[COLLEGE] Top-ranked Stanford and ACC teams Duke, Florida State and Wake Forest are the No. 1 regional seeds in the 64-team field for the NCAA Division I Women's Tournament. Nine ACC teams got in, and eight SEC teams were selected. For the pairings ...
Ten conferences earned more than one bid:
ACC (9)
SEC (8)
Pac-12 (5)
Big 12 (5)
Big East (4)
WCC (4)
Big Ten (3)
Atlantic 10 (2)
Big West (2)
Conference USA (2)
The tournament will start with first-round matches this weekend. The 32 winners will play second- and third-round games the weekend of Nov. 18-20.
Analysis: Selection committee snubs Georgetown
Analysis: Portland gets in with 9-9-1 record
FIRST ROUND:
Nov. 11 or 12 or 13
1-Stanford (19-0-1) vs. Montana (6-11-4)
South Carolina (15-6-0) vs. Texas (11-8-1)
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Santa Clara (13-2-5) vs. California (12-6-2)
4-Boston College (11-5-2) vs. Marist (13-5-2)
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3-Auburn (14-6-2) vs. Utah State (15-4-2)
Maryland (10-5-4) vs. La Salle (15-1-3)
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Illinois (16-4-2) vs. Notre Dame (10-7-3)
2-Oklahoma State (19-1-2) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (16-4-1)
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2-Virginia (14-4-2) vs. LIU (12-7-1)
Kentucky (13-7-0) vs. Washington State (12-6-3)
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West Virginia (17-4) vs. Virginia Tech (12-7-1)
3-Texas A&M (15-5-2) vs. LSU (13-7-1)
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4-Memphis (21-0-1) vs. UT Martin (14-6-2)
Louisville (12-6-3) vs. Dayton (19-3-0)
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Oregon State (13-5-2) vs. Portland (9-9-1)
1-Florida State (14-6-1) vs. Samford (14-5-2)
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1-Wake Forest (14-3-4) vs. Oakland (10-10-1)
Boston Univ. (18-2-1) vs. Harvard (12-4-1)
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Marquette (17-3) vs. Toledo (14-6-2)
4-Penn State (19-4-0) vs. Army (12-3-5)
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3-North Carolina (11-5-1) vs. William & Mary (17-2-2)
Baylor (14-3-3) vs. Texas State (14-5-1)
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UCF (11-4-5) vs. FIU (13-6-3)
FGCU (14-4-2) vs. 2-Florida (16-7-0)
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2-UCLA (15-1-3) vs. New Mexico (12-4-4)
UC Irvine (14-4-2) vs. San Diego (12-7-0)
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Miami (Fla.) (9-7-1) vs. Alabama (10-8-3)
3-Pepperdine (15-1-4) vs. Long Beach St. (15-5-1)
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4-Tennessee (15-6) vs. Ohio St. (10-8-2)
Milwaukee (18-2) vs. Illinois St. (13-5-0)
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Kansas (11-8-1) Georgia (12-6-2)
1-Duke (17-3-1) vs. Radford (15-5-1)



Steven Moore


