The NCAA women’s basketball tournament selection committee released its initial top 16 on Thursday night, giving us a look at the pecking order at the top of the bracket as February approaches. Not surprisingly, NC State is on the 1-seed line.
South Carolina is the clear No. 1 overall seed at this point, while Stanford and NC State were going to be 2-3 in some order, so there are no surprises at the top here. You could argue that State warrants the No. 2 overall seed over the Cardinal, but Stanford also scheduled aggressively in the non-conference, and that factor is a wash at best.