[hawkdrummer1]

...can't get a break. They open the tourney against 28-4 Gonzaga, on Gonzaga's home court.

I don't care if they do it for attendance reasons. No team should play on its home court in the tourney.

[IPS101]

Iowa women just got jobbed and that is putting it lightly.

Why would they do them like that?

Play hard and see what happens.

Go Hawks!

[HawkeyeShane]

Nice...at least there's a chance they'll play in front of a packed house, since the Zags only seat about 34 in their building...

[Herminator]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeShane

Nice...at least there's a chance they'll play in front of a packed house, since the Zags only seat about 34 in their building...

NCAA Women's Basketball.....Where the 11 seed get home court advantage happens.

[HawkeyeShane]

Originally Posted by Herminator

NCAA Women's Basketball.....Where the 11 seed get home court advantage happens.

You better copyright that slogan...FAST!

[bandgrocks]

Originally Posted by hawkdrummer1

...can't get a break. They open the tourney against 28-4 Gonzaga, on Gonzaga's home court.

I don't care if they do it for attendance reasons. No team should play on its home court in the tourney.

So your other option is to go back to the sub regional system where the highest seed hosted, so in this case UCLA. You win the first round, you're playing the home team in the second round on their home floor. The POD system does not work for the women's tourney unless you locate the 1st/2nd rounds in places that actually draw.

Go back to 2006 the women played in the Pepsi Center in Denver in front of 3700 people. The Pepsi Center seats 19000 people and a 1st/2nd round of the NCAA tourney nets 3700 people. You can't tell me they made any money off that. The NCAA is all about $$$$$$$$$, that is why they play on home courts, because fannies in the seats pay the bills.

[Clonehomer]

Personally, I would like them to go back to the old system where the top 4 seeds automatically get home games. That prevents this sort of situation.

[BradBanks02]

Not only do they play at Gonzaga, they also play two timezones away, in Gonzaga's & UCLA's timezone, and UCLA is the hardest 3 seed Espn was saying they should have been a 2.

[tm3308]

What I want to know is how a top 20 team can only be an 11 seed? Seriously, THAT is the most f*cked up thing that I've ever seen.

[BradBanks02]

Originally Posted by tm3308

What I want to know is how a top 20 team can only be an 11 seed? Seriously, THAT is the most f*cked up thing that I've ever seen.

The Utah State men are ranked #19 and the are a #12 seed.

[storminspank]

Travesty what happened to the ladies.

[bandgrocks]

Originally Posted by tm3308

What I want to know is how a top 20 team can only be an 11 seed? Seriously, THAT is the most f*cked up thing that I've ever seen.

Ranking in the polls have nothing to do with seeding, it never has. Gonzaga has an RPI of 42 and a SOS of 157. They have no top 50 wins, and a loss outside the top 100, and one of their wins was over a non-D1 team, so that win doesn't count in the RPI. The West Coast Conference has one other team in the top 100 RPI, and 6 of the 8 teams have an RPI of 191 or lower, including San Francisco who has an RPI of 325. Their best win is over # 94 St. Mary's. This is why they are an 11 seed.

[imported_ankle23]

Originally Posted by bandgrocks

Ranking in the polls have nothing to do with seeding, it never has. Gonzaga has an RPI of 42 and a SOS of 157. They have no top 50 wins, and a loss outside the top 100, and one of their wins was over a non-D1 team, so that win doesn't count in the RPI. The West Coast Conference has one other team in the top 100 RPI, and 6 of the 8 teams have an RPI of 191 or lower, including San Francisco who has an RPI of 325. Their best win is over # 94 St. Mary's. This is why they are an 11 seed.

while you are doing the explaining, explain why an 11 seed gets a home game v. a 6 seed.

[tm3308]

Originally Posted by bandgrocks

Ranking in the polls have nothing to do with seeding, it never has. Gonzaga has an RPI of 42 and a SOS of 157. They have no top 50 wins, and a loss outside the top 100, and one of their wins was over a non-D1 team, so that win doesn't count in the RPI. The West Coast Conference has one other team in the top 100 RPI, and 6 of the 8 teams have an RPI of 191 or lower, including San Francisco who has an RPI of 325. Their best win is over # 94 St. Mary's. This is why they are an 11 seed.

Yet their one home loss on the year was by 6 points to Stanford. I'd say this team can ball.

[bandgrocks]

Originally Posted by tm3308

Yet their one home loss on the year was by 6 points to Stanford. I'd say this team can ball.

They LOST to Stanford, that doesn't help their RPI. I am not saying they can't play ball, they have the best PG in the country. What I'm stating is the selection committee has criteria they look at - RPI, SOS, performance over last 10 games and WINS over top 50 RPI teams. Gonzaga has:

0 wins over top 50 RPI
SOS of 157
Last 10 games 10-0
RPI of 42
Their best win is over #59 BYU, followed by # 94 St. Mary's. They also have wins over #324 NCCU, and 2 over #325 San Francisco.

This is why they are an 11 seed.