Lady Vols out in round one?

[UMass922]

Tennessee has never even lost in the second round, much less the first. But they're trailing Ball State 52-44 with less than eight minutes to go in the game . . .

[UMass922]

65-51 Ball State with 2:04 to go!

[UMass922]

Ball State 71
Tennessee 55

FINAL

Granted, it was "only" a 12-over-5 upset--this was Tennessee's worst seed ever--but still, it's just astonishing to see the Lady Vols out of the tournament this early.

This was Ball State's first tournament appearance ever, apparently. Wow.

[UMass922]

And speaking of upsets, 15th-seeded UT-San Antonio has Baylor tied at 69 with 10 seconds to go. Baylor ball . . .

A 15 has never beaten a 2 in the women's tourney . . .

. . .

Headed for OT!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

And speaking of upsets, 15th-seeded UT-San Antonio has Baylor tied at 69 with 10 seconds to go. Baylor ball . . .

A 15 has never beaten a 2 in the women's tourney . . .

But a 16 beat a 1...

I can't believe Tennessee lost but they really weren't very good this year.

[TheValleyRaider]

Incredible xeekx xeekx xeekx

Way to go Ball State! xbowx xbowx xbowx

[UMass922]

But a 16 beat a 1...

Yup, Harvard over Stanford ('98 was it?). I remember watching that game. I've always thought that was even more shocking than a 16-1 upset on the men's side would be, given the greater talent gap separating the top teams from everyone else in the women's game (though that gap has closed quite a bit in the decade since; there's more depth and the talent seems to be spread around a bit more now).

[UMass922]

Looks like UTSA is going to fall short. Baylor up 80-75 and headed to the line with 42 seconds to go.

[UMass922]

Baylor survives, 87-82, to advance to play South Dakota State in round two.

Go SDSU!

[Baldy]

As far as Tennessee is concerned, this year's Lady Vols are the youngest team Pat Summit has had in her 35 years there, so I'm pretty sure they will be as dominant as they always have been over the next several years.

Oh, and I concur about SDSU! Go Jackrabbits!!! xbowx
If they play as good the rest of the tourney as they did tonight, UConn is in real trouble. xthumbsupx

[wkuhillhound]

That made me feel a WHOLE lot better after WKU's last second loss. xthumbsupx

Leaping for joy for the Lady Cardinals! Ball State beat the Lady Toppers on a last second shot in Diddle Arena earlier so it was advantage Ball State from the get go. xnodx

[UMass922]

As far as Tennessee is concerned, this year's Lady Vols are the youngest team Pat Summit has had in her 35 years there, so I'm pretty sure they will be as dominant as they always have been over the next several years.

No doubt about it. xnodx

[appfan2008]

wow what an amazing sweet 16 streak that came to a close...

[OSBF]

...............Illinois State CRUSHED Ball st by something like 25-30 pts early in the year.

Granted it was at our place, but then we take a royal dump in the conf tourney and got to sit at home and watch THIS happen........bummer for sure.

[ISUMatt]

Jesus Christ did our coach really say that...what a moron sometimes

[OSBF]

Jesus Christ did our coach really say that...what a moron sometimes


Yes he did.......amazing how low "mid-majors" are willing to set the bar. Here's the link to the story, the quote is about 1/2 way down the page:

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/03/15/usports/doc49bdb39be0c3c522398642.txt

[UMass922]

South Dakota State is out with a 60-58 loss to Baylor. Baylor hit the game-winning shot with less than a second left after trailing for most of the game. Great season by SDSU--heartbreaking way to go out, though.

[bluehenbillk]

Let me ask this about what seems to be an obvious NCAA infraction. I see on SportsCenter this morning that Pat Summit is still having her players practice after they've been eliminated. Isn't that against the rules???? Otherwise football teams that don't make the playoffs or a bowl game, what would prevent them from practicing until New Years???

[813Jag]

Let me ask this about what seems to be an obvious NCAA infraction. I see on SportsCenter this morning that Pat Summit is still having her players practice after they've been eliminated. Isn't that against the rules???? Otherwise football teams that don't make the playoffs or a bowl game, what would prevent them from practicing until New Years???
They probably could get around it using this:

17.1.5.2 Weekly Hour Limitations -- Outside of Playing Season
(Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, Revised: 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, 1/14/97, 118/1/00, 10/31/02 effective 8/1/03, 3/10/04)
(a) Sports other than Division I-A and I-AA football. Outside of the playing season during the academic year, only a student-athlete's participation in required weight-training, conditioning and individual skill instruction requested by the student-athlete shall be permitted. A student-athlete's participation in such activities per Bylaw 17.02.1 shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours per week, of which not more than two hours per week may be spent on individual skill workouts.


Besides it's easier for a group of basketball players to gather in a gym "own their own" than a football team.

[tribe_pride]

ESPN did say there was some sort of 8 hour rule until April 15. They did not fully explain it though.

[jstate83]

Michigan State pounds #1 seed Duke 63-49.


#1 seed DUKE gone. (http://msn.foxsports.com/wcbk/story/9373544/Michigan-State-tops-top-seeded-Duke,-former-coach?MSNHPHMA)

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Joanne P. McCallie squatted on the sideline, staring in disbelief as her top-seeded Duke Blue Devils fell apart in an arena where she was once adored.

They ended up cheering as loud as they have in years, witnessing a rare second-round upset against a woman who bolted for her dream job two years ago.

[813Jag]

Lots of upsets in this year's women's tourney.

[ISUMatt]

Pat Summitt put the Tennessee basketball team through a hard practice yesterday

[813Jag]

this is UConn's tourney to lose.

[UMass922]

this is UConn's tourney to lose.

xnodx It would take Renee Montgomery and Maya Moore both getting injured for UConn to become seriously vulnerable. Even with just one of the two, they'd still probably be good enough to win the whole thing. (Though as talented as Moore is, losing Montgomery, the point guard, would probably do the greater harm.)

[tribe_pride]

It was UConn's tourney to lose before those upsets. Nobody within 10 of them all year including a 30 point blow out of then No. 2 UNC.

Also, what kind of BS is it that Duke had to play at Michigan State. I am all in favor of neutral sites and against the UNC always playing Charlotte or Nova in Philly thing but a better seed should not be going to a lower seed's home court. That is horrible. If they are doing a pod system, , it should be the other way.

[813Jag]

It was UConn's tourney to lose before those upsets. Nobody within 10 of them all year including a 30 point blow out of then No. 2 UNC.

Also, what kind of BS is it that Duke had to play at Michigan State. I am all in favor of neutral sites and against the UNC always playing Charlotte or Nova in Philly thing but a better seed should not be going to a lower seed's home court. That is horrible. If they are doing a pod system, , it should be the other way.
that's how it shakes out in women's bball. LSU hosted games as a 6 seed.

[ISUMatt]

San Diego St hosted games as #10

[tribe_pride]

Is that decided before the bracket is created? I understand for attendance reasons wanting Women's NCAA games at someone's home court but not giving them to the top seeds seems wrong to me.

[wkuhillhound]

The locations are predetermined, in some cases even years before the season starts. It doesn't matter how well the team does. All you have to do is take a look at Bowling Green and the Lady Toppers didn't even make the WNIT. :D