South Side Hit Men Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 Iowa takes on 16 Holy Cross Saturday at 2 PM CDT on ABC, Iowa currently is a 36 1/2 point favorite, with an O/U of 154. https://awfulannouncing.com/college-basketball/caitlin-clark-womens-championship-game-viewership-mens-outdraw.html 2023-2024 NCAA Basketball - Top four highest average viewer totals (Regular Season through Conference Championships): 5.18M Men's 11/23/23 FOX: Arizona 74 vs. Michigan State 68 - Followed Fox NFL Thanksgiving Day Broadcast - Game Played in Palm Springs, California 3.39M Women's 3/3/24 FOX: Iowa 93 vs. Thee Ohio State University 83 3.08M Men's 3/9/24 ESPN: North Carolina 84 at Duke 79 3.02M Women's 3/10/24 CBS: Iowa 94 vs. Nebraska 89 OT - Big Ten Championship Game in Minneapolis, Minnesota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettie4sox Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 20 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Forget it, he's rolling. So I tried something different this year. Instead of picking individual games, I kind of packaged up some groups of games to see if I could turn an overall profit. I took each of the top 10 most likely upsets at to win odds. I also did the same for all of the 2 seeds. If one of the 2's gets upset, it pays off for at least 2:1 I think I need 2 to 3 of the decent upsets to pay off for all 10. Welcome to degeneracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Great resilience/perseverance by NW. Obviously tough game next but Collins has another big NCAA victory for the Cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Iowa State women with the second biggest comeback in NCAA history. Down 20 in the first half to MD...win by 7. Middle Tennessee State overcame an 18 point deficit to take out Louisville...have won over twenty in a row now. LSU in Baton Rouge next up. Down goes Bruce Pearl...Auburn losing to Yale biggest upset on men's side so far today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 James Madison giving WI fits early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) Most-watched women’s CBB games (2023-’24) Game TV Viewers Ohio State vs Iowa FOX 3.39 million Big Ten Championship CBS 3.021 million Iowa vs Nebraska FOX 1.772 million Iowa at Ohio State NBC 1.857 million Iowa vs Maryland FOX 1.58 million LSU vs South Carolina ESPN 1.56 million Thu, Jan 25 ESPN South Carolina vs. LSU 1.6 million Sun, Feb 11 ESPN UConn vs. South Carolina 1.1 million COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The ratings are in for Sunday's SEC Tournament Championship between the South Carolina and LSU women's basketball teams... and they are big. Sunday's showdown between the last two national champions delivered an average audience of 1.96 million viewers. Edited March 23 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Stop trying to make me hate Caitlin Clark 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 4 hours ago, fathom said: Stop trying to make me hate Caitlin Clark I didn't even comment (hardly) when she broke all those records. If anything...she's suffering a bit from overexposure. Somehow have a feeling that the media will continue to push S.Carolina and LSU as the villains...there will be a backlash to that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 3 hours ago, caulfield12 said: I didn't even comment (hardly) when she broke all those records. If anything...she's suffering a bit from overexposure. Somehow have a feeling that the media will continue to push S.Carolina and LSU as the villains...there will be a backlash to that as well. It’s 1861 all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Oakland NC State is fun..not sure about that last call that sent it into OT though. But Gene Steratore is almost always right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Great Oregon Creighton game in OT. Now double overtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 4 hours ago, Milkman delivers said: It’s 1861 all over again. Wait for the hit piece on Mulkey in the Washington Post to land when LSU is about to play UCLA. Fwiw...upcoming Kirsten Dunst-led Civil War movie has Texas and California as the two runaway states... