Women’s March Madness 2025: Ranking the continuing to be 32 groups

The initially 2 days of the 2025 ladies’s NCAA competition provided marginal dramatization yet a lot of eye-popping efficiencies.Two No 10 seeds signed up victories, yet troubles were or else limited for the 2nd successive year.

The absence of very early dramatization ought to have a benefit. Moving onward, more powerful prospective matches wait for. The heavyweights are still to life– and some made background.

Six groups– UConn, LSU, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas– racked up over 100 factors for the very first time in ladies’s NCAA competition background. And for simply the 2nd time in ladies’s March Madness background, 4 groups– the Irish, Gamecocks, Huskies and Duke– won by greater than 50 factors. USC and Duke held their challengers to simply 25 factors each, linked for the 2nd least in an NCAA competition video game. Oklahoma got an NCAA tournament-record 72 rebounds.

First round or otherwise, we need to take notification. And those sort of numbers include additional intrigue in a reevaluation of the 32 continuing to be groups– also if no groups seeded 11 or reduced won a video game in the preliminary for the very first time considering that the competition broadened to 64 groups in 1994.

Ahead of the 2nd round, which opens up at midday ET Sunday (ESPN), we rate every group continuing to be. And there’s a lot of motion, beginning at the extremely leading.

How the round of 32 was established:
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1. South Carolina Gamecocks
Original seed: No 1 (Birmingham 2)
First round: Defeated No 16 Tennessee Tech 108-48 (Friday)

The Gamecocks ought to have been theNo 1 general seed entering into the NCAA competition– and currently they are (a minimum of in this workout). No group was a lot more frustrating in the preliminary. Their 108 factors and 60-point triumph were the very best in an NCAA competition video game in program background. So were 12 3-pointers and 43 basket. The 66 factors the Gamecocks received from their gets were one of the most in competition background. Their leading 3 markers– Joyce Edwards (22 ), MiLaysia Fulwiley (15) and Tessa Johnson (11)– all came off the bench. All 12 Gamecocks racked up. After a leading sway Texas in the SEC national championship, Friday’s efficiency and a 26.8-point racking up margin over the previous 8 video games, South Carolina should be taken into consideration the very best group in the nation.

Up following: vs. Indiana (Sunday, 3 p.m. ET, ABC)

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Tessa Johnson hides the 3 from the wing for South Carolina

Tessa Johnson collects the rock and tears down the 3 from the wing to pad the Gamecocks’ lead.

2. UCLA Bruins
Original seed: No 1 (Spokane 1)
First round: Defeated No 16 Southern 84-46 (Friday)

UCLA was theNo 1 general group on Selection Sunday yet goes down somewhat toNo 2 general due to the fact that South Carolina looked so excellent– and due to the fact that it took UCLA a fifty percent to obtain entirely in sync versus theJaguars Once they did, the Bruins coincided accuracy group they have actually been all period. They helped on 23 of their 26 basket. On the various other end, they held Southern to 20 second-half factors. No UCLA starter played greater than 26 mins, and 9 entered into the racking up column, led by Lauren Betts’ 14 factors.

Up following: vs. Richmond (Sunday, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN)

3. UConn Huskies
Original seed: No 2 (Spokane 4)
First round: Defeated No 15 Arkansas State 103-34 (Saturday)

Arkansas State obtained the complete impact of what makes UConn’s infraction one of the most effective in the nation. The very first fifty percent was a center that led to 66 factors and the second-largest margin (50) in NCAA competition background. The finest information for the Huskies could have been the efficiency of Azzi Fudd: 27 factors (6-of-9 from 3-point array, 7 helps, 6 swipes. Fudd had not played in an NCAA competition video game considering that the 2023 Sweet 16. An also much better indicator: Fudd has actually made 55.8% of her 3-point efforts in UConn’s previous 9 video games. Her capturing to accompany the play of Paige Bueckers and Sarah Strong is why UConn has the second-best chances behind South Carolina to win the title.

