The top two teams in the nation lost last week. Needless to say, the women’s college basketball season is heating up.
Results uproot first top-16 reveal
Before Sunday’s slate of games tipped off, the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee shared the season’s first top-16 reveal, an initial peek at how the top four seeds in the four NCAA Tournament regions could shake out come Selection Sunday.
Despite their loss to USC on Thursday, UCLA maintained the No. 1 overall seed, with South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame claiming the other three No. 1 slots. Here’s the full top 16, divided into the four regions:
Spokane 1: UCLA, LSU, Duke, Tennessee
Birmingham 2: South Carolina, NC State, TCU, Oklahoma
Birmingham 3: Texas, UConn, North Carolina, Ohio State
Spokane 4: Notre Dame, USC, Kansas State, Kentucky
Of course, Sunday’s results suggest the picture presented above is precarious, with more moving and shaking sure to happen before March 16.
UConn smokes South Carolina, 87-58
South Carolina’s status the No. 2 overall seed seems most uncertain after UConn marched into Colonial Life Arena and not only snapped the Gamecocks’ 71-game home winning streak, which was the fourth-longest in the Division I women’s hoops history, but also delivered the kind of…
