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Cut it down a bit but still trail 47 - 43

Was just going to post the update... charging foul on St. Louis so UMass has the ball now. 9:30 to go....

This Kent girl on SLU is a very good shooter.

Down 10 now with 2:30 to go...

It's ovah. Per Walfish and others, there is an outside chance of a WNIT bid.

Lost 65 - 52. Had a 4 min streach in the 4th Q where they did not score a point.

Old Cage wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:55 pm It's ovah. Per Walfish and others, there is an outside chance of a WNIT bid.

We finished 5th in conference. Last year, 2nd and 3rd went to WNIT. I don't think we would get an invite without winning two in Dayton. I think we could get an invite to WBI -- WNIT would be amazing though.

would love to see this squad get an invite to any post A10 tourney.

I would not expect an invite to the NIT, not when your team has a strength of Schedule of 225 in the country. Coach needed to pad the schedule so that he didn't get fired.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see a WNIT either. SOS was an issue, but the big thing is that we were also 5th in the A10. I think Dayton might have been at-large, but with them winning the conference, A10 is a one-bid conference this year. We would be like the 4th A10 team in the WNIT which I think is hard to see. I still think WBI looks like the most appropriate landing spot and hope we would accept if offered.

Also, Verdi has been extended until 2023-24, so I don't think this "soft" schedule has anything to do with him trying to keep his job. If anything, we played OOC against two big east teams that I think we will have again next year at the opposite site. I don't see any major reason to be down on this program and even with Hailey and Vash graduating see the program on an upward trajectory.

There is another tournament for teams that don't make it to the WNIT.

"I don't see any major reason to be down on this program and even with Hailey and Vash graduating see the program on an upward trajectory."

Next years additions should far outweigh what we're losing this year imo!

Totally understand the need to cancel tournaments but UMass season is now over. Hailey will finish her career at #2 on the all-time scoring list here at UMass. Best of luck to them as I believe they will go to Europe and play professionally.