Major upset in women's tourney

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

Jeff, I'm not saying this to start an argument, and I'm not even going to try to talk you into having any interest in women's ball. You can dislike it as much as you want to. But you did say that there aren't as many upsets in women's ball as in men's, so I just need to point out that...

Today the "Lady Vol's" (as the women's team from Tennessee is known) lost to Ball State from Muncie, Indiana. It was Ball State's first time ever in the tournament, and the first year ever that Tennessee didn't advance past the first round. I call that an upset!!

Here's a link just in case anyone's interested.

Ball State vs. Tennessee - Recap - March 22, 2009 - ESPN

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I am not sure why my name is even brought up if you want to talk about an upset.

Selective memory?

Originally Posted by JRutledge

For one the same teams are in the mix every year and there are not the upsets in the women's games like there are on the men's side.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Selective memory?

How many comments have been made about the game in this thread?

Did you post to talk about the game (which must be defended at all costs) or did you comment to make comments to me? Or is the just another example of my overall point I made in the first response?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

How many comments have been made about the game in this thread?

Did you post to talk about the game (which must be defended at all costs) or did you comment to make comments to me? Or is the just another example of my overall point I made in the first response?

You said you had no idea why your name was brought up regarding upsets. Having read your previous, um, discussion, it was obvious, to most, why your name was brought up. Just trying to help. For the record, I heartily agree that anyone attempting to put the women's game anywhere close to equal footing with the men has a lot of work to do.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

You said you had no idea why your name was brought up regarding upsets. Having read your previous, um, discussion, it was obvious, to most, why your name was brought up. Just trying to help.

I have no idea (and I was not upset or shocked when saying this), because if you want to talk about a game in any tournament, you should not bring up another issue and then get upset what that issue is the focus of your thread.

This is thread #9 and still no real talk about the game yet. There have been several men's tournament threads today. In each thread comments only about the games and the calls made in those games. I wonder when that will happen in this thread.

Maybe this is just another example of what I was saying earlier.

Peace

[JugglingReferee]

I hope that when the Ball State campus media covers the story, there is another Brian Collins.

Also, word to the Cardinals. Good job ladies!