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[Ex-Ref]

I'm watching the NEC conf. game and they are saying that the last four in and first four out are going to be announced during the 5:00 telecast.

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"Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw

“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.

[FrozenLVFan]

That's a bit disrespectful to the teams and conferences that are still playing, even if they aren't likely to figure in that discussion.

[Queenie]

Because what eight bubble teams need is an extra 24 hours of nail-biting. This is nonsense.

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[mikeyc22]

Yeah the tweets I am seeing are not positive about this. To clarify, it is just going to say the 8 under consideration still.

[mikeyc22]

A team could also they they are Team 58/59 assuming they are safely in and not end up being in at all.

[calbearman76]

This does add a whole new area of tea leaf reading. Who will be the eight teams mentioned, and how will they put them forward. And what will the eight teams perhaps say about the teams that have actually made the field.

My guess would be alphabetical order. As for who the teams will be, my guess is:

Creighton
Dayton
Miami
Oklahoma
Purdue
Rutgers
USC
West Virginia

Variations from this list could give a hint as to how the Committee views conferences or late season play, and even good wins vs bad losses.

[lynxmania]

FINAL EIGHT
Buffalo
Creighton
Minnesota
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Purdue
Rutgers
USC

[Shades]

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Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned

[Ex-Ref]

Sorry, I misunderstood what they were saying.

Three Big Ten teams. Wow. They could either come up roses or...not. I can't see them taking all three.

Creme had Nebraska and the committee has Minnesota. I wonder if that means that the committee thinks that Nebraska is a lock for the tourney or no way in hell are they getting in?

Still lots of questions.

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"Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw

“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.

[calbearman76]

I had six of the eight teams correct, with Miami and Dayton on my list instead of Buffalo and Minnesota. Buffalo is reasonable as I had them just above and their resume was quirky RPI 22, but only 2 Top 50 wins). But Minnesota is very surprising, and requires further review. The Gophers have 3 top 25 wins, 2 over Iowa and one over Maryland. They also have a win over Michigan. Their bad losses are vs North Carolina and San Diego. They won 9 of their last 12. This is a solid resume. The one thing that stands out is that their non-conference strength of schedule is 293. That means nothing to me in evaluating the quality of the team. It is already taken into account in evaluating their wins and losses, and they were hurt because their two worst losses came in those games. But the reason the SOS is so low is because the teams they played won on average 1 less game this year than last year, so their schedule became worse than it would have been.

[Shades]

Hey, I’d rather be an underrated #11 seed than a #9 seed. Much better chance of making the Sweet 16.

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Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned

[calbearman76]

[bucks4now]

If they are trying to follow the men's show, STOP!!!! I turned it off. It was annoying.

[summertime blues]

[TechDawgMc]

On the men’s side, OU and UT both got in even though neither deserved it. In this case, I’d be pretty annoyed if the took Aou over WVU

[WNBA 09]

[SpaceJunkie]

[myrtle]

I don't see how Virginia or Dayton deserve to be in over pretty much any of these 8 teams.

Dayton seems to have the golden halo which blinds the committee to actually looking at their resume. They lost to every good team or semi-good team they played. They beat Virginia ...who shouldn't be in either.

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For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
- Amanda Gorman

[Ex-Ref]

I came back to this thread to remind myself who the last four in were. (Was it just coincidence that they are the first four in alphabetical order?)

Buffalo
Creighton
Minnesota
Oklahoma

How did they do?
Buffalo - W
Creighton - W
Minnesota - W
Oklahoma - L

Interesting.

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"Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw

“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.

[SpaceJunkie]

[Marquette Fan]

[SpaceJunkie]

[bucks4now]

[Marquette Fan]

[calbearman76]