My Women's Bracket: Sweet 16

Greensboro Region: (While the Men's Tournament has gone back to committing to putting regional sites in all four regions of the country, Women's basketball is so regionally imbalanced, I imagine they want the flexibility of putting the four top seeds close to home, even if that means leaving out one section the country, hence the funny names like "Spokane Region" which if you live in a suburb of Spokane makes you that much more interested in Maryland-Stanford)

UConn over Old Dominion, Rutgers over Cal- Had to figure Geno vs the "Nappy Headed Hoes" matchup was inevitable. I must confess I watched the selection show and they made such a big deal of the two teams being in the same region and what an injustice it was even though these were the only two elite Northeast programs and I'm always amazed how the committee manages to make sure no more than one team from each conference is in a group of 8 and have the seeds and selections make some kind of sense.



New Orleans Region:

North Carolina over Louisville, LSU over Oklahoma State- Because we still aren't at the point where we care about the Men's and Women's tournament equally (and probably will never get to that point). All kinds of stink was made about UNC's mens team playing in Raleigh and Charlotte while the Men's team (also a #1 seed) had to go to New Orleans to be in the same regional as #2 LSU.

Oklahoma City Region:

Tennessee over Oklahoma, Duke over Syracuse- Another regional placement controversy was avoided with Oklahoma being replaced by Notre Dame here. Notre Dame didn't appear to be as competitive as past Notre Dame teams, so I didn't pick them far. According to my memory Duke has been to the Elite Eight 12 years in a row so I took them that far this time.

Spokane Region:

Maryland over Vanderbilt, Stanford over Baylor- Another stink made was Maryland getting a 1 seed over Stanford but getting sent out West. The committee does this all the time in the Men's tournament when there are five one seeds. Put two of the teams in the same region and give one team the home location advantage and the other the one seed path. Yet Stanford looked pissed when the announcement was made. More on this later.