Pre-NCAA Tournament bracketology & discussion

Latest Crème bracketology has us as the #3 seed with A&M the #6 seed. Maryland is the #2 seed:

http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology

 

Welp.

 

I think he just swapped us with Maryland. I'm okay with that. It would be good to play A&M. If we both advance that far, the matchup with Maryland is going to be a great matchup.

 

I would have no problem seeing this bracket for the Longhorns and like our chances against the field.

 

Potentially playing a&m in the second round would be a tough game. They play a lot more zone than man to man and obviously Texas struggles with teams that play zone. They also have some good players like Danni Williams, Howard the PF and a solid PG.

 

Very dumb question when does the NCAA tournament start?
Hook em.

 

Latest bracket now has us in OKC regional.

http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology

The difference is that Crème has Baylor falling to the #4 overall national seed, so gets sent to Stockton, CA instead of OKC. South Carolina now at #3 overall, and goes to OKC.

 

First & Second Rounds | March 17-20, 2017
Regionals | March 24-27, 2017
http://www.ncaa.com/womens-final-four/road-to-the-championship

 

Remember these projections, last year, said that they wouldn't put Texas in the same region as UConn. Fingers crossed.

 

Thanks when texas makes it to regionals i will be celebrating in NOLA , Hookem

 

I think Crème has done a really good job with the Top 16 teams in his latest bracket. It's definitely difficult trying to ensure that teams from the same conference aren't among the Top 4 seeds in any one region.

The RPI actually has Baylor at #7 overall; so, who knows for certain if they end up being a #1 seed over Oregon State or Miss. State.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2017WBBrpi1.html

Crème/RPI:

1/1 - UConn, AAC
8/6 - Stanford, PAC
9/8 - Duke, ACC
16/16 - DePaul, Big East

2/2 - Notre Dame ACC
7/17 - Maryland, BIG
10/9 - Washington, PAC
15/14 - Kentucky, SEC (Lexington KY is the host site)

3/3 - South Carolina SEC
6/4 - Oregon State, PAC
11/13 - Texas, Big 12
14/11 - Louisville ACC

4/7 - Baylor, Big 12
5/5 - Miss. State, SEC
12/12 - FSU, ACC
13/10 - UCLA, PAC

 

Interesting article by Creme, especially at the bottom of the article of WVU (potentially) hosting the first two rounds.
http://www.espn.com/womens-college-...lady-bears-upset-causes-ripple-effect-bracket
Again, this is all conjecture until they announce. (or maybe it's click bait)

 

Yeah, I saw that regarding Stanford not being able to host first and second rounds due to the PAC 12 gymnastics championships taking place at Maples Pavilion.

But, I get the feeling if a #7 seed is going to host in place of #2 seed Stanford, it will probably be Tennessee.

 

http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology
Creme's Friday bracket. Has six Big 12 teams in with ISU among the final four in. Big 12 teams are pretty well spread out.

South Carolina is #1 in our side of the bracket (we are #3) with Oregon State #2. BU would be waiting in the Final Four semis if we both get that far, if read the matchups correctly.

Can't wait til Monday to see who is actually coming to Austin and who are the potential matchups as we advance.

 

thanks to Slimecap on Baylorfans.com for the lead.
what to expect on Selection Monday
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-r...pns-ncaa-womens-basketball-selection-special/

 

I'd be willing to bet that Creme's prediction of the Ags coming to Austin as a #6 seed holds true.

 

Either we will be the team that had 19 game streak that valued every possession or not...to me it doesnt matter where we play. Would like to see Seniors win on their way out of the Drum. If we are the latter it wont matter....We will be very good where ever!!

 

As far as A&M is concerned, with 8 SEC teams projected to be in the tourney, the committee does try to spread them across the 4 different regions. So, that could impact where A&M goes. It does make perfect geographic sense to send them to Austin, but the bigger factor is where they place South Carolina and Mississippi State.

Plus, Baylor's seed and region are definitely not foregone conclusions just because Crème has them as the final #1 seed and going to Stockton. That could definitely have an impact on us.

 

Pretty much the way I feel about it as well. If we can find that Mid-February mojo again, we've got a great chance of making it to Dallas. If not, we may not get out of Austin. I'm sure hoping the rest over the past week serves us well.

 

We had a lot of ups and downs during that 19 game winning streak; we were far from perfect. Our best performance was in Waco; no t sure any other performance measures up.

 

Woohoo! We are not in UConn's regional!

 

I know Maryland schedule wasn't too tough but a "3 seed"....not sure bout that one. They did win 30 games...no easy feat

 

Well, with South Carolina tops in Stockton, that means Baylor is tops in OKC. And, that means we are going to be in the Lexington, KY regional (yet to be announced).

 

South Carolina draws the short end again. Three time zones away...but tix for OKC

 

I am glad the committee is sending a message that a such a weak OOC is not going to be rewarded with a very high seed; honestly, their power number don't even dictate them being a top 16 seed.

 

Guessing we're going to be in KY with MS State

 

No, with Notre Dame and Kentucky and Stanford.

 

Going to be fun to see Lville and BU tangle again. They might be the only fan base that hates BU & Mulkey more than we do

 

Baylor gets Miss. State., Washington, and Louisville. Both MSU and Udub have a post who can match up Kalani Brown.

 

So, that means either Ohio State or NC State is coming to Austin, I think.