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Aussies in the 2016 NCAA Tournament

Nicole Seekamp cemented her status as one of South Dakota’s all-time greats as the South Australian led the Coyotes to the WNIT title, securing the Tournament MVP award in the process. South Dakota’s NIT triumph was the school’s first postseason title in any sport, male or female.

NCAA Women: Seekamp leads Coyotes to WNIT title, named MVP

The Aussie representation in the NCAA Tournament has come to an end, as Alanna Smith’s Stanford and Kristy Wallace’s Baylor both fell in the Elite Eight. However there are still Australians in the hunt for a trophy. South Dakota’s Jasmine Trimboli and Nicole Seekamp will take on Jacinta Vandenberg and Oregon in the NIT semifinals after both teams got through the week with two wins, but not without scares as both teams survived nail-biters.

NCAA Women: Aussies roll into NIT semifinal

I think Baylor has a legit shot at winning it all.

all three Aussie women advance to NCAA Sweet16, looks like Baylor(Wallace) and Florida State(Antoniadou) will play off, so at least one Aussie will be making the Elite8.

Three of the twelve Australians have survived the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, with Kristy Wallace and Baylor moving into the Sweet 16, whilst Alanna Smith (Stanford) and Rachel Antoniadou (Florida State) are each a win away from doing the same. Meanwhile in the Women’s NIT, 7 Australians in six teams still remain in with a shot at taking home the silverware.

NCAA Women: Three Aussies still dancing

The only two active Aussie men in NCAA March Madness are still dancing! Kentucky Basketball rolled Stony Brook while University of Hawaii Men's Basketball upset California. Plus we recap the Aussies in the NIT, CBI and CIT.

NCAA Men: Hawaii upsets Cal, Kentucky rolls

Great stuff LC, as always...

Low representation in the ncaa tournament???

, the men maybe but the women have 12, what do they want every team to be filled with Aussies like St Marys?............ Oh wait they didn't make the NCAA tournament did they

In this weeks’ The Pick and Pop podcast, Chris and Damian cover off:

- Should we be disappointed with Australia’s low representation in the NCAA Tournament?
- Which NCAA women’s team with an Aussie will go the deepest in March Madness?
- Where does Stephanie Reid’s buzzer-beating game-winner for Buffalo rank?
- Was Ben Simmons’ career at LSU a success?
- Is Patty Mills a legitimate replacement for Tony Parker?
- Three graduating and three incoming NCAA D1 men

The Pick and Pop: Mills the heir apparent, Ben Simmons and Aussies in March Madness

Great to see so many aussie girls(and boys) getting to experience the hype of American college basketball...... Wish australia got behind basketball the way the Americans do

No less than 20 teams featuring Australians will feature in the women’s postseason in 2016, with six of these schools sending a combined 12 players to the NCAA Tournament.

NCAA Women: 12 Aussies in March Madness

This should cause a bit of debate around here hopefully.

With such a close series, and no one player really dominating AND winning, who would your pick be for MVP at the moment? Kobe has the numbers except for in the win column as we speak, could he possibly be the second man to lose The Finals, but win MVP?

Rondo dominated game 1, but not really much else, Ray has gone Arctic since game 2, Pierce has had 1 really good game, and KG has been solid but not spectacular.

Really not sure who I would go for here, Kobe has been most valuable to his team, but just seems wrong to get the award if your team loses...

Thoughts?