Women’s Squads Bound for Sweetness

03/22/2022

By: Jeff Yoder

The Women’s Sweet 16 is Set After Upset Scares Against 3 Powerhouses

Sunday’s Round of 32 brought down two 2-seeds via major upsets, but that wasn’t the case on Monday. 4-seed Tennessee, 3-seed Indiana and 2-seed UConn all had close calls with lower seeds, but they survived and advanced. The only true upset of the day was 6-seed Ohio State knocking off 3-seed LSU. Meanwhile, Notre Dame made their 11th Sweet 16 appearance in 12 years with the beatdown of the tournament — a 44-point thrashing against Oklahoma. Sixty-four teams entered, sixteen remain.

 

Editor’s Note: Moving forward, The Sportsletter will have game-by-game recaps instead of the library of highlight links as the fields in the men’s and women’s tournaments dwindle to four games per night (or less). 

 

Monday’s 2nd-Round Highlights

#1 NC State def. #9 Kansas State (89-57)

#2 UConn def. #7 UCF (52-47)

#3 Michigan def. #11 Villanova (64-49)

#3 Indiana def. #11 Princeton (56-55)

#4 Tennessee def. #12 Belmont (70-67)

#5 Notre Dame def. #4 Oklahoma (108-64)

#5 North Carolina def. #4 Arizona (63-45)

#6 Ohio State def. #3 LSU (79-64)

 

Sunday’s 2nd-Round Highlights

#1 South Carolina def. #8 Miami (49-33)

#1 Stanford def. #8 Kansas (91-65)

#1 Louisville def. #9 Gonzaga (68-59)

#2 Texas def. #7 Utah (78-56)

#3 Iowa State def. #6 Georgia (67-44)

#4 Maryland def. #12 FGCU (89-65)

#10 Creighton def. #2 Iowa (64-62)

#10 South Dakota def. #2 Baylor (61-47)

 

Remaining Teams By Conference

Big Ten: 4

ACC: 4

Big 12: 2

Big East: 2

SEC: 2

Pac-12: 1

Other: South Dakota (Summit)

 

Full Women’s NCAA Tournament Bracket

 

Additional Storylines

ESPN: Women’s NCAA Tournament: Reseeding the Sweet 16

Washington Post: Mabrey’s 29 Points Help Notre Dame Roll Oklahoma by 44

MLive: Michigan’s Naz Hillmon Delivers All-American Performance in Final Home Game at Crisler Center as UM Return to Sweet 16