Friday was a huge upset for #1 Ladies UConn fans as the team lost to #3 Arizona by 10 points. From the very first possession on Friday night, Arizona’s national semifinal game against Connecticut was an exercise in slow, grind-it-out basketball, with a lot of missed shots and long, labored possessions. It was exactly what …
Tag: NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021
Apr 02 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: The Final Four
Tonight’s games will determine the two teams that will face-off for the Women’s Basketball Championship on Sunday night. In the first game two number one teams, Sanford and South Carolina wil start at 6 PM ET. The second games will be with first time Final Four team #3 Arizona against #1 UConn. The No. 1 …
Mar 30 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Elite Eight – Day Two
The game between #1 UConn and #2 Baylor was close and had fans holding their breath in the final seconds. At he half, Baylor was leading by 2 points. It wasn’t until the 4th quarter that UConn was able to regain the lead and holding it against a team with bigger and faster players. They …
Mar 29 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Elite Eight – Day One
Three of the Women’s number one teams have made it to the Elite Eight, also known as, the Regional Finals. There were three upsets, two biggies and the other not so biggie. In the last game of the night, #6 Texas defeated #2 Maryland in a very close game with the lead bouncing back and …
Mar 28 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Sweet 16 – Day Two
The first #1 Women’s team fell yesterday, North Carolina State fell the #4 Indiana in nail biting last seconds finish. In a lesser upset, #2 Texas A&M lost to #3 Arizona in a less than exciting game. In a close game that went to Overtime, #6 Michigan came close to ousting #2 Baylor. Never leading …
Mar 27 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Sweet 16 – Day One
There were only three upsets in the First Round and four in the Second Round and all four first place teams advanced to the Sweet 16. The seeding of the women’s teams is far more consistent with their playing skills. Here are al the winners and scores from the Second Round Seed School Record …
Mar 24 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Second Round – Day Two
There were only three upsets in the first Round and three yesterday. All four first place teams will advance to the Sweet 16. Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region 8 S. Florida 18 – 3 42 1 S. Carolina* 2 – 2 59 Mercado 5 Iowa* 18 – 9 86 4 …
Mar 23 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Second Round – Day One
We are now down to 32 teams and two more day of eliminations. One thing is noticeable, the difference in the number of upset games on the Men’s side as opposed to the number on the Women’s side. In the Round of 64 and 6 upset games in the Regional Quarterfinals, the Men had nine …
Mar 22 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64- Day 2, Evening
This is the last of the heavy lifting. Tomorrow starts the two days second round of games for the women which will cull the teams down to the the Sweet 16. Here are the a scores for this afternoon’s games Seed School Record Score Seed School Record Score Region 10 N. Carolina 13 – 10 …
Mar 22 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64- Day 2, Afternoon
In 2019, ek hornbeck wrote: “Ok, I’ll bite. WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU THINKING GIVING NOTRE DAME AT 30 – 3 A #1 SEED AND SNOOTING UCONN AT 31 – 2?! Bless your hearts (which you’ll recall refers to someone with an Oedipal Conflict in Dixie)!” This year Notre Dame is not playing, neither the …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64 Day 1- Evening
In 2019, ek hornbeck wrote: “If you’re reading this it’s because I’m still napping. It is the debut of the Lady Huskies in this year’s Tournament and I’d look up the fight song but I’m also lazy.” He found it later after a nap. Yup, this is mind bending. Fortunately, ek left me the map, …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64 Day 1- Afternoon
In 2019 ek hornbeck wrote this: I assure you I have something incredibly trenchant and profound to say about the state of Women’s Basketball, but I’m already at least 40 hours into this project out of the last 72 or so and I’m afraid my brain is totally fried. Fortunately most of the heavy …