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 8 hours ago, caulfield12 said: I didn't even comment (hardly) when she broke all those records. If anything...she's suffering a bit from overexposure. Somehow have a feeling that the media will continue to push S.Carolina and LSU as the villains...there will be a backlash to that as well. A BIT?? I'd be content to never hear about her again, which is sad because it isn't really her fault that the media is falling over themselves to echo chamber anything attached to her name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, Capn12 said: A BIT?? I'd be content to never hear about her again, which is sad because it isn't really her fault that the media is falling over themselves to echo chamber anything attached to her name. Can't even keep track of it at this point with Gainbridge Nike Xfinity new State Farm Panini/Topps...not only media but this whole new NIL landscape. Ofc NIL works the other way as well, with Kadyn Proctor committing twice to Iowa without ever having practiced a single day with the team. Edited March 24 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 8 hours ago, caulfield12 said: I didn't even comment (hardly) when she broke all those records. If anything...she's suffering a bit from overexposure. Somehow have a feeling that the media will continue to push S.Carolina and LSU as the villains...there will be a backlash to that as well. Trying to determine the most recent NBA Championship Team the Iowa Women's BB could beat if the game were held before the start of the NCAA Tournament. Former NBA players would have the opportunity to train as much as possible and all players would try their best over one game played under Women's NCAA Rules. Started with the oldest NBA Champion Team which could field five or more players, the 1965-1966 Boston Celtics. The 1964-1965 Boston Celtics are down to three players (Mel Counts (82); Tom Sanders (85) and Gerry Ward (82)). Very nice to see the longevity of the NBA players over the years. The 1979-1980 Lakers are the first team with every member alive today, but their upper 60s - mid 70s age likely would give them trouble playing full court for 40 minutes. My guess would be the oldest championship team to beat the Iowa team in 2024 would fall between the 1984 Celtics and 1991 Bulls. Players (current age as of today) listed are alive, and team rosters per Basketball Reference, assuming deaths are regularly updated. 1990-91 Chicago Bulls (12 Players) (B. J. Armstrong (56); Bill Cartwright (66); Horace Grant (58); Craig Hodges (63); Dennis Hopson (58); Michael Jordan (61); Stacy King (57); Cliff Levingston (61); John Paxon (63); Will Purdue (58); Scottie Pippen (58); Scott Williams (56)) 1989-90 Detroit Pistons (14 Players) (Mark Aguirre (64); William Bedford (60); Joe Dumars (60); James Edwards (68); Dave Greenwood (66); Scott Hastings (63); Gerald Henderson (68); Vinnie Johnson (67); Stan Kimbrough (57); Bill Laimbeer (66); Ralph Lewis (60); Dennis Rodman (62); John Salley (59); Isiah Thomas (62)) 1988-89 Detroit Pistons (14 Players) (Mark Aguirre (64); Adrian Dantley (69); Fennis Dembo (58); Joe Dumars (60); James Edwards (68); Vinnie Johnson (67); Bill Laimbeer (66); John Long (67); Rick Mahorn (65); Pace Mannion (63); Dennis Rodman (62); John Salley (59); Isiah Thomas (62); Michael Williams (57)) 1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers (15 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Tony Campbell (61); Michael Cooper (67); A. C. Green (60); Magic Johnson (64); Jeff Lamp (65); Wes Matthews (64); Kurt Rambis (66); Byron Scott (62); Mike Smrek (61); Billy Thompson (60); Mychal Thompson (69); Ray Tolbert (65); Milt Wagner (61); James Worthy (63)) 1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers (13 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Adrian Branch (60); Frank Brickowski (64); Michael Cooper (67); A. C. Green (60); Magic Johnson (64); Wes Matthews (64); Kurt Rambis (66); Byron Scott (62); Mike Smrek (61); Billy Thompson (60); Mychal Thompson (69); James Worthy (63)) 1985-86 Boston Celtics (12 Players) (Danny Ainge (65); Larry Bird (67); Rick Carlisle (64); Greg Kite (62); Kevin McHale (66); Robert Parish (70); Jerry Sichting (67); David Thirdkill (63); Sam Vincent (60); Bill Walton (71); Scott Wedman (71); Sly Williams (66)) 1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers (14 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Michael Cooper (67); Magic Johnson (64); Earl Jones (63); Mitch Kupchak (69); Ronnie Lester (65); Bob McAdoo (72); Mike McGee (64); Chuck Nevitt (64); Kurt Rambis (66); Byron Scott (62); Larry Spriggs (64); Jamaal Wilkes (70); James Worthy (63)) 1983-84 Boston Celtics (11 Players) (Danny Ainge (65); Larry Bird (67); Quinn Buckner (69); M. L. Carr (73); Carlos Clark (63); Gerald Henderson (68); Greg Kite (62); Cedric Maxwell (68); Kevin McHale (66); Robert Parish (70); Scott Wedman (71)) 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers (11 Players) (J. J. Anderson (63); Maurice Cheeks (67); Franklin Edwards (65); Julius Erving (74); Marc Iavaroni (67); Clemon Johnson (67); Reggie Johnson (66); Bobby Jones (72); Clint Richardson (67); Russ Schoene (63); Andrew Toney (66)) 1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers (14 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Jim Brewer (72); Michael Cooper (67); Clay Johnson (67); Magic Johnson (64); Eddie Jordan (69); Mitch Kupchak (69); Mark Landsberger (68); Bob McAdoo (72); Mike McGee (64); Kevin McKenna (65); Norm Nixon (68); Kurt Rambis (66); Jamaal Wilkes (70)) 1980-81 Boston Celtics (11 Players) (Tiny Archibald (75); Larry Bird (67); M. L. Carr (73); Terry Duerod (64); Eric Fernsten (70); Gerald Henderson (68); Wayne Kreklow (67); Cedric Maxwell (68); Kevin McHale (66); Robert Parish (70); Ricky Robey (68)) 1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers (15 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Ron Boone (77); Marty Byrnes (67); Kenny Carr (68); Jim Chones (74); Michael Cooper (67); Don Ford (71); Spencer Haywood (74); Brad Holland (67); Magic Johnson (64); Mark Landsberger (68); Butch Lee (67); Ollie Mack (66); Norm Nixon (68); Jamaal Wilkes (70)) 1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics (10 Players) (Dennis Awtrey (76); Fred Brown (75); Lars Hansen (69); Joe Hassett (68); Tom LaGarde (69); Jackie Robinson (68); Jack Sikma (68); Dick Snyder (80); Wally Walker (69); Gus Williams (70)) 1977-78 Washington Bullets (9 Players) (Phil Chenier (73); Bob Dandridge (76); Kevin Grevey (70); Elvin Hayes (78); Tom Henderson (72); Mitch Kupchak (69); Joe Pace (70); Phil Walker (68); Larry Wright (69)) 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers (10 Players) (Corky Calhoun (73); Johnny Davis (68); Bob Gross (70); Lionel Hollins (70); Clyde Mayes (71); Lloyd Neal (73); Larry Steele (74); Dave Twardzik (73); Wally Walker (69); Bill Walton (71)) 1975-76 Boston Celtics (9 Players) (Jim Ard (75); Tom Boswell (70); Dave Cowens (75); Steve Kuberski (76); Glenn McDonald (72); Don Nelson (83); Charlie Scott (75); Ed Searcy (71); Kevin Stacom (72)) 1974-75 Golden State Warriors (8 Players) (Rick Barry (79); Butch Beard (76); Charles Dudley (74); George Johnson (75); Frank Kendrick (73); Jeff Mullins (82); Clifford Ray (75); Jamaal Wilkes (70)) 1973-74 Boston Celtics (6 Players) (Don Chaney (78); Dave Cowens (75); Steve Downing (73); Hank Finkel (81); Steve Kuberski (76); Don Nelson (83)) 1972-73 New York Knicks (11 Players) (Dick Barnett (87); Henry Bibby (74); Bill Bradley (80); Walt Frazier (78); John Gianelli (73); Phil Jackson (78); Jerry Lucas (83); Dean Meminger (65); Earl Monroe (79); Tom Riker (74); Harthorne Wingo (73)) 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (6 Players) (Jim Cleamons (74); Keith Erickson (79); Gail Goodrich (80); Pat Riley (79); John Trapp (78); Jerry West (85)) 