Up following: vs. South Dakota State (Monday, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)

4. USC Trojans
Original seed: No 1 (Spokane)
First round: Defeated No 16 UNC Greensboro 71-25 (Saturday)

While it’s significant that USC permitted just 25 factors Saturday, linked for the second-lowest overall in an NCAA competition video game, JuJu Watkins’ wellness is the actual information appearing of theGalen Center The student appeared of this win with 22 factors, 8 rebounds, a banged-up left wrist and an aching left ankle joint. She stayed in the video game after brief lacks and played 28 mins, yet her physical standing will certainly be seen very closely in Round 2. Despite the 46-point win, USC really did not play its finest offending basketball. Kiki Iriafen was the only various other Trojan in dual numbers with 13.

Up following: vs. Mississippi State (Monday, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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JuJu Watkins drills a 3 prior to leaving with ankle joint injury

JuJu Watkins sinks a deep 3 regardless of rolling her ankle joint. She went back to the video game after getting therapy in the storage locker space.

5. Texas Longhorns
Original seed: No 1 (Birmingham 3)
First round: Defeated No 16 William & & Mary 105-61((* ))Saturday the nadirs amounts to permitted by USC, UConn,

Considering and Duke &, South Carolina permitting 61 indicate Texas &Williams is high.Mary it was an 18-16 video game with under a min left in the very first quarter was likewise unusual.That entered this video game as the only group in the NCAA competition with a shedding document. The Tribe were still leading, simply not as leading as the remainder of the leading groups. A video game versus The Longhorns &William does not state anything concerning Mary’ championship game capacity, yet it shocks the positions. Texas bar had actually been established high up on The and earlierFriday Saturday shooting effectiveness (8-of-11 from the area) and 20 factors were an excellent indicator after her challenging, 10-point revealing versus Madison Booker’s in the SEC competition finals.South Carolina following:

Up vs. (Illinois, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 6.

seed:Duke Blue Devils
Original 2 ( No 2)Birmingham round:
First 15 Defeated No 80-57 (Lehigh)Friday 2

During 2 seed in the NCAA competition, No protection was exceptional. Duke’s the calling card of the program underIt’s Kara Lawson versus On Friday, it was virtually unjust. Lehigh compelled 30 turn overs and permitted the The Blue Devils to make simply 9 basket (19.6 FG%). Mountain Hawks could not be a solid sufficient summary. Stifling also much better information for Perhaps long-lasting competition goals, the Duke’s made 11 3-pointers and Blue Devils proceeded her exceptional play off the bench with a team-leading 15 factors. Oluchi Okananwa played systematically versus Oregon with success. Vanderbilt could be playing right into That hands.Duke’s following:

Up vs. (Oregon, midday ET, ESPN)Sunday 7. TCU

seed:Horned Frogs
Original 2 ( No 3)Birmingham round:
First 15 FDU 73-51 ( Defeated No)Friday in nasty difficulty and

With Sedona Prince having a hard time from the area, it took the Hailey Van Lith a little time to obtain developed after a 12-day discharge, and they routed by 3 after the very first quarter. Horned Frogs they resolved in and by halftime, TCU’s very first NCAA competition win considering that 2006 was unpreventable. Then a lot of So second-round conference with Sunday’s will certainly have to do with Louisville betting her previous group, yet the Van Lith in simply their 2nd year under instructor Horned Frogs will certainly be betting their very first journey to the Mark Campbell 16.Sweet following:

Up vs. (Louisville, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 8. NC

seed:State Wolfpack
Original 3 seed ( No 1)Spokane round:
First 15 Defeated No 75-55 (Vermont)Saturday tales of the week from

was outscored 47-26 in the 2nd fifty percent of the ACC competition last versus State and afterwards was just 6 factors much better than Duke over the very first half an hour in the Vermont NCAA competition opener. Wolfpack’s could have been embeding in prior to the Concern cranked it up in the 4th quarter. NC Wolfpack outscored the State 23-9 in the last 10 mins behind 6 factors fromCatamounts Aziaha James noted the It greatest racking up quarter considering that the regular-season ending versus SMU. Wolfpack’s training course, the infraction left to a sluggish begin in the preliminary in 2015 versus Of– and afterwards brought NC Chattanooga to the State.Final Four following:

