40 Minutes to Go
By John Scognamiglio
A few years back, the NCAA introduced a new novelty to March Madness: the play-in game. This allows another team to enter the field to become national champion. The game is played before the tournament starts, usually the Tuesday before between numbers 64 and 65. The winner of that game gets into the 64 team field.
This Saturday, the Truman State Women's Basketball team will face the Southwest Baptist University Women's Basketball team in the MIAA play-in game. In my talks with Coach Sloop this season, he has said no game is a must-win until it absolutely has to be. Well, this Saturday is that must-win for the Bulldogs. Win, they go to Kansas City. Lose, they stay home and regroup for next year.
There are more storylines than just Kansas City that will take place on Saturday. Southwest Baptist will bring their candidate for Freshman of the Year to Pershing Arena. Cortney Shewmaker vs. Georgia Mueller will definitely be the game within the game this Saturday. Even though they won't matchup against each other, the voters will be watching to see who has the better impact. Mueller has quietly put games together all throughout this season. It could be that Mueller's biggest game may be the one that gets her team to Kansas City.
Another big storyline that fans will need to keep an eye on is Candace McGee. The Bulldogs' sophomore guard is five treys from tying Wendi Sobaski's single season record. In Wednesday night's contest, she did sink 5 treys to at least give her a shot at tying the record. She already has attempted the second most three's in a season, with 185, leaving her 11 away from that record.
So with all these microcosms abound, it would be easy to forget that this game is basically the MIAA play-in game. So, pack Pershing Saturday afternoon, for what could be a record-breaking day.
A few years back, the NCAA introduced a new novelty to March Madness: the play-in game. This allows another team to enter the field to become national champion. The game is played before the tournament starts, usually the Tuesday before between numbers 64 and 65. The winner of that game gets into the 64 team field.
This Saturday, the Truman State Women's Basketball team will face the Southwest Baptist University Women's Basketball team in the MIAA play-in game. In my talks with Coach Sloop this season, he has said no game is a must-win until it absolutely has to be. Well, this Saturday is that must-win for the Bulldogs. Win, they go to Kansas City. Lose, they stay home and regroup for next year.
There are more storylines than just Kansas City that will take place on Saturday. Southwest Baptist will bring their candidate for Freshman of the Year to Pershing Arena. Cortney Shewmaker vs. Georgia Mueller will definitely be the game within the game this Saturday. Even though they won't matchup against each other, the voters will be watching to see who has the better impact. Mueller has quietly put games together all throughout this season. It could be that Mueller's biggest game may be the one that gets her team to Kansas City.
Another big storyline that fans will need to keep an eye on is Candace McGee. The Bulldogs' sophomore guard is five treys from tying Wendi Sobaski's single season record. In Wednesday night's contest, she did sink 5 treys to at least give her a shot at tying the record. She already has attempted the second most three's in a season, with 185, leaving her 11 away from that record.
So with all these microcosms abound, it would be easy to forget that this game is basically the MIAA play-in game. So, pack Pershing Saturday afternoon, for what could be a record-breaking day.
posted by Anonymous at Thursday, February 23, 2006
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