Move aside March Madness, it’s time for April absurdity. There are only two weeks left in the women’s college soccer season and with the NCAA tournament shrunk from 64 to 48 teams this year, schools all over the country are feeling the pressure.
While a small handful of programs can sleep soundly knowing that their postseason bid is already expected, many teams are in a mad scramble to the finish. Perhaps nowhere is this truer than in the Pac-12 conference. In 2019, the Pac-12 sent nine teams to the NCAA tournament. However, with 16 fewer at-large bids this year, it is likely that the Pac-12 will have to settle for sending just the top five or six teams to the tournament.