Considering what Aliyah Boston and South Carolina did this season, it shouldn’t be a lot of a shock that the Gamecocks took the No. 1 general seed within the NCAA match.
The NCAA ladies’s match bracket was formally revealed on Sunday evening, and South Carolina was introduced because the No. 1 general seed. The Gamecocks mounted an ideal 32-0 run within the common season and cruised to the SEC match last over Tennessee final week, which marked this system’s seventh in its final 9 seasons. Boston, the match MVP and nationwide Player of the Year candidate, averaged 13.3 factors and 9.7 rebounds this season.
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South Carolina will host No. 16 seed Norfolk State in its first NCAA match recreation on Friday.
Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford took the opposite No. 1 seeds within the ladies’s bracket. Iowa, Utah, UConn and Maryland had been the 4 No. 2 seeds.
Greenville 1 Region:
No. 1 South Carolina vs. 16. Norfolk State
No. 8 South Florida vs. No. 9 Marquette
No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 12 Portland
No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 13 Sacramento State
No. 6 Creighton vs. First Four winner (No. 11 Illinois vs. No. 11 Mississippi State)
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Southern Utah
No. 7 Arizona vs. No. 10 West Virginia
No. 2 Maryland vs. No. 15 Holy Cross
Greenville 2 Region:
No. 1. Indiana vs. 16. Tennessee Tech
No. 8 Oklahoma State vs. No. 9 Miami
No. 5 Washington State vs. No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast
No. 4 Villanova vs. No. 13 Cleveland State
No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 UNLV
No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Hawaii
No. 7 NC State vs. No. 10 Princeton
No. 2 Utah vs. No. 15 Gardner-Webb
Seattle 3 Region:
No. 1 Virginia Tech vs. 16. Chattanooga
No. 8 USC vs. No. 9 South Dakota State
No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Toledo
No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Saint Louis
No. 6 North Carolina vs. First Four winner (No. 11 Purdue vs. No. 11 St. John’s)
No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 14 James Madison
No. 7 Baylor vs. No. 10 Alabama
No. 2 UConn vs. No. 15 Vermont
Seattle 4 Region:
No. 1 Stanford vs. 16. Southern
No. 8 Ole Miss vs. No. 9 Gonzaga
No. 5 Louisville vs. No. 12 Drake
No. 4 Texas vs. No. 13 East Carolina
No. 6 Colorado vs. No. 11 Middle Tennessee
No. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 Iona
No. 7 Florida State vs. No. 10 Georgia
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 15 SE Louisiana
Conferences with a number of bids
The ACC led the best way with eight entries within the match, essentially the most of any convention. The Big Ten, the SEC and the Pac-12 every despatched seven groups, and each the Big 12 and the Big East despatched 5 groups.
