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While mid-majors make waves, Gamecocks land at No. 8 seed

What better time to kick off another season of bracketology than the day after the best game of the year so far?

UConn entered Sunday's contest against Notre Dame as an underdog but left once again as the top team in the sport. The Huskies are the No. 1 overall seed in espnW's first bracket projection of the 2018-19 season, and Sunday's showdown laid the foundation for the pecking order of the country's best teams going forward.

Neither the Huskies nor the Irish had anything to gain or lose Sunday. Both were going to be a top seed; UConn is No.