Latest Predictions and Rankings by the "experts"

[BRS24]

Women's Final Four predictions: A unanimous favorite (South Carolina-Texas) and a split decision (UConn-UCLA)

No. 1 seeds UCLA, South Carolina and Texas are bound for Tampa, as well as 2-seed UConn. Who will reach the title game?

www.espn.com

UConn vs. UCLA predictions
Charlie Creme: UConn 82, UCLA 78
Alexa Philippou: UConn 72, UCLA 70
Michael Voepel: UCLA 75, UConn 73

Texas vs. South Carolina predictions
Charlie Creme: South Carolina 62, Texas 59
Alexa Philippou: South Carolina 63, Texas 52
Michael Voepel: South Carolina 65, Texas 60

Here was the Elite 8 ranking, top 4 stay the same for the Final Four:
1. UConn Huskies - No. 2 (Spokane 4) [8]
2. UCLA Bruins - No. 1 (Spokane 1) [4]
3. South Carolina Gamecocks - No. 1 (Birmingham 2) [4]
4. Texas Longhorns - No. 1 (Birmingham 3) [4]
5. TCU Horned Frogs - No. 2 (Birmingham 3) [8]
6. LSU Tigers - No. 3 (Spokane 1) [12]
7. USC Trojans - No. 1 (Spokane) [4]
8. Duke Blue Devils - No. 2 (Birmingham 2) [8]

The Athletic:
Sabreena Merchant: South Carolina
Ben Pickman: South Carolina
Grace Raynor: South Carolina
Cameron Teague Robinson: Texas

Chantel Jennings: UCLA
Sabreena Merchant: UCLA
Ben Pickman: UConn
Grace Raynor: UConn
Cameron Teague Robinson: UConn

The Athletic's latest bracket odds - make it to final / winning:
UCLA - 22%. 5%
UConn - 78%, 40%
S Carolina - 72%, 40%
Texas - 28%, 14%

(we're dooooooooommmmmmed)

 

[BRS24]

Oh, and here were the ESPN predictions for pre- and mid-season:

And The Athletic from a while back:
Who are your Final Four teams?
Pickman: UCLA, South Carolina, Texas, UConn
Merchant: UCLA, South Carolina, Notre Dame, UConn
Jennings: UCLA, South Carolina, Notre Dame, UConn

Who is your national champion?
Pickman: UConn
Merchant: UConn
Jennings: UCLA

 

[Bone Dog]

Can UCLA defend the perimeter as well as USC did? If not, then Charlie and Alexa probably have it right. After watching the SC and Texas games, I thought SC didn’t have a chance. Perhaps my confidence in that thought is waning.