UCLA, South Carolina, Texas, who all had a turn at No. 1 this season in the Associated Press poll, joined USC Sunday as the four top seeds in the NCAA’s women’s basketball tournament, which begins this week and will conclude with the Final Four in Tampa.
Carolina and Texas, programs that all had a turn at No. 1 this season in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, joined USC Sunday as the four top seeds in the NCAA’s women’s basketball tournament, which begins this week and will conclude with the Final Four in Tampa.
UCLA received the No. 1 overall seed a week after securing the Big Ten tournament championship in Indianapolis. In that tourney, the Bruins topped the rival Trojans at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in both schools’ inaugural season in the league.
UCLA had lost by double digits in the previous two regular-season meetings vs. USC, the Bruins’ only two losses. The competition between them has seemed to strengthen the mutual respect while making the specter of another meeting more real. And now, for them to meet again in the NCAA tournament, it would have to be under the bright lights in Tampa.
