WVU women punished for their late season struggles.
By Andy Brown on Mar 17, 2008 in Featured, News, Women BBall
The Top 20 ranked West Virginia women’s basketball team, who limped through the end of regular season losing 4 of the last 8 games after a torrid 20-3 start found out this evening who they will face, where and when.
And the news wasn’t good at all.
They will play in the Spokane bracket as the 5th seed where they will face Mountain West tournament champion New Mexico AT THEIR HOME COURT. Are you kidding me? West Virginia has struggled to dominate on the road, despite a 7-4 record, with losses to Pitt, UCONN, Indiana, and Syracuse.
If they somehow get by them they will likely play SEC stalwart Vanderbilt. This is a really really really tough task in their attempt to score their second Sweet 16 showing in school history. If they do accomplish that, however, they will face the Maryland Terrapins at the Spokane Arena. Stanford is also in this bracket so if they can somehow get to the Final Four they’ll likely have to get through them to go all the way to Tampa.
I will breakdown the interesting matchup between the Eers and the Lobos but for now let’s congratulate Coach Mike Carey and the West Virginia women’s basketball team for being in NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS!
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Jim | Mar 18, 2008 | Reply
It is nothing more than BULL-CRAP that a 5 seed has to play a 12 seed on their home court!!! This action by the selection committee shows is an example of the lack of respect our athletic teams get from the rest of the nation. I certainly hope the women whip the HoBos (oops) LoBos azzzzz! to show the selection committee that they can’t screw with the Mountaineers!!!
Jim | Mar 19, 2008 | Reply
No one else cares???
Andy Brown | Mar 19, 2008 | Reply
Apparently not too many and that’s a shame