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks (13 players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Lucius Allen (76); Bob Boozer (75); Dick Cunningham (77); Bob Dandridge (76); Gary Freeman (75); Bob Greacen (76); Jon McGlocklin (80); Oscar Robertson (85); Greg Smith (77); Jeff Webb (75); Marv Winkler (76); Bill Zopf (75)) 1969-70 New York Knicks (8 Players) (Dick Barnett (87); Bill Bradley (80); Walt Frazier (78); Bill Hosket (77); Don May (78); Mike Riordan (78); Cazzie Russell (79); John Warren (76)) 1968-69 Boston Celtics (6 Players) (Em Bryant (85); Don Chaney (78); Mal Graham (79); Bailey Howell (87); Don Nelson (83); Tom Sanders (85)) 1967-68 Boston Celtics (8 Players) (Wayne Embry (86); Mal Graham (79); Bailey Howell (87); Johnny Jones (81); Don Nelson (83); Tom Sanders (85); Tom Thacker (84); Rick Weitzman (77)) 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers (7 Players) (Billy Cunningham (80); Dave Gambee (86); Matt Guokas (80); Wali Jones (82); Bill Melchionni (79); Chet Walker (84); Bob Weiss (81) 1965-66 Boston Celtics (5 Players) (Mel Counts (82); K.C. Jones (88); Don Nelson (83); Tom Sanders (85); Ron Watts (79)) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) 17 hours ago, South Side Hit Men said: Trying to determine the most recent NBA Championship Team the Iowa Women's BB could beat if the game were held before the start of the NCAA Tournament. Former NBA players would have the opportunity to train as much as possible and all players would try their best over one game played under Women's NCAA Rules. Started with the oldest NBA Champion Team which could field five or more players, the 1965-1966 Boston Celtics. The 1964-1965 Boston Celtics are down to three players (Mel Counts (82); Tom Sanders (85) and Gerry Ward (82)). Very nice to see the longevity of the NBA players over the years. The 1979-1980 Lakers are the first team with every member alive today, but their upper 60s - mid 70s age likely would give them trouble playing full court for 40 minutes. My guess would be the oldest championship team to beat the Iowa team in 2024 would fall between the 1984 Celtics and 1991 Bulls. Players (current age as of today) listed are alive, and team rosters per Basketball Reference, assuming deaths are regularly updated. 1990-91 Chicago Bulls (12 Players) (B. J. Armstrong (56); Bill Cartwright (66); Horace Grant (58); Craig Hodges (63); Dennis Hopson (58); Michael Jordan (61); Stacy King (57); Cliff Levingston (61); John Paxon (63); Will Purdue (58); Scottie Pippen (58); Scott Williams (56)) 1989-90 Detroit Pistons (14 Players) (Mark Aguirre (64); William Bedford (60); Joe Dumars (60); James Edwards (68); Dave Greenwood (66); Scott Hastings (63); Gerald Henderson (68); Vinnie Johnson (67); Stan Kimbrough (57); Bill Laimbeer (66); Ralph Lewis (60); Dennis Rodman (62); John Salley (59); Isiah Thomas (62)) 1988-89 Detroit Pistons (14 Players) (Mark Aguirre (64); Adrian Dantley (69); Fennis Dembo (58); Joe Dumars (60); James Edwards (68); Vinnie Johnson (67); Bill Laimbeer (66); John Long (67); Rick Mahorn (65); Pace Mannion (63); Dennis Rodman (62); John Salley (59); Isiah Thomas (62); Michael Williams (57)) 1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers (15 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Tony Campbell (61); Michael Cooper (67); A. C. Green (60); Magic Johnson (64); Jeff Lamp (65); Wes Matthews (64); Kurt Rambis (66); Byron Scott (62); Mike Smrek (61); Billy Thompson (60); Mychal Thompson (69); Ray Tolbert (65); Milt Wagner (61); James Worthy (63)) 1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers (13 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Adrian Branch (60); Frank Brickowski (64); Michael Cooper (67); A. C. Green (60); Magic Johnson (64); Wes Matthews (64); Kurt Rambis (66); Byron Scott (62); Mike Smrek (61); Billy Thompson (60); Mychal Thompson (69); James Worthy (63)) 1985-86 Boston Celtics (12 Players) (Danny Ainge (65); Larry Bird (67); Rick Carlisle (64); Greg Kite (62); Kevin McHale (66); Robert Parish (70); Jerry Sichting (67); David Thirdkill (63); Sam Vincent (60); Bill Walton (71); Scott Wedman (71); Sly Williams (66)) 1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers (14 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Michael Cooper (67); Magic Johnson (64); Earl Jones (63); Mitch Kupchak (69); Ronnie Lester (65); Bob McAdoo (72); Mike McGee (64); Chuck Nevitt (64); Kurt Rambis (66); Byron Scott (62); Larry Spriggs (64); Jamaal Wilkes (70); James Worthy (63)) 1983-84 Boston Celtics (11 Players) (Danny Ainge (65); Larry Bird (67); Quinn Buckner (69); M. L. Carr (73); Carlos Clark (63); Gerald Henderson (68); Greg Kite (62); Cedric Maxwell (68); Kevin McHale (66); Robert Parish (70); Scott Wedman (71)) 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers (11 Players) (J. J. Anderson (63); Maurice Cheeks (67); Franklin Edwards (65); Julius Erving (74); Marc Iavaroni (67); Clemon Johnson (67); Reggie Johnson (66); Bobby Jones (72); Clint Richardson (67); Russ Schoene (63); Andrew Toney (66)) 1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers (14 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Jim Brewer (72); Michael Cooper (67); Clay Johnson (67); Magic Johnson (64); Eddie Jordan (69); Mitch Kupchak (69); Mark Landsberger (68); Bob McAdoo (72); Mike McGee (64); Kevin McKenna (65); Norm Nixon (68); Kurt Rambis (66); Jamaal Wilkes (70)) 1980-81 Boston Celtics (11 Players) (Tiny Archibald (75); Larry Bird (67); M. L. Carr (73); Terry Duerod (64); Eric Fernsten (70); Gerald Henderson (68); Wayne Kreklow (67); Cedric Maxwell (68); Kevin McHale (66); Robert Parish (70); Ricky Robey (68)) 1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers (15 Players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Ron Boone (77); Marty Byrnes (67); Kenny Carr (68); Jim Chones (74); Michael Cooper (67); Don Ford (71); Spencer Haywood (74); Brad Holland (67); Magic Johnson (64); Mark Landsberger (68); Butch Lee (67); Ollie Mack (66); Norm Nixon (68); Jamaal Wilkes (70)) 1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics (10 Players) (Dennis Awtrey (76); Fred Brown (75); Lars Hansen (69); Joe Hassett (68); Tom LaGarde (69); Jackie Robinson (68); Jack Sikma (68); Dick Snyder (80); Wally Walker (69); Gus Williams (70)) 1977-78 Washington Bullets (9 Players) (Phil Chenier (73); Bob Dandridge (76); Kevin Grevey (70); Elvin Hayes (78); Tom Henderson (72); Mitch Kupchak (69); Joe Pace (70); Phil Walker (68); Larry Wright (69)) 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers (10 Players) (Corky Calhoun (73); Johnny Davis (68); Bob Gross (70); Lionel Hollins (70); Clyde Mayes (71); Lloyd Neal (73); Larry Steele (74); Dave Twardzik (73); Wally Walker (69); Bill Walton (71)) 1975-76 Boston Celtics (9 Players) (Jim Ard (75); Tom Boswell (70); Dave Cowens (75); Steve Kuberski (76); Glenn McDonald (72); Don Nelson (83); Charlie Scott (75); Ed Searcy (71); Kevin Stacom (72)) 1974-75 Golden State Warriors (8 Players) (Rick Barry (79); Butch Beard (76); Charles Dudley (74); George Johnson (75); Frank Kendrick (73); Jeff Mullins (82); Clifford Ray (75); Jamaal Wilkes (70)) 1973-74 Boston Celtics (6 Players) (Don Chaney (78); Dave Cowens (75); Steve Downing (73); Hank Finkel (81); Steve Kuberski (76); Don Nelson (83)) 1972-73 New York Knicks (11 Players) (Dick Barnett (87); Henry Bibby (74); Bill Bradley (80); Walt Frazier (78); John Gianelli (73); Phil Jackson (78); Jerry Lucas (83); Dean Meminger (65); Earl Monroe (79); Tom Riker (74); Harthorne Wingo (73)) 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (6 Players) (Jim Cleamons (74); Keith Erickson (79); Gail Goodrich (80); Pat Riley (79); John Trapp (78); Jerry West (85)) 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks (13 players) (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76); Lucius Allen (76); Bob Boozer (75); Dick Cunningham (77); Bob Dandridge (76); Gary Freeman (75); Bob Greacen (76); Jon McGlocklin (80); Oscar Robertson (85); Greg Smith (77); Jeff Webb (75); Marv Winkler (76); Bill Zopf (75)) 1969-70 New York Knicks (8 