Up vs. (Michigan State, midday ET, ESPN)Monday 9.

seed:Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Original 3 ( No)Birmingham round:
First 14 SFA 106-54 ( Defeated No)Friday A 52-point NCAA competition win is something to commemorate, specifically for an

group that had a hard time in the last weeks introducingIrish March Madness a lot of that was silenced when But showed up to sprain her left ankle joint with 8:44 left in the 4th quarterOlivia Miles Friday needed to be aided off the flooring and really did not return. She stated after the video game that her point player Coach Niele Ivey yet any kind of energy “should be OK,” developed behind 24 factors each from Notre Dame and Hannah Hidalgo and 56.3% capturing from the area is delayed till Sonia Citron’ wellness and standing are understood.Miles following:

Up vs. (Michigan, 1 p.m. ET, ABC)Sunday 10. LSU

seed:Tigers
Original 3 ( No 1)Spokane round:
First 14 Defeated No 103-48 (San Diego State)Saturday blazing a trail with 22 factors and

With Flau’Jae Johnson uploading her 28th double-double of the period, the inquiries around their wellness were responded toAneesah Morrow Saturday revealed no corrosion after missing out on the SEC competition and the last 2 video games of the routine period. Johnson had not been obstructed by the ankle joint injury she suffered in the SEC semifinals. Morrow placed 6 gamers in dual numbers and racked up 100 factors for the 6th time this period. The Tigers 103 factors were a college document in the NCAA competition. The leapt to a 9-0 lead and never ever recalled. LSU, the sixth-highest-scoring group in the nation, currently deals with the third-most-prolific group, The Tigers.Florida State following:

Up vs. (Florida State, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 11.

seed:Oklahoma Sooners
Original 3 ( No 4)Spokane round:
First 14 Defeated No 81-58 (Florida Gulf Coast)Saturday out of the SEC appears to have actually been rejuvenating for the

Getting Sooners the Against, Eagles reached be the huge, physical group, and the Oklahoma made it matter, accumulating a single-game NCAA tournament-record 72 rebounds. Sooners like in 2015 in the preliminary, FGCU played Much challenging. Oklahoma year it wound up a three-point Last win. Sooners time, This retreated in the 4th for an extra comfy coating. Oklahoma enhancement of The was the distinction. Raegan Beers 6-foot-4 facility had 25 factors and 18 rebounds, with 9 factors in the last quarter. Oklahoma’s reduced component of the The 4 Spokane was filled with excellent offending groups. Regional-The Iowa second-round video game has the prospective to be the highest-scoring of the competition.Oklahoma following:

Up vs. (Iowa, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 12.

seed:North Carolina Tar Heels
Original 3 ( No 2)Birmingham round:
First 14 Defeated No 70-49 (Oregon State)Saturday was

Health largest concern late in the period, yet North Carolina’s and Alyssa Ustby both returned for the ACC competition and are currently back to their complete duties. Reniya Kelly led Ustby in mins on North Carolina versus Saturday, and Oregon State 28 mins were greater than her period standard. Kelly’s duo, together with the warm capturing of The, led the Lexi Donarski to their 5th straight first-round win. Tar Heels is a top-20 specific protective gamer in the nation, among the very best protective rebounders and is typically Ustby most essential gamer. Courtney Banghart’s press, nonetheless, Against West Virginia’s and Kelly could be a lot more crucial.Donarski following:

Up vs. (West Virginia, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2)Monday 13.

seed:Kentucky Wildcats
Original 4 ( No 4)Spokane round:
First 13 Defeated No 79-78 (Liberty)Friday developed a scare of their very own production, going cool in the last quarter

The Wildcats, almost blowing a 17-point bring about theFriday Flames drew within one factor two times late in the 4th quarter, yet Liberty made 3 totally free tosses in the last 10 secs for Georgia Amoore very first NCAA competition win considering that 2021. Kentucky’s was, nonetheless, the 7th NCAA competition triumph for It, that aided Amoore and instructor Virginia Tech get to the Kenny Brooks in 2021. Final Four and Posts Clara Strack each fouled out, and the Teonni Key once more count greatly onWildcats Amoore 34 factors and 8 helps represented 55 of Her 79 factors, and she linked the program mark for many factors in an NCAA competition video game.Kentucky’s following:

