Doggydaddy's Den: DoggyDaddy's Dailies 3/12/15

GO HUSKIES!!!!!

I made a few changes with the NCAA tournament coming up. Hope you like them. Still have my opinion pieces and UConn links. I added links to anything going on in WCBB. I added the scores from all the conference tournaments and any I'll point out any automatic bid winners.

Once the NCAA tournament starts, I'll have the brackets listed and scored posted as they happen. So any time you check the blog, you will see updates.

Hope this all works out...it's all new to me!!!!

Thanks for reading!

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FUN WITH NUMBERS!!
AUTHORED BY DAVID IN NAPLES

Gabby Williams has been the most pleasant surprise in UConn’s season so far. Her statistics are remarkable considering she played just 531 minutes during the regular season & AAC tournament. Coming off two knee surgeries and a change of position from guard to power forward, her contributions exceed those of players with many more minutes. Consider:

1. Gabby has 125 made baskets, more than Kia Nurse who played 281 more minutes.

2. Her 195 total rebounds exceeds Morgan Tuck, who was on the court for 263 extra minutes.

3. Williams has 13 blocked shots, more than Tuck and Nurse combined, despite being the shortest of the three.

4. At 70 offensive rebounds, Gabby leads the team and exceeds Stewie, who saw 376 more minutes of action.

5. With 43 steals, Williams exceeded the combined total of Kia Stokes and Saniya Chong.

6. Her 285 points passes Chong who played 130 more minutes.

7. Gabby draws contact near the basket. Her 78 free throw attempts is 3 times KML’s 26 trips to the line.

8. As a former guard, Williams was able to dole out 45 assists, more than Stokes despite almost 100 fewer minutes.

9. Gabby shot 64.4% from the field and led the team in accuracy. She was the only player above 60% in that category.

Williams’ production was, in a word, GABBULOUS..!!

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More tickets punched to the dance!

Florida Gulf Coast University won Wednesday to clinch the automatic berth in the NCAA tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. They play Northern Kentucky in the conference finals Sunday. Northern Kentucky is in the third year of the four year reclassification to Division I and are not eligible for the NCAA tournament until the four year period is over Northern Kentucky upset Stetson 53-52.

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It's Mid-Major time for the rest of the week as the Power-5 Conferences plus the Big East and American conferences have completed their tournaments. Several NCAA tourney berths are in play and you get some really intense games as teams know it's their only shot to get to the tourney. I'll post the results here. Some games are late so I'll add them as I see them after my initial posting.

Wednesday's Conference Tourney Games

Lower ranked team listed first - Winner in bold

Atlantic Sun - Semifinals

North Kentucky 53 Stetson 52

Jacksonville 42 No. 20 Florida Gulf Coast 62

C-USA - 1st round games

UTEP 52 UAB 63

Florida International 74 Louisiana Tech 84

Marshall 52 Charlotte 67

Rice 57 Old Dominion 62

MAC - Semifinals

Toledo 57 East Michigan 74

Central Michigan 68 West Michigan 81

MEAC- Quarterfinals

MD-East Shore 52 Hampton 50

Coppin State 52 Savannah State 66

Sunbelt- Quarterfinals

Georgia State 54 AR-LittleRock 71

TX-Arlington 46 Texas State 52

Appalachian St 52 Arkansas State 67

LA-Lafayette 66 Troy 52

WAC- Quarterfinals

Utah Valley 62 Seattle U 64

Chicago State 53 CSU Bakersfield 77

UMKC UT Pan American

Big Sky- Quarterfinals

Montana State 62 Sacramento St 78

North Dakota 64 North Colorado 72

North Arizona 57 East Washington 73

Idaho State Montana

Atlantic Sun - Semifinals

North Kentucky 53 Stetson 52

Jacksonville 42 No. 20 Florida Gulf Coast 62

SWAC - Quarterfinals

Mississippi Valley State 57 Southern 62

Alabama A&M 82 Jackson State 89

Horizon League- Quarterfinals

Detroit 55 Youngstown State 73

Oakland 60 Wright State 95

UIC 70 Cleveland State 76

Milwaukee 62 Green Bay 73

North East - Semifinals

St. Francis 71 Central Connecticut 63 (OT)

Robert Morris 68 Bryant 62

Mountain West - Semifinals

San Jose State 67 Boise State 76

Fresno State New Mexico

Big West - Quarterfinals

Cal State Fullerton 55 Cal Poly 48

UC Davis Long Beach State

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NEWS LINKS

After Rolling Through AAC, UConn Women Primed For NCAA Run Hartford Courant

Gabby Williams has six points as UConn women win conference tournament Reno Gazette-Journal

Two incoming UConn women’s basketball recruits named first-team All-America Sportzedge.com

John Nash: UConn ready to chase a real celebration The Hour Online

Gabby Williams moves forward with confidence Carl Adamac

Tuck’s style a winner on and off court Carl Adamac

Former UConn star Tina Charles comes through for Fenerbahce Jim Fuller

Freshman Gabby Williams delivers for UConn Jim Fuller

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NCAA Women's Basketball News
Links from around the world of WCBB

NCAA women's tournament could be missing some familiar names

Gamecocks plan NCAA women’s basketball selection show party

FSU Women's Basketball Announces NCAA Selection Show Watch Party

Worst women’s hoops brawl ever leads whole team to disband

BYU women returning to NCAA tournament after victory over San Francisco in WCC title game

SDSU women beat USD, return to NCAA tourney

Quinnipiac women want that first NCAA tournament win

Around college basketball: Princeton women finish season undefeated

DePaul women beat Seton Hall 78-68 to win Big East tournament

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Thanks to my friend JohnnyC who sends me these numbers when he can.

Janae Smith UAB 24 points 11 rebounds

Taelor Ross Seattle 22 points 14 rebounds

Jenna Cobb Florida Gulf Coast 21 points
Sparkle Taylor Texas El Paso 22 points
Janae Smith UAB 24 points 11 rebounds
Kerby Tamm Central Michigan 20 points
Lareel Jones Central Michigan 14 points 12 rebounds
Ruvanna Campbell Illinois Chicago 26 points
Tay'lor Mingo Wright State 23 points 12 rebounds
Ashley Green Milwaukee 12 points 10 rebounds
Kaiti Luken Green Bay 24 points
Mehryn Kraker Green Bay 14 points 11 rebouds

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