The 2021 NCAA WBB Tournament Discussion Thread (Go Cyclones!)
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Oh, the historical throw-back videos during the game are going to be awesome!
About as good as you could expect getting the 7 seed. Avoiding the 8/9 and then a 1 seed is always preferable although this year the 1 seeds and 2 seeds are virtually interchangeable. A&M could have easily gotten flipped with South Carolina. Just want the ladies to win the first one and get a chance at it. Sucks going one and done, so let's at least grab the first win.
Not sure what I think of Michigan State. Their season was sorta disrupted by Covid postponements, as was about half the Big 10, and they didn't play a full conference slate and finished 9th at 8-7. They were 8th at 9-9 last year. Meh, sort of a middling team on both offense and defense within the Big 10. I don't remember watching them this season other than the last game against Iowa and loss to Michigan. I do remember while watching the Michigan rivalry game that Blue should have been beating them by a bigger margin. Michigan was just off an extended Covid hiatus. They don't have a dominate post nor do they play top defense.
Big 10 honors include these two for Sparty:
Nia Clouden 5'-8" junior guard was 1st team Big 10. 18.8 ppg which leads the Spartans
Julia Ayrault, 6'-2" sophomore guard was honorable mention Big 10. 9 ppg 4 rb
Big 10 honors include these two for Sparty:
Nia Clouden 5'-8" junior guard was 1st team Big 10. 18.8 ppg which leads the Spartans
Julia Ayrault, 6'-2" sophomore guard was honorable mention Big 10. 9 ppg 4 rb
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As always good takes acoustimac.
It appears both teams have their versions of Team A and Team B.
My sixth sense tells me which team's A version shows up will win the game.
MSU's head coach missed the Selection Show while waiting in line for a Covid-19 test.
The following link also contains a video of their coach's instant reaction to the matchup.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-drive-through-line-covid-19-test/4711014001/
The following link also contains a video of their coach's instant reaction to the matchup.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-drive-through-line-covid-19-test/4711014001/
MSU pretty sure that's the team we slapped the press on to come back and beat them at the end. I was watching it in a bar and thought I was the only one was watching since it was WBB that I had asked the bartender to turn on. I was pretty surprised when more people than me cheered when the ladies came back to get the W.
def agree. If we bring our A game we can play with anyone and beat most. If we don’t...the opposite is true.
Teams of interest:
Baylor 2
West Virginia 4
Iowa 5
Texas 6
Iowa State 7
Oklahoma State 8
Wyoming 14 (Heather Ezell's team)
Oklahoma #4 on list of first four out - apparently a standby team for the tourney per one tweet I saw
Drake WNIT
UNI WNIT
No Big 12 teams in WNIT, which makes sense if OU is a standby team.
Baylor 2
West Virginia 4
Iowa 5
Texas 6
Iowa State 7
Oklahoma State 8
Wyoming 14 (Heather Ezell's team)
Oklahoma #4 on list of first four out - apparently a standby team for the tourney per one tweet I saw
Drake WNIT
UNI WNIT
No Big 12 teams in WNIT, which makes sense if OU is a standby team.
WNIT just announced the 32 teams that will be participating in the upcoming WNIT tournament.
There's no Big12 team in the field. I wonder if OU is waiting as an NCAA tourney stand-by team (the last team of the first four out) to see they could take place of one of the qualifying teams that have to withdraw.
Drake and UNI will be playing.
Here's the complete list.
