The Women Screw It Up Again (NCAA)

I know ... they should just go back to the way it was years ago: if you're a top 4 seed, you get to host 1st and 2nd round games so you avoid situations like this.

 

I would agree with that, though there was something that made watching Muffet McGraw and company go down on their home court today a little extra special........

 

I'll take it one step farther -- Joanne P. McCallie left Michigan State two years ago to coach at Duke. Think the kind folks in the Izzone won't have a few nasty things to say to her on Tuesday night when Sparty takes on the Dukies in Round 2?

I hate, hate, hate the women's selection committee rule that says if Team A is a first-round host, and Team A makes the field, that team HAS to play at home. Even if they're a 16 seed. I understand why the NCAA does it -- a flat-out cash grab because the interest likely isn't there for most neutral sites -- but that doesn't mean I agree with it.

 

Jacks win by 35 after leading by 40+ most of the second half.

Seven seed, my ass.

Bring on Baylor.

 

Mississippi State women handed tradition-rich Texas program a loss at Berkeley Regional last nite.
Huge win for tradition-starved MSU ladies.

 

I think Utah, San Diego State and Gonzaga all made similar statements

 

That and they also benefitted from the fact that Gail Goestenokoroallrosiyanaiutnainddous brought her NCAA Tournament choking ways along with her from Duke......

 

Gail can coach, but I'd have to research closer to see if she indeed loses most of her big games.

 

The fact that she never won a national title at Duke and the number of times the Blue Devils lost in heartbreaking -- or flatout choking, like when they lost to Rutgers -- fashion is amazing given how good they were in the regular season every year she was there.

She should have won at least one or even two considering the talent she had some years and she should have been to at least two more Final Fours.

 

I'm in late on this, but wouldn't it make the most sense to put Tennessee and UConn in separate regions to try to make a great matchup in the Final Four and help ESPN out?

 

markvid: Tennessee will be fortunate to get out of the first weekend and lucky to get to the Elite 8. It would take an act of seven gods to get to the title game. So a Tenn-Conn final would be too unlikely to set up

 

True, but isn't it more of a marquee and a better story if it happens later?