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NCAA Women 2011

Coverage of the 2011 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament

Sports >  NCAA basketball

Women’s March Madness predictions: Look for UCLA, UConn to come out of Spokane

The early rounds of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament generally don’t incite as much madness as the men’s event. Higher seeds are typically much more successful on the women’s side; no seed lower than a No. 3 has won the women’s tournament over the past two decades, a span in which Connecticut won the men’s tournament as a No. 7 and a No. 4 seed. No team seeded worse than No. 5 has even reached the women’s final, and the Elite Eight and Final Four are similarly dominated by the nation’s best teams. All but one Final Four team over the last decade has been at least a No. 4 seed.
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