NCAA Women's Basketball

[gopher_alum_2005]

I don't mean to be insensitive or abbrassive, but there isn't a more difficult sport to watch than women's NCAA basketball. All Elite 8 teams this year are 1 and 2 seeds and so far both 1 seeds are in the finals. I got sucked into the Stanford / Duke game yesterday since I haven't watched women's b-ball in a long time and it was pretty bad. There is zero parity in that sport and at the end of the day it looks like all number 1 seeds will make it to the final four. On top of that, I read this morning that Griner from Baylor left the bench and won't be suspended for the final 4 game. Wasn't there a situation recently where in a mens game a guy left the bench and was suspended for a tournament game. I just thought it was odd that they weren't going to suspend her.

Anyways, does anybody out there watch women's basketball and I am just being too harsh??

 

[SelectionSunday]

Definitely lacking parity. For the most part, same cast of characters (UConn, Tennessee, Maryland, Duke, Baylor, Stanford, etc.) every year. Huge gap between UConn, then the next 2-3, then everyone else.

 

[gopherguy05]

I don't mean to be insensitive or abbrassive, but there isn't a more difficult sport to watch than women's NCAA basketball. All Elite 8 teams this year are 1 and 2 seeds and so far both 1 seeds are in the finals. I got sucked into the Stanford / Duke game yesterday since I haven't watched women's b-ball in a long time and it was pretty bad. There is zero parity in that sport and at the end of the day it looks like all number 1 seeds will make it to the final four. On top of that, I read this morning that Griner from Baylor left the bench and won't be suspended for the final 4 game. Wasn't there a situation recently where in a mens game a guy left the bench and was suspended for a tournament game. I just thought it was odd that they weren't going to suspend her.

Anyways, does anybody out there watch women's basketball and I am just being too harsh??

In the NBA you get suspended for leaving the bench, but in the NCAA its just kicked out of the current game with a harsher punishment if anything happens...since she wasn't involved in any altercation, she just gets that game, not any future punishment.

 

[beavergopher]

I find it interesting counting the seconds from when I start watching till the first player hits the floor. It averages about 45 seconds and is really amazing how many players fall or get knocked down.

 

[GophersInIowa]

There definitely is a wider gap between the good and great players in women's basketball. You see that in high school as well.

The last year a seed greater than #4 made it to the women's final four was Minnesota in 2004 (#7). At least two #1's have made it to the final four since 2004.