Players) (Dick Barnett (87); Bill Bradley (80); Walt Frazier (78); Bill Hosket (77); Don May (78); Mike Riordan (78); Cazzie Russell (79); John Warren (76)) 1968-69 Boston Celtics (6 Players) (Em Bryant (85); Don Chaney (78); Mal Graham (79); Bailey Howell (87); Don Nelson (83); Tom Sanders (85)) 1967-68 Boston Celtics (8 Players) (Wayne Embry (86); Mal Graham (79); Bailey Howell (87); Johnny Jones (81); Don Nelson (83); Tom Sanders (85); Tom Thacker (84); Rick Weitzman (77)) 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers (7 Players) (Billy Cunningham (80); Dave Gambee (86); Matt Guokas (80); Wali Jones (82); Bill Melchionni (79); Chet Walker (84); Bob Weiss (81) 1965-66 Boston Celtics (5 Players) (Mel Counts (82); K.C. Jones (88); Don Nelson (83); Tom Sanders (85); Ron Watts (79)) I think we're going to have to change this to LSU or most likely South Carolina after this week (the NBA/women's games). At least KSU lost, Iowa was 1-2 in their last three games against them, but K-State hadn't been to the Big Dance since 2002. Iowa beat Colorado in the same exact spot in the tournament last year, pretty much the same two teams minus two key Iowa players graduating. No luck with MTSU taking down LSU...after being up 9 early in the second half. They just got steamrolled out of the gym. Now it's likely to be UCLA/LSU before the Elite 8. Only issues for LSU are Van Lith getting benched to start the second half and that pending WASH Post story on Mulkey, which will undoubtedly land sometime this week to stir up even more controversy around the women's game, haha. Edited March 25 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 26 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: I think we're going to have to change this to LSU or most likely South Carolina after this week (the NBA/women's games). At least KSU lost, Iowa was 1-2 in their last three games against them, but K-State hadn't been to the Big Dance since 2002. Iowa beat Colorado in the same exact spot in the tournament last year, pretty much the same two teams minus two key Iowa players graduating. No luck with MTSU taking down LSU...after being up 9 early in the second half. They just got steamrolled out of the gym. Now it's likely to be UCLA/LSU before the Elite 8. Only issues for LSU are Van Lith getting benched to start the second half and that pending WASH Post story on Mulkey, which will undoubtedly land sometime this week to stir up even more controversy around the women's game, haha. South Carolina is clearly the better team, but I am interested in Iowa with the one star and role players vs. the deeper / better South Carolina team which will likely win it all. Both #1 SC seeds (Southern Cal the other) have a much easier path with their brackets vs. Iowa's and Texas' brackets per RPI rankings. http://www.realtimerpi.com/ncaab/college_Women_basketball_power_rankings.html Think the TV ratings would beat any American sport game except the Super Bowl if any of the 1991-1993 or 1996-1998 Bulls teams playing in their 50s-60s suited up to face the 2024 Iowa Hawkeyes Women's team, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 3 hours ago, South Side Hit Men said: South Carolina is clearly the better team, but I am interested in Iowa with the one star and role players vs. the deeper / better South Carolina team which will likely win it all. Both #1 SC seeds (Southern Cal the other) have a much easier path with their brackets vs. Iowa's and Texas' brackets per RPI rankings. http://www.realtimerpi.com/ncaab/college_Women_basketball_power_rankings.html Think the TV ratings would beat any American sport game except the Super Bowl if any of the 1991-1993 or 1996-1998 Bulls teams playing in their 50s-60s suited up to face the 2024 Iowa Hawkeyes Women's team, Well, they already kind of started with that 3 point contest, and then it's going to be Curry/Thompson vs. Ionescu/Clark next year SUPPOSEDLY. Iowa State almost took out Stanford but came up short in OT at Maples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralChamps21 