The women’s NCAA Tournament is finally here, and across the country some of the sport’s biggest stars will get the opportunity to showcase their talent on the biggest possible stage. But before the tournament fully gets underway, our women’s college basketball reporters at The Athletic wanted to see who could put together the best possible March Madness fantasy team. Each team consisted of six players, a coach and a mascot. Prior to the draft we laid out the following rules:
• Each player, coach or mascot needed to be part of this year’s 68-team field. (Sorry, Aneesah Morrow.)
• Each team needed to have representation from at least one mid-major school.
• Schools could not be reused, meaning once a player was picked all other members of that university (and very importantly, that university’s mascot) were wiped from the draft pool.
We utilized a snake draft, and Ben Pickman was awarded the first pick by winning our draft lottery (being closest to a random number selected by our editor, Shannon Ryan.) Sabreena Merchant picked second, followed by Chantel Jennings.
Comment below or respond to our Twitter poll to let us know who you think won the draft.
Round 1
Pick No. 1
Ben: Caitlin Clark, Iowa
The Athletic’s Player of the Year and the best offensive player in college…
