HOOS. π#GoHoos πΈβοΈπΉ#GNSL pic.twitter.com/JkYrRK4HnF
— Virginia Women's Basketball (@UVAWomensHoops) March 2, 2025
hoos 78-75 upset victory AT north carolina!!#
HOOS. π#GoHoos πΈβοΈπΉ#GNSL pic.twitter.com/JkYrRK4HnF
— Virginia Women's Basketball (@UVAWomensHoops) March 2, 2025
Let the games begin π
— ACC Women's Basketball (@accwbb) March 3, 2025
The bracket for the 2025 Ally ACC Women's Basketball Championship is set!
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π https://t.co/4f8v0N0mHb pic.twitter.com/RzrEuI9Fe3
Shocky, I know you want to keep me in line. But let me clarify:Shocky1 said:
redless, both teams finished 23-7 with cal beating alabama 69-65 at haas pavilion
alabama's other 2025 losses:
#2 south carolina
#5 texas (road game)
#12 kentucky (road game)
#13 oklahoma (road game)
#15 tennessee (road game)
66-64 loss to vanderbilt which has been nationally ranked this season
the tide basically had no bad losses (unlike the bears) at all season, the bears xmas hangover loss at clemson along with blowing the huge lead against michigan state on a neutral court & failures to beat unranked louisville & virginia tech on the road are key factors in the bears current seeding projections
cal wbb is not a victim of "unfair" refs, travel scheduling or ncca seeding projections
This team is so fun to root for man https://t.co/Qd6ffS9UHS
— Don Grizzell, Ph.D. (@golDonbear) March 3, 2025
Wow, that's heavy duty. Do ya think the NCAA selection comittee takes all of that "#4" stuff into consideration? I highly doubt it!Shocky1 said:
redless, you forgot one
4) the bears 8 player rotation this season consists of only 2 undergrads (lulu & gabby) with significant academic coursework at the #1 ranked public university in the world, the other 6 hoopers r basically full time athletes with relatively non time consuming postgrad work (multiple students in the art program)
east coast traveling is way more FUN when ur not tryna write 40+ page papers or missing chem labs!!
just ask michelleThis team is so fun to root for man https://t.co/Qd6ffS9UHS
— Don Grizzell, Ph.D. (@golDonbear) March 3, 2025
Many years ago a #16 (Harvard, I think) beat #1 Stanford. Of course that's an extremely rare occurrence. However #14 and better underdogs win with some regularity.Shocky1 said:
what's the difference between a #8 seeding & a #7 seeding in the 2025 ncca tournament?
if a #8 seed wins their 1st game against a tough #9 seed then they will play a #1 seed on their home court that plays a creampuff #16 seed like farleigh dickinson which usually allows all the starters to be well rested for the 2nd game
if a #7 seed wins their 1st game then they will a #2 seed on their home court that plays a legit ncca tourney team that usually requires the starters to play 30+ minutes & not be well rested for the 2nd game
fun fact: #16 seeds are ceremonial teams that win lousy wbb conferences
The other major difference is one seed.stu said:Many years go a #16 (Harvard, I think) beat #1 Stanford. Of course that's an extremely rare occurrence. However #14 and better underdogs win with some regularity.Shocky1 said:
what's the difference between a #8 seeding & a #7 seeding in the 2025 ncca tournament?
if a #8 seed wins their 1st game against a tough #9 seed then they will play a #1 seed on their home court that plays a creampuff #16 seed like farleigh dickinson which usually allows all the starters to be well rested for the 2nd game
if a #7 seed wins their 1st game then they will a #2 seed on their home court that plays a legit ncca tourney team that usually requires the starters to play 30+ minutes & not be well rested for the 2nd game
fun fact: #16 seeds are ceremonial teams that win lousy wbb conferences
A 14th seed hasn't beaten a 3 seed in the women's tournament, 120-0. Yes on the Men's side...stu said:Many years ago a #16 (Harvard, I think) beat #1 Stanford. Of course that's an extremely rare occurrence. However #14 and better underdogs win with some regularity.Shocky1 said:
what's the difference between a #8 seeding & a #7 seeding in the 2025 ncca tournament?
if a #8 seed wins their 1st game against a tough #9 seed then they will play a #1 seed on their home court that plays a creampuff #16 seed like farleigh dickinson which usually allows all the starters to be well rested for the 2nd game
if a #7 seed wins their 1st game then they will a #2 seed on their home court that plays a legit ncca tourney team that usually requires the starters to play 30+ minutes & not be well rested for the 2nd game
fun fact: #16 seeds are ceremonial teams that win lousy wbb conferences
Wow, where does the book put the moneyline on that?mbBear said:A 14th seed hasn't beaten a 3 seed in the women's tournament, 120-0. Yes on the Men's side...stu said:Many years ago a #16 (Harvard, I think) beat #1 Stanford. Of course that's an extremely rare occurrence. However #14 and better underdogs win with some regularity.Shocky1 said:
what's the difference between a #8 seeding & a #7 seeding in the 2025 ncca tournament?
if a #8 seed wins their 1st game against a tough #9 seed then they will play a #1 seed on their home court that plays a creampuff #16 seed like farleigh dickinson which usually allows all the starters to be well rested for the 2nd game
if a #7 seed wins their 1st game then they will a #2 seed on their home court that plays a legit ncca tourney team that usually requires the starters to play 30+ minutes & not be well rested for the 2nd game
fun fact: #16 seeds are ceremonial teams that win lousy wbb conferences
In general, Sportsbooks aren't all that historically sentimental. In general, and I'm not going to do research, but I would be willing to bet (pun intended) that the record of roughly the top 8 seeds on in the women's tournament is very good over the last several years-not all that "March Madness" in play...RedlessWardrobe said:Wow, where does the book put the moneyline on that?mbBear said:A 14th seed hasn't beaten a 3 seed in the women's tournament, 120-0. Yes on the Men's side...stu said:Many years ago a #16 (Harvard, I think) beat #1 Stanford. Of course that's an extremely rare occurrence. However #14 and better underdogs win with some regularity.Shocky1 said:
what's the difference between a #8 seeding & a #7 seeding in the 2025 ncca tournament?
