eye on the madness
Welcome to our semi-weekly weekly magazine featuring LSU Women’s Basketball Team’s NCAA Tournament Predictions and other relevant NCAA Tournament information on the No. 4 Tigers for selection on Sunday, March 12th. This file will be updated throughout the rest of the season. .
LSU will host Tennessee on Monday (6pm, ESPN2) and Georgia on Thursday (7pm, SECNetwork+).
LSU’s NCAA Season Predictions
Charlie Creme, ESPN.com: 2 seeded, Greenville Quad 2* (24 Jan)
autumn johnson NCAA.com: 2 Seed, Seattle Quad 2 (Jan 6)
college sports madness.com: 1 seed, no region (24 Jan)
RealTimeRPI.com: 4 seeds, no regions (25 Jan)
Warren Nolan.com Expected record: (28-1)
Keep an eye on: Baylor, Kim Malkey’s former team. The Bears are sinking like stone, with him going 13-6 overall, 4-3 in the Big 12, and 3 losses in his last four games. In his latest NCAA Tournament predictions, ESPN’s Cream places Baylor as the No. 6 seed. This means that the Tigers seed him paired with LSU if he’s the 2nd seed, and he’s one spot away from being the 7th seed. Under those circumstances, a high-priced second round game was set up at the PMAC between Malkey’s current team and his former team.
LSU’s “core”
The NCAA considers these key factors to create a “core” report for each team (number of teams per team). Warren Nolan.com):
record: 20-0, 8-0 seconds
Net ranking: 3
Schedule Strength (SOS): 114
Non-meeting SOS: 273
AP Vote: Four
USA TODAY’S COACH VOTE: 3
Quadrant 1 Records (Home 1-30 NET, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75): 4-0
Quadrant 2 records (Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135): 3-0
Quadrant 3 records (Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 136-240): 7-0
Quadrant 4 records (Home 161-361, Neutral 201-361, Away 241-361): 6-0
NCAA Tournament Calendar
Selection Sunday
March 12th
first 4
March 15-16: TBD (top 16 seeds)
1st round and 2nd round
March 17th and 19th: TBD (top 16 seeds)
March 18th and 20th: TBD (top 16 seeds)
Regional Semifinals and Finals*
March 24th and 26th, March 27th and 29th:
Greenville Area: Greenville, South Carolina (Bon Secours Wellness Arena)
Seattle Area: Seattle (Climate Pledge Arena)
Women’s Final Four
March 31st and April 2nd: Dallas (American Airlines Center)
*-Note: Beginning in 2023, there will be only two NCAA women’s regional sites. Eight teams will advance to each regional site, and two teams from each regional site will advance to the Women’s Final Four.
All games and NCAA selection shows air on the ESPN network/ESPN app
