2013 Joe Brackets-ology (Women)

Written by Joe Brackets:
Unlike the men’s NCAA Tournament, the women’s Tournament is really easy to figure out. The top four teams are pretty clear. They’re far-and-away better than everyone else, and the quartet’s only losses have come against each other. Same thing with the No. 2 seeds. The 10 best teams in the nation have been so clear cut all season that the first two lines on the bracket should be pretty easy for the committee. In fact, they can probably start working on seeds 3-16. Since figuring out who the top seeds are and where they’re going isn’t hard.

With that in mind, all that’s left is determining which region would play which in the Final Four. Baylor’s the obvious No. 1 overall seed and Notre Dame should be No. 2. I would say UConn gets the nod over Stanford as No. 3, which means your Final Four matchups would be Oklahoma City (Baylor) vs. Spokane (Stanford) and Norfolk (Notre Dame) vs. Bridgeport (Connecticut).

As for the rest of the Tournament, here’s how I see it playing out…

OKLAHOMA CITY
Waco: (16) Texas Southern at (1) Baylor, (8) Villanova vs. (9) Michigan
College Station: (13) Fresno State at (4) Texas A&M, (5) North Carolina vs. (12) Chattanooga
Lubbock: (3) Dayton vs. (14) Florida Gulf Coast, (11) Vanderbilt at (6) Texas Tech
Queens: (2) California vs. (15) Albany, (7) Purdue at (10) St. John’s

SPOKANE
Stanford: (16) Belmont at (1) Stanford, (8) West Virginia vs. (9) Charlotte
Newark: (13) Marist at (4) Delaware, (5) South Carolina vs. (12) East Carolina
Spokane: (3) Nebraska vs. (14) South Dakota State, (6) Florida State at (11) Gonzaga
Knoxville: (15) Utah State at (2) Tennessee, (7) Syracuse vs. (10) Creighton

NORFOLK
Iowa City: (1) Notre Dame vs. (16) Hampton, (9) Princeton at (8) Iowa
Columbus: (4) UCLA vs. (13) Middle Tennessee, (5) Iowa State vs. (12) Illinois State
Louisville: (3) Kentucky vs. (14) Navy, (11) Michigan State at (6) Louisville
Durham: (15) Northern Colorado at (2) Duke, (7) Green Bay vs. (10) DePaul

BRIDGEPORT
Storrs: (16) Winthrop at (1) Connecticut, (8) Miami vs. (9) Oklahoma
Boulder: (4) Georgia vs. (13) Hawaii, (12) San Diego State at (5) Colorado
College Park: (14) Quinnipiac at (3) Maryland, (6) Oklahoma State vs. (11) Toledo
Baton Rouge: (2) Penn State vs. (15) Lamar, (10) South Florida at (7) LSU