Last Eight In: Temple, Iowa, BYU, Duke, Tulane, Kansas State, Texas A&M, California
First Eight Out: Michigan State, Creighton, Michigan, South Florida, UTEP, St. John’s, Boise State, Northwestern
With the departures of Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck, and Moriah Jefferson to the WNBA it was expected that Connecticut was going to go through some growing pains early on this season. Well, this young Huskies team has other ideas as they went 3-0 this week knocking off Florida State, Baylor and LSU. Crystal Dangerfield’s 19 points led a balanced attack for Connecticut in the 72-61 win over Baylor in a battle of top five teams. South Carolina’s Kaela Davis scored 37 points to lead the Gamecocks to a 92-80 win over Ohio State in Columbus to set a very encouraging tone to this season offensively for head coach Dawn Staley. Gonzaga had a lights out performance shooting the basketball as they went into Maples Pavilion Friday night and took it to Stanford in a 68-63 victory. Jill Barta’s 26 points led the way for the Bulldogs thanks to 8-of-10 shooting from the floor which kept the Cardinal off balance defensively all night long.
ACC: Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Syracuse
American: Connecticut, Temple, Tulane
Big East: DePaul
Big 12: Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia
Big Ten: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers
Pac-12: Arizona State, California, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Washington
SEC: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
A-10: Saint Louis
CAA: James Madison
C-USA: Western Kentucky
Horizon: Green Bay
MAC: Ohio
MVC: Northern Iowa
MWC: Colorado State
WCC: BYU, Santa Clara
America East: Albany
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: North Dakota
Big South: Liberty
Big West: UC Riverside
Ivy League: Penn
MAAC: Quinnipiac
MEAC: North Carolina A&T
NEC: Sacred Heart
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: Army
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: Abilene Christian
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Arkansas-Little Rock
SWAC: Southern
WAC: New Mexico State
