2023 NCAA women’s basketball tournament bracket breakdown: Best games, players to watch
The bracket has been released, and 68 teams will put on their March Madness dancing shoes for the 2023 NCAA Div. I women’s basketball tournament.
While the selections may have produced some surprises, there was one item that was never in doubt. Undefeated South Carolina (32-0), which has topped the USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll every week this season, is the No. 1 overall seed. The Gamecocks share top billing with Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford, which also earned No. 1 seeds.
Instead of each of those four teams leading four different regional sites, for the first time in the women’s tournament, there will be only two sites for Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games, with Seattle and Greenville, South Carolina, hosting so-called super regionals. So, instead of four cities hosting two Sweet 16 games and one Elite Eight game each, the two sites will host four regional semifinals (on March 24-25) and two regional finals (on March 26-27), apiece. The bracket, however, retains the same set-up, with four No. 1 seeds, four No. 2 seeds, four No. 3 seeds, etc.
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The tournament kicks off with First Four games on Wednesday and Thursday, with the winners advancing to First Round games on Friday and Saturday. The Final Four will take place on Friday, March 31 with games at 7 and 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, while the championship game will be held Sunday, April 2 at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.