The regular season is long in the rearview mirror, and with the Ides of March upon us, a familiar call echoes through the morning of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament — the crow of the defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks, who storm into this year’s Big Dance as the nation’s only unbeaten team as they look to go back-to-back under head coach Dawn Staley. This, and playing one of the nation’s toughest schedules, makes South Carolina the favorite to cut down the nets in Dallas on April 2, but a host of challengers are looking to stand in their way.
Who from among the teams with championship mettle (Stanford), or with programs legends who’ve won multiple conference player of the year awards (Iowa, Virginia Tech), or teams looking to climb their way back to the top of the women’s college basketball heap (UConn, Baylor, LSU) can challenge the defending champs?
To answer that question, you’ve come to the right place, as CBS Sports’…
