Today's Top 16 reveal

[BRS24]

Alpha order - UNC gets in top 16 and Maryland is out

Duke
Iowa
Louisville
LSU
Michigan
Minnesota
North Carolina
Ohio St
Oklahoma
S Carolina
TCU
Texas
UCLA
UConn
Vanderbilt
WVU

 

[trisailin]

The surprising (to me) team is Minnesota.

 

[cancontent]

The surprising (to me) team is Minnesota.

Yes but not really, especially when you look at their performance during the latter portion of BIG10 conference play. Including their conference tournament games, they were 8-2 including wins over Iowa and Ohio State. They deserve it in my opinion.

 

[ec33]

Is there a way -- as a UConn fan -- that I can feel aggrieved by this?

Or is Connecticut not being alphabetically before places like Michigan or Texas going to have to suffice?

 

[triaddukefan]

Chapel Hill doesn't deserve to host.

Going back to yardwork.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Why didn't they put out all the other teams as well? This is only 1/4 of the bracket.

 

[triaddukefan]

Yardwork finished. Hopefully the committee will do the proper thing and send Maryland to Chapel Hill. Rename it the Evil vs Evil sub-bracket

 

[BRS24]

Why didn't they put out all the other teams as well? This is only 1/4 of the bracket.

To give the host schools an extra day to prep for the first two rounds games, along with the play ins. Schools that have significant experience in planning the first weekend probably don't need the extra 27 hrs, however there may be some new to the whole thing.

 

[Geew1992]

muffet chiming in

 

[CTGirl15]

muffet chiming in

Well, if Princeton was the defending national champion riding a 50 game win streak and was undefeated this season with a #1 NET rating, then yes, they should be the overall number 1 seed.

I think thats the piece people keep forgetting, UConn isn't just undefeated, they have the #1 NET rating and they're the defending National Champion that hasn't lost since early February 2025.

Also, what "more success" does UCLA have exactly? UConn played more games and also won their conference regular season and tournament title.

Sorry, Muffet just rubs me the wrong way, acting as if she's just an objective observer out there.

(edited to add #1 in NET)

 

[hoopsfan22]

Well, if Princeton was the defending national champion riding a 50 game win streak and was undefeated this season, then yes, they should be the overall number 1 seed.

I think thats the piece people keep forgetting, UConn isn't just undefeated, they're the defending National Champion that hasnt lost since early February 2025.

Why does defending national champ and 50-game win streak matter to seeding? If the committee puts UCLA as the overall #1 it's not going to be very controversial except in Connecticut. If you're in a power conference and dominate it, that should be worth something.

 

[DefenseBB]

What I do know is Duke now has competition for the lowest attendance among the 16 Hosts. Will their 3 year strangle hold on this dubious feat be undertaken by their arch rivals? My guess is both schools will average 3,700 per session…The triangle is not a good women’s hoop supporter…

 

[CTGirl15]

Why does defending national champ and 50-game win streak matter to seeding? If the committee puts UCLA as the overall #1 it's not going to be very controversial except in Connecticut. If you're in a power conference and dominate it, that should be worth something.

It matters in how people are talking about UConn, not their seeding. People are acting as if UConn is just "some team" that went undefeated, when UConn is the defending national champion riding a 50 game win streak.

I'm not saying that it should (or will) matter in their seeding, but people keep talking as if UConn is going to be #1 overall just because they are undefeated, but its more than that, UConn has the number #1 Net ranking.

Edited to add:

Yes, it absolutely should be worth something for UCLA to dominate the Big 10, but so should winning every game on your schedule and having the #1 NET ranking, one of the measures the committee uses. If we were talking about UConn being undefeated and #20 on the NET, thats different.

 

[Centerstream]

Why does defending national champ and 50-game win streak matter to seeding? If the committee puts UCLA as the overall #1 it's not going to be very controversial except in Connecticut. If you're in a power conference and dominate it, that should be worth something.

