Why This Year’s Women’s March Madness Is Breaking All the Rules—and Expectations
Sorry Cinderella, D-I women’s basketball and parity aren’t necessarily synonymous. The NCAA has conducted a championship tournament since 1982, and itâs had at least 64 qualifiers since 1994, yet no team below a No. 3 seed has emerged as the winner.
Four times, the Final Four has been a group of only No. 1 seeds, most recently in 2018. Itâs also good to be No. 1-ranked at the end of the regular season, as that team has gone on to sweep the conference and NCAA postseasons in three of the past five opportunities since 2019 (the 2020 NCAAs were canceled due to the pandemic). It includes South Carolina finishing 38-0 a season ago.
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