Possible WNIT Opponents

Bearman88 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:48 pm

I know how much we all like to speculate on here, so just for the sake of discussion, who do you think the Sugar Bears will play in the first round of the WNIT?
I know the WNIT looks at a lot of different factors in establishing first round match-ups, but I understand geographical proximity is a primary consideration.
So, I'll throw out a few of my ideas to get us started.
I've listed them by conference, their regular season conference placement, and overall record. Some of these are still NCAA bubble teams.
I have Bolded my picks.
Missouri Valley #1 Missouri State 22-8
Missouri Valley #2 Illinois State 18-12
Missouri Valley #3 Witchita State 19-12
Conference USA #2 Memphis 24-7
Conference USA #3 Tulane 22-10
Conference USA #4 UAB 19-11
Conference USA #5 Rice 16-15
Mountain West #3 TCU 16-14
Big 12 #7 Texas 18-13
Big 12 #8 Oklahoma State 16-12
Big 12 #9 Texas Tech 19-13
Ohio Valley #2 Eastern Illinois 22-8
Ohio Valley #3 SIU-E 18-11
Ohio Valley #4 Tennessee Tech 17-16
[color=#000000]SEC #7 Vanderbilt 22-9[/b[/color]]
SEC #8 Florida 19-12
SEC #10 Mississippi State 14-16
[b]Summit #2 Oral Roberts 20-10
Summit #3 South Dakota 22-7
Summit #4 UMKC 22-11
WAC #3 Louisiana Tech 17-14
Sun Belt East #1 MTSU 26-6
Sun Belt East #2 FAU 17-12
Sun Belt West #3 North Texas 15-16
SWAC #1 Missippi Valley State 18-13

FOOT84 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:49 pm

I will take a wild guess and say I don't have a clue. :thumbup:

...just hope
the Sugar Bears get a home game and a win. That will go a long way for
esposure & can only help with recruiting and growing the fan base.

Bear Fan 101 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:46 am

I dont think any of us have clue until tonight, but here's a list I worked up on my own Friday morning taking into account major conferences & regional conferences in the area. So I didnt take into account any real true northern schools, northeast schools, or schools way out west, or even those schools who may still actually receive an at-large bid into the NCAAT tonight. Again this is just for the sake of playing the game of who it could possibly be:

ACC
UNC
NC State
Wake Forest

Big 12
Texas
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech (again)

Summit
Oral Roberts
UMKC (again)

SEC
Florida

Conference USA
Memphis
Tulane
UAB
Rice
Marshall

Missouri Valley
Missouri State
Illinois State
Wichita State
Creighton
Northern Iowa

OVC
Eastern Illinois
Tennessee Tech

Sun Belt
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
South Alabama
Denver

SoCon
Appalachian State
Chattanooga

Atlantic Sun
Davidson
Stetson

treyuca · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:58 am

Thanks for keeping the list under 30!

Bear Fan 101 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:42 pm

Oh, I couldve made it worse! LOL

Bearman88 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:29 pm

Just got a gut feeling.....Oklahoma State.

GoldilocksWasYummy · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:28 pm

Missouri st. is my bet

FOOT84 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:50 pm

Ok...wild guess, :crazy:

Tennessee Tech.

Bearman88 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:04 pm

Looks like Sam Houston and Stephen F Austin both picked up WBI bids. Thats four SLC womens teams in the post season. Not bad.

Bear Fan 101 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:32 pm

http://www.ucafans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6461

BadNewsBear · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:47 pm

At Oklahoma State on Friday. Winner gets Wichita State or Oral Roberts.

http://www.womensnit.com/photos/bracket37.pdf

joshuca · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:51 pm

Tough draw for the Sugarbears!

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Bearman88 wrote:

Just got a gut feeling.....Oklahoma State.

Winner. Winner. Chicken Dinner! =D>

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