Will UofL WBB Have to travel for 1st and 2nd round games?
Spurred by a reader comment, though...we did a little fact checking and it is entirely possible that if the Louisville WBB squad does finish in the top 16 in the nation after the conference season has come to an end, they might not be able to host 1st and 2nd round action in the KFC YUM! Center.
Here's why:
The 2015 NCAA Men's Tournament has already announced their 2nd and 3rd round sites and Louisville is one of them. Those games are scheduled to be played on March 21st and 23rd. Unless the bridge completely blows up under Pitino's crew...we're expecting they'll be playing in the KFC YUM! Center.
The 2015 NCAA Women's Tournament has scheduled their
Even if games for the WBB Tournament were scheduled for the 20th and 22nd in the KFC YUM! Center...think of the logistical nightmares as far as practice for the eight teams and media access...plus other headaches.
One observation is that if both scenarios happen, would they move Walz and the WBB squad to Freedom Hall?
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It's food for thought, though. How weird would it be to return to "blue-toned" Freedom Hall to watch Louisville WBB?
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Ants in the pudding there on that response. Stay tuned. Play ball! We'll preview the Cards v. Fla State tomorrow.
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Feb. Contest Entries are open
Who will score the most total points for Louisville WBB in the seven Feb. games and how many points will this player score?
We know it won't be Walz...he hasn't scored a basket or grabbed a rebound in eight years here and needs to have his scholarship pulled. Sonja, who grimaced when I asked her prediction, came up with Sara Hammond and 97 points.
To enter, please send us an e-mail at:
cardinalcouple@twc.com
We've had questions about providing the answer in the comments section...but since we'll require an e-mail or phone number to get in touch with the winner and you may not want to leave such information in a public access site...do that at your own discretion.
42 guys named Bill leaving a player's name and point total on Jan 31st. in the comments section with no identifying way to reach them...ah, the logistical nightmare possibilities are endless!!
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Get the ball to Mariya!! LOL....
paulie
One athletic department having to deal with two NCAA Tournament events seems a bit complicated. WBB will get moved, even if they are a #1 seed.
ReplyDeleteCurtis Franklin
The men's teams do not play on their home court. So, U of L mbb will not be playing, at Yum, rather 4 teams not named Louisville will be. The women's program looks to be in the T16 for the foreseeable future. So, it begs the question how, and what, the school will bid on in the future? I understand the dilemma, as things are bid so far out and the women's rules just changed. However, given the state of the women's program, I hope the bidding on 2/3 round games on the men's side halts, so the women don't get kicked to the curb whenever YUM is hosting the men. Of course, the almighty dollar drives these kinds of things. Do we think the women (who play at YUM) could bring in enough fans and money to = what the men's side would bring in, even if the teams playing for the men are not U of L? I suspect that will be the question in determining when they bid again to host for the men.
ReplyDeleteI did not realize that UofL MBB could not play at home if Louisville was selected as a 2 and 3 ropund site.
DeleteInteresting. So we are the host scholl but can't field a team...
It's one of many reasons that NCAA = Morons
Paulie
It appears that once again the incoming volleyball recruits match or excel the outgoing players. One player with 1 year of eligibility, an incoming 5'9" JUCO plus one other JUCO.
ReplyDeleteIt appears that since the coaching change that V-ball is on a recruiting down hill slide.
Thoughts?
Not exactly sure where you're going with those thoughts...
DeleteOverall, we have 7 incoming players and only graduated 2. Though quantity isn't everything...
3 transfers, Erin Fairs with a single year of eligibility remaining (but what year it might be...she's a very good player), plus two JUCO transfers, Ashley Pettibone and Kelynn Mullally that I haven't yet written about (how did I let that happen?) but we did talk about a bit on Saturday's radio show.
There are also 4 signed freshmen that will be joining the team (I'm not sure I wrote about these, either...I'm really slacking). Jasmine Bennett from McCracken County (daughter of UK basketball standout Winston Bennett), a good middle blocker; Aniah Hatfield-Philo, an outside hitter from Rockwell Texas; Morgan Miller, a setter from Magnolia High School in Magnolia Texas (same town, different school, as Roxanne McVey); and Molly Sauer, a Libero/DS from Assumption here in Louisville, maybe one of the best Libero/DSs in the country this past year.
We graduated Tara Gowan and Courtney Robison, neither of which, as much as I personally like both of them, are all that hard to replace on the floor.
One of the "4 teams not named Louisville" will almost certainly be UK. That will guarantee a sellout every time. No way the women could do that. So my guess is that Louisville will bid for the men's tourney every chance it gets.
ReplyDeleteWe have it from an undeniable and accurate source:
ReplyDeleteThat's correct. UofL will not serve as a host for the women's NCAA Tournament
first and second rounds due to a conflict with the men's NCAA Tournament.
( And in other news...how the weather in Tampa?)
Oh, well....can't be any colder than it was in Iowa last March, right?
Paulie