Can the Iowa sensation finally win a ring? Will UConn repeat? Who could be this year's Cinderella? With March Madness around the corner, here's a preview of what to watch for on Selection Sunday.
Can the Iowa sensation finally win a ring? Will UConn repeat? Who could be this year's Cinderella? With March Madness around the corner, here's a preview of what to watch for on Selection Sunday.Iowa star Caitlin Clark has helped drive a surge in interest in women's college basketball this season. Look for her Hawkeyes squad to land a 1-seed in the women's tournament.Iowa star Caitlin Clark has helped drive a surge in interest in women's college basketball this season.
Here are a few things to watch for on Selection Sunday and beyond as the tournaments begins next week:woman — and having announced she intends to go pro after this season, this will be her final crack at the NCAA tournament.Last year, Iowa and then-undefeated South Carolina met in the Final Four, and the 77-73 showdown was an instant classic in which Clark scored 41 points en route to handing the Gamecocks their only loss of the season. But a hard comedown cost Iowa the title game.
Still, here's why Stetson just might have a fighting chance: The Hatters are led by one of college basketball's top scorers in 6'3" guard Jalen Blackmon. Blackmon has averaged more than 21 points this season and scored 43 points, his highest total of the year, in last week's Atlantic Sun conference championship final against Austin Peay, a 94-91 thriller.
The Pac-12, what was once a storied conference, will be no more next season. No program has ever come close to the absolute dominance of John Wooden's UCLA squads , and three-time champion Stanford has been a modern-day heavyweight in the women's game.and Washington will join the Big Ten; Cal and Stanford will join the ACC; and Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah will join the Big 12. (The two remaining teams, Oregon State and Washington State, still hope to rebuild a new Pac-12.
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