The selection committee officially unveiled the bracket for the NCAA women's tournament on Sunday night.
, but there were plenty of other errors and controversial decisions made the rest of the way down the bracket.What the committee got wrong: Stanford ahead Iowa for the last No. 1 seed
But at the end of the season, Stanford struggled. The Cardinal lost two of its last three games, first to Utah and then in the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament to UCLA. But Iowa is trending up entering the NCAA tournament, while Stanford isn’t. The Hawkeyes’ dominant run in the Big Ten tournament should have been enough to give them the edge to claim the final No. 1 seed.Like Iowa, Virginia Tech absolutely finished the season the right way.Virginia Tech is entering the tournament on an 11-game win streak. They flew through the conference tournament and then beat Louisville in the championship game to win the program’s first ever title.
Oregon narrowly missed an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament on Sunday night. The Ducks went just 17-14 this season, which put them in eighth in the Pac-12 standings. They lost seven straight and 10 of 12 games during the final stretch of conference play, though they saved it with a pair of blowout wins over Arizona and Arizona State to end the regular season. Stanford knocked Oregon out of the Pac-12 tournament in the quarterfinals, and the Ducks never really had a statement win all season.
The committee didn’t need to give Oregon a good seed. The Ducks didn’t deserve that at all. But they still should have been given the chance in the tournament.Sure, Tennessee struggled quite a bit this season.
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