Women’s Hoops Road to Greensboro! (and the CIT)

Hahahaha, the CIT, hahhahaha. We were willing to overlook the scam nature of the CIT and rationalize it if they won. But a Total collapse down the stretch, waste of an opportunity, very odd finish. And now we’re just glad we’re not the players taking a miserable 7 hour ride back after that place and that tourney. I mean, you know that feeling of regret you students woke up with on Spring Break? That’s pretty much us tomorrow after live-tweeting a CIT game in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Hopefully the last time we’ll have to use this picture till June 1st.

I guess that’ll about cover the CIT.

On the incredibly positive side of the JMU sports ledger (no, not “conference realignment” news), the incredible (dare we say dynastic) Women’s Hoops team is bound for the Big Dance once again! The facts are as follows: #12 JMU v. #5 Ohio State, Greensboro Regional, in Chapel Hill, NC for the first two rounds, to play the winner of #4 North Carolina v. #13 Liberty, 1:30 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2. So basically the Everett Withers region. Also a chance to avoid the top 10 nationally before the Final Four for a chance to go just down the street to Greensboro (aka JMUSB HQ South) and take out the tourney’s most vulnerable top seed. The Buckeyes have arguably the nation’s best freshman (is fresh”man” still the preferred nomenclature?) in Guard Kelsey Mitchell, but their up-tempo style will be nothing new or intimidating to the equally capable Dukes. Should be a shootout assuming Precious Hall just shoots like her old self. If they can win Saturday, we’ll have a guaranteed JMUSB presence for this run for at least the next three games. No active Ohio State player has played in the NCAA tourney while JMU’s roster is mostly battle-tested.

Those are mostly positives. For a much more eloquent window into how we really feel, please check out the [most dedicated to her fans, subject matter, and craft] excellent LadySwish blog here. We’re just going to assume despite no empirical evidence that the 12/5 upset happens the same way on the Women’s side because Dukes!

Lastly, just do yourself a favor and go follow @JMUMBBManagers for next year no matter what happens with the program this offseason. You can thank us fall camp.