2024 Central Region WOMENS NCAA Bracket Talk

[GHawks]

The NSIC had one team in the top 11 of the region by both metrics, and Minnesota State's accomplishments don't change that.

I get why the NSIC was left out - the problem is that the metrics were very obviously not painting an accurate picture of Mankato. And it was obvious before yesterdays game.

[GrifFan]

It was just so obvious too. One of the situations where going strictly by the metrics was not the right decision.

MoWest can’t be happy about that draw. Work hard all season for a 2 seed and draw the #2 preseason team in the country that everyone wrote off because they lost some games early while not healthy.

The Mavs were clearly underseeded, but I don’t know that there’s an easy solution to that. Every team can come up with explanations for why their losses don’t really matter - we weren’t healthy, the refs screwed us, our opponents had more days of rest, etc. I don’t know that you can go down that road very far.

Congrats to the Mavs; I knew they were a tough matchup, but didn’t expect them to roll like that.

[Purple Mav Man]

7 seed or 3 seed, doesn’t matter. Gotta keep winning. Another game today.

[Thunder]

If the Northern women hadn't flamed out at the end NSU would have something to complain about, but they didn't quite do enough this year to garner real consideration. One solution would be to ditch regionalization. The Central region probably has about 17 teams that could make an argument for a 64 team national field. Mankato may be the only team in the NSIC with a real national championship chance, but teams 2-7 were all pretty even.

[southside]

If the Northern women hadn't flamed out at the end NSU would have something to complain about, but they didn't quite do enough this year to garner real consideration. One solution would be to ditch regionalization. The Central region probably has about 17 teams that could make an argument for a 64 team national field. Mankato may be the only team in the NSIC with a real national championship chance, but teams 2-7 were all pretty even.

Yeah you can’t think about it like d1. There usually are no 15/16 seeds.

[ucmjennies]

Mankato playing great again, have a 10 point lead over FHS. This tournament is wide open, I see Ashland just lost to Ferris State.

[Purple Mav Man]

On to Monday 🤘🏻

[NWFanatic]

Congrats PMM

[Augieholic]

Better than the 2009 Augustana men?

That's insulting to the Kato women, who won both the regular season and tournament titles this year.

[ucmjennies]

Just keep winning. Tomorrow should be a good game, go Mavs!

[SW_Mustang]

7 seed or 3 seed, doesn’t matter. Gotta keep winning. Another game today.

I don't think the Mavs were seeded correctly. I said going into the tournament that they have a real shot to come out of the region and make a run deep into the national side of things.

After two games I guess I was right. A lot left to play though.

[LukeMcConnell1]

I don't think the Mavs were seeded correctly. I said going into the tournament that they have a real shot to come out of the region and make a run deep into the national side of things.

After two games I guess I was right. A lot left to play though.

Mankato was under seeded based on their best level of play and also didn't have some of the metrics necessary for the committee to seed them higher. Both can be true.

My thought is if you had told me in November that Mankato would be in the Central Region Final come March, I would've thought that was a good prediction. It's unfortunate for Missouri Western in particular they had to draw the Mavs first round, but that's the Central Region for you. No easy ones.

[Alfred33]

Mankato was under seeded based on their best level of play and also didn't have some of the metrics necessary for the committee to seed them higher. Both can be true.

My thought is if you had told me in November that Mankato would be in the Central Region Final come March, I would've thought that was a good prediction. It's unfortunate for Missouri Western in particular they had to draw the Mavs first round, but that's the Central Region for you. No easy ones.

The key is getting in... once you're there, you have to beat them all anyway, and in this region everyone is good. The only real beef someone can have if they made it, is that the seedings robbed them of being the host school. There is no argument to be made that they got that wrong no matter who wins the championship for the men's or the women's side.... whether it was the first round, second, or the championship game, Missouri Western got beat by the better team on the day they played. As an MIAA follower, outside of the Northwest men, we haven't showed well on either side. The only win we have was a head to head MIAA game... FHSU women over NW. It's been a little disappointing for our league.

[Purple Mav Man]

The key is getting in... once you're there, you have to beat them all anyway, and in this region everyone is good. The only real beef someone can have if they made it, is that the seedings robbed them of being the host school. There is no argument to be made that they got that wrong no matter who wins the championship for the men's or the women's side.... whether it was the first round, second, or the championship game, Missouri Western got beat by the better team on the day they played. As an MIAA follower, outside of the Northwest men, we haven't showed well on either side. The only win we have was a head to head MIAA game... FHSU women over NW. It's been a little disappointing for our league.

Couldn’t agree more, all that matters is making the dance. The Mavs wouldn’t have been the 1 seed, so no reason to be upset about things. They’re playing great, which likely surprises no one that’s seen them play this year, and have to continue to do so. I said they’d be the surprise seed of the entire tournament, I want them to pay that off. Gotta get this one tonight, first.

[Stanger86]

Mankato was under seeded based on their best level of play and also didn't have some of the metrics necessary for the committee to seed them higher. Both can be true.

My thought is if you had told me in November that Mankato would be in the Central Region Final come March, I would've thought that was a good prediction. It's unfortunate for Missouri Western in particular they had to draw the Mavs first round, but that's the Central Region for you. No easy ones.

It seems like a lot of importance is placed on the first weekend of the season. Oftentimes, those are the games you play against schools from other conferences in your region. SMSU men got two wins that played a huge role in them getting in the NCAA Tournament, while MSU women obviously found out that the losses were a huge hit to their ranking.

Worth noting: The first meeting between SNU and MSU was just a four-point game going into the fourth quarter.