AQ’s (9)
Bowling Green (20-6), Mid-American
California Baptist (24-0), Western Athletic
Dayton (14-3), Atlantic 10
Delaware (21-4), Colonial
Louisiana (16-6), Sun Belt
New Mexico (15-4), Mountain West
Rice (18-4), Conference USA
Samford (14-9), Southern
UT Martin (20-5), Ohio Valley
At-Large (23)
Arizona State (11-10), Pac-12
Charlotte (10-10), Conference USA
Clemson (11-13), Atlantic Coast
Colorado (10-10), Pac-12
Creighton (9-11), Big East
DePaul (14-8), Big East
Drake (16-11), Missouri Valley
Florida (11-13), SEC
Fordham (12-4), Atlantic 10
Fresno State (16-10), Mountain West
Houston (16-7), American
Illinois State (15-7), Missouri Valley
Milwaukee (19-7), Horizon
Missouri (9-11), SEC
Nebraska (12-12), Big Ten
Northern Iowa (14-12), Missouri Valley
Ohio (14-8), Mid-American
Ole Miss (11-11), SEC
Saint Louis (12-4), Atlantic 10
San Francisco (15-10), West Coast
Tulane (17-8), American
UMass (14-7), Atlantic 10
Villanova (15-6), Big East
Here's the WNIT Bracket
Both Drake and UNI are in the Rockford (IL) Region. Drake will play Milwaukee (the only team that ISU trails behind in free-throw percentage among NCAA D1 schools) and UNI will face Dayton in the first round.
There's no Big12 team in the field. I wonder if OU is waiting as an NCAA tourney stand-by team (the last team of the first four out) to see they could take place of one of the qualifying teams that have to withdraw.
Drake and UNI will be playing.
Here's the complete list.
AQ’s (9)
Bowling Green (20-6), Mid-American
California Baptist (24-0), Western Athletic
Dayton (14-3), Atlantic 10
Delaware (21-4), Colonial
Louisiana (16-6), Sun Belt
New Mexico (15-4), Mountain West
Rice (18-4), Conference USA
Samford (14-9), Southern
UT Martin (20-5), Ohio Valley
At-Large (23)
Arizona State (11-10), Pac-12
Charlotte (10-10), Conference USA
Clemson (11-13), Atlantic Coast
Colorado (10-10), Pac-12
Creighton (9-11), Big East
DePaul (14-8), Big East
Drake (16-11), Missouri Valley
Florida (11-13), SEC
Fordham (12-4), Atlantic 10
Fresno State (16-10), Mountain West
Houston (16-7), American
Illinois State (15-7), Missouri Valley
Milwaukee (19-7), Horizon
Missouri (9-11), SEC
Nebraska (12-12), Big Ten
Northern Iowa (14-12), Missouri Valley
Ohio (14-8), Mid-American
Ole Miss (11-11), SEC
Saint Louis (12-4), Atlantic 10
San Francisco (15-10), West Coast
Tulane (17-8), American
UMass (14-7), Atlantic 10
Villanova (15-6), Big East
Here's the WNIT Bracket
Both Drake and UNI are in the Rockford (IL) Region. Drake will play Milwaukee (the only team that ISU trails behind in free-throw percentage among NCAA D1 schools) and UNI will face Dayton in the first round.
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South Dakota State Jackrabbits in as 9 seed. So only our loss to the Sooners was to a non-tournament team which is also our only Quadrant 2 loss. Not sure Sooners should be on that alternate bubble, just my take, unless you cut them Covid impacts slack.
No wonder you and I get along. Sounds just like me. I'm always getting a TV switched to WBB game while everybody else is watching some Pro display. I've lost what casual interest I had in Pro basketball after all this political stuff they want to preach to me.
In 2005 when Baylor was in the NC champioship game and was playing Michigan ST (ISU's next opponent) I was in a bbq/sports bar and I got my buddy to switch the big screen to that game. Wasn't long people starting asking for the TV in their area to be put on the same channel. Before long every TV in the place was tuned in and the volume was cranked up. There were people in there who'd never watched WBB before who got all into it and were yelling like Apache savages. After that game I vowed if ever again there was a team that I liked and it was playing in a big tournament I'd always make it a point to be there. I'm pretty sure I've kept my vow.
Baylor put a whipping on MSU that day. So C'mon Twister Sisters you need to do the same. Give em a taste of that Big12 power.
I don't want to post this in the MBB forum because I share the same feeling. Here's our WBB coaches and other staff's reaction to Coach Prohm leaving our men's program.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisMWilliams/status/1371639210780790785
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisMWilliams/status/1371639210780790785
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I was wondering whether we had any idea of which of those days? I'd prefer not to travel on the 26th and 31st and need to pay another hotel night.
