Then off to Albany to face Connecticut. Arghh.

GO BEARS!:cheer

GRRAAH;842468569 said:

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Then off to Albany to face Connecticut. Arghh.

GO BEARS!:cheer

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That sucks

barabbas;842468574 said:

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That sucks

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Well, Stanfurd did beat them!

Check that time...not sure yet if 7:30PM is correct...will update

GRRAAH;842468569 said:

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Then off to Albany to face Connecticut. Arghh.

GO BEARS!:cheer

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You're not dragging me to Albany!

Congratulations on hosting a first round. It sucks that if you make it past Texas you get UConn in Albany, NY. I hope you beat them if that happens, though.

GRRAAH;842468576 said:

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Well, Stanfurd did beat them!

Check that time...not sure yet if 7:30PM is correct...will update

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I didn't realize they got the 4 seed and are at home, so I'm pleased with this , of course!:cheer

GRRAAH;842468569 said:

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Then off to Albany to face Connecticut. Arghh.

GO BEARS!:cheer

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If we get to the elite eight..I would be ecstatic! Any wins after that is mushroom gravy.

Prices are pretty cheap. All sessions chairback is only $40. GA seating $25. One session game tickets also available at $25/GA. Kids are $10 per session.

OBear073akaSMFan;842468597 said:

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If we get to the elite eight..I would be ecstatic! Any wins after that is mushroom gravy.

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You mean Sweet 16? Have to beat Uconn to get to Elite 8.

And Sunday's game is at 6pm PST.

We'll see about that.

I am dragging you to some Manhattan establishment at 9 PM EST Sunday night...our second game!!

GRRAAH;842468611 said:

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We'll see about that.

I am dragging you to some Manhattan establishment at 9 PM EST Sunday night...our second game!!

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Ok. Sounds good but I'm NOT drinking Long Island Iced Tea's. That's where I draw the line.

GRRAAH;842468569 said:

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Then off to Albany to face Connecticut. Arghh.

GO BEARS!:cheer

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I was thinking the same thing... but you know what none of the #1 seeds are a cake walk, we have to just believe!:gobears:

GRRAAH;842468569 said:

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Then off to Albany to face Connecticut. Arghh.

GO BEARS!:cheer

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I can try to get Stewart to eat my wife's cooking before the game....

wifeisafurd;842468624 said:

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I can try to get Stewart to eat my wife's cooking before the game....

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Lol. No way your wife cooks worse than my lovely bride.

GOCAL73;842468607 said:

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You mean Sweet 16? Have to beat Uconn to get to Elite 8.

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You're right. I was only looking at the top half of the brackets :blush

Maybe someone will upset UConn before we have to play them. Probably not.

:gobears:

GOCAL73;842468605 said:

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Prices are pretty cheap. All sessions chairback is only $40. GA seating $25. One session game tickets also available at $25/GA. Kids are $10 per session.

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Hope tickets can be purchased on-line tonight and picked up next days...

Wow, some of you are already making plans for Albany. I think you have a horrible match up with the Shockers.
I didnt see them this season but last season I saw them press a big part of the game against their opponents.
They beat Ohio State and Kansas St and lost to Tennessee by three points at UT. They were 4-3 vs top 100 teams.

Make sure you are not spectators on Sunday.

Actually all sessions for seniors is 12.00 $

How did this team get a 13 seed? They should have been 8 to 10 seed. They are a pretty tough team. Won't be easy.

iminoc;842468636 said:

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Wow, some of you are already making plans for Albany. I think you have a horrible match up with the Shockers.

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The Shockers are 29-4 with bad November road losses to Eastern Washington and Florida Gulf Coast, then later 3-point road losses to Tennessee and Drake.

Their top 5 play over 31 minutes each. They're experienced (3 SR, 1 JR, 1 R-SO) but not big (5-8, 5-10, 5-10, 5-11, 6-2).
They average 10 steals per game!
They're shooting .435 from the field, .305 on threes, and .759 from the line.
Their stats are fairly balanced, though wing Alex Harden leads most categories.

This could be a match up like Long Beach State, except LBSU spreads their minutes among more players. In the Tennessee loss Wichita State got killed on the boards but had 13 steals and hit 9 of 20 threes. I'm guessing our keys will be taking care of the ball, which we did not do at LBSU, and defending the three.

wifeisafurd;842468624 said:

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I can try to get Stewart to eat my wife's cooking before the game....

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Is that how Stanford beat 'em? :rollinglaugh:

MoragaBear;842468650 said:

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Tickets for the NCAA first- and second-round games are on sale through the Cal Athletic Ticket Office at the women’s basketball ticketing page on CalBears.com and through 800-GO BEARS (800-462-3277). Tickets will go on sale to season ticket holders at 6 p.m. tonight. Current season ticket holders will have an exclusive window to purchase until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, when tickets will be opened to the general public. Because the NCAA tournament is not a home event, season ticket holders will not be guaranteed their same seats. All-session passes range from $25-40 for adults, with less expensive options for youth and seniors. Individual-session tickets become available Tuesday at noon PT on March 17.

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According to email from Cal Athletics:

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stu;842468653 said:

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The Shockers are 29-4 with bad November road losses to Eastern Washington and Florida Gulf Coast, then later 3-point road losses to Tennessee and Drake.

Their top 5 play over 31 minutes each. They're experienced (3 SR, 1 JR, 1 R-SO) but not big (5-8, 5-10, 5-10, 5-11, 6-2).
They average 10 steals per game!
They're shooting .435 from the field, .305 on threes, and .759 from the line.
Their stats are fairly balanced, though wing Alex Harden leads most categories.

This could be a match up like Long Beach State, except LBSU spreads their minutes among more players. In the Tennessee loss Wichita State got killed on the boards but had 13 steals and hit 9 of 20 threes. I'm guessing our keys will be taking care of the ball, which we did not do at LBSU, and defending the three.

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The four #13 seeds are as follows, with their RPI(RPI is from WBBSTATE.COM)
Wichita State - 37
Liberty - 71
CSUN - 73
Albany - 78

I doubt Liberty, CSUN, or Albany make the dance without winning their tournaments. Wichita State might have. They finished 29-4. Had they lost the championship game and finished 28-5 I think they are still in.

The Shockers only gives up 52 ppg, which ties them for 5th in the nation in D1 ball. They gave up 54 pts to Tenn(RPI 2); 56 pts to FGCU(RPI 17); 55pts to Oh St(RPI 29) and 48 to Ks St(RPI 63)
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[COLOR="#0000FF"]More info on the Shockers.
Last season they had an RPI of 84 and played Penn. State, RPI of 14. They lost 62-56. They only played 6 players the whole game. All 5 of their starters this year played the most minutes last year. Of their 5 starters only #44 Michaela Dapprich has fouled out more than once this season.[/COLOR]

Pac-12 comments on Cals chances should they get to play UCONN.

One game at a time.

UConn could get upset before or by Cal - it happens. In the Men's March dance, the top seed wins the tournament only 13% of the time. To be honest, I'm not sure about WBB.

john1953;842468737 said:

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One game at a time.

UConn could get upset before or by Cal - it happens. In the Men's March dance, the top seed wins the tournament only 13% of the time. To be honest, I'm not sure about WBB.

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I think, in WBB, the only #16 team to beat a #1 was when Harvard beat an injured Stanford team about 20 years ago.

dfineguy;842468670 said:

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Is that how Stanford beat 'em? :rollinglaugh:

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She used Tara's recipes!

iminoc;842468699 said:

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The four #13 seeds are as follows, with their RPI(RPI is from WBBSTATE.COM)
Wichita State - 37
Liberty - 71
CSUN - 73
Albany - 78

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The RPIs listed on the NCAA site (as of March 14) were similar:
Wichita State - 40
Liberty - 63
Albany - 77
CSUN - 81

It doesn't look like RPIs were the deciding factor among the higher-numbered seeds. For example #11 seeds Miami and LSU had RPIs of 65 and 58, while all of the #14 seeds had RPIs between 47 and 53.

[URL="http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-rpi"][COLOR="#0000FF"]http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-rpi[/COLOR][/URL]

[URL="http://www.rpiratings.com/womrate.php"][U]Sagarin weighs in[/U][/URL]:

1. [1st overall seed, East] Connecticut 111.02 (also 1st in Predictor, 118.10!), SOS #47
9. [3 seed, East] Louisville 92.03 (also 9th in Predictor, 92.74), SOS #40 - 3 seed
10. [3 seed, West] Oregon State 91.42 (11th in Predictor, 91.99), SOS #55
13. [3 seed, South] Arizona State 89.55 (also 13th in Predictor, 89.70), SOS #36
15. [4 seed, Midwest] Stanford 89.30 (16th in Predictor, 88.74), SOS #20
21. [2 seed, East] Kentucky 87.94 (24th in Predictor, 87.07), SOS #1
24. [5 seed, East] Texas 87.51 (17th in Predictor, 88.69), SOS #22
[COLOR="#0000FF"]32. [4 seed, East] California 85.95 (also 32nd in Predictor, 85.65), SOS #27[/COLOR]
34. [6 seed, Midwest] Washington 85.21 (31st in Predictor, 85.68), SOS #53
41. [12 seed, East] Western Kentucky 83.25 (42nd in Predictor, 83.05), SOS #131
47. [13 seed, East] Wichita State 82.05 (57th in Predictor, 80.87), SOS #226
72. [13 seed, West] Albany 78.77 (65th in Predictor, 79.75), SOS #259
77. [13 seed, Midwest] CSUN 77.68 (79th in Predictor, 77.22), SOS #156
117. [13 seed, South] Liberty 72.56 (120th in Predictor, 72.31), SOS #320

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[URL="http://www.rpiratings.com/womrate.php"][U]Sagarin weighs in[/U][/URL]:

1. [1st overall seed, East] Connecticut 111.02 (also 1st in Predictor, 118.10!), SOS #47
9. [3 seed, East] Louisville 92.03 (also 9th in Predictor, 92.74), SOS #40 - 3 seed
10. [3 seed, West] Oregon State 91.42 (11th in Predictor, 91.99), SOS #55
13. [3 seed, South] Arizona State 89.55 (also 13th in Predictor, 89.70), SOS #36
15. [4 seed, Midwest] Stanford 89.30 (16th in Predictor, 88.74), SOS #20
21. [2 seed, East] Kentucky 87.94 (24th in Predictor, 87.07), SOS #1
24. [5 seed, East] Texas 87.51 (17th in Predictor, 88.69), SOS #22
[COLOR="#0000FF"]32. [4 seed, East] California 85.95 (also 32nd in Predictor, 85.65), SOS #27[/COLOR]
34. [6 seed, Midwest] Washington 85.21 (31st in Predictor, 85.68), SOS #53
41. [12 seed, East] Western Kentucky 83.25 (42nd in Predictor, 83.05), SOS #131
47. [13 seed, East] Wichita State 82.05 (57th in Predictor, 80.87), SOS #226
72. [13 seed, West] Albany 78.77 (65th in Predictor, 79.75), SOS #259
77. [13 seed, Midwest] CSUN 77.68 (79th in Predictor, 77.22), SOS #156
117. [13 seed, South] Liberty 72.56 (120th in Predictor, 72.31), SOS #320

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Looks like the Selection Committee wanted to give us a break in hosting the initial games, but then wanted to even things out by giving us the toughest opponents possible.

Looks like Sagarin's computer thinks Cal's entire pod was seeded too high and too low. Committee must have put weight on the Shockers and Hilltoppers SOS

annarborbear;842468843 said:

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Looks like the Selection Committee wanted to give us a break in hosting the initial games, but then wanted to even things out by giving us the toughest opponents possible.

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My thoughts exactly. The #4 seed seems very generous, and then playing at home on top of that. Can't complain that the Bears were assigned to play the toughest #13 seed by far. Texas will be very tough, and probably ticked off they have to play us in Berkeley. (If I were in their shoes, I'd be really aggravated.) Then there's UConn looming in the next round.