Women's NCAA March Madness Preview: Get Ready for a Cinderella Festival of Shockers and Champions!
Which team will be cutting down the nets in early April? Our experts make all of their predictions for March Madness.
After months of waiting, March Madness is finally here. The First Four is set for Wednesday and Thursday, but that's merely an appetizer to the main course that picks up on Friday when the NCAA tournament will be in full swing. So what can we expect over the next three weeks?
Our experts weigh in with their predictions for which No. 1 seeds are the most vulnerable, which teams are the best Cinderella picks, Final Four teams, national championship winners and more. [ Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem: Make your picks for $50K in total prizes ] NCAA women's tournament predictions If there were ever a year to automatically pencil in every No.
1 to the Final Four and feel good about it, this might be it. The four-pack of UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina stood above the rest and is the third collection of teams to earn No. 1 seeds the year after they all played in the Final Four.
They finished this season as four of the top five teams in net rating, led by UConn (plus-53. 1) and extending down to South Carolina’s plus-39. 3 that is nine points higher than the next-closest squad, according to CBB Analytics.