2011 NCAAW Sweet 16

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

As expected by many, Gonzaga rides the home town advantage to a third tourney win. When will NCAAW reach the level at which it can prevent this injustice?

Injustice??

Seriously?

You honestly believe that this rises to the level of an injustice?

Wow...like I stated before, the NCAA will site these games where they KNOW they can draw a good crowd. Spokane has been good them before and is doing so again. Place has sold out (or close to it) for all of the games.

If you are wondering why, then you have never been to Spokane before. There ain't much else to do there.

[jbduke]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Injustice??

Seriously?

You honestly believe that this rises to the level of an injustice?

Wow...like I stated before, the NCAA will site these games where they KNOW they can draw a good crowd. Spokane has been good them before and is doing so again. Place has sold out (or close to it) for all of the games.

If you are wondering why, then you have never been to Spokane before. There ain't much else to do there.

Nevada didn't write that he couldn't understand why this happened, he wrote that the circumstance was unjust. And I completely agree with him. Gonzaga got to play home games at a regional. And not just a de facto home game or games, a la Baylor's men at the 2010 South Regional in Houston. No, we're talking the actual home court. If you're Louisville, you have to wonder why they didn't just drop the pretense and let Gonzaga wear the whites.

On the men's side, this is strictly prohibited. Seeding and bracketing would be turned upside down before this were allowed to happen. But on the women's side it's allowed, for purely market reasons.

All of which brings us back to Nevada's original question: when will the women's game get to the point at which this doesn't happen? My guess is that it won't ever happen. The women's basketball committee may be making the right decision in the short run to allow situations like the above to continue to happen, but in the long run what the sport needs is to be taken seriously by a broader audience. And allowing situations like the one above doesn't help.

[Raymond]

I tried watching some of ND/Tenn but Dayton has absolutely the worst camera positions. Probably why I never watch the play-in games.

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I tried watching some of ND/Tenn but Dayton has absolutely the worst camera positions. Probably why I never watch the play-in games.

They do it to protect the production equipment from Pat Summit's STARE!!!

Looks like I missed on the A and M / UGA game, by a whisker!! They must have still been in awe of Hershel Walker!

[Judtech]

Nikki Caldwell, how YOU doin

[Rich]

This is almost unwatchable.

[Raymond]

I might watch a Final Four game if Baylor plays UConn.

[Rich]

Oooh, Pat's cranky.

[dsqrddgd909]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Oooh, Pat's cranky.

Very! The play with the T...did anyone have a double foul there?

[River Ref]

Ya suppose Pat is "Sick to her stomach"now! I still like her though. A great all time coach.

[APG]

Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

Very! The play with the T...did anyone have a double foul there?

I actually had the channel tuned in when this play occurred. If I remember correctly the defender pulled the offensive player to the ground as she herself was losing balance. Looked like a solid call to me. Now if you want to maybe say give the defender a T for her little push that preceded the response from the Tennessee player, then I would have no problem with that.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

I actually had the channel tuned in when this play occurred. If I remember correctly the defender pulled the offensive player to the ground as she herself was losing balance. Looked like a solid call to me. Now if you want to maybe say give the defender a T for her little push that preceded the response from the Tennessee player, then I would have no problem with that.

I liked the calls all through the play. The original foul on the ND player and then the unsporting T on the Tennessee player for getting in the ND player's face and screaming. I have no problem with the ND player pushing the Tennessee player since she was laying on top of her.

[APG]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I liked the calls all through the play. The original foul on the ND player and then the unsporting T on the Tennessee player for getting in the ND player's face and screaming. I have no problem with the ND player pushing the Tennessee player since she was laying on top of her.

I had no problem with the pass on it either...The Tennessee player took that little push and went DEFCOM 1 on the ND player. Tennessee coach was NOT a fan of that call haha

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

I had no problem with the pass on it either...The Tennessee player took that little push and went DEFCOM 1 on the ND player. Tennessee coach was NOT a fan of that call haha

I saw the clip and the Tennessee player was no longer on top of the ND player -- she was hovering over her. I could see a double technical, but like the single technical that was actually called.

[grunewar]

And for those of you who said the #1 seeds always win. See there, Tenn fell before the Final Four - Rare, but hey, it happens!