Tag: 2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Finals

Sunday’s Results-

Score Seed Team Region Record Score Seed Team Record Region
66 1 Notre Dame 35-2 South 65 1 South Carolina 33-3 Mid-West
81 1 UConn 37-1 East 58 1 Maryland 34-3 West

Today’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Region Seed Team Record Region
8:30pm ESPN 1 UConn 37-1 East 1 Notre Dame 35-2 South

It was destined to be.

The first thing you have to realize is the Muffet and Geno hate each other.  No, really.  They try to appear all polite and stuff on the record but they’re really seething underneath.

Well, Muffet does anyway.  I think Geno hardly notices anyone now that Pat Summit is safely in the rearview mirror.

So the question everyone asks is why is UConn so dominant.  For one thing it is the top sports program in Connecticut.  We have no Major League teams, UConn Throwball is a joke, likewise Men’s Basketball.  You want to know the only one that comes close?  Women’s Soccer.

Also Geno could be coaching rabbits or aliens.  He doesn’t care.  The Lady Huskies are are as tough as nails and better than the guys who they regularly scrimmage with and almost always beat.  Geno is the type of coach who would do a split squad simulated game with the Red flags those players with the skills closest to the team they’re matching against, Starter or not, and the Blue flags everyone else, Scrub or not.  Winner hits the hot tub, loser gets extra practice with Geno “patiently” explaining what they did wrong.

He only looks like a nice guy, he’s a godless killing machine.

Now some people see UConn dominance as a problem and have proposed various fixes.  Diana Taurasi says- “grow up.”

And most of Connecticut agrees.  You see, before 1985 it wasn’t much of a program at all and we’ve more than paid our dues.  Some things you can never change no matter how you jigger the rules and one of them is the best teams attract the best players.

There are those who look forward to Geno’s retirement before he doubles John Wooden’s record, that’s as may be.  We won’t have to look far to find some alum he’s taught the system and until the other teams change to keep up, UConn will continue to win baring flukes, injuries, or some super human player.

(ps. Please read the link and for the record I think the Men and Women should play under exactly the same rules, if you want more scoring you need to shorten the shot clock, not lengthen it, and lowering the rims (Geno’s big idea) is just dumb- if you want a dunk contest where only the last 4 minutes matter watch the NBA.)

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Semifinals

Monday’s Results-

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
91 1 UConn 36-1 70 7 Dayton 28-7 East
58 1 Maryland 34-2 48 2 Tennessee 30-6 West

Today’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Region Seed Team Record Region
6:30pm ESPN 1 Notre Dame 34-2 South 1 South Carolina 33-2 Mid-West
8:30pm ESPN 1 UConn 36-1 East 1 Maryland 34-2 West

The Battle of the #1 Seeds.  Notre Dame over South Carolina.  Maryland won’t be as much fun to crush as Tennessee, but we will anyway.  Tuesday the Grand Finale, Notre Dame thinks they can win because they have before.

Not this year I’m afraid.

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Regional Finals Day 2

Last Night’s Results-

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
80 1 South Carolina 33-2 74 2 Baylor 32-4 Mid-West
77 1 Notre Dame 34-2 68 2 Florida St. 31-5 South

Today’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
7:00pm ESPN 1 UConn 35-1 7 Dayton 28-6 East
9:00pm ESPN 1 Maryland 33-2 2 Tennessee 30-5 West

Sorry Dayton, you were a real Cinderella story and I’ll be sad to see you go.  You have a much better program than most people thought and I look forward to seeing you do even better in next year’s tournament.

I’ll try and console myself with the prospect of crushing Tennessee like bugs unless of course it’s Maryland who we will also crush like bugs but it won’t be nearly as enjoyable.

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Regional Finals Day 1

Last Night’s Results-

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
105 1 UConn 35-1 54 5 Texas 24-11 East
66 3 Louisville 27-7 82 7 * Dayton 28-6 East
65 1 Maryland 33-2 55 4 Duke 23-11 West
73 2 Tennessee 30-5 69 11 Gonzaga 26-8 West

Only 1 upset yesterday (sorry Gonzaga), but don’t worry- We will crush Tennessee like bug (sorry Dayton).

Today’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
12:00pm ESPN 1 South Carolina 32-2 2 Baylor 32-3 Mid-West
8:30pm ESPN 1 Notre Dame 33-2 2 Florida St. 31-4 South

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Regional Semifinals Day 2

Last Night’s Results-

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
97 1 South Carolina 33-2 68 4 North Carolina 26-9 South
73 2 Baylor 33-3 44 3 Iowa 26-8 Mid-West
66 2 Florida St. 32-4 65 3 Arizona State 29-6 South
81 1 Notre Dame 34-2 60 4 Stanford 26-10 Mid-West

Not a single upset.

