Syracuse women Coach rips NCAA for Uconn games

[Drew0311]

Normally i don't get to far into this type of thing. However, this does feel a bit personal. They keep matching this coaches team up against UConn in the NCAA tourney. It's actually kind of funny to me. Probably not if you are her.

Syracuse coach calls NCAA bracket placement a 'personal attack' after third straight tournament loss to UConn

Syracuse women's basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack said repeated UConn NCAA Tournament matchups feel like a "personal attack" after another blowout loss to the Huskies.

www.foxnews.com

 

[intrepid27]

I'm not sure how much geography played a part (if any) in their past draws but I'd be frustrated too. The halftime score was 65-12.

 

[ISUTex]

Get a better seed so you can lose by 60 to them in the sweet 16 instead.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

cry me a river. play better and earn a better seed.

 

[cyclones500]

Normally i don't get to far into this type of thing. However, this does feel a bit personal. They keep matching this coaches team up against UConn in the NCAA tourney. It's actually kind of funny to me. Probably not if you are her.

Syracuse coach calls NCAA bracket placement a 'personal attack' after third straight tournament loss to UConn

Syracuse women's basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack said repeated UConn NCAA Tournament matchups feel like a "personal attack" after another blowout loss to the Huskies.

www.foxnews.com

Love the word-mangling in this segment:

... UConn put together a record 31-0 run in the first half, which eventually put the game out of reach before the third quarter begun.

(In addition, "which" seems to refer to "first half" and not the run itself. But I digress).

 

[NWICY]

One of the few times I've ever read about someone wanting to be placed further from home. If your not in the top 4 you don't have a chance this yr anyway. I was surprised Iowa lost yesterday in double OT. Bad day to forget how to shoot.

 

[VeloClone]

I disagree that it is a personal attack, but otherwise she has a pretty good point. It is a bit ridiculous to continue to put the same team in the Storrs bracket year, after year, after year. Give them an opportunity to play other teams.

For those saying she is soft, think back and remember the whining in this fanbase when ISU lost to the eventual national champ several times in the tournament in a short amount of years. And that was to a different team each time.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

Love the word-mangling in this segment:

... UConn put together a record 31-0 run in the first half, which eventually put the game out of reach before the third quarter begun.

(In addition, "which" seems to refer to "first half" and not the run itself. But I digress).

Do you expect more from that source?

 

[cyclonespiker33]

I disagree that it is a personal attack, but otherwise she has a pretty good point. It is a bit ridiculous to continue to put the same team in the Storrs bracket year, after year, after year. Give them an opportunity to play other teams.

For those saying she is soft, think back and remember the whining in this fanbase when ISU lost to the eventual national champ several times in the tournament in a short amount of years. And that was to a different team each time.

If her team had the resume of a 6 seed, I guarantee they wouldn't have played in Storrs.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

It's like the rest of the MVFC having to play NDSU and SDSU in the playoffs every year.

I get that you're trying to reduce travel but it becomes unfair after a while.

I totally get where she's coming from.

 

[Drew0311]

I just think in the womens game it's unfair. Womens basketball has 4 teams every season that can win it all. It's also the four teams every single year. I honestly think the womens game should either fix the problem with this or lower the number of teams in the field. Nobody likes getting 50 pointed and it happens a ton in the womens tourney.

 

[fcclone]

Syracuse only made the tournament 3 times in that six year time frame.

Placed In the same bracket 3 out of last 6 years doesn’t scream conspiracy to me. It isn’t like three consecutive years.

 

[cyclones500]

Do you expect more from that source?

I don't expect a whole lot of perfection from most sports writing sources these days, as it pertains to writing itself.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

I just think in the womens game it's unfair. Womens basketball has 4 teams every season that can win it all. It's also the four teams every single year. I honestly think the womens game should either fix the problem with this or lower the number of teams in the field. Nobody likes getting 50 pointed and it happens a ton in the womens tourney.

Plus you combine that with the women's game having home sites for the first two rounds so even less chance of upsets for the top teams.

Understandable why they did that given attendance and cost considerations, but at some point the women's tournament will need to move away from it if it seeks to continue growth

 

[throwittoblythe]

This is a total loser mentality. Not the message I would want to hear from my coach.

Yes, it sucks and is unfortunate you got put up against them a few times. Focus on what you control. Taking the approach of "the NCAA is conspiring against us" is such a poor sign of leadership.

 

[SolterraCyclone]

This is a total loser mentality. Not the message I would want to hear from my coach.

Yes, it sucks and is unfortunate you got put up against them a few times. Focus on what you control. Taking the approach of "the NCAA is conspiring against us" is such a poor sign of leadership.

This is a total tangent, but anytime I see a coach (Cronin, Hurley, this Syracuse coach ) whining about stuff, I think of this clip.

Say what you want about Gruden personally, but this was awesome leadership. I think TJ is a lot like this.

To set the stage, these guys were competing in a Ryder Cup golf tournament. The team’s best player, Luke Kwon, overslept his tee time in round 1 and they lost a match they expected to win. That toxicity trickled through the entire team and they were down big after the first round. Then Gruden came in before round 2.

 

[Drew0311]

This is a total loser mentality. Not the message I would want to hear from my coach.

Yes, it sucks and is unfortunate you got put up against them a few times. Focus on what you control. Taking the approach of "the NCAA is conspiring against us" is such a poor sign of leadership.

I think it is in the men’s game. The women’s game is so off whack because only four or five schools get the best recruits. Men’s game a team like Sienna can hang with Duke. Nobody is going to hang with UConn that is an average team like Iowa State or Syracuse. Uconn would beat most schools by 50 in the first round on their worst day

 

[VeloClone]

This is a total loser mentality. Not the message I would want to hear from my coach.

Yes, it sucks and is unfortunate you got put up against them a few times. Focus on what you control. Taking the approach of "the NCAA is conspiring against us" is such a poor sign of leadership.

I suppose you could say that and I would if she was crying about it before the game. But she put the best face on it and gave her team the best chance she could. But after the fact when it isn't going to distract her team to point it out is fair in my opinion.

 

[Cyballzz]

It's like the rest of the MVFC having to play NDSU and SDSU in the playoffs every year.

I get that you're trying to reduce travel but it becomes unfair after a while.

I totally get where she's coming from.

The thing is those MVC teams could absolutely beat teams outside of the MVC footprint; if you put that Syracuse team as a 9 against any of the other 1's you are getting a similar result to what happened to them last night.

That team wasn't going to magically get better because they had to play at UCLA or South Carolina instead. Its a larger problem with the women's game and that is what she should have probably pointed out.

 

[theshadow]

Syracuse only made the tournament 3 times in that six year time frame.

Placed In the same bracket 3 out of last 6 years doesn’t scream conspiracy to me. It isn’t like three consecutive years.

4 of the last 5 times they weren't a host, they ended up in UConn's pod.

2013 - #7, sent to Tennessee
2014 - #6, sent to Kentucky
2015 - #8, sent to South Carolina
2017 - #8, sent to UConn
2018 - #8, sent to Mississippi State
2021 - #8, in UConn's bracket (bubble tournament in San Antonio)
2024 - #6, sent to UConn
2026 - #9, sent to UConn

Perhaps the moral of the story is get off the 8/9 line. However, it's also true that the NCAA will keep an eye on regionality in order to save money.