The 2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament bracket is set, and the best surprise the selection committee provided was a possible rematch of last year’s championship game with Iowa and LSU in the Elite Eight.
Iowa got the No. 1 seed in the Albany 2 Region, a spot the Hawkeyes earned after winning their third consecutive Big Ten Tournament. Being on that side of the bracket means they could potentially face Kansas State — the team that handed them their first loss of the season — in the Sweet 16.
Meanwhile, the third-seeded Tigers — which rank No. 8 in CBS Sports’ rankings of the entire 68-team tournament field — will have to get the job done against tough teams like UCLA, Louisville and Creighton. If both LSU and Iowa manage to make the Elite Eight, we could get another Caitlin Clark vs. Angel Reese showdown.
On the opposite side of the bracket, we got the least surprising No. 1 seed: the South Carolina Gamecocks. Dawn Staley’s team had long locked up the top seed by going undefeated through the regular season and then winning the SEC Tournament with a victory over LSU in the title game. On paper, the Gamecocks are looking like the clear favorite in the Albany 1 Region, but perhaps Notre Dame will find a way…
