The No. 1 seeds in the NCAA women's basketball tournament have the best roads and chances at a Final Four appearance. But there are teams below them that could still make it to Dallas.
The questions around Iowa remain if the guards flanking her can hit their open shots — which did not happen in that blowout loss to Maryland, but did in the Big Ten title game — and if the team can play good enough defense. They allow on average 71.3 points a game, nearly dead last in the nation. Iowa is also motivated after falling out of the 2022 tournament early by Creighton, a bad matchup for their defense.
If it’s a chalk region and Iowa runs into Stanford in the regional final, the Hawkeyes’ offense is far more potent and runs at a higher pace. The Cardinal don’t have the steal numbers or rate that often leads to wins in tight games, though their blocks could cause problems for Clark going into the paint. Stanford’s issues through the season have come offensively and that can’t happen against the inevitable points to be scored by Clark.
"I feel what was different today was that it's March and it's not any other month in the year," UConn point guard Nika Mühlover Marquette, which upset UConn in the regular season."We're a different team in March. We highly believe it."
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