Which Underdog Women’s Teams Are Poised to Shock and Secure Automatic NCAA Tournament Bids?

Last season, they entered the big dance with a 31-1 record but were blown out by Indiana in the first round, 89-56.

Fairfield or Quinnipiac could be a pesky 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament. There’s an 86.3% chance that one of those two teams will represent the MAAC, per TRACR.

Conference USA

1. Liberty (33.0%)
2. Middle Tennessee (32.9%)
3. Western Kentucky (21.6%)
4. New Mexico State (7.6%)
5. Louisiana Tech (2.8%)
6. Kennesaw State (1.0%)
7. Jacksonville State (0.6%)
8. FIU (0.5%)
9. Sam Houston (0.2%)
10. UTEP (0.1%)

It will be neck and neck between Liberty and Middle Tennessee, two teams that squared off in the Conference USA Final last year. This has been the Blue Raiders’ conference lately, punching their ticket in three of the last four conference tournaments. Liberty has not made it to the NCAA Tournament since 2018, when it was a member of the Big South.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39