Doggydaddy's Den: DoggyDaddy's Dailies 3/7/16

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Another fun day on the ship. But I have to pack my laptop Sunday night, so I will be real brief.

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UConn looked as good as they have all year in the early part of the game against Tulane Sunday in their 82-35 win. The starters got plenty of rest in preparation for the game against South Florida Monday.

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AAC TOURNAMENT (at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut)

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: Tulane Advances To AAC Semifinals over Memphis Hartford Courant

Game 5: UConn women off to a fast start in AAC tournament NH Register

Game 6: No. 20 South Florida Women Eliminate SMU From AAC 73-60 ABC News

Game 7: Tulsa 52, No. 3 Temple 78

SUNDAY

Game 8: No. 1 UConn Routs Tulane 82-35 in American Semifinals ABC News

Game 9: South Florida 64 Temple 46

MONDAY

Game 10: UConn vs. South Florida, 7 p.m.
Note: Game 10 winner receives conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

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SEC Tournament

South Carolina tops Mississippi State for 2nd SEC title Johnson City Press

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ACC Tournament

No. 2 Notre Dame beats Syracuse in winning 3rd straight ACC Tournament title Milwaukee Journal

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Big Ten Tournament

Maryland Vs Michigan State

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PAC-12 Tournament

Oregon State UCLA

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BIG 12 Tournament

Lady Bears advance to Big 12 final after 84-57 win over Oklahoma Baylor Lariat

No. 6 Texas Tops No. 22 West Virginia, Moves to Big 12 Final ABC News

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From David in Naples

Last night, the top 9 teams in the country played in their respective conference tournaments. Most importantly, UConn won and plays again today against Tulane. Not all the top nine teams advanced, however, and an interesting pattern emerged among the guards on these premier programs. Let's compare the shots taken with assists for the top guard on each team. For example, Moriah Jefferson took 7 shots against East Carolina and had 7 assists. UConn won easily.

#2 Notre Dame's guard L. Allen took 10 shots, but had 8 assists. N.D. beat an upstart Miami by 11 points. #3 South Carolina won easily over Kentucky by 30, and their top guard Tiffany Mitchell took 16 shots, while getting only 2 assists. Fortunately, she made 8 of the shots and Dozier, her back court mate, has 9 assists. #4 Baylor had a fairly easy win over Texas Tech and their guard Niya Johnson had 6 shots and 5 assists. In all three games, guards were distributing the ball and shooting when they had open shots. Three games, lots of assists, three victories.

That was not the case with #9 Ohio State, where the Buckeyes were trounced by #19 Michigan State by 19 points. At one point, Ohio State was down by 36 points. Their top guard, Kelsey Mitchell, took 18 shots and had only 3 assists. She missed 14 of those shots, including 10 three pointers. If you're not hot, pass the ball..!! The other big upset was #7 Louisville getting beat by Syracuse 80-75. Two guards for Louisville, Briahanna Jackson and Asia Durr took 17 shots each. That is a combined 34 shots. Their assist total was 3, combined..!! In fact, Louisville had only 9 assists as a team.

By the way, the pattern works for lousy programs too.... Tennessee lost to #16 Mississippi State 58-48, and their top guard Diamond DeShields took 20 shots. She missed 12 and recorded only 1 assist. Teams that pass the ball, get assists. Teams that get assists, win. Simple.