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Reed from Michigan is going to UConn. Ex-Michigan center Tarris Reed Jr. transferring to UConn - ESPN

Right now we have three players that will be around after next season, so I agree that we need to get a couple of players with at least two years of eligibility left.

ESPN has the Huskers as a 7 seed in Denver vs South Carolina. Nine B1G teams in their very early projection. NCAA Bracketology: 2025 March Madness men's field predictions (espn.com)

There might end up being more parity between the power conference teams, but teams from smaller conferences will end up losing players just like on the men's side.

That's one of the reasons I compared current college women's basketball to the men's game in the late 70's/early 80's. There is more depth of talent in the women's game than a decade ago, but there isn't enough to get many upsets in the big dance.

In doing some basic research, it looks like games with Clark drew huge ratings. All the other games, not so much - though South Carolina vs NC state drew slightly more than the two men's final four games (7.2 vs 6.7 & 5.3) and I wonder how much of that was SC being undefeated, wondering who Iowa (Clark) might play or real interest in the game. If they get better TV ratings than the men next year, then they might have something. I would guess that won't be the case. Clark was a huge draw, but the NBA is seeing that if you promote a few players as stars instead of the entire league you don't get much for ratings if the "stars" (LeBron, Steph, Giannis) are not playing. I would say that women's college basketball is in the same place the men's game was in the late 70's/early 80's. They have just come off a decade of one team being dominant (UConn women vs UCLA men) & if you aren't one of the teams ranked in the top 10-15 before the tournament you have virtually no chance to make the final 4. There was exactly 8 games where the lower seed won in the women's NCAA tournament in 63 games & only one of those was in the first round (there was ten in the first round of the men's tournament). One was a 5 seed beating a 4, 3 were a 3 seed beating a 2. Weirdly the elite 8 was all four 1 seeds vs all four 3 seeds. The only two games that most people would call real upsets were Middle Tennessee beating Louisville (11 over 6) and Duke beating Ohio State (7 over 2). The other two were the 3 seeds beating 1 seeds to get to the final 4. The only sport where women consistently get better ratings than men is tennis. Even the US men's national soccer team outdraws the women's team despite the fact that the women are the best team in the world and the men are in the 15-20 range. I know this is a long and kind of rambling post, but I'm just trying to point out that a one year blip doesn't mean much. If it's the start of a trend, good for the women who play college basketball but if it will be forgotten in a couple of years.

You can try to come up with 100 reasons, but only two matter - network & time. ABC vs TBS & Sunday afternoon vs Monday night (9:20 tip on the east coast). The only other one that might matter is people wanting to see Clark win (Iowa) or lose (most of the rest of the country). I didn't watch a single second of the women's game (or the entire tournament for that matter) & watched all but the last minute of the men's game (and took of the 21st & 22nd to watch as much of the first round as I could).

He had what they called a "minor" knee surgery around Christmas & was out for a couple of games. It definitely affected his ability to practice full time - it was mentioned by Hoiberg several times in press conferences. If it was as minor as they say, a few weeks off should let it fully heal - or he could need to have another "clean up" done and then a few weeks off to let it fully heal. I'm sure we'll hear his status fairly soon.

He was there to support Tominaga in the 3 point contest & a couple of comments he made sounded like he's planning to be back. Don't remember exactly what he said, but I'm pretty sure he'll be back.

Not only are they taller, but they are much quicker, stronger & jump higher. She's 6' tall, but most of her 3's are shot from her chest so anyone who guards her tightly will be able to block her shot easily.

I hope she takes the $5M from the Big3. It will be fun to watch her get her a$$ handed to her.

I'd be shocked if Alexander comes back. He wanted to leave after last year & almost no one comes back for two years after they wanted to go pro. I'd guess he will get a 2-way contract as a free agent/late 2nd round pick & spend most of his time in the G-League only going up to the NBA if there are injured players at his position. Kalkbrenner isn't going to be any better after another year at Creighton, so he might as well go pro. His game will play well in Europe & he'll make more there than in NIL. The question becomes is he willing to move to Europe this summer or next. I think that from an NBA/G-League standpoint he has regressed in scout's eyes & I don't see it getting any better unless he can get 25% stronger. It might be fun to see him get posterized on a regular basis in the NBA. No clue on Ashworth. He was supposed to be their point guard, but never had the ball in his hands because Alexander was their lead guard. He's not going to play pro ball in the US unless he plays on someone's summer league team before he goes off to Europe/New Zealand/Australia.

Not sure he'd come back to Nebraska.

Probably because Fox felt left out of the postseason basketball world. 68 teams in the NCAA 32 in the NIT 16 in The College Basketball Crown 16 in the CBI 8 in the CIT It also sound like they might expand the NCAA to 72 or 76 in the next couple of years. 80 would make more sense so there would be 16 first round games to get to 64. When the tournament first went to 64 in 1985 there were 282 teams (64/282=22.7%) and now there are 362 (362 * .227 = 82+), so there would be approximately the same percentage of teams that make the NCAA tournament as there was when it first went to 64 if it expanded to 80.

There will be a new postseason tournament next year. Two teams from the B1G, Big 12 & Big East are guaranteed + 10 other teams. Fox, AEG to launch new postseason basketball tournament - ESPN