I don’t envy the NCAA Tournament selection committee’s job. Not one bit. While increased parity has been such a good thing overall for women’s college basketball over the past five years or so, it makes fielding the NCAA Tournament a lot more difficult.
While the regular season has come to a close for some teams and others are finishing up, being on the bubble means there’s still a fighting chance to make it into March Madness. But it also means that strength of schedules, wins and losses are under that much more scrutiny.
When it comes to tournament seeding, there’s such a small gap between having a shot and not having one at all. Enter, St. John’s. The Red Storm were previously out, but an upset of UConn got them back in. One ranked win here, one bad loss there — for bubble teams, it can all come down to that.
Sitting pretty
Miami (18-11, 11-7 ACC; NET: 49, SOS: 56)
Despite recent sanctions levied by the NCAA due to NIL/player recruitment infractions, Miami has to be feeling good about its chances of making the tournament. Key wins against North Carolina (NET: 23), Virginia Tech (11) and Florida State (20), along with a close loss to ACC regular-season champion Notre Dame, have boosted the Hurricanes’ resume. Right now, Miami is projected as a No. 9 or 10 seed in…
