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Volfan2012 said:
You wonder who the number one seeds will be right now the number four would probably draw UConn as a two seed although UConn could still drop down below a five overall and get in another one seeds bracket. I guarantee the team that draws them as their two seed will be the unhappiest team in the tourney.
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UCONN likely ends up in Fort Wayne as a 2 if Louisville gets a 1 seed. Right now barring something strange, Oregon will be #1 in Portland, SC in SC, and Baylor in Dallas. The other #1, likely Louisville or Stanford right now, gets the last seed in Fort Wayne.

The number 2 seeds do not go to their region based on S-curve, it's based on proximity to their campus. So, if Louisville is a #1 and Stanford #2, Stanford will get the 2 seed in the region closest to home, which is Portland. They likely will not go to Portland to avoid an all PAC Elite 8, but as a result they'll go to the next closest location which is Dallas. The 2nd #2 seed (could be a number of teams but likely UCONN/NC State/Maryland/Oregon State) get to go to the closest regional besides Dallas, and so on. Every potential 2 seed has a regional closer to their campus than Fort Wayne, except for UCONN and Louisville. So if Louisville finishes ahead of UCONN but as a 2 seed, they'll play in Fort Wayne. If Louisville gets a 1 seed and UCONN is still on the 2 line, I think there is a good chance they end up in Fort Wayne.

The significance of this is that whoever gets Fort Wayne has a GREAT shot to make the Final Four. Louisville doesn't appear to be nearly as strong as the big 3, and the other 3 are all playing within 2 hours of home and will have a home atmosphere. It's going to take somewhat of a miracle IMO for any of the 2 or 3 seeds to upset SC/Baylor/Oregon on the road in regionals. That said, there are still a lot of games left to be played and who knows what can happen. For all we know UCONN could win next week and SC could stumble to finish the year.
 
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bballnut90 said:
UCONN likely ends up in Fort Wayne as a 2 if Louisville gets a 1 seed. Right now barring something strange, Oregon will be #1 in Portland, SC in SC, and Baylor in Dallas. The other #1, likely Louisville or Stanford right now, gets the last seed in Fort Wayne.

The number 2 seeds do not go to their region based on S-curve, it's based on proximity to their campus. So, if Louisville is a #1 and Stanford #2, Stanford will get the 2 seed in the region closest to home, which is Portland. They likely will not go to Portland to avoid an all PAC Elite 8, but as a result they'll go to the next closest location which is Dallas. The 2nd #2 seed (could be a number of teams but likely UCONN/NC State/Maryland/Oregon State) get to go to the closest regional besides Dallas, and so on. Every potential 2 seed has a regional closer to their campus than Fort Wayne, except for UCONN and Louisville. So if Louisville finishes ahead of UCONN but as a 2 seed, they'll play in Fort Wayne. If Louisville gets a 1 seed and UCONN is still on the 2 line, I think there is a good chance they end up in Fort Wayne.

The significance of this is that whoever gets Fort Wayne has a GREAT shot to make the Final Four. Louisville doesn't appear to be nearly as strong as the big 3, and the other 3 are all playing within 2 hours of home and will have a home atmosphere. It's going to take somewhat of a miracle IMO for any of the 2 or 3 seeds to upset SC/Baylor/Oregon on the road in regionals. That said, there are still a lot of games left to be played and who knows what can happen. For all we know UCONN could win next week and SC could stumble to finish the year.
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Right still a lot to be decided the only certain thing doubt any number one wants UConn as their number two.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Oregon doesn't shoot the 3 well? They shoot 37% from deep for the season (including last night's game) and only shot 30% last night. That's a pretty damn big drop off a good clip. Satou and Sabrina are shooting the 3 worse this season than they did last season, and it's the same easy looks. Sabrina was 4-12 from the floor, and we all know she's better than that.

