Wow

TechDawgMc said:

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bubbadog said:

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I trust Bill Clinton and Donald Trump more than I trust the crooks, politicos and fixers who make up the women's bracket for the NCAA.

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You have one word too many there. Just delete the word women's and it's still true. The NCAA is corrupt in every sport

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And Trump is a magnificent President.

Nailbiting over, time to go to work!

RealLarryDon said:

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They don't know what will hit them.

bearbone11 said:

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538 Bracket

538 put out their bracket projections. They have us with better shot to advance than Louisville, so we can't complain too much. I think they give Tennessee too much credit so it could be even easier. Only Connecticut has higher title odds, though they are the prohibitive favorite.

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Thanks. Great post.

blackie said:

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RealLarryDon said:

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They don't know what will hit them.

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pain...

Well Kristy was our #3 scorer so shows what they know. They have no answer inside so we should crunch them pretty easily.

Told you guys we would be a two in Lexington. They want to see us play Louisville and get physical.

I'm wondering if the injury to Wallace hurt our seeding.

greggor25 said:

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I'm wondering if the injury to Wallace hurt our seeding.

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I can't help but believe it hurt our seeding. So the committee ignored our record -- including our record without Wallace -- and projected us as a lesser team.

Compare to the men's tournament. Tech isn't the same team anymore with their injury situation. They wound up losing 9 games. Yet they still got a 3 seed based more on what they achieved before the injury.

Same with Auburn that got a 4 seed but played the past several weeks more like a 6.

We beat one of the best 8 teams in the country without Wallace, and on a neutral court, and it means nothing.

Wow.

RealLarryDon said:

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BaylorBears_254 said:

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Im still waiting for you to explain how Louisville matches up with us

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We have absolutely no one who can stop Asia Durr. We couldn't stop the little girl from Mississippi St with better guards last year and Durr can run circles around her. Morris has played well, but she can't and won't stop Durr. Kalani also won't get the benefit of the doubt outside the Big 12. Sit back and watch how quickly she gets into foul trouble once we leave Waco for one of the few times this year outside the Big 12.

It won't matter though. I can see us losing to Tennessee before we get the shot at Louisville. Elite 8 is once again our ceiling but the Sweet 16 is a more likely ending spot this year. We have a good shot next year though!

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I have faith in Didi or even Dekeiya to guard Durr. Even Moon could get a shot if she's needed for her defense. Durr is going to get points because that's what she does but she won't be enough by herself to beat us. I have no doubt that Cox can neutralize Hines-Allen. The question for Louisville would be who could stop Kalani.

Nonetheless, both teams have to make it through their schedule first before we can even think about playing them Who's to say Louisville doesn't get knocked out by Stanford or Missouri??

Definitely dont see us putting Cohen on Durr unless it's a switch off. We will most likely have Morris, Juicy, and maybe Didi guard her.

Morris's on ball defense is similar to Sims, (although Sims was waaay more physical), she will be in Durr's face, but I'm almost certain they will run picks so Brown can switch on to Durr.

This is accurate. Once Louisville clinched their spot we were screwed because we would never get dropped below Notre Dame. They were anointed a long time ago. I agree that dropping us because they felt our schedule was lacking actually hurts the other teams. Louisville should be playing Texas or South Carolina, teams they would likely handle easily. Instead they got us, and I hope we take advantage.

I understand the NCAA wants to reward teams for tough schedules, but this approach creates imbalance. The "most deserving" criteria should determine who makes the tournament, but seeding should be done by how good the teams are. Of course this is analysis far above the level of an NCAA committee which still uses the RPI.

BaylorBears_254 said:

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Definitely dont see us putting Cohen on Durr unless it's a switch off. We will most likely have Morris, Juicy, and maybe Didi guard her.

Morris's on ball defense is similar to Sims, (although Sims was waaay more physical), she will be in Durr's face, but I'm almost certain they will run picks so Brown can switch on to Durr.

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Cohen has had to defend guards like Atkins and Carleton this season. Durr is the same height as Atkins and has similar speed. Not saying that's Cohen will be assigned to Durr, but I would trust her if she was.

Ditto

bearbone11 said:

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I understand the NCAA wants to reward teams for tough schedules, but this approach creates imbalance. The "most deserving" criteria should determine who makes the tournament, but seeding should be done by how good the teams are. Of course this is analysis far above the level of an NCAA committee which still uses the RPI.

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there has to be a line somewhere between rewarding teams that play tough schedules and rewarding teams that win their scheduled games... how were we to know that teams on our schedule that were good recently turned out to be not good this year?

We demolished our lesser opponents, we beat all others except a top 10 UCLA team under extenuating circumstances. If ND gets a pass, we should get a pass for that loss. We won our conference undefeated and won our tourney. We didnt circumnavigate other teams due to conference scheduling...

They definitely have the same size and speed, but their play-style is extremely different

Gruvin said:

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bearbone11 said:

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I understand the NCAA wants to reward teams for tough schedules, but this approach creates imbalance. The "most deserving" criteria should determine who makes the tournament, but seeding should be done by how good the teams are. Of course this is analysis far above the level of an NCAA committee which still uses the RPI.

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there has to be a line somewhere between rewarding teams that play tough schedules and rewarding teams that win their scheduled games... how were we to know that teams on our schedule that were good recently turned out to be not good this year?

We demolished our lesser opponents, we beat all others except a top 10 UCLA team under extenuating circumstances. If ND gets a pass, we should get a pass for that loss. We won our conference undefeated and won our tourney. We didnt circumnavigate other teams due to conference scheduling...

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I think we all know it's the name on the Jersey. If Texas had our schedule and posted the same record then they would be a one seed.

Jacques Strap said:

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Gruvin said:

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bearbone11 said:

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I understand the NCAA wants to reward teams for tough schedules, but this approach creates imbalance. The "most deserving" criteria should determine who makes the tournament, but seeding should be done by how good the teams are. Of course this is analysis far above the level of an NCAA committee which still uses the RPI.

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there has to be a line somewhere between rewarding teams that play tough schedules and rewarding teams that win their scheduled games... how were we to know that teams on our schedule that were good recently turned out to be not good this year?

We demolished our lesser opponents, we beat all others except a top 10 UCLA team under extenuating circumstances. If ND gets a pass, we should get a pass for that loss. We won our conference undefeated and won our tourney. We didnt circumnavigate other teams due to conference scheduling...

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I think we all know it's the name on the Jersey. If Texas had our schedule and posted the same record then they would be a one seed.

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And that is true scandal or not we will never be viewed the same as Texas or any other blue blood. The way it has always been of course that makes it even more fun when we kick their butts.