TAMPA — On the surface, the USF women’s latest NCAA Tournament assignment seems daunting, if not darn near impossible: Weather the storm Friday to reach the cyclone Sunday. Such is the forecast awaiting the No. 8-seeded Bulls (26-6) in Columbia, South Carolina, where a victory Friday against No...
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Marquette played an aggressive non-conference schedule that included
wins against NCAA tourney qualifiers Texas (a 4 seed), Gonzaga (a 9 seed) and Holy Cross (a 15 seed). Its biggest triumph, however, came in a 59-52 home upset of Connecticut (a 2 seed) on Feb. 8, when the Golden Eagles forced 19 turnovers.
Leading the Eagles in that game was the senior tandem of 5-foot-11 guard Jordan King (15.9 points per game, 4.0 assists) and 6-1 post standout Chloe Marotta (14.5 points per game, 9.1 rebounds), both of whom were first-team All-Big East selections. Marotta nearly had a double double (19 points, nine rebounds) against the Huskies, who avenged the defeat with an 81-52 romp in the Big East tourney.
“I know they went out and scheduled the right way,” Fernandez said.
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Coach by former Notre Dame standout Megan Duffy, the Golden Eagles go fairly deep, with 10 players averaging at least 10 minutes. Until that Big East tournament loss to Connecticut, they had won seven of their previous eight games, and 10 of their previous 12. Statistically selfless, they rank 22nd nationally in assist-turnover ratio (plus-1.21) and assists per game (16.6)."
Predictions for the South Florida vs. Marquette NCAA Tournament First Round women's basketball matchup on March 17.
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South Florida (26-6, American Athletic Conference)- An upset loss to Wichita State in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference tournament hurt the seeding for the Bulls. However, it di…
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