Women's NCAA basketball bracketology 2023: Caitlin Clark leads Iowa to projected No. 1 seed
The Hawkeyes are one of eight conference tournament champions so far
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CBS has IA WBB Projected A #1 Seed
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I don't follow WBB as closely as a lot of you others on here, but why I do feel like the chances of Iowa being a 2 seed, instead of the well-deserved 1, seem more than should be possible?
Guess I'm just too used to seeing the Hawks get under-seeded in MBB or under-ranked in football.
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Iowa was projected as a 2 seed before blowing out Ohio State in the BTT championship.
Just that performance should have had people thinking about them as a 1 seed.
Then, every team ahead of them aside from South Carolina lost this week. No brainer to me that Iowa bumps up to a 1 seed.
Just that performance should have had people thinking about them as a 1 seed.
Then, every team ahead of them aside from South Carolina lost this week. No brainer to me that Iowa bumps up to a 1 seed.
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Am I correct in thinking even if Iowa doesn't get a #1 seed, they're likely the highest #2 and end up in the same region as the then lowest #1?
If that's the case, they're still seeing VT? and there's really not much difference.
If that's the case, they're still seeing VT? and there's really not much difference.
A #1 seed would ensure we don't see South Carolina until the Final 4 if that scenario is in the cards for Iowa. Stanford's height concerns me the most and I wouldn't mind seeing a rematch with Connecticut. With the exception of the Gamecocks, the tournament looks wide open and arguably the best chance for a Big 10 team(hopefully the Hawks) to grab some hardware.
To me there is a drop off b/w 3s and 4s in WBB. 3s and 2s…tossup. A 1 makes the elite 8 really hard to eff up
Yes sorry. Indiana, Utah, LSU all lost in the last week and Iowa dominated Ohio State. Iowa is ranked second in the latest poll.
Personally, I would prefer NOT to see UConn in our bracket. If we get a #2 seed and they put us in the same bracket with South Carolina, then you know something is wrong.
I bet if the Hawks get a 2 they will be in with Virginia tech assuming they get a 1
Beat Maryland twice, Beat Ohio State twice and Beat Indiana once. Lost a closer than expected one to UCONN. I think they deserve a #1 seed.
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We also knocked off one of those #1 seeds (at the time they were a #1 seed) in Maryland.
ESPN now has Iowa as a #1 seed.
Other teams in their projected bracket:
#4: Texas
#5: Louisville
#2: UConn
#3: Duke
The full bracket:
Other teams in their projected bracket:
#4: Texas
#5: Louisville
#2: UConn
#3: Duke
The full bracket:
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Understand that the women's committee are a bunch of goofy bas****s, compared to the men's tournament, and will also modify their pairings to provide what they think will draw the best ratings. That's why you had Iowa and Iowa State in a potential Sweet 16 matchup last year and why they would idiotically pair us with UConn or South Carolina.
I'd almost rather take a 2 seed because we avoid UConn like the plague no matter what, and then when they pair us with South Carolina anyways despite being the top 2 seed, which should otherwise logically mean we get paired with the lowest 1 seed, it will at least be blatantly obvious what they are doing..................
Why are the seedings for WBB a week later?? Winning the BIG last year had no impact on our seeding. Should the BIG end the tourney on Saturday or the week before for men?
There are still women's tournaments being played.
Iowa State is in the Big 12 Finals today.
I don’t understand the bracket structure. Why aren’t all the First Four 16 seeds? Why have 11 seeds as First Fours? And two regionals each get two of the First Four games, while the other two regionals get none.
Women's NCAA basketball bracketology 2023: Caitlin Clark leads Iowa to projected No. 1 seed
The Hawkeyes are one of eight conference tournament champions so far
it's either Iowa or Stanford it appears
Another question: Although I could go through previous years’ predictions vs actual brackets, I’m lazy… er, busy. How accurate are the predictions as far as regional placements? I assume at this point, actual seedling predictions are pretty good. Also, I understand that there are assumptions about keeping top seeds close to home and avoiding early repeat matchups, but overall how close are predicted brackets to reality?
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Last year saw some good upsets (including us lol). For the longest time — up thru 2021 — upsets/parity werent rly a thing in Wbb. All the talent went to 7-8 schools and they were basically impossible for anyone looking in to beat.
Some major coaching changes, even more portal exoduses and a few inexplicable collapses have mixed things up tho since then. Wr saw some eyebrow raising upsets throughout last season and this year we saw even more. Iowa state for example basically never ever had a chance at a Big 12 title til this year bc Baylor was so so dominant, year in and year out. Now they’re the champs.
IOW, there’s a decent chance this year’s tourney yields some fun games. Hopefully we aren’t on the wrong side of those upsets this year tho.
When they introduced the First Four, they wanted to avoid putting all Automatic Qualifiers in those slots, so half the slots are At-Large 11 seeds.
