The Power 4 conferences crowned women’s college basketball tournament champions Sunday, with top seeds South Carolina (in the SEC) and TCU (in the Big 12) winning titles. In the Big Ten, second-seeded UCLA took home the championship, while third-seeded Duke won the ACC.
While there are still important Champ Week games to be played and automatic berths to be won over the next six days, the NCAA selection committee has almost all of the information needed to finalize the top 16 seeds in the NCAA tournament bracket. Only UConn, which faces Creighton in Monday’s Big East tournament final, is still playing among the teams in the running to get one of the top four seeds in each region.
What did we learn about the top teams in the country from Champ Week? What were the big gains or losses? ESPN analyzes how the league tournaments so far have helped shape the bracket and told us what to expect for March Madness with less than a week to go before Selection Sunday.
Did the weekend decide the No. 1 seeds and top 16?
Charlie Creme: Championship Sunday changed the order of the No. 1 seeds but not the teams. South Carolina’s dominant performance over Texas (which entered the day at No. 1 overall in Bracketology) in the SEC championship game allowed the Gamecocks to…
