Bracketology - week of Mar 2

[Vowelguy]

Maybe they fall all the way to a 10 seed?

I knew they were keeping sec 2 seeds away from sec 1 seeds; but they do it even in an 8/9 scenario? Seriously?

Yes even more so. STRONG preference to avoid conference matchups in the first two rounds.

 

[Zonepress]

Charlie with an update. No change to the top 16.

Women's Bracketology: Big wins for BYU, Arizona State push them right to the bubble

Two teams making the most of Champ Week? BYU and Arizona State, which now both sit just beyond the 68.

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This time of year, more teams play themselves out of the NCAA tournament than in. Mississippi State, Stanford and Texas A&M did exactly that Wednesday. And Nebraska nearly did. The Bulldogs needed a win to slow an end-of-season slide. The Cardinal and Aggies, as Next Four Out teams, had ground to make up and needed their Champ Week appearances to last a few days. Instead, Mississippi State, Stanford and Texas A&M each lost and had their NCAA tournament hopes dashed. Nebraska is hanging on despite blowing a 17-point lead to Indiana. Had any of the others won, the Huskers might be out, too. But they hang on for now as the Last Team In. The biggest beneficiaries to all these early exits: Richmond and the Big 12 bubble teams, Colorado, Utah and Arizona State. The Sun Devils were the one bubble team to play on Wednesday and win.​

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From last Friday's post:
12 - Big Ten
10 - SEC
9 - ACC
7 - Big 12
2 - Big East
2 - Atlantic 10
2 - Ivy

splitting up the FCC teams is going to win some very unfair matchups in Point
lsu example is clearly not the fourth number 2 seed
kentucky will most likely be the fourth number one
And is clearly a better team than Minnesota another potential
4 seed
The only fair way to do this rank of teams one through 64 and go from there

 

[JAMBall]

As a UConn fan, I don’t want Tennessee in the 8/9 game in our region. It is still a rivalry; and I don’t want to give them a chance to salvage their season at our expense.

They are a dumpster fire. Put them in Storrs.

 

[BRS24]

Women's Bracketology: Big wins for BYU, Arizona State push them right to the bubble

Two teams making the most of Champ Week? BYU and Arizona State, which now both sit just beyond the 68.

www.espn.com

If Wednesday was bubble team Armageddon, Thursday was bubble team nirvana. One day after Mississippi State, Stanford and Texas A&M played their way out of consideration for at-large bids, BYU and Arizona State made the case that they belong. The Cougars picked up their fifth straight win, coming back to beat rival Utah, and moved to the first team out of the field. (In the process they also ended the Utes’ chances.) The Sun Devils -- who sit just behind BYU on the cusp of the field -- led Iowa State from start to finish and finally earned their first Quadrant 1 win. Two days ago, BYU and Arizona State were among the Next Four Out, proving Champ Week can still deliver hope: With an upset of TCU on Friday in the Big 12 quarterfinals, BYU will make the journey back to a bid complete.​

MSU out and Kentucky back in the top 16.

LAST FOUR BYES - Last teams to skip the First Four round - Iowa State, USC, Clemson, VA
LAST FOUR IN - Last teams to make the field overall - Princeton, CO, Richmond, Nebraska
FIRST FOUR OUT - Teams ranked 69-72 that missed the cut - BYU, ASU, SDSU, Utah
NEXT FOUR OUT - Teams ranked 73-76 that missed the cut - Miss St, Stanford, TAMU, Kansas

Bracketology | NCAA Women's Basketball 2026 | Her Hoop Stats

2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Bracketology from Her Hoop Stats

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Michigan State falls out of the top-16 after following up its regular season ending loss to Ohio State with going one-and-done against Illinois in the Big Ten tournament. North Carolina slides into a hosting spot, but Kentucky is also knocking on the door. On the bubble, a second Big 12 tournament victory for Arizona State, this time over Iowa State, moves the Sun Devils into the field. Utah falls out of the field after a loss to BYU.​

 

[azfan]

Women's Bracketology: Big wins for BYU, Arizona State push them right to the bubble

Two teams making the most of Champ Week? BYU and Arizona State, which now both sit just beyond the 68.

www.espn.com

If Wednesday was bubble team Armageddon, Thursday was bubble team nirvana. One day after Mississippi State, Stanford and Texas A&M played their way out of consideration for at-large bids, BYU and Arizona State made the case that they belong. The Cougars picked up their fifth straight win, coming back to beat rival Utah, and moved to the first team out of the field. (In the process they also ended the Utes’ chances.) The Sun Devils -- who sit just behind BYU on the cusp of the field -- led Iowa State from start to finish and finally earned their first Quadrant 1 win. Two days ago, BYU and Arizona State were among the Next Four Out, proving Champ Week can still deliver hope: With an upset of TCU on Friday in the Big 12 quarterfinals, BYU will make the journey back to a bid complete.​

MSU out and Kentucky back in the top 16.

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LAST FOUR BYES - Last teams to skip the First Four round - Iowa State, USC, Clemson, VA
LAST FOUR IN - Last teams to make the field overall - Princeton, CO, Richmond, Nebraska
FIRST FOUR OUT - Teams ranked 69-72 that missed the cut - BYU, ASU, SDSU, Utah
NEXT FOUR OUT - Teams ranked 73-76 that missed the cut - Miss St, Stanford, TAMU, Kansas

Bracketology | NCAA Women's Basketball 2026 | Her Hoop Stats

2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Bracketology from Her Hoop Stats

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Michigan State falls out of the top-16 after following up its regular season ending loss to Ohio State with going one-and-done against Illinois in the Big Ten tournament. North Carolina slides into a hosting spot, but Kentucky is also knocking on the door. On the bubble, a second Big 12 tournament victory for Arizona State, this time over Iowa State, moves the Sun Devils into the field. Utah falls out of the field after a loss to BYU​

I'm a huge Amy Williams and Nebraska Cornhusker fan. I flew to Lincoln this season and watched USC take the Huskers apart.

The operative term here is take apart. Nebraska looked inept during that mid season game at home against USC.

Nebraska loses to Indiana in the first round. It would be a tremendous insult, it would be idiotic for this Big ten team to dance over the two big 12 teams that most assuredly deserve to dance

If the committee puts Nebraska in ahead of BYU or ASU they lose any credibility they ever had and it would be malpractice. It would completely delegitimize the entire tournament. Any committee member who signs off on such a idiotic decision should be exiled to Turkey to officiate third level women's amateur games.

As I said earlier due to their sweep ASU BYU with Delaney Gibbs should be dancing.

After the huge win yesterday I was so confident that ASU would dance that I slept like a baby and in fact had dreams of cutting down the nets.

The Richmond Spiders are a fine team. Do they belong in the tournament above a surging Big 12 team?

Let's talk credibility. If Tennessee can lose their way into the big dance with seven straight losses and ASU can win their way out of the dance you have to wonder what kind of selection committee is cursing fans