Crystal and Anna both hit some very difficult, tightly contested shots that would not be considered good shoots, but managed to find the bottom of the net. Crystal eventually cooled off, but her 2nd-4th made 3s were a ridiculously high difficulty level.
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As a Oregon homer, I'll chime in on this. @Amb3096 is right, this wasn't Oregon's A game offensively. Their shooting beyond the arc has been down all season--but not this much--and Ionescu has in fact been shooting about 40% from 3 since the beginning of January, and well over 50% from the floor overall during that time as well. So this was indeed a below average outing for her offensively. What has changed since last year--really since the loss to Arizona State--is the team's ability to win when its not firing on all cylinders offensively (or, more accurately, from distance). In both wins over Oregon State, for example, Oregon actually had the lower shooting percentage, and, last year, that would almost surely have led to a loss. The difference is defense and rebounding, the first of which has in the past not been anything to write home about. Now, it (sometimes) is. In some ways, Sabally is the team writ small: her shooting is down (dramatically from 3, a bit overall), but her overall contribution is considerably greater--on the boards, posting up, driving, on defense, and even as a passer. The team can certainly score--the average points/game is in fact very close to last year's and, against Stanford, Oregon scored on 24 of 26 possessions during a nine minute period in the second half--but they have also been able to win "ugly." The UCONN game wasn't that, but it also wasn't Oregon's best offensively.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Oregon doesn't shoot the 3 well? They shoot 37% from deep for the season (including last night's game) and only shot 30% last night. That's a pretty damn big drop off a good clip. Satou and Sabrina are shooting the 3 worse this season than they did last season, and it's the same easy looks. Sabrina was 4-12 from the floor, and we all know she's better than that.

Crystal and Anna both hit some very difficult, tightly contested shots that would not be considered good shoots, but managed to find the bottom of the net. Crystal eventually cooled off, but her 2nd-4th made 3s were a ridiculously high difficulty level.
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The starters shot what they usually do. 35%. Same from the field. The starters shot 51%. It wasn't a terrible shooting night. But this is just looking at the numbers differently. I see what you are saying. I just don't agree.

Crystal has been making tough threes all season. It wasn't almost fluke-like.

It was a bad enough game for UConn. I don't see the need to try to make it worse...lol. Yeah, I know, it's a Tennessee board and I should go to the Boneyard (where I never post)......
 
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NewDog said:
The starters shot what they usually do. 35%. Same from the field. The starters shot 51%. It wasn't a terrible shooting night. But this is just looking at the numbers differently. I see what you are saying. I just don't agree.

Crystal has been making tough threes all season. It wasn't almost fluke-like.

It was a bad enough game for UConn. I don't see the need to try to make it worse...lol. Yeah, I know, it's a Tennessee board and I should go to the Boneyard (where I never post)......
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It's no different than if I said that UConn played well in comfortably beating Tennessee. They played an ugly game, but won. Oregon was no different. Their two leading scorers both shot poorly. There's no denying that. The difference was that Ruthie had a monster game.
 
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Amb3096 said:
It's no different than if I said that UConn played well in comfortably beating Tennessee. They played an ugly game, but won. Oregon was no different. Their two leading scorers both shot poorly. There's no denying that. The difference was that Ruthie had a monster game.
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She was fantastic! However, she is also the second leading scorer on the team and didn’t shoot poorly.
 
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NewDog said:
She was fantastic! However, she is also the second leading scorer on the team and didn’t shoot poorly.
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According to their website, Ruthie is their 3rd leading scorer. Leading scorer Sabrina went 4-12 from the floor. Second leading scorer Satou went 6-17. They both normally shoot around 50%. They didn't play well overall, even if they did do other things well. Not sure how much more clearly I can point that out.
 
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What I think killed Uconn was Moore. She looked like an All American. Uconn had no match for her. UO impressed me with their passing, all the players. Uconn had the ball covered with double teams which UO passed out of remarkably well for Hebard layups.
 
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Amb3096 said:
According to their website, Ruthie is their 3rd leading scorer. Leading scorer Sabrina went 4-12 from the floor. Second leading scorer Satou went 6-17. They both normally shoot around 50%. They didn't play well overall, even if they did do other things well. Not sure how much more clearly I can point that out.
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When I last looked Hebard was the second leading scorer. My bad.
 
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The individual match ups from team to team are what effect a teams performance more than anything. The off nights happen...but sometimes they happen as a result of a match up. If a teams runs you tired...or if they out rebound you...or their best player has the toughest defender they have faced, it can all effect the game. It might not effect a win but it may turn it into an ugly win. These elite programs run into that when they face elite programs that match up better. You can't say one team is better because of the "like" opponent scores. The defense will be different and that will make the offense different.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Right still a lot to be decided the only certain thing doubt any number one wants UConn as their number two.
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If I'm Baylor or Oregon I'd love them in my bracket (at home) over the likes of Louisville and possibly Stanford. Both teams handily beat the Huskies (by 16 and 18 points) on the road while Oregon lost to Louisville on a neutral court. UCONN just isn't the same team we've gotten to know the last 10-12 years.
 
