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03/15 19:25 CDT Undefeated UConn is No. 1 overall seed in women's NCAA
Tournament as March Madness arrives
Undefeated UConn is No. 1 overall seed in women's NCAA Tournament as March
Madness arrives
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
UConn was awarded the No. 1 overall seed in the women's NCAA Tournament on
Sunday and enters March Madnes s needing six more victories to complete the
seventh undefeated season in school history.
The Huskies (34-0) are looking for their 13th national title and becoming the
first team to repeat as champions since the Huskies won four in a row from
2013-16.
UConn, which is led by stars Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd, opens the tournament
at home against 16th-seeded UTSA and will play in the Fort Worth Regional. If
seeds hold, the Huskies could face No. 2 Vanderbilt, which is coached by former
UConn great Shea Ralph.
UCLA (31-1) was just behind the Huskies as the second overall seed in the
tournament. The Bruins have won 25 straight games in dominant fashion with the
lone loss this season coming against Texas on a neutral court.
UCLA reached the Final Four last year before losing to UConn. Cori Close's team
ran through the Big Ten and has an experienced group led by center Lauren Betts
looking to win the school's first NCAA championship.
The Bruins will try to win the first women's national championship for the Big
Ten Conference since 1999.
Other tops teams in UCLA's region are No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Duke and No. 4 Minnesota.
Financial compensation For the second consecutive year, teams in the women's tournament will be financially compensated, in a similar fashion to the men's field, for each round they play. "Units" are what the NCAA calls its tally of wins, automatic qualifiers and at-large bids that determine how much conferences are paid. A unit is money paid to conferences when one of its teams appears in the NCAA Tournament. This year, the NCAA is giving teams that reach the championship game and the one that wins the title extra units. That extra compensation was added to the overall pool and doesn't decrease the overall value of the units.
Tournament sites The top 16 seeds in the 68-team field will host first- and second-round games, with the regional rounds being played at two neutral sites for the fourth straight year. Fort Worth, Texas, will host half of the Sweet 16 and Sacramento, California, will host the other eight teams. The Final Four will be played in Phoenix on April 3 and the championship game is two days later. For the first time the NCAA revealed the 16 host schools a day early. It gave schools an extra day to sell tickets, broadcast partner ESPN a head start to move its equipment to the locations and the NCAA more time to get its marketing materials to sites.
-__ AP March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness
Financial compensation For the second consecutive year, teams in the women's tournament will be financially compensated, in a similar fashion to the men's field, for each round they play. "Units" are what the NCAA calls its tally of wins, automatic qualifiers and at-large bids that determine how much conferences are paid. A unit is money paid to conferences when one of its teams appears in the NCAA Tournament. This year, the NCAA is giving teams that reach the championship game and the one that wins the title extra units. That extra compensation was added to the overall pool and doesn't decrease the overall value of the units.
Tournament sites The top 16 seeds in the 68-team field will host first- and second-round games, with the regional rounds being played at two neutral sites for the fourth straight year. Fort Worth, Texas, will host half of the Sweet 16 and Sacramento, California, will host the other eight teams. The Final Four will be played in Phoenix on April 3 and the championship game is two days later. For the first time the NCAA revealed the 16 host schools a day early. It gave schools an extra day to sell tickets, broadcast partner ESPN a head start to move its equipment to the locations and the NCAA more time to get its marketing materials to sites.
-__ AP March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness
