After all that, State WBB NOT a #1 Seed?

As the game ended, celebrations began and trophy raised, you could sense the relief from all players and staff. After an abrupt ending to last season, they had found a way to climb the mountain all over again.

But after all that, State might not be a #1 seed?

According to ESPN’s Charlie Creme, their women’s basketball bracketology guru, State is a #2 seed. Stanford, UCONN, South Carolina and Texas A&M, all were listed as one’s.

What the f*ck…

• State won their conference tournament (Texas A&M didn’t make it to the Finals of SEC Tourney)
• They became just the third team in the last couple decades to beat two #1’s in a single season (Looking at you South Carolina)
• One of their loses was in overtime without their best player in Cunane. But they beat that same VT team twice on the season to avenge the loss.
• We were told that NET Rankings would be used subjectively, that every team had differing situations.  Texas A&M NET is 12th…I mean…

Look, in the grand scheme of things, being #1 versus #2 isn’t that big of a deal. Yearly, the Women’s Tourney tends to be far more chalk than the Men’s. Would expect the Final Four to be exclusively first and second seeds. In the last five NCAA Women’s Tournaments, 17 of 20 Final Four teams were either #1 or #2.

The biggest loss of a #1 seed truly is pride and program accolades. The women deserve it as one of the hottest teams over a two-year stretch. We’ll find out the official verdict Monday, March 15th on ESPN.

Maybe in the end, this will be a blessing. You just gave a stellar team an even bigger chip on their shoulder.