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So when the bracket was formed for the women the Elite 8 was supposed to be: 3 Pac - USC (1), Stanford (2), UCLA (2) 2 BIG10 - Iowa (1), Ohio (2) 1 ACC - ND (2) 1 Big 12 - TX (1) 1 SEC - SC (1) What we actually get is: 2 - Pac - USC (1), OSU (3) 2 - SEC - SC (1), LSU (3) 1 ACC - NCST (3) 1...

Columbia vs. Kansas in Lawrence Kansas. Nice response from Columbia after not making the NCAAs.

Early days, and the competition hasn't been stunning (generally pretty weak in fact) but I don't think I remember the last time BE teams lasted so long before at least one defeat. I think this could be a pretty good year for BE with two teams beating 'ranked' teams so far. Sorry to see Carla's...

I posted this message on the Uconn side, but thought it should also exist over here. The General board is a more recent off-shoot but has thrived in the same spirit and with the same civility and careful moderation as the original. We as fans are blessed with a warm space to interact because of...

After reading Nan's Boneyard history thread, I felt it was time for an annual appreciation thread ... I really have no idea how much work goes into maintaining this board through all it's various iterations, but I can guess. It is a place that has brought much joy to 1000s of people (many more...

Pretty wild situation with 2/3 games left in the WNBA season that only one team is out of the playoffs as of this moment - 5 teams are within one game of the final two playoff positions. Lynx might just slip in Mercury hanging on a thread with DT out.

Just curious ... will DT and or Sue be part of the USA team this fall? The 2024 Olympics seem a very long shot, but they were both starting for the Olympic team last summer and both starting for their WNBA teams right now. Have either actually said anything one way or the other. Reeves has...

Seton Hall easily handled by SDSU in the WNIT final and now Villanova out in the men's NCAA semi-final.

Found this in the ESPN Baylor wrap: .The Bears had made the Sweet 16 12 consecutive times prior to this loss, snapping the fourth-longest such streak in NCAA tournament history. It got me thinking about our various tournament streaks: 13 FFs (still active) (and a streaks of 5 which is tied...

In defense of the committee I think this was a particularly difficult year to sort out seedings. With covid issues and various injuries team records were tough to sort out. Add in an unusually inconsistent level of play by all teams (except for NC State and Stanford - USF was ranked when they...

Looks like the SEC is adding TX and OK. The thread is on the General Board but this is relevant here, too. Would be a death knell for Big12 as a power conference I would think. Link to thread: https://the-boneyard.com/threads/texas-and-oklahoma-joining-the-sec.172853/ Link to one story...

I saw excerpts from this press conference but not the full length. It is an interesting and worth a watch. Hope it wasn't posted before. (DT confirms her comment about Paige was limited to WCBB) Following Sue and DT are also Sylvia and Diamond.

Great season, disappointing game, but Geno always says, the Uconn teams ready to win an NC win this game, and they proved they weren't ready. Playing maybe the worse game of the year. Christyn played a great game and went out on a questionable foul, but the game was already lost I think. Ono ...

Bringing this from the general board: Naismith awards for DPOY have been announced: Natasha Mack from OK St wins. In a surprise (and maybe a local paper jumping the gun in error) the women's COY which was supposed to be announced tomorrow is Tara. Well deserved I think. Curious to see if the...

Upsets by conference: SEC 4: 4 Ark to 13 WrSt, 3 TN to 6 Mich, 3 UGA to 6 Ore, 4 KY to 5 Iowa WCC 1: 5 Gonzaga to 12 Belmont Big10 1: 6 Rutgers to 11 BYU Big12 1: 4 WVU to 5 GATech Pac12 1: 3 UCLA to 6 Texas Conferences playing above their seed: Horizon (Wright State) WCC - one up one down -...

The W has this story up. Think it is cool from the local NBA team! https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31116981/san-antonio-spurs-honor-women-ncaa-basketball-greats-rocking-their-jerseys

Raoul keeps a transfer portal blog for 2020-21 summer that is getting really long. I was just browsing it and realized something that had sort of slipped my consciousness - with the NCAA creating this 2020-21 season as a free season for all WCBB players, that middle ground of talent that has...

