UCF Women's team makes WNIT
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Tulane and SMU got invited as "At Large" while we're an "Automatic Qualifier" (i.e., best one not in NCAAs).
Also in the Tourney are Stetson are Bethune-Cookman.
UCF leads series 33-28
http://gohatters.com/news/2017/3/13/womens-basketball-hatters-to-visit-UCF-in-WNIT.aspx
http://gohatters.com/news/2017/3/13/womens-basketball-hatters-to-visit-UCF-in-WNIT.aspx
We used to go over to men's away games at Stetson during our ASun conference years. Lots of UCF students would go, too. Their cracker box field house pictured -- check out the guy in lederhosen! Hope Coach Abe has a defense to slow down their 6-3 all-everything star.
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Nice Sentinel piece today. I learned several things from it:
Coach Abe won the WNIT 12 years ago.
Stetson's been there several times.
UCF has never played a post-season game.
Both new UCF hoops coaches face eerily similar situations: each won NIT championship with a previous team (Dawkins twice), each identical regular season records, each are home teams in NIT game, each turned a losing veteran team into a winner, each coach had success playing for major programs under legendary coaches (Dawkins with Duke's Coach K, Coach Abe went to sweet 16 with Hall of Fame coach at Iowa), each had multiple 20-win seasons and took their teams to the NCAA tournament.
Coach Abe won the WNIT 12 years ago.
Stetson's been there several times.
UCF has never played a post-season game.
Both new UCF hoops coaches face eerily similar situations: each won NIT championship with a previous team (Dawkins twice), each identical regular season records, each are home teams in NIT game, each turned a losing veteran team into a winner, each coach had success playing for major programs under legendary coaches (Dawkins with Duke's Coach K, Coach Abe went to sweet 16 with Hall of Fame coach at Iowa), each had multiple 20-win seasons and took their teams to the NCAA tournament.
Some may not realize that Stetson's head coach, Lynn Bria, was UCF's head coach for 3 years - 1996-99. She's been rediculously and consistantly successful while at Stetson, who are blessed to have her.
Remember a few years back when it was explained to us that the Orlando Sentinel doesn't do pregame articles for UCF basketball? well here is one for the Women's team...have they turned over a new leaf?
WNIT a key building block for UCF women’s basketball program
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...otepad/os-sp-ucf-stetson-wnit-0316-story.html
WNIT a key building block for UCF women’s basketball program
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...otepad/os-sp-ucf-stetson-wnit-0316-story.html
Look who Coach Abe former team is playing:
FIRST ROUND
(1) UCONN vs. (16) Albany - The Great Danes have dominated the America East, winning the title six straight years. First-year coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee has picked up where Katie Abrahamson-Henderson left off before she left for UCF. The problem is they are facing a team that has won 107 consecutive games.
FIRST ROUND
(1) UCONN vs. (16) Albany - The Great Danes have dominated the America East, winning the title six straight years. First-year coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee has picked up where Katie Abrahamson-Henderson left off before she left for UCF. The problem is they are facing a team that has won 107 consecutive games.
They were 2nd in their conference, 3 games back, but upset a 26-4 New Hampshire in their tournament to earn an automatic invite. Actually, Albany this year had about the same record as UCF, but in an inferior conference. That's why they draw UConn first round -- because they are a bottom seed.
