Why This Year’s Women’s March Madness Is Breaking All the Rules—and Expectations
Since JuJu Watkins and USC handed UCLA its first loss, Division I womenâs basketball has been dizzying. But the truth is, the top teams â a group of six have stood out rankings-wise â have basically been playing a round robin all season.
- Texasâ losses are to Notre Dame and South Carolina.
- UCLAâs two losses are to USC.
- South Carolina has fallen to UCLA, Texas and UConn.
- UConn has lost to Notre Dame and USC as well as nationally ranked Tennessee.
- USC has a loss to Notre Dame plus one against Iowa.
- Notre Dame has weathered the very best teams, but fallen to nationally ranked TCU, NC State and Florida State as well as unranked Utah.
Itâs been such a wild ride to the regular season finish line that 12 of the teams ranked seventh to 25th in last Mondayâs AP Top 25 have suffered a loss since then. Extend back 18 days to the night of USC-UCLA I, and 20 of those 25 teams have suffered a defeat, many times beating up on each other.
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