Up vs. (Kansas State, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 14.

seed:Baylor Bears
Original 4 ( No 1)Spokane round:
First 13 Defeated No 73-60 (Grand Canyon)Friday facility

Senior proceeded her exceptional end-of-season have fun with 25 factors and 11 rebounds, and Aaronette Vonleh required every one of her supremacy to hold backBaylor Grand Canyon as a result of Largely (22.5 PPG in her previous 6 video games), the Vonleh have actually played their finest basketball in the previous couple of weeks. Bears that had actually lacked And-Darianna Littlepage, the only gamer in the Buggs 12 to balance a double-double (13.9 PPG, 10.2 RPG) this period. Big-Littlepage returned versus the Buggs after missing out on 7 video games with a knee injury yet is still on a mins limitation and racked up 2 in 18 mins.Lopes following:

Up vs. (Ole Miss, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 15.

seed:Tennessee Lady Vols
Original 5 ( No 3)Birmingham round:
First 12 Defeated No 101-66 (South Florida)Friday just the 2nd time in NCAA competition background, 3 groups racked up greater than 100 factors in a solitary day.

For signed up with The Lady Vols and South Carolina forcibly 24 turn overs and making 16 3-pointers, groups in which Notre Dame remained in the leading 10 in the nation this period. Tennessee 16 3-pointers and 37 efforts were both NCAA competition documents for the program, a testimony to the adjustment first-year instructor The has actually givenKim Caldwell Rocky Top the As fit to do with their continuously press, they transformed a one-point lead after the very first quarter right into a 45-32 benefit 5 mins later on. Lady Vols never ever obtained better.The Bulls following:

Up vs. (Ohio State, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 16.

seed:Ohio State Buckeyes
Original 4 ( No 3)Birmingham round:
First 13 Defeated No 71-51 (Montana State)Friday a 29-point loss to UCLA in the

After competition semis and a sluggish begin versus the Big Ten in the preliminary, there was factor to be worried. Bobcats adhering to a But McGuff technological nasty, the Kevin reacted and racked up 32 of the following 35 factors. Buckeyes press was the stimulant. Ohio State’s’ full-court stress created 14 turn overs, which linked their following challenger, The Buckeyes, for the 2nd most in an NCAA competition over the previous 5 years. Tennessee group that plays the a lot more efficient press The can determine the video game. Sunday the period, the On turn over the round somewhat greater than Lady Vols, yet the Ohio State had 16 slips versus Buckeyes, a location they will certainly need to tighten up.Montana State following:

Up vs. (Tennessee, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 17.

seed:Ole Miss Rebels

Original 7 ( No 1)Spokane round:
First 12 Defeated No 83-65 (Ball State)Friday years earlier,

Three was making its very first NCAA competition look in 15 years and was readied to play Ole Miss in the 2nd round inBaylor Waco stunned the Then South Dakota in the preliminary. Rebels really did not miss out on a 2nd opportunity and will certainly satisfy the Ole Miss at Bears onFoster Pavilion Saturday- increases from Double and Starr Jacobs-Kennedy Todd blazed a trail, in addition to a plus-22 recoiling margin. Williams is where the match with That could be won. Baylor groups rate in the leading 25 in the nation in rebound price, and both controlled the glass on Both.Friday following:

Up vs. (Notre Dame, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 18.

seed:Kansas State Wildcats
Original 5 ( No 4)Spokane round:
First 12 Defeated No 85-41 (Fairfield)Friday could have played just 15 mins

Ayoka Lee in her return from a foot injury that created her to miss out on the majority of the previous 6 weeks, yet her effect was countless. Friday assembled among their finest efficiencies of the period, firing 53.1% from the area and entirely closing down the smaller sizedThe Wildcats Stags had 17 factors and 10 rebounds and stated she can have played much longer if essential. Lee will likely need to versus a She group with 6-foot-4 Kentucky, 6-6 Teonni Key and 6-7 Clara Strack.Clara Silva following:

