Last Eight In: San Diego, Rutgers, North Carolina State, Nebraska, USC, Duquesne, Iowa, West Virginia
First Eight Out: Oregon, Western Kentucky, St. Bonaventure, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Utah, St. Mary’s, Auburn
Unlike on the men’s side of college basketball, the favorites on the women’s side keep on winning. Connecticut is cruising, as expected, and blowing out everybody in the AAC. South Carolina and Notre Dame have been one seeds all year long and look to stay that way. The last top seed is Baylor’s to lose. Their win at Texas has cemented the Lady Bears’ top spot in the Big 12. Those two will face off again to close the regular season on February 29th and presumably meet again the Big 12 Tournament. If things stay as they are, and even if Notre Dame or South Carolina slips once or twice along the way, they are still clearly the best two teams in the best two conferences in women’s basketball. For Texas, they probably need to beat Baylor at least once and hope the Bears slip a couple times and they can grab that last one seed.
See the Women's Basketball Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket
ACC: Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Syracuse
American: Connecticut, South Florida
Big East: DePaul, Seton Hall, St. John’s
Big 12: Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, West Virginia
Big Ten: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers
Pac-12: Arizona State, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington
SEC: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
A-10: Duquesne, George Washington
CAA: James Madison
C-USA: UTEP
Horizon: Green Bay
MAC: Ohio
MVC: Drake
MWC: Colorado State
WCC: BYU, San Diego
America East: Albany
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: Eastern Washington
Big South: UNC Asheville
Big West: UC Riverside
Ivy League: Princeton
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Hampton
NEC: Robert Morris
OVC: Tennessee-Martin
Patriot: Army
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: Central Arkansas
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Arkansas State
SWAC: Texas Southern
WAC: New Mexico State
See the Women's Basketball Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket