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bballnut90 said:
If I'm Baylor or Oregon I'd love them in my bracket (at home) over the likes of Louisville and possibly Stanford. Both teams handily beat the Huskies (by 16 and 18 points) on the road while Oregon lost to Louisville on a neutral court. UCONN just isn't the same team we've gotten to know the last 10-12 years.
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Uconn will have stars next yr. I wonder how much Wesbrok will play next yr if she stays.
 
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bballnut90 said:
If I'm Baylor or Oregon I'd love them in my bracket (at home) over the likes of Louisville and possibly Stanford. Both teams handily beat the Huskies (by 16 and 18 points) on the road while Oregon lost to Louisville on a neutral court. UCONN just isn't the same team we've gotten to know the last 10-12 years.
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True those number ones they recruited haven't been or played like number ones. If you look at the recruiting sites their players at least the top five are all top ten or better players and two numbers ones. They only have a couple of effective players off the bench. All those highly ranked ranked players have not played to their ratings coming out of high school.
 
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sisaq said:
Uconn will have stars next yr. I wonder how much Wesbrok will play next yr if she stays.
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I think she will play. She will have an advantage of having a year of time in their system over the incoming freshmen. Now her senior year might be a different story.
 
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NewDog said:
I’d be remiss as a UConn fan not to point out that they have commitments from No. 4 DeBerry and No.10 Poffenbargerger from the 2021 class. If Fudd commits? Wow.
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And we’d be remiss not to remind you that this is a 2021 Lady Vol Recruiting thread... Wow

But since we are off topic how about that haul for Oregon like they needed anymore talent. Geez
 
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VA_VOLFAN said:
And we’d be remiss not to remind you that this is a 2021 Lady Vol Recruiting thread... Wow

But since we are off topic how about that haul for Oregon like they needed anymore talent. Geez
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Sorry, I thought I was in the Non-lady vol thread. My bad. Blame it on old age.

Oregon is a powerhouse program now.
 
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NewDog said:
Sorry, I thought I was in the Non-lady vol thread. My bad. Blame it on old age.

Oregon is a powerhouse program now.
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I was just messing wit ya! We will blame it on lack of coffee 😂

I know😩 add another 5 McDonald’s AA with a coach who can can and it may be a couple of Nattys in their future... ugh
 
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NewDog said:
I’d be remiss as a UConn fan not to point out that they have commitments from No. 4 DeBerry and No.10 Poffenbargerger from the 2021 class. If Fudd commits? Wow.
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I'd say looking really good for UConn, but there is still the fact that players have to develop at the next level. All your players now are at the same level or higher when they were recruits coming out of high school. Sometimes it does not turn into domination and actually it will not. Parity is now here and there will be players ranked in the 50's maybe lower that turn into as great as players ranked in the top ten. There want be as many but I can name you a dozen or more playing like that now. In the last few years the number one rated player hasn't been the best player and several in the top ten have not lived up to their ranking. Of course there is a higher level or success so the class UConn is putting together does look very promising.
 
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UCONN will be loaded until Auriemma retires if they never sign anyone beyond 2021. That's just the hard truth.
 
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creekdipper said:
UCONN will be loaded until Auriemma retires if they never sign anyone beyond 2021. That's just the hard truth.
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That was always true in the past, probably not anymore. There used to be just a few great college WBB teams capable of truly winning it each year, and UCONN sat on top of that very short list. There are more programs now that can legit recruit with quality coaching in place. The game is growing, attendance at many schools is remarkable compared to ten years ago. UCONN does not get the "go straight to NCAA Finals" card anymore... In case anyone is counting, its already been 3 years since they made the finals and unless I am mistaken, this will be the 4th straight year. I'm gonna go on a limb here and say that is a telling fact which lends itself to the growth of the sport, it is becoming a much more competitive landscape.
 
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Hayley Jones of Stanford has a knee problem as well and is out Stanford not saying much about if she is out for the season but some others don't think she want return this season.
 
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