How will Elizabeth Kitley's injury impact Virginia Tech's seed? Will Stanford, USC or Texas get the final No. 1? Will Gonzaga host? And is Arizona in?
ESPN's Bracketology projects USC and JuJu Watkins as a No. 1 seed. Will the committee agree? Stanford and Texas are also in the running for the final 1-seed in the women's bracket. , and from the ultra-competitive race in the final season of the Pac-12 to all of the dynamic freshmen lighting up courts across the country.
As the committee continues to meet in Indianapolis ahead of Sunday's Selection Special , some decisions and team placements are straightforward. Nobody will spend much time on the No. 1 overall seed. The Gamecocks had that wrapped up weeks ago. Many other aspects of the bracket will not be so easy to determine.
All-American center Elizabeth Kitley suffered what appeared to be a non-contact knee injury in Virginia Tech's regular-season finale on March 3, and hasn't played since. in the semifinals), it's clear the Hokies are significantly diminished without their star center. The three-time ACC player of the yearagainst the Cavaliers and hasn't played since, sitting out the ACC tournament.
The Cardinal have a regular-season championship in the country's highest-rated conference. USC won the Pac-12 tournament title. Texas came up short of first place in the regular-season race but won the tournament in the Big 12, the nation's second-highest rated league. The Longhorns have the top NET ranking of the three. The Trojans have the most top-25 NET wins. Stanford has the most in the top 50.It's that close among these three teams, but there are only two remaining No.
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