The UCLA female basketball team has a milestone season, and on Sunday, Bruins has another couple: for the first time, she is the number 1 overall seed in the female NCAA tournament. Bruns have reached a 30-win mark for the first time in the history of the program and are expecting to create their first final four in the NCAA era, which began for women’s game in 1981-82.
Bruns are among the big winners because we see the female march Madness bracket. But what does the decisions of the committee mean that USC Sophomore Juju Watkins and Ucon Senior Paige Bukers for standout players, who met in an epic elite eight games last year? And how do things look to defend the national champion South Carolina?
Number 1 seeds were required: UCLA is Spochen 1 regional, South Carolina Birmingham 2 is number 1 in regional, Texas Birmingham 3 is number 1 in 3 and USC Spochen 4 is number 1 in 4. The top seeds are divided between Big Ten and SEC, and both conference winners were Sundays. There are 12 teams in the Big Ten ground – four in the top 16 – and 10 in SEC, five in the top 16.
Breins Center Lauren Bates, which started her career at Stanford, has excelled in its two sessions in UCLA and it can be an important factor whether Bruce lives up to their top seeds and makes it in the last weekend of the season. UCLA won the AIAW National Championship in 1978, but it never moved beyond NCAA Elite eight.
Meanwhile, the USC is trying to make the first final of the program since 1986 (if it met the UCLA, it will be the fourth “Battle of Los Angeles” in this season: Trozon won both regular-season matches before the UCLA won the Big Ten Championship game). The number 2 seed Uconn in the Trojans area is demanding its 12th NCAA title and has made the last four every year but one since 2008.
Spochen 4 region makeup means that the last season’s elite in Portland may be a rematch of eight games, where Hakis defeated Trojan 80–73 to carry forward its 23rd final four. The game had 28 points and 10 rebounds in that game, and Watkins 29 and 10.
A three -time national champion South Carolina shows a victorious route for the fifth final final of the program. Two teams are also national champions in the regional of GameCox – No. 4 Seed Maryland (2006) and No. 3 North Carolina (1994) – but this success was some time back for both.
For Texas, who has been trying to make his first final four since 2004, Longhorn was the number 1 seed last year, but lost in Elite Eight by Nek State. Longhorn’s co-champion at SEC with South Carolina, Longhorn’s could meet GameCox for the fourth time this season if the two make the last four.
Here the brackets have a deep eye on the winners and losers, and their way forward.
Winners
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UCLA
The size of the Bruins is very much, the guard and depth have great experience. If catching the seeds, they will face Sweet 16 in Elite Eight in Birmingham and number 4 boiler in number 2 NC state. Wolfpack made the last four in the last four seasons, and Bayler (under former coach Kim Mulki) has won three NCAA titles. But overall, the matchups look as if they should suit Bruce, who fell in LSU in The Sweet 16 last year to make it Tampa.
South Carolina
When you have lost a total of four games in the last three sessions, it is difficult to underestimate it. But the gamecox is not getting overall top seeds, coach Don Stale has another motivational chip to use. It is not that Gamecox really needs this: Uconn and Texas feel their disadvantages in February, while their strong run seems like the actual version of the gameCox for the title of the ninth SEC tournament. South Carolina Stelli has number 1 seed for the ninth time in his career.
Northern Carolina Triangle Team
All will host the early stages: Spochen 1 number 2 Seed Neck State, and Birmingham 2 number 2 Seed Duke and No. 3 Seed North Carolina. They are the highest seeds for Duke since 2017 and for UNC since 2013. If there are seeds, one of the great rivals in sports – Blue Devils vs Tar Hels – will be in Sweet 16. This will be the first time they have met in the NCAA tournament at any time; They have never been in the same area before.
Loan star state hops
With Texas No.1 and TCU No. 2 in Birmingham 3 regional, it is the first time since 2013 that the top two teams in one region are from the same state. That year, Stanford Spochen had number 1 and calc number 2 in a regional.
Texas is the number 1 seed this year for the seventh time. Number 2 is the best seed for TCU, which was the last high in 2004.
Ivy League
How great were the celebrations by Spochen 1 number 10 Seed Harvard and the first four number 11 seeds Colombia and Princeton? Selection on Sunday is always fun to see teams really excited, which was historic for the Ivy League this year. For the first time, the conference will have three teams participating in the NCAA tournament. Crimson defeated Ivy semi -finals in the championship game and Princeton in Colombia, headed by Star Harmoni Turner, who had a joint 68 points in the games.
Ultimat syndrael
Talking about Happy Teams, congratulations to six schools, who are the first time in the women’s NCAA tournament: Arkansas State, FDU, George Mason, Grand Canyon, UC San Diego and William and Mary. Spochen 1 number 13 Seed Grand Canyon won 30 in the tournament, which wins the active division I continuously.
Loser
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USC
There are no easy alits eight matchups, but the Auds is that Trozons had to face Uconn not potentially again for the opportunity to go to the final four. Considering this, after defeating Ucon 72-70 in Connecticut on 21 December, it may sound strange. But this disadvantage can give great inspiration to Hakis.
It is also the fact that the Big Ten Regular-Seasons Champion USC defeated UCLA, total number 1 seed twice, yet ended with the fourth number 1 seed after losing in the final of the league tournament. Trojan probably see as a sign of insult. On the bright side for the USC, Trozons will have last year’s aristocratic eight disadvantages to avenge the revease.
Notre Dame
In recent weeks, Irish went to the number 3 seed from an expected number 2 seed from an estimated number 1 seed on Sunday. Really, there is not so much difference between 2 and 3, because if the seeds hold, they will have to play each other in the regional semi -finals. However, a potential regional matchup in Birmingham 3 bracket can be difficult for Irish.
They can withstand two teams that are very strong in the post: No. 2 Seed TCU 6-Foot-7 with Cedona Prince, and number 1 Seed Texas, 6-6 Kaila Oldkere and 6-4 Taylor Jones. The strength of the Notre Dame has been more with all the seasons with its guards: Hannah Hidalgo, Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron.
Ole miss
To be fair, rebels are the winners in this regard: his number 5 Seed in Spochen 1 is his best seed in more than three decades, when he was also number 5 in 1994. But you could see the expression on coach Volette Mcfe-McCin’s face, which was during the selection show: He is disappointed that Ole Miss is not one of the top 16 seeds and will not host an early round.
It would be great for Ole Miss to play at home and/or play in one of the Birmingham region, as the city is on a drive of about 2.5 hours from Oxford, Mississippi. I wish, the bracket did not work like this.
Big 12
There was no good surprise for the conference on selection Sunday: it got seven teams, it is expected that it is in the ground, but not more. It placed Big 12 behind the other Power 4 league, as Big Ten has 12 teams, SEC is 10 and ACC eight.
The teams who were hoping that they could be secret in Arizona and Colorado, who came to Big 12 this season after the disintegration of PAC -12. Wildcats were looking for the presence of their fifth consecutive NCAA tournament and buffalo for their fourth.