Today’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
12:00pm ESPN 1 UConn 33-1 5 Texas 24-10 East
2:30pm ESPN 3 Louisville 27-8 7 Dayton 27-6 East
4:30pm ESPN 1 Maryland 31-2 4 Duke 23-10 West
7:00pm ESPN 2 Tennessee 29-5 11 Gonzaga 26-7 West

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Regional Semifinals Day 1

Results from the 22nd-

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
64 4 Duke 23-10 56 5 Mississippi St. 27-7 West
88 3 Iowa 26-7 70 11 Miami (Fla.) 20-13 Mid-West
94 2 Kentucky 24-10 99 7 * Dayton 27-6 East
73 2 Baylor 32-3 44 10 Arkansas 18-14 Mid-West
64 3 Oregon State 27-5 76 11 * Gonzaga 26-7 West
97 1 South Carolina 32-2 68 8 Syracuse 22-10 South
70 4 California 25-10 73 5 * Texas 24-10 East
79 1 Notre Dame 33-2 67 9 DePaul 27-8 Mid-West

Results from the 23rd-

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
65 2 Florida St. 31-4 47 7 FGCU 31-3 South
86 4 Stanford 26-9 76 5 Oklahoma 21-12 Mid-West
85 1 Maryland 31-2 70 8 Princeton 30-1 West
77 2 Tennessee 29-5 67 10 Pittsburgh 20-12 West
86 4 North Carolina 26-8 84 5 Ohio State 24-11 South
57 3 Arizona State 29-5 54 11 UALR 29-5 South
60 3 Louisville 27-8 52 6 South Florida 27-8 East
91 1 UConn 33-1 55 8 Rutgers 23-10 East

Tonight’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
7:00pm ESPN 1 South Carolina 32-2 4 North Carolina 26-8 South
7:30pm ESPN2 2 Baylor 32-3 3 Iowa 26-7 Mid-West
9:30pm ESPN2 2 Florida St. 31-4 3 Arizona State 29-5 South
10:00pm ESPN 1 Notre Dame 33-2 4 Stanford 26-9 Mid-West

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 32 Day 2

Today’s Matchups-

Channel Time Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
ESPNU 6:00pm 2 Florida St. 30-4 7 FGCU 31-2 South
ESPN2 6:30pm 4 Stanford 25-9 5 Oklahoma 21-11 Mid-West
ESPN2 6:30pm 1 Maryland 30-2 8 Princeton 30-0 West
ESPN2 6:30pm 2 Tennessee 28-5 10 Pittsburgh 20-11 West
ESPN2 6:30pm 4 North Carolina 25-8 5 Ohio State 24-10 South
ESPN2 6:30pm 3 Arizona State 28-5 11 UALR 29-4 South
ESPN2 9:00pm 3 Louisville 26-8 6 South Florida 27-7 East
ESPN2 9:00pm 1 UConn 32-1 8 Rutgers 23-9 East

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 32 Day 1 Evening

7:00pm ESPN 1 South Carolina 31-2 8 Syracuse 22-9 South
7:00pm ESPN2 3 Oregon State 27-4 11 Gonzaga 25-7 West
9:00pm ESPN 1 Notre Dame 32-2 9 DePaul 27-7 Mid-West
9:00pm ESPN2 4 California 25-9 5 Texas 23-10 East

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 32 Day 1 Afternoon

Now with covenient breaks!

This Afternoon’s Matchups-

Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
12:00pm ESPN2 3 Iowa 25-7 11 Miami (Fla.) 20-12 Mid-West
12:00pm ESPN2 4 Duke 22-10 5 Mississippi St. 27-6 West
2:30pm ESPN2 2 Kentucky 24-9 7 Dayton 26-6 East
2:30pm ESPN2 2 Baylor 31-3 10 Arkansas 18-13 Mid-West

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 64 Day 2

Ok, so what you have to remember when you look at this schedule is that ESPN is is Headquartered in Bristol CONNECTICUT, just before Otis Elevator (their test facility is about the highest building in the state outside of Hartford and sticks up from the rolling bucolic hills like a gigantic middle finger) within spitting distance of Lake Compounce (the oldest kind of sort of continuously operated amusement Park in the country).

You can tell it’s ESPN because they have this forest of satellite dishes in the front yard.

Anyway, they’re HUGE Lady Husky fans so it’s no wonder they get a Prime Time slot all to themselves, even if it’s only ESPN2, the channel for people addicted to sports nobody watches.

Yesterday’s Results-

Score Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Region
78 7 Dayton 26-6 66 10 Iowa State 18-13 East
55 7 Northwestern 23-9 57 10 * Arkansas 18-13 Mid-West
80 6 Washington 23-10 86 11 * Miami (Fla.) 20-12 Mid-West
54 4 Duke 22-10 52 13 Albany 24-9 West
97 2 Kentucky 24-9 52 15 Tennessee State 18-13 East
77 2 Baylor 31-3 36 15 N’western St. 19-15 Mid-West
75 3 Iowa 25-7 67 14 american 24-9 Mid-West
57 5 Mississippi St. 27-6 47 12 Tulane 22-11 West
57 5 Texas 23-10 47 12 Western Ky. 30-5 East
72 8 Minnesota 23-10 79 9 * DePaul 27-7 Mid-West
81 1 South Carolina 31-2 48 16 Savannah State 21-11 South
74 3 Oregon State 27-4 62 14 South Dakota St. 24-9 West
78 4 California 25-9 66 13 Wichita State 29-5 East
77 1 Notre Dame 32-2 43 16 Montana 24-9 Mid-West
72 8 Syracuse 22-9 69 9 Nebraska 21-11 South
69 6 Geo. Washington 29-4 82 11 * Gonzaga 25-7 West

Today’s Matchups-

Channel Time Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
ESPN2 11:05am 8 Princeton 30-0 9 Green Bay 28-4 West
ESPN2 11:05am 7 Chattanooga 29-3 10 Pittsburgh 19-11 West
ESPN2 11:05am 4 North Carolina 24-8 13 Liberty 26-6 South
ESPN2 11:05am 7 FGCU 30-2 10 Oklahoma State 20-11 South
ESPN2 1:30pm 1 Maryland 30-2 16 New Mexico St. 22-7 West
ESPN2 1:30pm 2 Tennessee 27-5 15 Boise State 22-10 West
ESPN2 1:30pm 2 Florida St. 29-4 15 Alabama St. 17-14 South
ESPN2 1:30pm 5 Ohio State 23-10 12 James Madison 29-3 South
ESPN2 4:00pm 3 Louisville 25-8 14 BYU 23-9 East
ESPN2 4:00pm 6 Texas A&M 23-9 11 UALR 28-4 South
ESPN2 4:00pm 5 Oklahoma 20-11 12 Quinnipiac 31-3 Mid-West
ESPN2 6:30pm 8 Rutgers 22-9 9 Seton Hall 28-5 East
ESPN2 6:30pm 6 South Florida 26-7 11 LSU 17-13 East
ESPN2 6:30pm 4 Stanford 24-9 13 CSUN 23-9 Mid-West
ESPN2 6:30pm 3 Arizona State 27-5 14 Ohio 27-4 South
ESPN2 9:00pm 1 UConn 32-1 16 St. Francis (B’klyn) 15-18 East

2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Round of 64 Day 1

Meta notes-

The one thing you will instantly notice is that the Women’s Tournament shares 1 time slot on 1 network between 4 teams.

This leads to a hodgepodge mishmash kind of game hopping programming that the Men’s Tournament used to use (and Golf still does) that is highly confusing and some, like me for instance would call sexist because the Women’s games are so much more entertaining (please, we shall not talk of the NBA, the single most boring sport on the planet, even exceeding Turn Left Racing because there are so seldom flaming chunks of twisted metal).

This is the whole day because because it’s basically a single continuous broadcast from noon to 10 pm.

Oh and by the way-

Back in the day it was performed vocally, a cappella.

UConn Husky

Symbol of might to the foe.

Fight, fight Connecticut,

It’s victory, let’s go!

Connecticut UConn Husky,

Do it again for the white and blue

So go, go, go, go Conecticut.

Connecticut U

U-Conn Husky

Today’s Matchups-

Channel Time Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region
ESPN2 12:00PM 7 Dayton 25-6 10 Iowa State 18-12 East
ESPN2 12:00PM 7 Northwestern 23-8 10 Arkansas 17-13 Mid-West
ESPN2 12:00PM 6 Washington 23-9 11 Miami (Fla.) 19-12 Mid-West
ESPN2 12:00PM 4 Duke 21-10 13 Albany 24-8 West
ESPN2 2:30PM 2 Kentucky 23-9 15 Tennessee State 18-12 East
ESPN2 2:30PM 2 Baylor 30-3 15 N’western St. 19-14 Mid-West
ESPN2 2:30PM 3 Iowa 24-7 14 American 24-8 Mid-West
ESPN2 2:30PM 5 Mississippi St. 26-6 12 Tulane 22-10 West
ESPN2 5:00PM 5 Texas 22-10 12 Western Ky. 30-4 East
ESPN2 5:00PM 8 Minnesota 23-9 9 DePaul 26-7 Mid-West
ESPN2 5:00PM 1 South Carolina 30-2 16 Savannah State 21-10 South
ESPN2 5:00PM 3 Oregon State 26-4 14 South Dakota St. 24-8 West
ESPN2 7:30PM 4 California 24-9 13 Wichita State 29-4 East
ESPN2 7:30PM 1 Notre Dame 31-2 16 Montana 24-8 Mid-West
ESPN2 7:30PM 8 Syracuse 21-9 9 Nebraska 21-10 South
ESPN2 7:30PM 6 Geo. Washington 29-3 11 Gonzaga 24-7 West