Anytime Colorado women’s basketball and Stanford get together it’s typically a great game. But with the Buffs losing a pair of impact players, Friday’s Pac-12 Tournament semifinals ended in a lopsided Cardinal win, 71-45.
Fortunately, CU’s season is expected to continue in the NCAA Tournament and head coach JR Payne expects both Sila Finau and Tameiya Sadler to recover in time. A full-strength Buffs squad, at least in my mind, could be deadly.
The latest ESPN Women’s Basketball Bracketology was released on Saturday morning and it had the Buffs as a projected No. 9 seed matching up with No. 8 seed Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. Although FGCU isn’t a Power 5 school, the Eagles are currently ranked No. 22 in the AP Poll after a stellar 26-2 (15-1 ASUN) regular season; that would be a really tough matchup. And if the Buffs win in this projected realm, they would next play No. 1 seed NC State, barring a Wolfpack loss to the No. 16 seed.
This all will likely change, however, as many teams are still in the midst of their conference tournaments.
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Selection Sunday for the women’s Big Dance is March 13 and the first round will be March 18-19 — plenty of time for the Buffs to get healthy and prepare for their first NCAA Tournament since 2013.
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