Women's Elite Team Thrashes Final Frontier Champions in Texas Showdown

The women, who have been ranked in the top 7 the entire second half of the season, have finally learned where they slot into things. Here’s the rundown (Central Time; will update as I get more info): NASHVILLE March 20/21 @ TIME: 15 High Point March 22/23 @ TIME: 7 Illinois/10 Colorado FORT WORTH March 27/28 @ TIME March 29/30 @ TIME (probably playing UConn here) PHOENIX April 3 @ TIME: Final Four April 5 @ 2:30PM: Championship Mikayla Blakes enters the tournament the best scorer in the country , an entire point-and-a-half clear of second-place Audi Crooks , and SEC Player of the Year and likely National Player of the Year Runner-Up behind Sarah Strong at (in my opinion overrated) UConn . Aubrey Galvan enters as the SEC Freshman of the Year and likely National Freshman of the Year Runner-Up behind Jazzy Davidson of USC .

The Commodores will be led by SEC Coach of the Year, and likely National Coach of the Year, Shea Ralph . The roster lacks a little bit of defense, and we sometimes start games slow, but the core of the team is maybe the strongest in the country. We are largely considered no.

6 in likelihood to cut down the nets, and anything less than our first Final Four since 1993, would really be a disappointment this season. There are 4 teams that sit above the rest in terms of likelihood to win a title this year, and we’ve beaten one of them (SEC Champion Texas ) as well as LSU , who is currently considered the next most likely team to win it all. After us, it’s a decent drop before you get to the field.

As a 2-seed, we won’t have to face a 1-seed until, at the earliest, the Elite Eight. Looking at the Nashville site, I am not really worried at all about TEAM in the First Round. Turning towards the Second Round, Illinois has been struggling lately.