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Women's NCAA bracket announced: BG draws 12 seed, faces UCLA - The 28-2 Falcons were penalized by a weak strength of schedule. So despite the second best record in the nation, they are relegated to a No. 12 seed.

So they will play the role of underdogs against No. 5 UCLA (who is -- and this is silly -- ranked below BG) who won the Pac 10 tournament this year. For what it's worth, UCLA's record is 19-10.

The game will be Sunday, March 19 in West Lafayette, Indiana.
posted by mattsussman to sports at 1:16 A.M. EST     (5 Comments)

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I have to admit I thought they'd end up seeded higher too, I guess the bright spot is they have a very good chance at beating UCLA.

:-)
posted by psyche777 at 04:56 P.M. EST on Tue Mar 14, 2006     #

Go Rockets!
posted by HolyHolyToledo at 08:57 P.M. EST on Tue Mar 14, 2006     #

Just another case of the MAC not getting the recogonition it deserves. What will it take for the NCAA to finally realize that the MAC is a power conferance and start scheduling more contest against Big 10 like teams? Until then the MAC will be regulated to the back burner and will have a very tough time ever cracking the top 10 or being seeded higher in NCAA tourny's. Even if a team goes undefeated.

Go Rockets! Sorry, HHT, Toledo is done for the year!
posted by KraZyKat at 12:36 A.M. EST on Wed Mar 15, 2006     #

It's a combination of BGSU's athletic department not being aggressive enough in scheduling and reluctance from bigger name schools.

Yeah, UT got to lure Duke into Savage Hall a couple of years ago (and beat Duke), but that's the exception and not the rule to getting a good schedule. BG needs to schedule teams of their same caliber. Teams like Stony Brook and Indiana State -- the bubble teams that didn't make it in this year. Even a tough loss in lieu of an easy win would have looked better for the team. At least they tried.

In all fairness they did have a big name on their skej this year -- Kentucky. But they couldn't pull off the roadie win. Still, you gotta give your team more than one chance to hit a big conference in the teeth.
posted by mattsussman at 01:19 A.M. EST on Wed Mar 15, 2006     #

Once again, Goooooooo Rockets!
posted by HolyHolyToledo at 08:16 P.M. EST on Wed Mar 15, 2006     #

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