Up vs. (Kentucky, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 19.

seed:Maryland Terrapins
Original 4 ( No 2)Birmingham round:
First 13 Defeated No 82-69 (Norfolk State)Saturday were seeded in the leading 16 and reached host regardless of obtaining burnt out by

The Terps in their regular-season ending. Michigan could be their largest side versus That in Alabama 2. Round instructor Maryland reconstructed her group this period with transfers, and 2 of them led the Brenda Frese in a tougher-than-expected swayTerps Norfolk State-Sarah Te (VCU) and Biasu (Kaylene Smikle) integrated for 43 factors and 8 of Rutgers 9 3-pointers. Maryland’s secret for The is reaching the charity line and converting. Maryland are 5th in the nation in made totally free tosses and were 23-of-25 from the line versus the The Terps.Spartans following:

Up vs. (Alabama, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN2)Monday 20.

seed:Alabama Crimson Tide
Original 5 ( No 2)Birmingham round:
First 12 Defeated No 81-67 (Green Bay)Saturday chose to make

When Zaay Green the 4th drop in her university occupation, the Alabama had their variation of a large 3. Crimson Tide and Sarah Ashlee Barker have actually been essentials in Aaliyah Nye considering that each moved in themselves, and Tuscaloosa has a triad that represents 62% of Kristy Curry racking up. Alabama’s, that dipped into Green, Tennessee A&M and Texas-Arkansas Pine prior to playing this last period with Bluff, has actually come to be the Alabama point player. Tide’s, she was their essential gamer. Against Green Bay had 22 factors and 5 helps, and her drives to the basket ultimately put on down theGreen Phoenix (23 factors) completed points off with 3 late 3-pointers.Then Nye following:

Up vs. (Maryland, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN2)Monday 21.

seed:Iowa Hawkeyes
Original 6 ( No 4)Spokane round:
First 11 Defeated No 92-57 (Murray State)Saturday was a stylish dismayed choice, and the

Murray State were hanging with Racers deep right into the very first fifty percent with the Iowa in nasty difficulty. Hawkeyes blew up. Then Iowa the last 4 mins of the 2nd quarter and the very first 5 of the 3rd, the Over took place a 33-8 run that consisted of a stretch in which they made 9 shots straight. Hawkeyes, Katelyn Young leading marker and all-time fantastic gamer, dropped early in the 2nd fifty percent with a reduced leg injury and the video game was efficiently over. Murray State’s appearance of fresher article The has actually offered Ava Heiden one more measurement and makes the Iowa a lot more harmful moving forward. Hawkeyes really did not rating in dual numbers all period, after that did it two times in the She competition and was Big Ten finest gamer in the very first fifty percent versusIowa’s Murray State racked up 13 in the very first 20 mins and completed the video game with a team-high 15 factors.She following:

Up vs. (Oklahoma, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 22.

seed:Michigan Wolverines
Original 6 ( No 3)Birmingham round:
First 11 Defeated No 80-74 (Iowa State)Friday are back in the NCAA competition as a result of a young people motion.

The Wolverines remain in the 2nd round as a result of elderlyThey Jordan Hobbs career-high 28 factors aided Her reach the round of 32 for the 6th time in the previous 7 competitions by defeating Michigan in among one of the most enjoyable video games of the preliminary. Iowa State took control of the video game on a 13-3 fourth-quarter run that consisted of 9 factors from fresherMichigan Olivia Olson will certainly note the 5th video game this period the Sunday will certainly bet aWolverines 1 seed or a group that was placedNo 1 this period. No shed the very first 4 (They, UCLA, USC two times) by approximately 13.5 factors.South Carolina following:

Up vs. (Notre Dame, 1 p.m. ET, ABC)Sunday 23.

seed:Florida State Seminoles
Original 6 ( No 1)Spokane round:
First 11 Defeated No 94-59 (George Mason)Saturday hopped right into the NCAA competition with successive losses to

