Women’s NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: The debate continues. UConn or UCLA at No. 1?

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.

Well folks, we made it. In just two short days we will have the official March Madness bracket in front of us. So for one final time, let’s try to get inside the mind of a committee member.

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First Four

Storrs

16

Samford

16

Alabama A&M

Los Angeles

16

Howard

16

High Point

Columbus

11

Texas A&M

11

Arizona State

Richmond

11

Virginia

11

Richmond

Fort Worth 1

Storrs

1

UConn

16

Samford

Alabama A&M

Storrs

8

USC

9

Princeton

College Park

5

Michigan State

12

Colorado State

College Park

4

Maryland

13

Green Bay

Columbus

6

Georgia

11

Texas A&M

Arizona State

Columbus

3

Ohio State

14

Charleston

Baton Rouge

7

NC State

10

South Dakota State

Baton Rouge

2

LSU

15

Jacksonville

Fort Worth 2

Austin

1

Texas

16

Fairleigh Dickinson

Austin

8

Illinois

9

Colorado

Norman

5

Ole Miss

12

Gonzaga

Norman

4

Oklahoma

13

Miami (OH)

Louisville

6

Washington

11

James Madison

Iowa City

3

Louisville

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14

Murray State

Iowa City

7

Baylor

10

Clemson

Iowa City

2

Iowa

15

Holy Cross

Sacramento 3

Los Angeles

1

UCLA

16

Howard

High Point

Los Angeles

8

Villanova

9

Tennessee

Morgantown

5

North Carolina

12

Rice

Morgantown

4

West Virginia

13

Stephen F. Austin

Fort Worth

6

Alabama

11

Virginia

Richmond

Fort Worth

3

TCU

14

Western Illinois

Durham

7

Texas Tech

10

Iowa State

Durham

2

Duke

15

Cal Baptist

Sacramento 4

Austin

1

South Carolina

16

Vermont

Austin

8

Oklahoma State

9

Syracuse

Minneapolis

5

Kentucky

12

Fairfield

Minneapolis

4

Minnesota

13

Louisiana Tech

Ann Arbor

6

Notre Dame

11

Virginia Tech

Ann Arbor

3

Michigan

14

UC Irvine

Nashville

7

Oregon

10

Rhode Island

Nashville

2

Vanderbilt

15

Idaho

Last four byes

Last four in

First four out

Next four out

Iowa State

Virginia

Mississippi State

Columbia

Colorado

Richmond

Nebraska

Utah

Clemons

Arizona State

Kansas

Florida

Virginia Tech

Texas A&M

Kansas State

BYU

No. 1 overall seed debate

Prior to the first reveal, I thought the committee would award UCLA the overall No. 1 seed given its overall resume. Instead, it went to UConn. Given that precedent, I don’t see that…


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