizona got it by adding concession revenue to the guarantee.
 
Good to see Oregon (playing against Washington) & Arkansas (playing against Kansas) are still playing in the month of March. I am enjoying watching/listening to the WNIT field. The WNIT committee were able to invite some really top-notch teams to the field. Harvard & Columbia will face off, again (4th time this season). Some really great basketball this weekend and into Monday.
 
That’s a lot of WBB in Seattle Sunday. I guess with so many fans in town for the NCAA maybe the organizers are figuring “hey…bonus game…let’s check it out“. No time conflict. So maybe a draw.
 
Ive been able to catch some WNIT games and the 8 left standing are playing good. I will say that Florida and Oregon have been the most impressive thus far and for very much the same reason.

Florida has everyone healthy finally and with Correa and Merritt back the teams looks completely different. Same for Oregon getting Van Slooten back.
Florida has BG next which has looked good as well.
Harvard has been impressive but they will have to play Columbia, which beat Syracuse, for a 4th time. Harvard has some good players.

So we have:
Oregon vs Washington
Kansas vs Arkansas
Harvard vs Columbia
Bowling Green vs Florida.
 
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HuskyFan1125 said:
Ive been able to catch some WNIT games and the 8 left standing are playing good. I will say that Florida and Oregon have been the most impressive thus far and for very much the same reason.

Florida has everyone healthy finally and with Correa and Merritt back the teams looks completely different. Same for Oregon getting Van Slooten back.
Florida has BG next which has looked good as well.
Harvard has been impressive but they will have to play Columbia, which beat Syracuse, for a 4th time. Harvard has some good players.

So we have:
Oregon vs Washington
Kansas vs Arkansas
Harvard vs Columbia
Bowling Green vs Florida.
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Oregon is playing well right now. Too bad they had that long lull in the season
 
Looking forward to these WNIT games today and tomorrow. I would like that Mike Neighbors match up with Washington but I like Oregon and Arkansas, so I would rather see that match up. Plus a Harvard vs Florida match up in the Final Four.
 
Go Dawgs! Ellie Ladine with another very good game. Excited to see her continue to develop.
 
We got 3 out of 4…


Washington over Oregon
Columbia over Harvard (in a great game)
Kansas over Arkansas.


Florida vs Bowling Green Monday night.


I wish I knew the rationale for how that chose the home team?
 
HuskyFan1125 said:
We got 3 out of 4…


Washington over Oregon
Columbia over Harvard (in a great game)
Kansas over Arkansas.


Florida vs Bowling Green Monday night.


I wish I knew the rationale for how that chose the home team?
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As I posted above, the WNIT is a for profit tournament. Teams are placed in the bracket regionally to limit travel until the later rounds.

Teams bid to host tournament games. Ultimately, the company that runs the WNIT - Triple Crown Sports - doesn't really care who hosts, as long as they get their money. I don't know how accurate but Wikipedia reports the first round bid is $6500. While that sounds low, 32 games is $208,000.

Obviously, hosting generally is a benefit to winning. There is a minimum bid, which I think increases by round, and not every team wants to host. When Rutgers won some years back (at UTEP) they didn't bid after I think the first and maybe 2nd round. Too expensive from the powers that were's point of view. Conversely, when Arizona won a few years back, they wanted to host every game, which they did. It was strongly expected in the round we faced Wyoming that they would host, because they bid when they are in the WNIT (which is relatively often) and they usually go at least several rounds. Arizona had to sweeten the bid above the "standard" which they did by adding concession revenue to the guarantee. I'm pretty sure figures for the last game were $25000 or more. This was all written up extensively in our local paper.

Word is that the NCAA will be taking over the tournament and reducing the size of the field - however, teams will no longer have to bid, but I have no idea how they will do it.
 
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I tip my hat to the Washington Huskies. They beat the Oregon Ducks in what turned out to be a pretty decent game. Washington had a pretty good game plan going into their matchup with Oregon. Congrats, Washington.
 
KnightBridgeAZ said:
As I posted above, the WNIT is a for profit tournament. Teams are placed in the bracket regionally to limit travel
Word is that the NCAA will be taking over the tournament and reducing the size of the field - however, teams will no longer have to bid, but I have no idea how they will do
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Clarification. The NCAA will be forming another postseason tournament not taking over the WNIT. Their action as previously indicated will most likely eliminate or cause the WNIT to go out of business.

The NCAA postseason tournament is most certainly a profit endeavor as well.

It's clear as a monopolist the NCAA can't tolerate competition thus the intention to form an alternative and drive the WNIT out of business.
 
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azfan said:
"think they would claim the change from something that costs you money vs. something you will earn money from offsets the reduction in number of teams"

I'd love to watch NCAA officials make this claim to the basketball players and fans who will no longer get to engage in postseason WBB. While you may be right I would guess there's no one with the kind of courage in the NCAA to publicly make this kind of inane and insulting claim to the basketball community. While the NCAA is a very effective monopolist the officials who comprise that organization lack any semblance of courage or morality.

I suspect we would agree that the NCAA is pursuing their efforts to monopolize the collegiate athletic experience.

We would further, I suspect, agree that the monopolist benefits their organization in this case the NCAA and neither the consumer (fans) nor the employees(players) in that market. After all this monopolist opposed NIL, transfer and other compensation to athletes resulting in the current chaos.

I'm not sure there's a conundrum as those athletes who in the current WNIT world get to perform in the postseason and fans who have the opportunity to enjoy this performance will lose these opportunities after the elimination of the WNIT by the NCAA monopoly results in a 50% reduction in their opportunity to continue a postseason experience. Monopolists always seek to restrict output in order to maximize their profit.

It will be interesting if the WNIT does continue to try to offer these opportunities in the postseason in the face of the power of the NCAA. I would expect the power of the NCAA will be too great for the WNIT to continue to offer these postseason experiences for WBB players and fans.
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It will be interesting if the WNIT does continue to try to offer these opportunities in the postseason in the face of the power of the NCAA. I would expect the power of the NCAA will be too great for the WNIT to continue to offer these postseason experiences for WBB players and fans.

As the NCAA has as its number one goal maximizing revenue and profit and with monopoly power they accomplished this by reducing competition and output. The landscape will be much different in the postseason if the NCAA successfully eliminates the WNIT.
 
Oof, I had to give up on my Huskies midway thru Q3. They look like middle school kids trying to play hoops. Went thru the entire first half without hitting a single jumpshot. I'm not exaggerating. Got one runner from about 5 feet, the rest of their few made baskets were point blank range. Q3 started with more of the same, I couldn't watch anymore. Kudos to Kansas, but UW is just stinking up Allen Fieldhouse.
 
Glad I quit watching. Based on score never improved even slightly. Tough way to end the season, but definitely some positives this year. That said though, UW needs more ballers. Too many players on the team who just can't score, or do much else it appears. The freshman class next year better be good.

KU rolled 61-36.
 
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