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As the regular season winds down in women’s basketball, conference bragging rights and potential No. 1 seeds are still to be settled before conference tournaments start next week.
UCLA remained the No. 1 overall seed when the second iteration of the top 16 seeds was revealed on Thursday, with Texas, Notre Dame and USC also staking a claim on the 1-line. Any defeat in the next two weeks before Selection Sunday could allow teams on the 2-line (South Carolina, North Carolina State, LSU, TCU) to steal a top seed.
It remains to be seen if those teams can keep their seeding when the Women’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show airs March 16 (8 p.m. ET on ESPN).
Here are this weekend’s top games to watch:
No. 3 USC at No. 2 UCLA
Time/TV: Saturday, 9 p.m. ET, FOX
Part 2 in the Battle for Los Angeles has national seeding implications more than anything. The Trojans handed UCLA its only defeat, 71-60, on Feb. 13, and another victory over the Bruins would be a résumé booster no other team in the country has, regardless of what happens in the Big Ten tournament. Even though UCLA center Lauren Betts is a front-runner for Player of the Year honors, another vintage JuJu Watkins game could also change the conversation concerning that race.
No. 8 TCU at No. 18 Baylor
Time/TV: Sunday, 6:30 p.m. ET, FS1
First place and the regular-season conference title in the Big 12 are on the line as the Horned Frogs visit the Bears. TCU is led by the dynamic transfer duo of Hailey Van Lith (17.4 ppg, 5.5 apg) and Sedona Prince (17.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg) and will break a 15-year NCAA Tournament absence regardless of what happens the rest of the season. Baylor has been on a roll, winning nine straight since losing back-to-back games to UCLA and TCU. One of the Big 12’s deeper teams, the Bears have six players who average more than 10 points a game.
No. 14 Kentucky at No. 6 South Carolina
Time/TV: Sunday, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN
When the Gamecocks are on defensively and can use that to create offense, there isn’t anyone in the…
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