First day of the women's NCAA tournament

[ecojew]

I'm surprised not to see a thread about yesterday's women's NCAA action. The B1G is off to a 2-0 start with Michigan and Iowa both winning their games. The other five B1G teams are play today, with RU on tap later this morning.

The women's tournament is very different from the men's, where victories by double-digit seeds are pretty common. There were no upsets yesterday in the women's opening round, something I hope will continue today as RU opens as a favorite! There is still a huge gap between the Power 5 conferences plus UConn and the rest of the women's basketball world.

After last night's heartbreaking loss by the men, I am looking for the RU women to make a deep run into the tournament, with Rutgers returning to the Sweet 16, where it used to be a fixture.

Best of luck to the Rutgers women today! Get that "W"!

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

Go Scarlet Knights.!

 

[ecojew]

Rutgers isn't on TV here! Neither ESPN nor ESPN2 are carrying our game. Is it on in NJ?

 

[RUChoppin]

ESPNU

 

[eso1989]

10-9 RU at 1Q 1:09 left mark. Lots of turnovers by RU but we are dominating the glass.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Let’s GOOOOO!!!

 

[runner3283]

Let’s GOOOOO!!!

Gotta get diamond shooting

 

[eso1989]

End of 1Q RU 12-10 . Mack 2 fouls. Looks like a lot of rust hopefully more crisp going forward.

Interesting that Diamond has been called for 2 more travels. I wonder if opposing coaches saw something on film as I don’t recall that happening until the BIG tourney.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Okay not bad considering our usual 1st quarter woes lol! Now step it up ladies!

 

[eso1989]

Phantom foul called on Mack. 3 on her and we won’t see her again until the second half. Ugh.

 

[eso1989]

9-2 BYU run . RU down by 2. About 6 min to go in 2Q

 

[eso1989]

24-20 BYU 2Q 4min to go. Arella picks up 2nd foul after loosing the ball in a drive. Better snap out of this funk. Many unforced TOs and empty trips keeping BYU believing.

 

[eso1989]

RU 30-24 at the half. RU nice run to close out on a 10-0 run.

 

[wngarbarini]

And then it all collapsed after up by twelve. Shades of yesterday’s men’s game sadly