1/14 Women's Basketball Bracketology Breakdown

 
Last Eight In: Purdue, Utah, UCF, Kansas State, Villanova, LSU, Virginia Tech, UCLA
 
First Eight Out: Georgia Tech, Georgia, Clemson, South Dakota State, Michigan, North Carolina, Duke, Ohio
 
The top team in the nation faced off against the #2 team on Thursday night. That is not a rare occasion in women’s college basketball, this being the 59th of all time, but it is rare that neither of those teams were Connecticut. Louisville traveled to South Bend and Notre Dame had a strong second half to pull away for an 82-68 victory. Arike Ogunbowale scored 26 of her game high 30 points in the second half and fueled that strong third and fourth quarter for the Irish. That makes Notre Dame the clear #1 team in the country, but they will be tested a few more times in the tough ACC.
 
 
ACC: Florida State, Louisville, Miami (FL), North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
 
American: Connecticut, UCF
 
Big East: Butler, DePaul, Marquette, Villanova
 
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Texas
 
Big Ten: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue, Rutgers
 
Pac-12: Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Utah
 
SEC: Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
 
 
A-10: Dayton
 
CAA: James Madison
 
C-USA: Middle Tennessee
 
Horizon: Green Bay
 
MAC: Central Michigan
 
MVC: Drake
 
MWC: New Mexico
 
WCC: Gonzaga
 
 
America East: Maine
 
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
 
Big Sky: Northern Colorado
 
Big South: Radford
 
Big West: UC Irvine
 
Ivy League: Penn
 
MAAC: Quinnipiac
 
MEAC: Bethune-Cookman
 
NEC: St. Francis
 
OVC: Belmont
 
Patriot: Bucknell
 
Southern: Mercer
 
Southland: Stephen F. Austin
 
Summit: South Dakota
 
Sun Belt: South Alabama
 
SWAC: Southern
 
WAC: New Mexico State