WBB Ranking Update - Coaches poll #20 - AP #27 - NET #30

[CousinRicky]

Another attribute not mentioned is her defense. She and Ariel both play solid D. 

[USFBulls12]

USF moved up 1 spot to #21 in the Coaches Poll

[BullyPulpit]

Apparently, winning a close game on the road against a decent conference opponent is worse than actually losing on the road to a decent conference opponent. USF inexplicably drops to a projected #7 seed in Creme's latest Bracketology. If USF wins out and isn't at least a 5 seed, then there is no hope for mid-major women's basketball. The only thing we can do is eliminate all cupcakes from the schedule. The philosophy moving forward needs to be focused on only scheduling teams that are likely to have a NET ranking of 200 or higher. 

The fact that he still has Arizona ahead of USF after they got drubbed by 24 on their home court is appalling. USF is 11-4 against Quad. 1 and 2 NET teams and Arizona is 9-6 in such games. Baylor being seeded ahead of USF is a joke as well, especially considering their bad loss to the #129 team, West Virginia. Florida State is another team whose resume is not better than USF's, yet they are seeded higher. It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out. 
 

NCAA Women's Bracketology - 2023 women's college basketball projections

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After the NCAA selection committee revealed its top 16 teams, Villanova is a No. 4 seed and South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford and UConn are 1-seeds.

 

[MikeG]

• Box Score

65

South Fla. 22-4,11-0 AAC

63

SMU 14-7,5-4 AAC

Score By Periods

Team	1	2	3	4	F
South Fla.	8	24	16	17	65
SMU	18	14	21	10	63

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | February 04, 2023

Jose Fernandez Becomes the All-Time AAC Wins Leader After 65-63 Victory at SMU

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No. 25/22 USF 65, SMU 63
USF (22-4, 11-0 AAC), SMU (14-7, 5-4 AAC)
Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 | 3 p.m. ET | ESPN+
Dallas, Texas | Moody Coliseum
 
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DALLAS (Feb. 4, 2023) (AP) — Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu scored 21 points, Sammie Puisis had a double-double, and No. 25/22 South Florida rallied past SMU 65-63 on Saturday.
 
USF coach Jose Fernandez won for the 119th time in the American Athletic Conference and passed UConn coach Geno Auriemma for first place on the conference list.
 
A quick 7-0 run capped by Marina Asensio's 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter put the Bulls up 57-55, their first lead of the second half. Upset-minded SMU responded with two 3-pointers from Jasmine Smith and the Mustangs led 63-59 with 4:07 remaining but would not score again.
 
USF scored the next six points, capped by back-to-back layups from Fankam Mendjiadeu for a 65-63 lead with 59 seconds left. Still trailing by two, SMU forced a turnover with 16 seconds left but Chantae Embry missed a driving layup and Puisis grabbed the rebound with five seconds left. SMU came up with another steal but Aerial Wilson blocked Smith's 3-point try as time was running out.
 
Puisis had 14 points and 11 rebounds and Elena Tsineke scored 15 points for the Bulls (22-4, 11-0). Fankam Mendjiadeu grabbed eight rebounds. Puisis' double-double was the first of her career and her 11 rebounds marked a career-high. In addition, Puisis also dished out a team and career best five assists.
 
South Florida won its 12th straight and matched the 2020-21 team for the program's best start in AAC play. The Bulls had a 42-24 rebounding advantage and made all 16 of their free throw attempts.
 
Smith scored 26 points and Savannah Wilkinson and Reagan Bradley scored 14 each for the Mustangs (14-7, 5-4).
 
SMU scored the final six points of the first quarter to take an 18-8 lead and Bradley opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer for a 13-point lead. The Bulls battled back and took a 30-28 lead when Fankam Mendjiadeu completed a three-point play with 1:43 left in the first half. The score was tied at 32 at halftime.
 
After an early tie, SMU led throughout the third quarter, but never by more than six. The Bulls were within 47-45 after a steal and fast-break layup by Asensio before Wilkinson scored four of the Mustangs' last six points of the quarter for a 53-48 lead heading to the fourth.  
 
Notable

• Saturday's starters for the Bulls were: G Elena Tsineke, G Aerial Wilson, F Sammie Puisis, F Carla Brito and F Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu … South Florida is 20-4 with this lineup.
• The win over SMU improves the Bulls' record against the Mustangs to 15-1 in the all-time series … The win for South Florida is the third straight over SMU.
• The Bulls' win over the Mustangs marks the 12th straight of the season, the second longest in program history, just one shy of tying the current record of the 13-straight set during the 2020-21 season and two from surpassing and setting a new mark for consecutive wins.
• In addition, South Florida extended its program-record conference regular season winning streak to 16 games dating back to last season.
• Elena Tsineke's 15 points against SMU mark her 81st career double-figure scoring game in her 105th career game with the Bulls.

Up Next
The Bulls get a week off before returning to the Yuengling Center to face Houston on Feb. 12 (2 p.m. ESPN2). The game against Houston will start a three-game in a five-game stretch for South Florida that will be played on its home floor to end the regular season. The stretch includes games at Central Florida (Feb. 15, 7 p.m. ESPN+), against SMU (Feb. 18, 5 p.m. ESPN+), Tulsa (Feb. 22, 7 p.m. ESPN+) and at Cincinnati (March 1, 7 p.m. ESPN+).

[Dave_Glaser]

1 hour ago, BullyPulpit said:

Apparently, winning a close game on the road against a decent conference opponent is worse than actually losing on the road to a decent conference opponent. USF inexplicably drops to a projected #7 seed in Creme's latest Bracketology. If USF wins out and isn't at least a 5 seed, then there is no hope for mid-major women's basketball. The only thing we can do is eliminate all cupcakes from the schedule. The philosophy moving forward needs to be focused on only scheduling teams that are likely to have a NET ranking of 200 or higher. 

The fact that he still has Arizona ahead of USF after they got drubbed by 24 on their home court is appalling. USF is 11-4 against Quad. 1 and 2 NET teams and Arizona is 9-6 in such games. Baylor being seeded ahead of USF is a joke as well, especially considering their bad loss to the #129 team, West Virginia. Florida State is another team whose resume is not better than USF's, yet they are seeded higher. It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out. 
 

NCAA Women's Bracketology - 2023 women's college basketball projections

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After the NCAA selection committee revealed its top 16 teams, Villanova is a No. 4 seed and South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford and UConn are 1-seeds.

 

How about we schedule NOTHING BUT cupcakes? If we schedule challenging in the non-conference, win a few and look good in the others and it doesn't affect how we're viewed at selection time, why not just go 35-0 and get the same seed? I'm exaggerating, of course, but not a lot . . . 

[CousinRicky]

3 hours ago, BullyPulpit said:

It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out. 

We've seen this movie before. We'll win the first round game and lose to a #1 or #2 seed.

I really have a hard time figuring out the lack of respect for our program. 

Edited February 10, 2023 by CousinRicky

[BullyPulpit]

2 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

How about we schedule NOTHING BUT cupcakes? If we schedule challenging in the non-conference, win a few and look good in the others and it doesn't affect how we're viewed at selection time, why not just go 35-0 and get the same seed? I'm exaggerating, of course, but not a lot . . . 

It might actually be the way to go. If we lose more than 2 games we are screwed regardless, apparently. It's just shocking to me when you look at the actual metrics, USF should be much higher than we currently are. The hope is that a few of the better teams go on a tear and dominate their conferences and the teams currently above us (Baylor, NC State, OK, etc) lose a few more and fall behind us. 

[CousinRicky]

2 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

It might actually be the way to go. If we lose more than 2 games we are screwed regardless, apparently. It's just shocking to me when you look at the actual metrics, USF should be much higher than we currently are. The hope is that a few of the better teams go on a tear and dominate their conferences and the teams currently above us (Baylor, NC State, OK, etc) lose a few more and fall behind us. 

CJF talked about RPI and NET at one of the pregame talks. This is all beyond me but if the NET means more beating St Marys of the Poor by 50 may be the way to go instead of losing in OT to Ohio State.

Edited February 10, 2023 by CousinRicky

[BullyPulpit]

28 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

We've seen this movie before. We'll win the first round game and lose to a #1 or #2 seed.

I really have a hard time figuring out the lack of respect for our program. 

If we don't lose a game, I don't see any scenario where we are lower than a 7 seed. Even then, I think we are a 6 and possibly a 5. I just don't understand the basis for Creme dropping us 2 seed spots in the past week with no loses and the teams around us suffering losses. 

[BullyPulpit]

Just now, CousinRicky said:

CJF talked about RPI and NET at one of the pregame talks. This is all beyond me but if the NET means more beating St Marys of the Poor by 50 may be the way to go instead of losing in OT to Ohio State.

I don't know the women's NET formula, but I believe that the men's formula doesn't credit MoV more than 10 points. However, they do look at offensive and defensive efficiency and they factor that into the equation. You really do need to blowout every opponent that you can. Unfortunately, we have let a few teams hang around that shouldn't, but the NET should only be used for deciding tiebreakers between teams, not seeding. Clearly, the committee doesn't put too much stock in NET, as UNC was #14 in the top 16 reveal last night (prior to suffering a loss) UNC was NET #22 prior to the loss (they are currently NET #24).

I know I posted it before, but Warren Nolan is the go-to site to see all of the rankings. NET, RPI, ELO, SOS....it's all there, with the wins and losses broken down by quadrant. You will see that there isn't much difference between USF's resume and a lot of the teams ranked ahead of them. In some instances, USF is clearly the better team on paper. 

https://www.warrennolan.com/basketballw/2023/net