The Seminoles and Duke, racking up simply 57 and 56 factors in those video games. North Carolina, Worse, the country’s leading marker, plunged severely, firing 6-of-35 integrated in those video games. Ta’Niya Latson located its means versusFlorida State George Mason racked up 28 factors and the Latson scored their most factors considering that very early Seminoles, capturing 57% from the area. February win likewise broken a five-game NCAA competition shedding touch. The and O’Mariah Gordon each racked up 18 and have actually been tricks to Makayla Timpson period. Florida State’s any kind of opportunity of getting to the But 16 for the very first time considering that 2016 resides Sweet playing like her Latson-All type.American following:

Up vs. LSU (, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 24.

seed:West Virginia Mountaineers
Original 6 ( No 2)Birmingham round:
First 11 Defeated No 78-59 (Columbia)Saturday is intended to take a trip well and there are couple of defenses much better in the nation than

Defense West Virginia’s, the However are just 5-5 in real roadway video games and currently should defeat Mountaineers in North Carolina to reach their very first Chapel Hill 16 considering that 1992. Sweet protection, which places 2nd in the nation in swipes, led the That to their 2nd successive look in the 2nd round. JJ Mountaineers, the Quinerly 12 protective gamer of the year and Big leading marker on the period, had 27 factors and 7 swipes versusWest Virginia’s Columbia 15 factors led the Her in in 2015’s second-round loss to Mountaineers.Iowa following:

Up vs. (North Carolina, 7 p.m., ESPN2)Monday 25.

seed:Michigan State Spartans
Original 7 ( No 1)Spokane round:
First 10 Defeated No 64-50 (Harvard)Saturday had an efficient strategy to reduce

The Spartans and implemented it well, holding the Harvard’s Harmoni Turner gamer of the year to 7-of-22 capturing. Ivy League racked up 24 factors, yet She likewise located a means to restrict the remainder of Michigan State strike. Harvard’s of None colleagues got to dual numbers as the Turner’s held a challenger listed below 60 factors for the 11th time this period. Spartans protection will certainly be tested at a much greater degree on That versus an NC Monday group with numerous racking up alternatives. State will certainly need to tidy up the 23 turn overs they dedicated versus The Spartans and obtain greater than the 8 factors fifth-year elderly and second-leading marker Harvard had in the preliminary.Julia Ayrault following:

Up NC (State, midday ET, ESPN)Monday 26.

seed:Louisville Cardinals
Original 7 ( No 3)Birmingham round:
First 10 Defeated No 63-59 (Nebraska)Friday year the

Last were the only first-round dismayed sufferer. Cardinals and Veterans Jayda Curry made certain it really did not occur thisOlivia Cochran March racked up 13 factors and supplied secret plays late in the 4th quarter and Curry, playing in her 15th NCAA competition video game with Cochran, had 14 factors and 5 rebounds. Louisville to the one-and-done a year earlier, the Prior had actually made 5 straight Cardinals looks, and Elite Eight is currently 41-10 perpetuity in the NCAA competition. Jeff Walz belonged to 3 of those journeys to the local finals, yet she’s currently beyond of the match with TCU on Hailey Van Lith.Sunday following:

Up vs. TCU (, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 27.

seed:South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Original 10 ( No 4)Spokane round:
First 7 Defeated No 74-68 (Oklahoma State)Saturday difficult to call

It’s sway South Dakota State’s a distressed due to the fact that the Oklahoma State should not have actually been aJackrabbits 10 seed. No modification is being made currently. That obtaining a 10-seed on But indicates that a group with Selection Sunday 16 capacity (offered the best match) currently attracts UConn in the 2nd round. Sweet and high intelligence drive Fundamentals, which has actually currently won a minimum of one NCAA competition ready the 3rd time considering that 2019. South Dakota State by Led gamer of the year Summit League 19 factors and 8 rebounds, the Brooklyn Meyer’s outrebounded the Jackrabbits by 18 and outscored them in the paint 38-26.Cowgirls following:

Up vs. UConn (, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 28.

seed:Richmond Spiders
Original 8 ( No 1)Spokane round:
First 9 Defeated No 74-49 (Georgia Tech)Friday instructor

