NCAA releases first look at top sixteen seeds

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT- MARCH 25: Head coach Geno Auriemma of the Connecticut Huskies with head coach Kelly Graves of the Oregon Ducks before the UConn Huskies Vs Oregon Ducks, NCAA Women's Division 1 Basketball Championship game on March 27th, 2017 at the Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT- MARCH 25: Head coach Geno Auriemma of the Connecticut Huskies with head coach Kelly Graves of the Oregon Ducks before the UConn Huskies Vs Oregon Ducks, NCAA Women's Division 1 Basketball Championship game on March 27th, 2017 at the Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) /
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17 FEB 2015: Rutgers Scarlet Knights guard Tyler Scaife (3) during the second half of the game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Illinois Fighting Illini played at the RAC in Ne Brunswick,NJ. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights defeat the Illinois Fighting Illini 80-58. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images)
17 FEB 2015: Rutgers Scarlet Knights guard Tyler Scaife (3) during the second half of the game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Illinois Fighting Illini played at the RAC in Ne Brunswick,NJ. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights defeat the Illinois Fighting Illini 80-58. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images) /

Four seeds: Missouri, Texas A&M, Rutgers and Georgia

If you read our Blake DuDonis, the Georgia Bulldogs are no surprise to you. But the renaissance of Rutgers has caught virtually everyone by surprise, with C. Vivian Stringer’s group, led by Tyler Scaife, playing their way into a Piscataway pod. The other two hosts would enter the NCAA tournament with a pair of home games and elite point guards  in Sophie Cunningham and Chennedy Carter, respectively, making them extremely dangerous dark horses.