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pilight
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Posted: 03/19/24 4:48 pm ::: Winning Them Both |
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22 schools got both their men's and women's teams to the big dance. Who's most likely to take both titles?
Alabama
Arizona
Auburn
Baylor
Colorado
Connecticut
Creighton
Drake
Duke
Gonzaga
Iowa State
Kansas
Marquette
Michigan State
NC State
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
South Dakota State
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
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mercfan3
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Posted: 03/19/24 5:02 pm ::: Re: Winning Them Both |
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pilight wrote: |
22 schools got both their men's and women's teams to the big dance. Who's most likely to take both titles?
Alabama
Arizona
Auburn
Baylor
Colorado
Connecticut
Creighton
Drake
Duke
Gonzaga
Iowa State
Kansas
Marquette
Michigan State
NC State
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
South Dakota State
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M |
I mean..UConn. And ironically, because of the Men. The UConn men have been dominant this season, though nothing is a guarantee, they are almost worth taking over the field.
The UConn women are good enough to win it all if things go right for them. They’ll need a lot to go right..but less so than other team.
South Carolina is the only other real option, imo. I don’t see the men getting the job done though.
Tbh, I think it’s most likely we see a South Carolina Women’s champ, and UConn men champ.
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 03/19/24 9:10 pm ::: |
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UConn is the most likely to win both, but not very likely.
It might be more interesting to award points to each team for reaching each stage of the tournament: 1 point for making the round of 64 up to 7 points for winning the title. Then add the men's and women's team points. I'll guess UConn gets 11 points. |
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Posted: 03/20/24 4:12 am ::: |
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prior to the injury-riddled season, us uconn fans thought it was a realistic chance; it happened previously in 2004, 2014...
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Posted: 03/20/24 5:48 am ::: |
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snlMINAJ wrote: |
prior to the injury-riddled season, us uconn fans thought it was a realistic chance; it happened previously in 2004, 2014... |
So 2024 would follow that pattern.
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Posted: 03/20/24 3:14 pm ::: |
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pilight
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Posted: 03/20/24 3:33 pm ::: |
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The UConn women got a pretty favorable bracket, IMO. Syracuse isn't beating them in Storrs. Ohio State is a weak #2 and the Hussies will be extra motivated to beat them after last year's tournament. USC is talented but hasn't been on a big stage like this.
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pilight
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Posted: 03/21/24 10:57 pm ::: |
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21 survived the play in games
Alabama
Arizona
Baylor
Colorado
Connecticut
Creighton
Drake
Duke
Gonzaga
Iowa State
Kansas
Marquette
Michigan State
NC State
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
South Dakota State
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
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Speebs56
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Posted: 03/23/24 12:33 am ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
21 survived the play in games
Alabama
Arizona
Baylor
Colorado
Connecticut
Creighton
Drake
Duke
Gonzaga
Iowa State
Kansas
Marquette
Michigan State
NC State
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
South Dakota State
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M |
Michigan St., Drake, and Texas A&M women lost today, so the field is winnowed.
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pilight
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Posted: 03/23/24 11:16 pm ::: |
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13 schools got both through round one
Alabama
Baylor
Colorado
Connecticut
Creighton
Duke
Gonzaga
Iowa State
Kansas
NC State
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
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Phil
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Posted: 03/24/24 9:38 am ::: |
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The men's loss by South Carolina put a major dent in the probability of dual championships
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TechDawgMc
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Posted: 03/25/24 10:32 pm ::: |
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The round of 32 has been tough on this group. Only four left -- assuming Gonzaga holds on.
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pilight
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Posted: 03/25/24 11:48 pm ::: |
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Four schools got both teams through round two
Connecticut
Duke
Gonzaga
NC State
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Posted: 03/26/24 6:32 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
Four schools got both teams through round two
#3 Connecticut #1
#7 Duke #1
#4 Gonzaga #5
#3 NC State #11 |
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Posted: 03/28/24 11:23 am ::: |
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I feel bad for fans of both the men and the women at NC State with Friday tip off times:
Men NC state 7:09 Women 7:30
A bit easier for Gonzaga fans
Men Gonzaga 7:39 Women 10:00
Duke men play Friday and the women play Saturday so no problem
UConn men play Thursday in the women Saturday so no problem (unless UConn men win Thursday, in which case as a potential conflict depending on the time for the Saturday game.
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Posted: 03/30/24 12:03 pm ::: |
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NC State fans had to deal with both games playing at the same time; I think they ended within seconds of each other, but they'll take it. NC state wouldn't have been my guess for one of the fews teams left with both.
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pilight
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Posted: 03/30/24 9:31 pm ::: |
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Two schools got both to the E8'
Connecticut
NC State
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Posted: 03/31/24 10:18 pm ::: |
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NC State men make the Final Four as an 11 seed, and their women beat 1 seed Texas to make the women's FF.
With their men in the FF, can the UConn women beat USC tomorrow to match that? It's possible, but for some reason lots of analytics have UConn rated much higher than many people's eyeballs, which have watched UConn lose to every top team they've played (NCST, Texas, UCLA, Notre Dame, SCar). |
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Posted: 04/01/24 8:39 am ::: |
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GlennMacGrady wrote: |
NC State men make the Final Four as an 11 seed, and their women beat 1 seed Texas to make the women's FF.
With their men in the FF, can the UConn women beat USC tomorrow to match that? It's possible, but for some reason lots of analytics have UConn rated much higher than many people's eyeballs, which have watched UConn lose to every top team they've played (NCST, Texas, UCLA, Notre Dame, SCar). |
If you had told me that only one school would get both teams in (and it still might be two, granted), I'm not sure NC State would have been in the first 10 I would have picked. The men's success is a pretty good reflection of why this time is called madness.
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Posted: 04/01/24 12:25 pm ::: |
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GO PACK!
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Posted: 04/01/24 10:55 pm ::: |
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Two schools got both to the F4
Connecticut
NC State
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Posted: 04/06/24 8:07 am ::: |
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No schools got both to the finals
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