Women's Bracketology: 2024 NCAA tournament
Champ Week is here, and we will frequently update our projection of the field of 68 right into Selection Sunday on March 17. Albany, New York, and Portland, Oregon, will host the regionals, as the two-site format remains for a second consecutive year. It all culminates in Cleveland at the Final Four on April 5 and 7.
Bracket Watch
Even with JuJu Watkins having her worst game of the season, USC did what almost no one predicted in October: win the Pac-12 tournament. With it probably comes something that was even more unlikely: a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Trojans were projected as a 5-seed in the preseason. Sunday's nine-point, 2-for-15 shooting performance notwithstanding, consider Year 1 of the Watkins era a monumental success. Iowa was a projected No. 2 seed in the preseason, so even Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes exceeded their already lofty expectations. Sunday's Big Ten tournament championship in overtime over Nebraska also should wrap up a top seed for Iowa. It took every one of Clark's 30 second-half points to do it, but the Hawkeyes should have their third No. 1 seed -- and the first one with Clark.
On the Bubble
Last Four Byes
Last Four In
First Four Out
Next Four Out
68-Team Bracket
Albany 1
Columbia
Blacksburg
- 5
Utah
Corvallis
- 11 Auburn
Columbus
- 15 Maine - aq
Portland 4
Los Angeles
- 1 USC - aq
- 16 Hawaii - aq
Spokane
- 12 Drake - aq
Raleigh
Austin
Albany 2
Iowa City
- 9 Alabama
Norman
Storrs
- 6 Duke
Los Angeles
Portland 3
Stanford
Bloomington
South Bend
Baton Rouge
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