NCAA Tournament "at large" candidate University of Richmond Women

[spiderstudent17]

Updated ESPN bracket has us as an at large at 9 seed facing Illinois in South Carolina region. George Mason has current AQ and is 12 seed. St. Joe’s is 2nd team out. So maybe with a George Mason win tomorrow, A10 will sneak with 3 bids, but most likely will be 2 bids.

Women's Bracketology: The bubble is shrinking as A-10 becomes two-bid league

Richmond's loss in the semifinals Saturday means the Atlantic 10 will get two teams in the NCAA tournament. And Virginia Tech is now on the wrong side of the bubble.

www.espn.com

 

[GKiller]

Coach Roussell reposted this tweet...which is fine...tho we don't even need politicking imo because we r 100%...but perhaps a good reminder for those who don't realize it

 

[Eight Legger]

There is a 0% chance we aren't in the tournament. Ridiculous to even entertain any thought to the contrary.

 

[SFspidur]

NET unchanged at 33 with the loss. Joe's up one spot to 52. Mason steady at 45 with their win.

 

[mr.spider]

With 21 votes in this week’s AP poll and essentially the 27th best team in the country, if we win the A10 tournament, there is a very good chance we will be in the top 25 going into post-season play. If that’s the case, I would think being a 7 seed isn’t out of the question.

I was hoping for a 6 seed if we won the A10 tourny. Seemed reasonable since we were already receiving votes for the top 25, putting us 27.

Would be ridiculous to go from that scenario to out with one loss to a very good team.

Hoping for an 11 (even though we definitely earned better, just like the idea of playin a 6 and then maybe a 3). 10 seed would be ok too, but don't want an 8/9. This team is good enough to make sweet 16 or better, much tougher road as an 8/9, though.

 

[SFspidur]

No votes in the AP poll this week. Mason didn't get any either. Fairfield still has 2.

 

[97spiderfan]

I was hoping for a 6 seed if we won the A10 tourny. Seemed reasonable since we were already receiving votes for the top 25, putting us 27.

Would be ridiculous to go from that scenario to out with one loss to a very good team.

Hoping for an 11 (even though we definitely earned better, just like the idea of playin a 6 and then maybe a 3). 10 seed would be ok too, but don't want an 8/9. This team is good enough to make sweet 16 or better, much tougher road as an 8/9, though.

Agreed. Hoping we get bumped to a 10 with the loss. Much better than a 9, having to play a 1 in round 2. 11 is the sweet spot for sure, but I don't think we drop that far.

 

[GKiller]

Agreed. Hoping we get bumped to a 10 with the loss. Much better than a 9, having to play a 1 in round 2. 11 is the sweet spot for sure, but I don't think we drop that far.

I'm expecting a 10. I think we r more likely to get 8/9 game over 11. Think they'll show us respect. Tho sometimes u get bumped a seed up or down due to other committee factors. I'll take 11 but I'm also ok with whatever we get. 1st goal is win a game. Let's get that first. I get why ppl think about a run, but we've never even won 1 women's ncaa tournament game ever. Easier to win at higher seed like 7, or even 8/9, although nothing crazy.

Also if we win the 8/9 game, the next vs. 1 would give us lot of exposure. To get a chance to do the near impossible, but even keeping close would be beneficial. Now if I had to choose I'd still stay out of that game too but fine either way.

 

[GKiller]

I get why this article is written...but JOC should be more accurate. Our chances r better than good. I realize what Roussell said but he'll be more diplomatic in this situation. everything in article indicates lock. call the chances great if u don't want to use lock. We're not even on the bubble. I guess we could be near it if there were some crazy amount of bid stealers (which I think is less common in women hoops than mens) but that's it.

3 interesting things from this I didn't know...2 in our favor.

We had a great schedule but sounded like could have been even better. a few teams backed out.

St Joe's AD is committe chair. That helps us too. Possibly St Joe's. They are certainly not going to take Joes over us. I don't think Joes makes it but now maybe outside chance.

"early performance vs. late performance" is on the committee eval criteria. we won 17 in a row late. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is not part of the men's selection criteria? I really thought men eliminated that many years ago, but maybe not. Personally I don't think it should be a factor.