The consensus this women’s college basketball season has been that the best hope to make the women’s Final Four is to avoid running into defending champion South Carolina before then.
With Sunday’s release of the bracket for the 2023 women’s NCAA tournament — which this year switches to two regionals instead of four — the path to Dallas is set. The undefeated Gamecocks, as has been practically written in stone all season, are the No. 1 overall seed and won’t need to leave their state to get to what would be the program’s fifth Final Four. Dallas is also the place the Gamecocks won their first national championship in 2017.
South Carolina, Stanford and UConn all have advanced to the Final Four the past two seasons. For the 11-time champion Huskies, the streak goes back to 2008. But the two No. 1 seeds on the right side of the bracket — Indiana and Virginia Tech — have never been that far in the women’s tournament. History could be made this March.
Here’s a look at who will try to stop the Gamecocks’ run and end their perfect season, as well as the biggest winners and…
