When the NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee revealed its projected top 16 seeds and regional assignments at halftime of Monday’s UConn-South Carolina game, the reaction was immediate: Really?
In the regional at Greensboro, North Carolina, the committee’s first projection of the season placed No. 1 overall seed Baylor, No. 6 overall seed Notre Dame, No. 11 seed Maryland and No. 13 seed South Carolina Carolina.
In the latest Associated Press poll, all four teams were ranked inside the top 11.
ESPN analyst LaChina Robinson called it a “PROBLEM.” Bracketologist Charlie Creme called it the toughest group of three teams for a No.