Oso planning to go pro
So we're a 10-seed, playing VaTech on Sunday, with the winner having to play Baylor, right?Don't know anything about VaTech, but Baylor is never fun.
Kim Adams gives her thoughts about MUWBB seed:https://twitter.com/Kim_Adams1/status/1371605923714768896?s=19
They were projected as an 8/9 seed most of the year - the 10 could have been a procedural bump. It's also not that much different than an 8/9. I don't think I'd say they were disrespected. Their best win was at DePaul and then DePaul fell apart making that win not look the greatest. Also, the Big East wasn't very strong as shown by the fact that only two teams made the NCAA Tournament.
Marquette was one of the last four teams in. What a joke.
I'm curious about the margin of loss to UConn in Big East Title game. It appears with some of the Men and Women's conference tourneys, margin of victory seemed to be a factor a little bit. As we discussed prior to today, I wasn't too concerned about 1 v 8 type game because the 2 seeds are very good too. I am a fan of playing new teams when possible in NCAA's compared to teams played in regular season. And yep, DePaul's NCAA streak ends after 17 straight.
No DePaul, disappointing.
Coach Staley wrote a letter.https://twitter.com/dawnstaley/status/1373064039211876358?s=20Really in this day and age, I can't believe that the NCAA would be this dumb.
Leading rebounder and 2nd leading scorer junior Imani Lewis has entered the transfer portal:https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/basketball/women/forward-imani-lewis-leaves-badgers-womens-basketball-team/article_187cb0ab-fac6-5fb0-a616-3a807fb32b96.htmlWow - I had forgotten how long ago Jane Albright coached at UW - she was there 1994-2003. They haven't reached the success she had there since then. Lisa Stone was there for 8 seasons after her and then Bobbi Kelsey and Jonathan Tisipis each were there for 5 seasons.
Lisa Stone's first two WNIT opponents this year were DePaul and UWM.
This is a hell of a column by the talented Sally Jenkins:+++
I guess will let the Mens program hang by a thread at the Al while the Women are playing super basketball here at the bar which I thought is the place to talk about all things not Marquette Basketball....but what do I know.
Did the NCAA not see that this was going to be a problem? How can you run semi-bubbled tournaments at the same exact time and have clear differences in the quality of accommodations and testing?