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PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right
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thesportscritic wrote:this week according to http://www.collegerpi.com/women we are still projected as a 9 seed playing against 8 seed Texas.That would be fun in the Sly household.
olldflame wrote:The way NCAA WBB is today, an 8 or 9 seed is really horrible as far as any chance to advance very far, because although you have a winnable first round game, you will be facing a juggernaut in the second round. The reality is that there is a huge dropoff in talent level after about the first 3 seeds (12 overall). We would be much better off with a 12 or 13 seed. The first round game against a 4 or 5 is still winnable, and you get a similarly seeded opponent (or another upset winner) in the second round.I disagree with this. We’ve only won an NCAA tourney game in one season. One! One in all our years of success! If we were to get an 8/9 seed that would be huge in terms of chances to win a game. Some people on this board think we should be in the sweet 16 and beyond every year. Unrealistic.
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jcmanson wrote:Note the highlighted part of my OP. Of course it would be a huge feather in the cap of our program in and of itself to get a higher seed; but in the current landscape of women's basketball, a huge disproportion of talent is in the top few programs, with a lot of parity in the next 30 or 40. I don't believe there is that much difference between playing an 8 or a 5 in the first round, and a huge difference between playing a 4/5/6 as opposed to a 1/2/3 in the second round if you win in the first.olldflame wrote:The way NCAA WBB is today, an 8 or 9 seed is really horrible as far as any chance to advance very far, because although you have a winnable first round game, you will be facing a juggernaut in the second round. The reality is that there is a huge dropoff in talent level after about the first 3 seeds (12 overall). We would be much better off with a 12 or 13 seed. The first round game against a 4 or 5 is still winnable, and you get a similarly seeded opponent (or another upset winner) in the second round.I disagree with this. We’ve only won an NCAA tourney game in one season. One! One in all our years of success! If we were to get an 8/9 seed that would be huge in terms of chances to win a game. Some people on this board think we should be in the sweet 16 and beyond every year. Unrealistic.
Plus, the higher seed we are able to earn, the better our chances of getting higher seeds in future years.
jcmanson wrote:Sorry i agree with oldflame....the 8/9 game would be awful to get. Im not saying i got unrealistic expectations, but to have any shot at winning more than 1 game i agree you want to stay away from the top 12 teams if you can.olldflame wrote:The way NCAA WBB is today, an 8 or 9 seed is really horrible as far as any chance to advance very far, because although you have a winnable first round game, you will be facing a juggernaut in the second round. The reality is that there is a huge dropoff in talent level after about the first 3 seeds (12 overall). We would be much better off with a 12 or 13 seed. The first round game against a 4 or 5 is still winnable, and you get a similarly seeded opponent (or another upset winner) in the second round.I disagree with this. We’ve only won an NCAA tourney game in one season. One! One in all our years of success! If we were to get an 8/9 seed that would be huge in terms of chances to win a game. Some people on this board think we should be in the sweet 16 and beyond every year. Unrealistic.
Plus, the higher seed we are able to earn, the better our chances of getting higher seeds in future years.
Rocketfan wrote:For advancing past the 2nd round, yes the 8/9 game would be awful, but to get to the 2nd round (which would be a HUGE accomplishment considering it's only been done one other time) the 8/9 would be better than anything else we would get.jcmanson wrote:Sorry i agree with oldflame....the 8/9 game would be awful to get. Im not saying i got unrealistic expectations, but to have any shot at winning more than 1 game i agree you want to stay away from the top 12 teams if you can.olldflame wrote:The way NCAA WBB is today, an 8 or 9 seed is really horrible as far as any chance to advance very far, because although you have a winnable first round game, you will be facing a juggernaut in the second round. The reality is that there is a huge dropoff in talent level after about the first 3 seeds (12 overall). We would be much better off with a 12 or 13 seed. The first round game against a 4 or 5 is still winnable, and you get a similarly seeded opponent (or another upset winner) in the second round.I disagree with this. We’ve only won an NCAA tourney game in one season. One! One in all our years of success! If we were to get an 8/9 seed that would be huge in terms of chances to win a game. Some people on this board think we should be in the sweet 16 and beyond every year. Unrealistic.
Plus, the higher seed we are able to earn, the better our chances of getting higher seeds in future years.
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olldflame wrote:IMHO, if we were to win out and get upset in the finals of the BSC tourney, we would have a good case for an at large.Im afraid thats the only case though. Otherwise i see pretty much no chance of an at large...
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