68 teams make the NCAA Big Dance on the Womens side and that is followed by 32 more teams in the Womens Basketball Invitational Tournament ( WBIT ).
After the Top 100 teams have been placed in the brackets of those two events, the Womens National Invitational Tournament gobbles up another 48 teams
With 148 teams hearing their name called, there was a reason to hope that the Southern Conference would get a third team into the field. But sadly, that was not the case and the 18 – 13 Lady Paladins can now turn their attention on next season.
Alyssa Ervin in the SoCon Tournament
That concludes the winter version of Saved by the Bell 🔔: The Cavalier College Years.
5 of the 32 is locked 🔒 in and we know that Samford University has the lone SoCon bid. Now that leaves Furman, East Tennessee State University and UT – Chattanooga with their fingers crossed 🤞
CCHS calendar is BlankTwo races 🏁 this Spring and both ended in Top 3 finishes !!!
Later today we look to find out two things – which three teams are being sent to Duke University for the NCAA and did Alyssa Ervin and Furman University do enough to earn an invite to the smaller of the Dances 💃. They will play on Thursday if they make the guest list!
We have played five games across three days this week and divided time in between Charleston and Beckley but now its time for our Golden Bears 🐻 to hit the road. First stop ✋ on the drive back will be at Hillsville Elementary School to work with Vickey Ritchie and our Special Olympics Basketball program.
I haven’t heard anything officially but maybe Callie Harris will lace up her sneakers one more time and play in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ✝️ Basketball All – Star game here in the near future.
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :
Matthew 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
After the dust settles on the NCAA selection show and we find out the three teams that will be joining us in Durham next weekend, the focus will shift to the WNIT.
Furman University finished up at 18-13 after going 1-1 in the SoCon tournament down in Ashville. Head Coach Pierre Curtis and his team would love to be one of the 32 teams to receive the nod.
Getting to remain together as a team for another week or two is the selling point here. The opening round game would be played opposite the opening day of the Men’s March Madness but that’s okay because being in the spotlight isn’t the ultimate goal for Curtis and his team right now.
Year 3 was a success as the team finished in the upper half of the league and won a post season game. They played road games in three different SEC arenas and even hosted their neighbors from Clemson University.
The Lady Paladins have checked alot of boxes. Clare Coyle was named to the First Team and Alyssa was named to the Second Team for the regular season. But there is still one more on the wish list as making this field is a stamp of approval and will help in recruiting. It says that the program is in the Top 100 in the Country.
The announcement won’t set of fireworks tomorrow night because Millions of Hoops fans will be too busy filling out their brackets for the Big Dance. But Furman University Women want to join the Men’s Basketball team in the post season. It’s worth noting that the Mens team was in the building for their counterparts Semi-final game. Karma built that helped them cut down the nets later…..
Furman University Women’s Basketball wants to Dance 💃 and they have earned the right to do so. We will wait to find out if that is the case shortly after we see if Duke is indeed a #2 and whether we open on Friday or Saturday ?
Our Kiddo wants to Dance 💃 and I’m sure that she has Shoes 👞
Cue KC and the Sunshine Band singing Boogie Shoes…..
Emory & Henry – Natalie Harris and her E & H teammates finished up their back to back matches with another victory, this time fending off Edinboro in a back and forth affair.
The team improves to 3-5 overall and 2-0 since Harris returned to the lineup !
The Wasps will take a short break and then head down to the Cumberland Gap next Wednesday for a contest with Lincoln Memorial University.
Lighting the Lamp nine times had to be entertaining !
Thank You to Marion Harris for taking the time to share your quality time with one of your impressive young Ladies !
Godspeed on your journey back up I-81
Today was the very rare day where I played catch-up and it was possible to do that because it was a ” Rest Day “. Try telling my keypad that one.
Apologies to our email 📧 subscribers 🙏 because of the amount of stories in one day.
Time to truly rest on Rest Day because its back to West Virginia in the morning 🌄.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 