if a #8 seed wins their 1st game against a tough #9 seed then they will play a #1 seed on their home court that plays a creampuff #16 seed like farleigh dickinson which usually allows all the starters to be well rested for the 2nd game
if a #7 seed wins their 1st game then they will a #2 seed on their home court that plays a legit ncca tourney team that usually requires the starters to play 30+ minutes & not be well rested for the 2nd game
fun fact: #16 seeds are ceremonial teams that win lousy wbb conferences
Honestly mbb, my question was a bit more rhetorical. Quite often sportsbooks don't even bother with WCBB. I would guess that some of these high/low seed games won't even have a line.mbBear said:In general, Sportsbooks aren't all that historically sentimental. In general, and I'm not going to do research, but I would be willing to bet (pun intended) that the record of roughly the top 8 seeds on in the women's tournament is very good over the last several years-not all that "March Madness" in play...RedlessWardrobe said:Wow, where does the book put the moneyline on that?mbBear said:A 14th seed hasn't beaten a 3 seed in the women's tournament, 120-0. Yes on the Men's side...stu said:Many years ago a #16 (Harvard, I think) beat #1 Stanford. Of course that's an extremely rare occurrence. However #14 and better underdogs win with some regularity.Shocky1 said:
what's the difference between a #8 seeding & a #7 seeding in the 2025 ncca tournament?
if a #8 seed wins their 1st game against a tough #9 seed then they will play a #1 seed on their home court that plays a creampuff #16 seed like farleigh dickinson which usually allows all the starters to be well rested for the 2nd game
if a #7 seed wins their 1st game then they will a #2 seed on their home court that plays a legit ncca tourney team that usually requires the starters to play 30+ minutes & not be well rested for the 2nd game
fun fact: #16 seeds are ceremonial teams that win lousy wbb conferences
RedlessWardrobe said:Honestly mbb, my question was a bit more rhetorical. Quite often sportsbooks don't even bother with WCBB. I would guess that some of these high/low seed games won't even have a line.mbBear said:In general, Sportsbooks aren't all that historically sentimental. In general, and I'm not going to do research, but I would be willing to bet (pun intended) that the record of roughly the top 8 seeds on in the women's tournament is very good over the last several years-not all that "March Madness" in play...RedlessWardrobe said:Wow, where does the book put the moneyline on that?mbBear said:A 14th seed hasn't beaten a 3 seed in the women's tournament, 120-0. Yes on the Men's side...stu said:Many years ago a #16 (Harvard, I think) beat #1 Stanford. Of course that's an extremely rare occurrence. However #14 and better underdogs win with some regularity.Shocky1 said:
what's the difference between a #8 seeding & a #7 seeding in the 2025 ncca tournament?
if a #8 seed wins their 1st game against a tough #9 seed then they will play a #1 seed on their home court that plays a creampuff #16 seed like farleigh dickinson which usually allows all the starters to be well rested for the 2nd game
if a #7 seed wins their 1st game then they will a #2 seed on their home court that plays a legit ncca tourney team that usually requires the starters to play 30+ minutes & not be well rested for the 2nd game
fun fact: #16 seeds are ceremonial teams that win lousy wbb conferences
Tomorrow π#GoHoos πΈβοΈπΉ #GNSL pic.twitter.com/lK5yw0K1R3
— Virginia Women's Basketball (@UVAWomensHoops) March 6, 2025
I hope this becomes reality. If it does, this is stuff that coaches routinely have to deal with when playing in tournaments.Shocky1 said:Tomorrow π#GoHoos πΈβοΈπΉ #GNSL pic.twitter.com/lK5yw0K1R3
— Virginia Women's Basketball (@UVAWomensHoops) March 6, 2025
virginia minutes played today vs pittsburgh:
kymore johnson: 39 minutes
latasha lattimore: 35 minutes
paris clark: 34 minutes
breona hurd: 31 minutes
olivia mcghee: 24
edessa noyan: 22 minutes
rest of roster: 18 minutes
virginia is gonna start feeling the fatigue from 2 games in 24 hours in the 3rd quarter
if the bears jump to an early lead it will be important for coach charmin to liberally sub bench players in order to keep the starting 5 legs fresh for friday's battle with notre dame...it's a tight wire act to limit minutes & still win the game...if smith overplays the starting 5 against the hoos the bears will get smoked by the much deeper irish on friday, this will be her greatest coaching challenge of this season
Give her the π! #GoBears x Michelle pic.twitter.com/N4P1dcvfOn
— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) March 6, 2025
π π π π π π π ¨ pic.twitter.com/hM2EDxpSjm
— Don Grizzell, Ph.D. (@golDonbear) March 6, 2025
Yes to all the other stuff that was said, but dammit, this needs to be a thing. We need people to watch and listen to Cal Bears. We need people/other schools to wish they were this cool. We need to win and be bold and tell people this IS BEAR TERRITORY. We need to dance and have joy while pushing other teams around.Shocky1 said:
https://instagr.am/p/DG3voU6SJHv
california golden bears 75
virginia cavaliers 58
THIS IS WHAT WE DO!!#
One big gator π
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 5, 2025
Two very different reactions π#TOURVault pic.twitter.com/gKr0gLjfbr