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WBB Bracketology 5.0: You can’t ignore the mid-majors

Russell Steinberg|
CORAL GABLES, FL - MARCH 18: FGCU guard Taylor Gradinjan (24) dribbles during a women's college basketball game between the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles and the University of Miami Hurricanes on March 18, 2017 at Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida. Miami defeated FGCU 62-60. (Photo by Richard C. Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CORAL GABLES, FL - MARCH 18: FGCU guard Taylor Gradinjan (24) dribbles during a women's college basketball game between the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles and the University of Miami Hurricanes on March 18, 2017 at Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida. Miami defeated FGCU 62-60. (Photo by Richard C. Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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DURHAM, NC – FEBRUARY 04: Notre Dame’s Marina Mabrey. The Duke University Blue Devils hosted the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish on February 4, 2018 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC in a Division I women’s college basketball game. Notre Dame won the game 72-54. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
DURHAM, NC – FEBRUARY 04: Notre Dame’s Marina Mabrey. The Duke University Blue Devils hosted the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish on February 4, 2018 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC in a Division I women’s college basketball game. Notre Dame won the game 72-54. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

South Bend:

1. Notre Dame
16. New Mexico State (WAC)

8. Arizona State
9. Nebraska

Since that blowout loss to Louisville, the Irish have beaten Tennessee and won at both Florida State and Duke. Nothing to worry about here. But perhaps teams should start worrying about Nebraska, despite its recent loss to Maryland. That 8-0 road record says a lot about the team’s resilience.

Athens:

4. Georgia
13. James Madison (CAA)

5. Villanova
12. Mercer (Southern)

The good news: Georgia has won eight out of nine, is 20-3 overall, and is 8-2 in the SEC. The other side to that: The Bulldogs still have to travel to Knoxville and face South Carolina at home.

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