RU Opponents in the Postseason - March 23

[BeKnighted]

The WNIT cranks back up

NCAA

None


WNIT

Michigan 60 St. John's 40 - totally forgot about the KBA aspect of this game
Indiana 64 Southern Methodist 44 - 19 assists on 24 makes for the Hoosiers
Virginia Tech 64 Penn State 55 - 17-4 3rd quarter got it done for the Hokies
Villanova 69 James Madison 67 OT - Hall had 36 and scored the game-tying 3 in a losing effort
Iowa 80 Colorado 62 - Kastanek had 19 and Disterhoft had 15 for the Hawkeyes


Michigan gets Virginia Tech and Indiana gets Villanova, both on Saturday. Iowa hosts the winner of Washington State/UC Davis on Sunday.

So 3 RU opponents are in the WNIT quarters, all from the B1G.


Today:

NCAA 0-1 (best possible 1-0)
WNIT 3-3 (best possible 5-1)
Overall 3-3 (best possible 5-1)


Postseason to date:

NCAA 6-6 (best possible 11-1)
WNIT 17-5 (best possible 20-2)
Overall 23-11 (best possible 31-3)

 

[Knight Time Fan]

Point of interest - 7 of 8 teams into the 4th round are from the Power 5. I haven't studied previous years in detail, but I don't think this has always been the case. And Villanova is the 8th team, from one of the better non-P5 conferences, obviously.

 

[BeKnighted]

Point of interest - 7 of 8 teams into the 4th round are from the Power 5. I haven't studied previous years in detail, but I don't think this has always been the case. And Villanova is the 8th team, from one of the better non-P5 conferences, obviously.

Yeah, I think that's unusual, too.

 

[BeKnighted]

I just checked - last year it was 2 P5 teams, in 2015 it was 3, and in 2014 it was 4, so this is as many as it's been in a while.