Yup, the B1G is a "power" conference...due to the football programs, which unfortunately carries over to WBB.
And UConn is undefeated against every power conference team we played. And I believe each one was ranked when we played them.

 

[Jonathan14]

Yup, the B1G is a "power" conference...due to the football programs, which unfortunately carries over to WBB.
And UConn is undefeated against every power conference team we played. And I believe each one was ranked when we played them.

Of note, UConn's best win of the year was a victory over #6 Michigan. UCLA's best win of the year was a victory over #6 Michigan.

 

[Cuango]

Is there a way -- as a UConn fan -- that I can feel aggrieved by this?

Or is Connecticut not being alphabetically before places like Michigan or Texas going to have to suffice?

Ban the alphabet! 😡

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

muffet chiming in

So typical of Muffett...anti UCONN forever..

 

[cancontent]

Ban the alphabet! 😡

Is there a way -- as a UConn fan -- that I can feel aggrieved by this?

Or is Connecticut not being alphabetically before places like Michigan or Texas going to have to suffice?

Considering both Michigan, Minnesota and North Carolina are formally known as "University of .....", there may be grounds for a greivance.😉

 

[Cuango]

muffet chiming in

Says the “unbiased” Muffet McGraw. There is an argument for UCLA just as there’s one for UConn. Never have words rolled so lovingly off of Muffet’s tongue. I guess we’ll see tomorrow night.😎

 

[hoopsfan22]

Yup, the B1G is a "power" conference...due to the football programs, which unfortunately carries over to WBB.
And UConn is undefeated against every power conference team we played. And I believe each one was ranked when we played them.

I don't know about football, but we did see the team have some pretty sluggish games last month, and with the competition in the Big East you can get away with that, but in a power conference you'd probably drop a game or two.

 

[Zonepress]

I don't know about football, but we did see the team have some pretty sluggish games last month, and with the competition in the Big East you can get away with that, but in a power conference you'd probably drop a game or two.

I would like you to tell me who in the Big Ten, other than UCLA could beat UConn
They beat the second third and fourth teams in the Big Ten and two of them were blow outs

 

[hoopsfan22]

I would like you to tell me who in the Big Ten, other than UCLA could beat UConn
They beat the second third and fourth teams in the Big Ten and two of them were blow outs

Any of the teams really. Michigan almost pulled it off. Have an off night against a team from one of those conferences, and you find yourself with a blemished record.

 

[NycUcWbbFan]

I don't know about football, but we did see the team have some pretty sluggish games last month, and with the competition in the Big East you can get away with that, but in a power conference you'd probably drop a game or two.

But they didn’t. UCLA had one final four caliber opponent, TX, which they did lose by 12 points, based on defense.

• UConn’s defense is much better than TX. More here.

MI gave UConn fits in one quarter on 11/21/2025 when UConn’s rotations and bench were not developed. They are now.

• UCLA deployed its Top 6 — which it has all season — on MI on 2/8/2026 and won by the same margin by UConn over MI.

I can repeat above for Ohio State and Tennessee. UConn has better wins than UCLA.

• Iowa and USC results are similar.
• And playing a non-NET top 6 team twice is not exactly revealing anything for a Top 4 team.
• And the difference in overall schedules is a tad exaggerated (Muffet’s Princeton example is intellectually dishoniest).

The Selection Committee has already opined twice(?) that UConn is the top overall seed, even factoring in the time when UConn wasn’t fully healthy.

• I don’t think the results of this past week is the stuff that reverses the prior opinions.
• Changing course now would be unprecedentedly unprecedented.

 

[hookshot]

Is there a way -- as a UConn fan -- that I can feel aggrieved by this?

Or is Connecticut not being alphabetically before places like Michigan or Texas going to have to suffice?

But, Conn would have a negative connotation

 

[LETTERL]

The triangle is not a good women’s hoop supporter…

Um...I disagree. Duke and UNC may not appreciate what they have but NC State fans are rabid about their love for Wolfpack Women; most NC State home games are sellouts.