Spiders stated after Aaron Roussell very first NCAA competition win that his gamers had actually taken shedding in the Richmond’s 10 competition semifinals exceptionally hard. Atlantic played like it, specifically leading markerThey Maggie Doogan A-10 gamer of the year ended up being simply the 2nd The I gamer to have 30 factors, 15 rebounds and 5 helps in an NCAA competition video game considering that 2000 (Division did it in 2018). Baylor’s Lauren Cox of the nation’s finest capturing offenses could test UCLA’s protection. One lead the country in efficient basket portion, factors per racking up effort and 2-point basket portion.The Spiders following:

Up vs. UCLA (, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 29.

seed:Illinois Fighting Illini
Original 8 ( No 3)Birmingham round:
First 9 Defeated No 66-57 (Creighton)Saturday was the

Makira Cook leading marker in 2022-23 and 2023-2024. Illini’s she went down with an injury after simply 8 video games, the idea of damaging the program’s 25-year NCAA competition win dry spell appeared remote. When turned into one of the very best gamers in theThen Kendall Bostic Big Ten signed up 19 double-doubles on the period and afterwards included one more one versusShe Creighton 17 rebounds, to opt for 12 factors, were one of the most in program background in an NCAA competition video game. Her entered Illinois on a four-game losing touch yet closed down a well-shooting March Madness group. Bluejays was the least factors permitted by It to a group with a winning document considering that very early Illinois.January following:

Up vs. (Texas, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 30.

seed:Indiana Hoosiers
Original 9 ( No 2)Birmingham round:
First 8 Defeated No 76-68 (Utah)Friday the 6 groups

Of dealt with in the NCAA competition in 2024 on its means to an unbeaten championship game run, South Carolina provided the Indiana the closest video game. Gamecocks in 2015’s In 16, Sweet outscored the Indiana 43-30 in the 2nd fifty percent and obtained as close as 2 factors late in the video game prior to dropping 79-75. Gamecocks, Sydney Parrish and Yarden Garzon- McNeil are all beginners that played because video game. Chloe Moore, they integrated for 37 factors, and the On Friday retreated in the 3rd quarter to defeat theHoosiers Utes have actually currently won a minimum of one video game in all 7 NCAA competitions they have actually played in under The Hoosiers.Teri Moren following:

Up vs. (South Carolina, 3 p.m. ET, ABC)Sunday 31.

seed:Mississippi State Bulldogs
Original 9 ( No 4)Spokane round:
First 8 Defeated No 59-46 (California)Saturday 2 of his 3 years as the

In’ instructor Bulldogs is 3-1 in the NCAA competition. Sam Purcell a lengthy means from the splendor days of It’s groups that got to 2 Vic Schaefer’s, yet it’s an excellent healing for a program that was just 2 video games over.500 in both years prior to Finals Fours showed up. Purcell sway The had not been creative success– 20 turn overs, 2-of-11 on 3-point capturing– yet few of Cal video games are. Mississippi State’s’ protection entirely closed down The Bulldogs, compeling 23 turn overs and holding a group that places 10th in the nation in 3-pointers made to 3-of-21. Cal up is the obstacle of JuJuNext Watkins held The Bulldogs to simply 12 factors in their one conference withMadison Booker Texas will certainly take that sort of task on It to draw the trouble.Watkins following:

Up vs. USC (, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 32.

seed:Oregon Ducks
Original 10 ( No 2)Birmingham round:
First 7 Defeated No 77-73 OT (Vanderbilt)Friday’ technique to reduce the rate and win with protection was simply adequate

Kelly Graves Friday held The Ducks– which places 4th in the nation in basket tries per video game– 10 shots listed below its standard. Vanderbilt with an additional 5 mins of overtime, the Even racked up 10 factors listed below their racking up standard. Commodores still needed to make it through shedding a 19-point third-quarter lead and capturing 15-of-27 from the charity line to outliveBut Oregon Vanderbilt last time the The played NCAA competition video games in Ducks remained in 2017– a group that included freshers Durham and Sabrina Ionescu– and they disturb Ruthy Hebard in the 2nd round. Duke wait for once again, and The Blue Devils has a possibility at replicating background on Oregon.Sunday following:

Up vs. (Duke, 12 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday