Doggydaddy's Den: Doggy's Doghouse 3/16/2021

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Grandson Logan had a great time bowling with his Dad.

Then they went to Shady Glen for lunch!!

First one of their incredible burgers!!

Then a delicious vanilla milkshake!!

"Wheeee......I AM FULL, DAD!

Then he said "Burgers give you energy and milkshakes make you rest"

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I forgot to post about big doings for a couple of UConn Alumni.

One of my favorite players, Morgan Tuck, had to finally succumb to her bad knees after only 5 years in the WNBA. She is only 26 years old.

She won 4 National Championships along with her buddy Breanna Stewart. She also won 5 gold medals for USA basketball.

A big heart with a bum knee. Sad to see, but I'm sure she will have a great life and contribute to whatever path that leads her to. Good luck Morgan!

And another great UConn player, Jen Rizzoti was fired from her head coaching position at George Washington. Coincidentally, she coach GW for the same 5 years that Morgan played in the WNBA. Before GW, Rizzoti coached at Hartford for several years.

As a player, we all remember Jen as the sparkplug on UConn's first National Championship team and earning National Player of he Year awards.

You will enjoy this brief video.

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I'm going to leave the regions up all week with the match ups and time and station.

When I have time, I'll add links that take about different games.

Then I will post results starting Sunday and of course more detail on the UConn games.

MERCADO REGION

1 NC State vs 16 North Carolina A&T Sunday 4:00 ET ESPN

8 South Florida vs 9 Washington State Sunday 9:30 ET ESPN2

5 Gonzaga vs 12 Belmont Monday 4:00 ET ESPN2

4 Indiana vs 13 VCU Monday 2:00 ET ESPNU

6 Rutgers vs 11 BYU Monday Noon ESPNU

3 Arizona vs 14 Stony Brook Monday 2:00 ESPN2

7 Iowa State vs 10 Michigan State Monday 6:00 ET ESPN

2 Texas A&M vs 15 Troy Monday 6:00 ET ESPN2

HEMISFAIR REGION

1 South Carolina vs 16 Mercer Sunday 6:00 ET ESPN

8 Oregon State vs 9 Florida State Sunday 7:30 ET ESPN2

5 Georgia Tech vs 12 Stephen F. Austin Sunday 4:30 ET ESPNU

4 West Virginia vs 13 Lehigh Sunday 8:00 ET ESPNU

2 Maryland vs 15 Mount St. Mary's Monday 4:00 ET ESPN

7 Alabama vs 10 North Carolina Monday Noon ET ESPN

6 Texas vs 11 Bradley Monday 8:00 ET ESPN

3 UCLA vs 14 Wyoming Monday 10:00 ET ESPN

ALAMO REGION

1 Stanford vs 16 Utah Valley Sunday 10:00 ET ESPN

8 Oklahoma State vs 9 Wake Forest Sunday 1:00 ET ESPN2

5 Missouri State vs 12 UC Davis Monday 7:30 ET ESPNU

4 Arkansas vs 13 Wright State Monday 2:00 ET ESPN

2 Louisville vs 15 Marist Monday 8:00 ET ESPN

7 Northwestern vs 10 UCF Monday 4:00 ET ESPNU

6 Oregon vs 11 South Dakota Monday 10:00 ET ESPN2

3 Georgia vs 14 Drexel Monday Noon ET ESPN2

RIVER WALK REGION

1 UConn vs 16 High Point Sunday ET 8:00 ESPN

8 Syracuse vs 9 South Dakota State Sunday 5:30 ESPN2

5 Iowa vs 12 Central Michigan Sunday Noon ET ESPN

4 Kentucky vs 13 Idaho State Sunday 2:00 ET ESPN

2 Baylor vs 15 Jackson State Sunday 4:00 ABC

7 Virginia Tech vs 10 Marquette Sunday Noon ESPNU

6 Michigan vs 11 Florida Gulf Coast Sunday 3:00 ESPN2

3 Tennessee vs 14 Middle Tennessee Sunday 2:00 ABC

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The Hoop Hall Awards is open for voting. It's a position by position ballot.

Paige Bueckers is on the list for the Nancy Leiberman Point Guard award.

Olivia Nelson-Ododa is on the list for the Lisa Leslie Center award.

I believe you can vote once a day per email address.

Here is the link.

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By David in Naples

This season the UConn players are shooting 51.3% from the field and 71.2% from the charity stripe. How does that compare to previous years? Let's see...

This season = 51.3% overall, 71.2% free throw.
2019-20 = 47.9% overall, 69.7% free throw.
2018-19 = 49.1% overall, 73.4% free throw.
2017-18 = 53.3% overall, 76.9% free throw.
2016-17 = 52.7% overall, 77.9% free throw.

The steady decline in overall shooting & free throw accuracy is a bit disturbing. Those 2016 & 2017 teams had Lou, Kia, Gabby and Pheesa. Very good shooting group. This year's group is young, so the accuracy should improve for the freshman. Then add in Azzi, CD4 next year and things should be leaps and bounds better.

Go Huskies..!!

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By Phil

You probably know by now that I put a lot of stock in Massey results, not just the rankings but expected margin of victory and probability of winning.

I thought I’d look at the path to the final four for each of the top four seeds, making the simplifying assumption that chalk holds, and their respective opponents are the 16, 8, 4 and 2 seeds. Of course, if there’s an upset (other than to the top four seeds) the probability should get a little better unless you believe that, for example, if Tennessee can beat Baylor that means they are really better than Baylor.

Top Seed	Opponent	Probability of winning
1 UConn	16 High Point	100%
	8 Syracuse	93%
	4 Kentucky	91%
	2 Baylor	60%

Cumulative (probability of making it to Final Four)		51%

Top Seed	Opponent	Probability of winning
1 Stanford	16 Utah Valley	100%
	8 Oklahoma State	92%
	4 Arkansas	86%
	2 Louisville	81%

Cumulative (probability of making it to Final Four)		64%

Top Seed	Opponent	Probability of winning
1 South Carolina	16 Mercer	99%
	8 Oregon State	79%
	4 West Virginia	84%
	2 Maryland	50%

Cumulative (probability of making it to Final Four)		33%

Top Seed	Opponent	Probability of winning
1 NC State	16 NC A&T	98%
	8 South Florida	79%
	4 Indiana	50%
	2 Texas A&M	57%

Cumulative (probability of making it to Final Four)		22%