Last Eight In: West Virginia, Saint Joseph’s, Charlotte, St. John’s, Iowa, Texas Tech, DePaul, Michigan
First Eight Out: Washington, Wyoming, Kansas, Duquesne, Saint Mary’s, SMU, Florida Gulf Coast, Ohio State
Notre Dame and Connecticut gave us yet another thrilling women’s basketball game on Tuesday night. Yet, surprising to many, the Irish pulled off their third win of the year over the Huskies. Now the question is whether or not we will get a fourth showdown between the Big East, for now, rivals. But the bigger question may be if this has any impact on UConn’s seeding in the NCAA Tournament. The answer is probably not. If Duke had a healthy Chelsea Gray, an argument could be made. If California would have won the Pac-12 Tournament, an argument could be made. But even then, Connecticut is one of the top four teams in the country…they just are not as good as Notre Dame.
See the Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket
ACC: Duke*, North Carolina, Maryland, Florida State, Miami
Big East: Notre Dame*, Connecticut, Louisville, Syracuse, Villanova, South Florida, DePaul, St. John’s
Big 12: Baylor*, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Big Ten: Penn State, Nebraska, Michigan State, Purdue*, Michigan, Iowa
Pac-12: Stanford*, California, UCLA, Colorado
SEC: Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas A&M*, Georgia, South Carolina, LSU, Vanderbilt
A-10: Dayton, Fordham, Charlotte, Saint Joseph’s
CAA: Delaware
C-USA: Tulane
Horizon: Green Bay
MAC: Toledo
MVC: Creighton
MWC: San Diego State
WAC: Utah State
WCC: Gonzaga*
America East: Albany
A-Sun: Stetson*
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: Liberty*
Big West: Pacific
Ivy League: Princeton
MAAC: Marist*
MEAC: Hampton
NEC: Quinnipiac
OVC: Tennessee-Martin*
Patriot: Navy
Southern: Chattanooga*
Southland: Oral Roberts
Summit: South Dakota State*
Sun Belt: Middle Tennessee
SWAC: Texas Southern
See the Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket
