Welcome to our post-Selection Sunday installment of Getting Technical, a series where our writers let you in on their conversations and messages to one another. Following ESPN’s reveal of the 2023 women’s NCAA Tournament bracket Chantel Jennings, Sabreena Merchant and Ben Pickman chatted about their knee-jerk reactions to the matchups and their predictions for the month ahead.
Sabreena: It’s the most wonderful time of the year. We have a field of 68, and every team is just three good weeks away from basketball immortality. Coming off a selection show where 75 percent of teams did the Griddy and Kim Mulkey was seen wearing jeans, we’re ready to break down what to expect from Seattle to Greenville, and everything in between.
Chantel: OK, first things first — with that field of 68 … South Carolina or the field?
Sabreena: Well, if Columbia had gotten a bid …
Chantel: I was really rooting for the Ivy to get two teams in this year. Dammit, committee. Give some credit to the nerds.
Ben: Seven NET 100 wins, six of them coming on the road, and a strong nonconference schedule. Are we really sure the right New York City-based school got in with St. John’s? But alas.
To Chantel’s question about S.C. or the field, there’s two ways I’ve been trying to think about that…
