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UConn earns No. 1 seed in first women's Top 16 reveal, Texas falls out of top 4

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The women’s basketball committee released its first top 16 ranking on Saturday night, with UConn claiming the No. 1 seed amid its undefeated season.

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UCLA, South Carolina and Vanderbilt round out the top seed line. UCLA is undefeated in Big Ten play and leads all teams with 14 Quad 1 victories. South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Texas are all vying for positioning amid a torrid SEC slate.

The top 16 teams on the women’s side host first- and second-round games, making the top four seed lines valuable. The final four that slid into that group as of Saturday are Maryland, Michigan State, Ole Miss and Oklahoma.

1. UConn
2. UCLA
3. South Carolina
4. Vanderbilt
5. Texas
6. Michigan
7. Louisville
8. LSU
9. Ohio State
10. Duke
11. Iowa
12. TCU
13. Maryland
14. Michigan State
15. Ole Miss
16. Oklahoma

The women’s basketball selection committee will release its second and last top 16 on March 1 during College Gameday, which starts at 11 a.m. ET. For the first time this season, the committee will release the top 16 seeds in alphabetical order the day prior to Selection Sunday. The bracket will officially release at 8 p.m. ET on March 15.

The undefeated reigning champs have a strong grasp on the No. 1 overall seed and aren’t likely to lose it. They rank first in NET and second in Wins Above Bubble (WAB), two of the key metrics the committee uses to seed teams. The Huskies are defeating opponents by an average of 38.8 points per game with a 51.6 NET rating, both of which lead Division I.

UConn has not been the No. 1 overall seed since 2018, and hasn’t been a No. 1 regional seed until 2021. It won last year as a No. 2 seed.

UCLA (24-1) would have the best claim to it in any other year. The Bruins are undefeated in Big Ten play, a more difficult conference than the Big East, with the No. 1 NET strength of schedule. Their sole loss is to Texas, another 1-seed contender, on a neutral site in November. The 16 Quad 1 wins outpace UConn’s five, given the talent of their respective conference opponents. Ten Big Ten teams are ranked top-30 in NET compared to the Big East’s one. The committee does not use the quad designations to seed contenders, but instead utilizes them as an organizational tool for result data.

It largely doesn’t matter in terms of location. The No. 1 overall seed has the rights to the closest super-regional site, which in UConn’s case is Fort Worth. UCLA would go to Sacramento, the super-regional site they’re placed in as the No. 2 anyway.

Fort Worth 1: UConn, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma

Sacramento 2: UCLA, Texas, Duke, Ole Miss

Fort Worth 3: South Carolina, Louisville, Iowa, Michigan State

Sacramento 4: Vanderbilt, Michigan, TCU, Maryland

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