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On the men's side, only two of the Sweet 16 are not from the Power 6 conferences, and even those two, Gonzaga and San Diego St, are perennially strong. Somehow we ended up with an ACC team as the Cinderalla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 To be fair, South Carolina should have the easiest path. It should be the reward for being the #1 overall seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 10 hours ago, Capn12 said: To be fair, South Carolina should have the easiest path. It should be the reward for being the #1 overall seed. Agreed, but typically the best teams would be spread out. For the Men's draw, and perhaps the Women's committee attempted this, the #2 seed in the #1 overall seed would be the 8th best team (setting aside regional geographical and conference adjustments). Iowa and Southern California should swap places with Iowa placed as the second overall seed. The top heavy Texas region should have been spread out a bit. Below is the distribution of the Top 32 Ranked RPI teams entering the second round: #1 Overall South Carolina (5 Teams): #1 SC (1 RPI); #4 IU (14 RPI); #2 ND (15 RPI); #3 Oregon St. (16 RPI); #5 OU (24 RPI) #2 Overall Iowa (8 Teams): #1 Iowa (2 RPI); #2 UCLA (7 RPI); #7 Creighton (12 RPI); #3 LSU (13 RPI); #4 Kansas St. (17 RPI); #5 Colorado (23 RPI); #11 Middle Tennessee St. (26 RPI); #8 West Virginia (30 RPI) #3 Overall Texas (4 Teams - All in Top 10 RPI): #2 Stanford (3 RPI); #1 Texas (4 RPI); #4 Gonzaga (8 RPI); ; #3 NC State (9 RPI) #4 Overall Southern California (5 Teams): #3 UConn (5 RPI); #1 USC (6 RPI); #2 tOSU (10 RPI); $4 Virginia Tech (21 RPI); #5 Baylor (22 RPI) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Jesus, talk about "chalk" for the women's tournament. Three tourneys in a row Iowa struggled in the second round...Creighton (lost), UGA (only up by 1 with a minute left) and now WVU (tied 48-48 with five minutes to go). Going to be a dream weekend for ESPN/ABC. SAT Duke/UConn Baylor/USC Colorado/Iowa LSU/UCLA SUN (projected) ND/South Carolina Stanford or NC State vs. Texas MON (projected) UConn/USC LSU/Iowa Of course, wouldn't be surprised to see Iowa (really thought they were going down tonight)...although they did beat Colorado at this exact point in the proceedings a year ago. It's almost impossible to believe they could beat LSU, and then even if they managed that, they would be so wiped out physically and mentally that S.Carolina would roll them by 15-20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Outrage over calls for Caitlin Clark, Iowa surest sign yet women's game has arrived... https://sports.yahoo.com/outrage-over-calls-caitlin-clark-101202220.html Well...this is something new for Iowa fans who always believe refs favored Ohio State MSU PSU Michigan Illinois Wisconsin...the conspiracy theory that ESPN and ABC needed Iowa on Saturday afternoon for ratings. LSU also getting that 1 pm Saturday ABC slot while Indiana/S.Carolina is on ESPN. Granted that's a Friday game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middle Buffalo Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 37 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Outrage over calls for Caitlin Clark, Iowa surest sign yet women's game has arrived... It doesn’t help that she’s a truly unlikable player to watch. Cries about everything. Points fingers/acts out at teammates. Great player, but she acts like an ass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 7 minutes ago, Middle Buffalo said: It doesn’t help that she’s a truly unlikable player to watch. Cries about everything. Points fingers/acts out at teammates. Great player, but she acts like an ass Brother, you got that right. Obviously, I have some bias as a South Carolina fan, but EVERY play, if the ball is in her hands, its either a made shot, or a whine about why it wasn't a foul/someone else's fault. Very Tiresome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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