The 12th Seeded Lady Cougars Cruise To The Sweet Sixteen

Hello,

Although I'm a big time BYU fan, I rarely follow their women's sports teams. However I can't help but get excited about the Lady Cougars reaching the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2002. BYU, at 28-6, has reached the Sweet Sixteen after beating 5th seeded North Carolina State and then beating 4th seeded Nebraska.

That was very exciting, until I looked at who BYU plays in the next round. Unfortunately the Cougars run into the buzzsaw known as UConn. This is the same team who is aiming for their 9th national championship and are undefeated this season. While BYU was fighting to get past Nebraska 80-76, the Huskies crushed St. Joes 91-52.

Honestly I literally give the Cougars no chance of beating UConn, in fact if the Cougars can keep the final score within 25 points I would consider that a moral victory. After UConn crushes BYU they'll play the winner of 7th seeded DePaul and 3rd seeded Texas A&M. DePaul reaches the Sweet Sixteen after knocking off the second rated Duke Blue Devils. It cracks me up that both highly seeded Duke Blue Devils teams were upset early in the NCAA Tournament.

Now if a miracle happens and BYU somehow gets by UConn, then they'll have beaten the best team they'll play all season. Relatively their path would be easier moving forward. BYU-UConn tips off 4:30 EST Saturday afternoon in Nebraska. If nothing else this game is a great thing to build on for future Cougars teams, perhaps some day they really will challenge for a national title.

BYU, who is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, doesn't play athletic contests on Sundays. The first day of the Women's Final Four will be on a Sunday. So although it's not going to happen it would be interesting to see what the NCAA would do if BYU did advance to the Final Four. You can bet the NCAA is cheering against the Cougars as they don't want to deal with that thorny situation.

Thanks Lady Cougars for representing BYU and all of its fans so well. Thanks for making it to the Sweet Sixteen and playing so well. A tip of my BYU hat to Jeff Judkins for building such a great program. Anything beyond this would be gravy.

themusicaddict