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Well, it was an interesting day at sea. Even the trip from Connecticut to the Bayonne Port was not without a little heart palpitation. On the drive down 84 towards NY, all of a sudden the power went off in the bus. I mean all the power, and this weird indicator light went on. The driver pulled over and all I could think of was that we would be stuck on the highway and miss the cruise. We sa for a minute and our prayers were answered as the indicator light went away and all the power came back on. I have no idea what happened but we were on our way.
On arrival, I found out they changed our cabin room number. Of course, this was after they tagged our luggage with the first room number. We then had to wait in a long line in passenger services to make sure out luggage went to the right room. All they ended up doing was call house keeping to make sure the luggage was in the right place. When we walked to the cabin on the 13th deck (lucky, huh) we saw our luggage sitting in the hallway outside our old room. We just picked it up and tried to get into the room. But the passkey had the wrong name. I'm now William Clark. Just call me Bill.
We had to go through the same line in passenger services and get the new keys! And the bottle of wine that was supposed to be in our room was nowhere to be found. Not a good start.
We did have a fun rest of the day. I won $100 at blackjack. I sang "Can't help falling in love" at karaoke, ate a nice dinner, saw a very funny comedian and now, it's midnight and I'm putting this together. It will be brief with just some links and maybe a few comments.
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AAC TOURNAMENT (at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut)
SCHEDULE and Results
SCHEDULE and Results
FRIDAY
Game 1: WBB: ECU gets past Cincy in AAC 1st round WRAL Sports
Game 2: SMU Eliminates UCF With Overtime Victory SMU Team Site
Game 3: Three Tulsa Players Score in Double Digits in 76-38 Win Over Houston Tulsa Team Site
SATURDAY
Game 4: No. 5 Tulane (20-10) vs. No. 4 Memphis (18-11), noon
Game 5: East Carolina vs. No. 1 UConn (29-0), 2 p.m.
Game 6: SMU vs No. 2 South Florida (21-8), 6 p.m.
Game 7: Tulsa vs. No. 3 Temple (19-10), 8 p.m.
SUNDAY
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 4:30 p.m.
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 6:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 7 p.m. Note: Game 10 winner receives conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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SEC Tournament
Tennessee Women Beat No. 15 A&M 70-60 for 3rd Straight Win ABC News
No. 3 South Carolina women turn up D, beat Auburn 57-48 Denver Post
No. 13 Kentucky women get hot, beat No. 25 Florida 92-69 USA Today
No. 16 Mississippi State Women Beat Vanderbilt 63-46 ABC News
Tennessee Women Beat No. 15 A&M 70-60 for 3rd Straight Win ABC News
No. 3 South Carolina women turn up D, beat Auburn 57-48 Denver Post
No. 13 Kentucky women get hot, beat No. 25 Florida 92-69 USA Today
No. 16 Mississippi State Women Beat Vanderbilt 63-46 ABC News
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ACC Tournament
No. 2 Notre Dame Women Beat Duke 83-54 in ACC Quarterfinals ABC News
No. 7 Louisville women beat Georgia Tech 60-50 in ACCs USA Today
Thomas leads No. 21 Miami women past No. 14 FSU 74-56 YAHOO Sports
Syracuse women's basketball wins over North Carolina State Post Standard
Big Ten Tournament
No. 5 Maryland pulls away from Iowa 75-55 in Big Ten tourney USA Today
Mitchell Scores 43, No. 9 Ohio State Beats Rutgers 73-58 ABC News
Powers leads No. 19 Michigan St. women past Purdue 65-64 USA Today
Coffey, Northwestern women upset Indiana in Big Ten USA Today
*****************************************************************************Mitchell Scores 43, No. 9 Ohio State Beats Rutgers 73-58 ABC News
Powers leads No. 19 Michigan St. women past Purdue 65-64 USA Today
Coffey, Northwestern women upset Indiana in Big Ten USA Today
PAC-12 Tournament
Stanford Washington
Weisner Helps No. 8 Oregon State Turn Back USC 63-53 ABC News
California stuns No. 10 Arizona St 75-64 in Pac-12 quarters USA Today
UCLA overwhelms Arizona in quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tourney Fox Sports
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BIG 12 Tournament
Texas Tech women beat Iowa St. 89-84 in Big 12 tournament USA Today
Kansas stuns TCU 81-64 to snap 20-game losing streak USA Today
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Stanford Washington
Weisner Helps No. 8 Oregon State Turn Back USC 63-53 ABC News
California stuns No. 10 Arizona St 75-64 in Pac-12 quarters USA Today
UCLA overwhelms Arizona in quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tourney Fox Sports
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BIG 12 Tournament
Texas Tech women beat Iowa St. 89-84 in Big 12 tournament USA Today
Kansas stuns TCU 81-64 to snap 20-game losing streak USA Today
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From David in Naples
With the regular season now over and all the various tournaments starting, UConn leads the country in the most important statistical categories. In several cases, the teams just behind or ahead of the Huskies are a bit of a surprise. For example, the Huskies lead the nation scoring offense at 88 points per game. Ohio State is tied for that lead, followed by Sacramento State (85.8), Maryland (85.2) and Minnesota (83.7). Interestingly, when UConn played Ohio State and Maryland this season, they held those two high scoring teams to a combined 44 points below their average. 
No surprise, UConn is #1 in scoring defense at 48.1 pts per game. FGCU, Army and Maine are next at 49.3-49.9 pts allowed. No other major program is in the top 5. The Huskies led the nation in field goal percentage at 52% even. The usual suspects are right behind with Maryland (50.3), Notre Dame (49.5) and Ohio State (48.5) ranked 2-5. Baylor and Stanford show up as the #3 and #2 teams in field goal defense at 32.1% & 32.8%. The Huskies are tied for that 3rd spot with Baylor at 32.8%.
