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USC defeated UConn 72-70 back in December, but will be without star scorer JuJu Watkins this time around.
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The Women's NCAA Tournament has reached the national semifinals after some thrilling games down the stretch in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight.
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This quartet has been the best four teams in the country for the majority of the season, and are the top-four in the NET rankings.
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Last year, there were only four brackets that remained perfect after the first two rounds of the women’s tournament.
Statesman staff completed it's NCAA women's tournament brackets. But how many got the right picks for the Sweet 16?
This year's Sweet 16 features no mid-majors — a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985 — with the SEC (a record-seven teams) and Big Ten (four) dominating the field. There are only four conferences with teams playing in the round and that's the fewest in NCAA Tournament history.
The biggest bracket buster so far was No. 9 seed Indiana's 76-68 win over No. 8 seed Utah in the first round, ending 1.2 million perfect brackets. No. 10 Oregon's 77-73 overtime win over No. 7 Vanderbilt in the first round took out an additional 633,227.
Updated look at the Sweet 16 bracket and schedule as March Madness second-round games become final in the 2025 men's NCAA Tournament.
NCAA Tournament began with 68 teams earlier this week, and the bracket has now been reduced to the Sweet 16. With regional semifinal matchups set with the conclusion of the second round, scouting work has already begun for the teams just two wins away from reaching the Final Four in San Antonio.
If your bracket is busted, you are not alone, so here's what our experts would do if given a chance to reset their predictions
Milos Uzan led all scorers with 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting, none bigger than his last-second layup to win the game. He added six assists and three rebounds and was 6-of-9 from three-point range. Emmanuel Sharp added 17 for Houston.
Fans of Oregon State will recognize at least one familiar face in Oklahoma standout Raegan Beers, who has helped lead a program to a second straight Sweet 16 after helping the Beavers a year ago. Though Beers has been strong, the Huskies have run away from their opponents through two rounds and look too dominant to stop.