Women's basketball bracketology: What to do with the teams falling fast?

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PISCATAWAY, NJ – JANUARY 06: Rutgers Scarlet Knights forward Stasha Carey (35) during the Womens College Basketball game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Penn State Lady Lions on January 6, 2019 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway, NJ. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Storrs:

1. Connecticut (AAC)
16. Sacred Heart (NEC)

8. Central Michigan (MAC)
9. BYU (WCC)

Piscataway:

5. South Carolina
12. Georgia Tech

4. Rutgers
13. Quinnipiac (MAAC)

If you’re 7-0 in the Big Ten at this point, you deserve to host. The Scarlet Knights stayed unbeaten in conference with home wins over Purdue and Michigan State last week and are now two games ahead of the pack, with a tough one at Iowa coming up. Facing a potential 5 seed South Carolina wouldn’t exactly be the greatest reward, but the Gamecocks are still likely to move up as SEC play continues.

Syracuse:

6. Arizona State
11. Butler

3. Syracuse
14. Troy (Sun Belt)

Starkville:

7. Michigan State
10. Virginia Tech

2. Mississippi State (SEC)
15. Radford (Big South)

You sitting here thinking about a UConn-Rutgers and Mississippi State-Syracuse Sweet 16 pairing in Albany? Yeah, me too. It’s like an old Big East Tournament with some added Vic Schaefer and Teaira McCowan. WHO SAYS NO?*

*other than Arizona State and South Carolina in this scenario. That’d be cool too.

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Women’s basketball bracketology: What to do with the teams falling fast?

By Russell Steinberg | Jan 23, 2019