NCAA Tournament

[gordonmann]

The games will be played at 5 pm and 7 pm central time.  Hope plays Marymount first.

[Hoosier Titan]

I would not worry too much about it Hope College fans.  Illinois Wesleyan is beatable at home in tournament play as evidenced by the last two, or is it three postseasons?

[Please note: the message above is light-hearted trash talk from a fan who is feeling a little blue after the game on Saturday.  Illinois Wesleyan is the favorite, at home, neutral, or away, on the roof of the Beer Nuts factory or in a bombed-out parking lot in downtown Belgrade.  The Titans are the team to beat.]

Your point about the past two seasons is one I was tempted to make over the past few days, WUH.  (Three years ago the IWU women lost on the road in Iowa in a blizzard).  As Titan Q has pointed out, road wins are often the sweetest.

[deiscanton]

The following women's sectionals are the sectionals whose games will be carried on NCAA TV this weekend.  NCAA TV is the NCAA's official on-line streaming player-- the same player used for the selection announcments last week.   Videocasts coming from these sectionals will be directly produced by the NCAA and most likely staffed by D3Hoops.com personnel for play-by-play and commentary:

(1)  The sectional at Amherst-- Friday's games in that sectional are Babson v Gettysburg and Amherst v Williams, with the winners meeting on Saturday.

(2)  The sectional at Illinois Wesleyan-- Friday's games in that sectional are Hope v Marymount and Illinois Wesleyan v UW-Stevens Point, with the winners meeting on Saturday.

The NCAA player can be found at http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ncaa

The other two sectionals will most likely be video streamed as well, but these will be on other video streaming players.

Note:  Post modified to provide direct link to NCAA TV web streaming player.

[WUPHF]

The Washington University sectional will be streaming online through the usual means: http://www.stretchinternet.com/wustlschedule.html

For more information, including links to a preview and live stats, click here: http://bearsports.wustl.edu/releases/2010NCAASectional.html

[BruinFan]

I believed it when I saw the bracket, and nothing happened in the first round to change my mind. I think the championship game will be played between the winners of the bottom brackets.

I just think each of those brackets have 2-3 teams that will prevail over any of the teams that come out of the upper brackets.

I'm still standing by my original statement.

[WUPHF]

I just think each of those brackets have 2-3 teams that will prevail over any of the teams that come out of the upper brackets.

I agree with your prediction and have a prediction of my own: at the end of the weekend, I will have watch two great Women's Basketball games and both will be more enjoyable than most every Men's Basketball games I have watched this year!  Go Women!

[dothedew]

The Hope website says that Hope is the second game at 7pm CT, 8pm ET???
With the other final 4 at 5pm, 6 ET?

Please advise Pat.

Thanks!

[dothedew]

I just received conformation that Hope is the SECOND game.

[WUPHF]

Quick Question: with Washington University and Rochester on opposite sides of the bracket, and both schools possessing the talent to win on Friday, how often do we find same-conference schools competing in the championship?

This is the first year I have paid close attention to the details, but it seems like the answer would be not very often.

[Pat Coleman]

It has never happened in D-III women's basketball.

[WUPHF]

It has never happened in D-III women's basketball.

Thank you!  Very interesting...we will have to wait and see if the UAA can get it done.

[Ethelred the Unready]

It has never happened in D-III women's basketball.

Thank you!  Very interesting...we will have to wait and see if the UAA can get it done.

That....would be sweet indeed

[jagluski]

It has never happened in D-III women's basketball.

Thank you!  Very interesting...we will have to wait and see if the UAA can get it done.

That....would be sweet indeed

It has happened previously in the semifinals...I remember a Wash U-NYU semifinal a few years back.

[Titan Q]

Nice Final Four story from the Bloomington Pantagraph...

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/article_fef8dd2c-3303-11df-b092-001cc4c002e0.html

[Titan Q]

And more of a basketball story...

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_e4053ae2-32ef-11df-9fc9-001cc4c002e0.html