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March Madness: Why top seeds are more vulnerable in women's NCAA tournament as parity grows

The doors to Dallas just blew wide open.

Two No. 1 seeds failed to reach the Sweet 16 for only the second time in the women’s NCAA tournament’s 42-year history after Indiana joined Stanford’s unfortunate ranks on Monday night. No. 9-seeded Miami never trailed to upset the Hoosiers, 70-68, in front of a hostile crowd at Indiana’s Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

The duo of top seeds joins the 1998 one of Texas Tech and Stanford, the very first No. 1 seed in men’s or women’s tournament history to lose to a No.