By her. Every other lattimore on the planet pronounces it correctly.
Why does the womenâs season end a week earlier than the men, but their NCAAT starts at the same time? Creates this dead week before the postseason. Teams are going to play their first-round NCAAT game without having played a game in nearly 2 weeks.
I would think TV and arena competition.
Would be a good argument for not aligning the NCAA tourneys in that case. Which Iâm pretty sure was the case not too many years ago?
Fewer teams in NCAA vs all of the conferences tournament teams
Because their tournament could never compete with the menâs conference tournament week.
It canât compete with the menâs NCAAT either.
The closest weâre gonna get to a Virginia basketball team participating in Selection Sunday (fingers crossed):
Bracket announced at 9pm
Did the men already say they were not participating in any postseason or is that just assumed because of the Sanchez announcement?
Well we literally have no coaches so
Iâve heard through the grapevine the women are also gonna pass on the postseason. Although I think Mox would probably prefer to play.
Huh. I thought theyâd want to play. Maybe too many injuries?
Yeah Iâm thinking Lattimore might be concussed which couldâve tipped it
If they decline, Moxâs first three years will be:
1 WBIT
2 declined postseason due to injuries
We need some depth!
Yeah that feels like it doesnât really cut it?
But god she took over such a dumpster fire.
Thereâs been an upward trajectory that you can see on the court but hasnât shown up much in W-L (due both to injuries and the âbig stepâ required to get over the hump and compete against the top half of the ACC). If we donât make the NCAAT next year, Iâll be concerned, but odds are good we will.
Are we completely sure Coach Mox is safe for next year? I donât keep up with the womenâs program near as much as I probably should.
Yes
It seems youâre right. Virginia is not in the WBIT, but Boston College is. We would have been invited before BC (losing record, two games behind us in the ACC standings), so we must have declined.
Has there been any statement about UVA declining a postseason invite? Two years ago when we declined, they released an official statement on the Tuesday after Selection Sunday. I canât find any comment about anything this year.