UConn leads the country in free throw % at 80.1%, followed by Columbia at 79.8% and USF at 78.6%. The Huskies retain their #1 spot in the all important assist/turnover ratio statistic. UConn is at 1.83, tied with Villanova and ahead of DePaul at 1.59. In their game against UConn, DePaul had 16 turnovers and 17 assists.
Not surprisingly, UConn is in the top 3 for turnover margin at 9.55, with Syracuse #1 at 11.07 & Sacramento State is in between at 10 even.
In summary, heading into the post season, UConn leads the nation is scoring, scoring defense, point differential, free throws, assist/turnover ratio and turnover margin. And the Huskies have Stewie and MoJeff.
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As I predicted, Tennessee continued on their roll and beat an overrated Texas A&M team. It really looks like they have found their confidence and sometimes that is all it takes. They didn't shoot great, 42% from the field and 20% on threes but they had only 12 turnovers. It seems to be their formula for victory.
They take on No. 16 Mississippi State, another overrated SEC team, who beat Vanderbilt Friday. I predict another upset for the Lady Vols. It just feels like they figured something out. Maybe.
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Unranked California sent No. 10 Arizona State out of the PAC 12 conference tournament in a huge upset. California is only 14-15 after this win. ASU still should make the tournament, but they have had some WTF losses this season. I don't expect them to last long in the NCAA's.
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6-24 Kansas actually won a game in the Big 12 tournament. Shocking as they beat TCU 81-64 to end a 20 game losing streak. Amazing. I guess you just never know!
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No surprise, UConn is #1 in scoring defense at 48.1 pts per game. FGCU, Army and Maine are next at 49.3-49.9 pts allowed. No other major program is in the top 5. The Huskies led the nation in field goal percentage at 52% even. The usual suspects are right behind with Maryland (50.3), Notre Dame (49.5) and Ohio State (48.5) ranked 2-5. Baylor and Stanford show up as the #3 and #2 teams in field goal defense at 32.1% & 32.8%. The Huskies are tied for that 3rd spot with Baylor at 32.8%.
UConn leads the country in free throw % at 80.1%, followed by Columbia at 79.8% and USF at 78.6%. The Huskies retain their #1 spot in the all important assist/turnover ratio statistic. UConn is at 1.83, tied with Villanova and ahead of DePaul at 1.59. In their game against UConn, DePaul had 16 turnovers and 17 assists.
Not surprisingly, UConn is in the top 3 for turnover margin at 9.55, with Syracuse #1 at 11.07 & Sacramento State is in between at 10 even. In summary, heading into the post season, UConn leads the nation is scoring, scoring defense, point differential, free throws, assist/turnover ratio and turnover margin. And the Huskies have Stewie and MoJeff.
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As I predicted, Tennessee continued on their roll and beat an overrated Texas A&M team. It really looks like they have found their confidence and sometimes that is all it takes. They didn't shoot great, 42% from the field and 20% on threes but they had only 12 turnovers. It seems to be their formula for victory.
They take on No. 16 Mississippi State, another overrated SEC team, who beat Vanderbilt Friday. I predict another upset for the Lady Vols. It just feels like they figured something out. Maybe.
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Unranked California sent No. 10 Arizona State out of the PAC 12 conference tournament in a huge upset. California is only 14-15 after this win. ASU still should make the tournament, but they have had some WTF losses this season. I don't expect them to last long in the NCAA's.
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6-24 Kansas actually won a game in the Big 12 tournament. Shocking as they beat TCU 81-64 to end a 20 game losing streak. Amazing. I guess you just never know!
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So, without further ado!!!
Ladies and Gents, DD looks at the news........
UConn women dominate American postseason selections New Haven Register
AAC tourney no time to coast for UConn women Journal Inquirer
Women’s basketball gameday capsule: East Carolina at No. 1 UConn Middletown Press
UConn's Stewart, Jefferson, Tuck Among Finalists For Wooden Award Hartford Courant
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Statistical Sites
NCAA 2015 Stats
NCAA Division I basketball records thru 2013-2014
ESPN Women's Basketball Stats
Women's Basketball State
NCAA 2015 Stats
NCAA Division I basketball records thru 2013-2014
ESPN Women's Basketball Stats
Women's Basketball State
Message Boards
UConn Territory - The best UConn women's message board ever!!!
College Fans Only - WCBB board where no holds are barred
Vol Nation - Tennessee women's basketball board
CockyTalk - The upstart South Carolina women's basketball board
CockyTalk - The upstart South Carolina women's basketball board
ND Nation - Notre Dame women's basketball board
UCONN Information
Interesting Blogs and Links
Carl Adamec's blog, SNY
John Altavilla's blog, Hartford Courant
Jim Fuller's blog, New Haven Register
A Dime Back - A great web site for all UConn Sports, Including UConn Women
A Dime Back - A great web site for all UConn Sports, Including UConn Women
I'm always open for suggestions. Just please reply to this blog or email me at:
A little prayer, blackjack and some karaoke ..... who knew, Bill? LOL. Enjoy
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your dedication to this Blog
And; you ,too, David in Naples. I always enjoy your contributions and the time it must take you daily
ReplyDeleteThanks for this, DD.
ReplyDeleteOn Tn: their surge seems to be the result of players deciding to play. There is still the school-yard offense, but players aren't giving up on a play, as they did all season. HW stated that they "simplified" the offense going into the tournament.
For anyone who has subjected themselves to watching this group, that comment defies understanding.