The Sweet 16 is set after a wild first weekend of the tournament. No. 1 overall seed South Carolina still stands in the Greenville 1 Regional, while No. 1 seed Indiana is out in the Greenville 2 Regional.
The Gamecocks opened second-round play with a win and will meet the final team to advance to the Sweet 16 — the No. 4 seed UCLA Bruins who got a career night from Charisma Osborne (36 points) to knock off No. 5 seed Oklahoma. In the other Greenville 1 Regional semifinal, No. 2 seed Maryland will take on No. 3 seed Notre Dame. Maryland knocked out Arizona in the second round, while the Fighting Irish beat Mississippi State. Notre Dame will be without all-everything point guard Olivia Miles, who’ll miss the NCAA Tournament with a knee injury.
In 2023, Cinderella is wearing a green and orange slipper as the No. 9 seed Miami Hurricanes are headed to the Elite Eight in the Greenville 2 Regional after a thrilling win over No. 4 seed Villanova, in which…