Agree...Shepard "scorched earth'd" Nebraska and Coach Yori, and then got a free pass to an "understanding" ND, who has now become my most disliked women's team.
Women's NCAA Hoops Tournament
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You'd have to reduce it a LOT. It's at 15 right now and most schools don't even use all of them. Baylor had a 10 gal roster this year and UCONN has 12 on their Final Four team. Texas and ND did have 14, I assume they are all scholarship since neither school needs to be concerned about cost. Don't see that cutting scholarships to 12 or so would accomplish much. You could cut it the men's level of 13 and not impact things at all.
Talent is part of it, but so is coaching. Geno is just a tremendous coach. Look at the intensity of Connecticut compared to others.
The big advantage on the women's side is the ability to use a practice squad. You don't have to have any of your players practice against your starters and practice as the other team when you have a squad of guys do it. I agree there is no reason for the number of scholarships in WBB.
I didn't realize the WNBA used this practice as well until the T-Wolves drafted Tyus and they kept talking about how he used to be a Lynx practice squad member.
Miss St does have the key ingredient to beat UConn...a dude playing center.
I didn’t care who won but so many bad and missed calls. Even the steal and layup to put it into overtime the girl took four steps on that layup. No call
I caught most of the 4th quarter and the OT. Phenomenal game to watch - lots of drama. In the end, ND hit enough clutch shots.
It's been a great tournament - both semifinal games go to OT. Would hope the men's semis today could be as good.
We saw the last minute of regulation in the ND/UCONN game, then the last minute or so in OT. I'm SO glad UCONN didn't win. I'll actually watch the title game now. Had Connecticut made it there, I probably wouldn't pay any attention.
The Louisville/MSU game was pretty good from the little bits I saw, also. It didn't matter to me a whole lot who won that game because I don't have a big reason to either dislike or love either team.
The officiating has been (predictably) truly terrible. Yup, these are the "best" the profession has to offer.
The Louisville/MSU game was pretty good from the little bits I saw, also. It didn't matter to me a whole lot who won that game because I don't have a big reason to either dislike or love either team.
The officiating has been (predictably) truly terrible. Yup, these are the "best" the profession has to offer.
Practicing against men probably makes the 1st 5-7 players better. The remainder stay stagnant because they rarely have an opportunity to scrimmage during the season when coaching is available. So Notre Dame and UConn square off and use only 6 players each. Go ahead and tell me this bodes well for the sport of women's basketball.
Um surely you know I was talking in general terms here. Two teams that win alot! Just a simple comparison.
