Selection Sunday, so time for the thread. Creme has us as a 3-seed, but dropping to a 4 if Texas wins today.
Also a good time to take quick stock of the season. A team that nobody expected much from came within a few points on the last day of sharing the regular season ACC Championship. Notre Dame finished 1 game ahead, but it must be pointed out that we had a far tougher ACC pod, with 2 games against VT, NCState, and uNC (NET #9, 17, and 21). Notre Dame's 2 games were against Louisville, Syracuse, and Boston College (NET #20, 57, and 87).
We finished #10 in the NET. We only had 6 losses, to the NET #2, 9(2X), 21(2X), and 24 teams. So no bad losses (maybe some ugly ones, though ) Notable that we also beat #9 and 21 once. Only 8 P5 teams have fewer losses. Our ladies did this against the 10th toughest schedule in the RPI (NET uses SOS, but I can't find where they list it), and 4 of those 8 teams had SOSs ranked 29, 33, 34, and 83. Most had losses to teams with NET #40 and above.
Just a phenomenal season. With our defense, a hot shooting night means we can beat anyone. Don't scoff, we did have a few and are capable. After the grind of the toughest conference in the nation, some time off was just what our ladies needed. We should make the second weekend on the strength of the defense alone, but to progress further we'll need that hot shooting.