UNC vs. Maryland: The Star Stakes That'll Make Your Heart Race!
UNC, West Virginia, Minnesota and Oklahoma are the teams that snuck into the Top 16.
Indya Nivar. (Photo by Erica Denhoff) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images On Saturday, the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee revealed the 16 host sites for the 2026 Big Dance in alphabetical order: Duke Iowa Louisville LSU Michigan Minnesota North Carolina Ohio State Oklahoma South Carolina TCU Texas UCLA UConn Vanderbilt West Virginia Top 16 Reveal #MarchMadness pic. twitter.
com/xJRPqy7Nso — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 14, 2026 ESPN Bracketologist Charlie Creme has the 16 teams seeded like this: UConn, UCLA, South Carolina, Texas Vanderbilt, LSU, Iowa, Duke Michigan, Louisville, TCU, Ohio State UNC, West Virginia, Minnesota, Oklahoma Here are some more thoughts on how the seeds might actually shake out, but first, a dive into the No. 1 overall seed debate. Sorry UConn, UCLA has earned the No.
1 overall seed I think UCLA should be the No. 1 overall seed. Picking up major resume win after major resume win—while UConn is picking up mediocre wins over Big East teams—and not moving up to the No.
1 spot doesn’t make sense to me. Yes, UConn has a lot of quality wins, and, yes, UCLA has a loss, but at some point a while back, the Bruins’ resume surpassed that of the Huskies—and now it’s just overwhelming. Back-2️⃣-back CHAMPS!
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