Fan Vote for the Naismith is open now and for the next 12 days: Naismith Fan Vote Also the Position voting is still open for Lieberman et al: http://www.hoophallawards.com/index.php Hope we can have this pinned

Not sure how many space junkies are on this board, but I find myself checking out Perseverance's twitter feed every day. I think it is fabulous and fascinating...

It being Friday the voting for awards has opened at: http://www.hoophallawards.com/index.php Paige and ONO are both finalists.

Tolland county where Storrs is located has had a pretty good pandemic record - total of 1075 cases to date with 65 deaths and up until Monday had reported a total of zero new cases for the previous 11 days. With students intending to start classes in person on August 31 the town is seeing an...

Just checking the year to date stats on the Uconn site and at this particular moment in time Dangerfield is the most balanced offensive player I have ever seen: She has taken 260 shot She has taken 130 threes She has taken 130 twos She has made 60 threes She has made 60 twos Just a quirky...

So, we all worry a lot about how Uconn will do facing some of the other good teams when the NCAA comes and especially after such a 'disappointing' win as they had against Louisville! :eek::cool: Maybe a reminder of some other teams' feet of clay would be a good idea: Mississippi State - the...

Having watched a number of big win telecasts that immediately jump from the final whistle to some other programming, I was really impressed that CBS stayed on the court and let the pictures and public address folks just roll. So, three cheers for them.

I am sitting in a hospital bed following surgery this morning (a real scare with a lump on my lower back that has turned out to be non-malignant - not a fun couple of months!) when I checked my WTSO web site and saw that the selected wine at the moment is a very highly rate Taurasi wine at a...

USA basketball has this new U23 team drawing only on college freshman - juniors and competing in Tokyo this August. Because of the Italy trip I suspect no Uconn players will try out for the teams (Canada is also part of the competition with Australia and Japan.) The U19 competition is a little...

Someone in some thread posted that they had shown a graphic of the recent record for teams beating Uconn in the semi, then not winning an NC. I knew it was an issue but thought I would check the record - Uconn has been to 18 FF and won 11 titles in 11 NC game appearances so there are 7 teams who...

This was posted on the VolNation board - Who was the last male HC to beat Uconn before Vic - i did the research because it struck me both as odd and curious - especially give the pre-game question about gender in coaching. So ... In the last ten years the teams to beat Uconn are Standford (3)...

This team gave us so much for the last 5 months! What an incredible ride they took us on! And congratulations to Vic and the Mississippi State Bulldogs! They played their hearts out as did all of the Uconn players. A sad farewell to Saniya and Tierney, but I can't wait to see what next year brings.

Kelly Graves talked about how important Uconn's defense was and how that really made the difference in yesterdays game. And we have been treated to announcers telling us how much people ignore Uconn's strong defense when talking about the team for pretty much every year since 2000. (That they...

So listening to Geno and Kelly talking about getting to know each other a bit at Nike coaching gatherings (something I didn't know Nike organized) and how they refer to being part of the Nike 'family' or at least close acquaintances as Geno termed the Uconn relationship got me wondering ... How...

I was watching the switching on ball screens out top with bigs, and it was just poetry, Gabby or Napheesa would supply lots of pressure on the ball to prevent the quick pick and roll, the guard would front the rolling post as they moved into the paint and if the ball was still on her side, would...

Uconn broke or continued some records today: 1. Assists in a season - 852 and counting breaking the previous Uconn/NCAA record or 850 2. 10 final fours 3. Wind in tournament by a coach - men or women's basketball - 113 (passing Pat) 4. Tied NCAA FF appearances 18 (Pat) 5. Consecutive wins in...

From last year this time a really good article on Moriah with a little video with Kara and Mo: Jefferson as key to UConn's success as anyone Just fun tor revisit one of my favorite all time players.

Saw this and really enjoyed it: College women: Auriemma, UConn haven’t lost consecutive games in 24 years | The Westerly Sun