Virginia Tech earned its first NCAA tournament No. 1 seed after winning the ACC tournament for the first time. The Hokies may face the toughest regional challenge, though, as they're joined by No. 2 seed UConn, No. 3 seed Ohio State and No. 4 seed Tennessee.
opposite of LSU's problemWhile the No. 3-seeded Tigers only dropped two games this season, their lackluster strength of schedule made them difficult to evaluate. Conversely, the Lady Volunteers, despite losing 11 games this season,Tennessee faced every No. 1 seed in the tournament and each of the other top seeds in their region during the regular season. It lost all seven of those contests. But the Lady Vols haven’t lost to anyone other than South Carolina since Feb.
, Tennessee can also lean on a wealth of experience in the tournament as the only program in the country to have appeared in all 41.Ohio State spent the first 12 weeks of the season inside the top three in the Associated Press poll. Then three straight losses in January to Iowa , Indiana and Purdue sent the Buckeyes tumbling down. Follow that up with a brutal 90-54 loss to Maryland, then another one at the hands of the Hoosiers .
But the next day saw the Buckeyes on the receiving end of the biggest loss in Big Ten history. Iowa played one of its best games in program history en route to walloping Ohio State 105-72 and a second consecutive conference tournament championship.— Taylor Mikesell, Cotie McMahon, Taylor Thierry, Jacy Sheldon and Rebeka Mikulasikova. The Buckeyes earned the No. 3 seed in their corner of the bracket, which luckily for them, contains neither Iowa, Maryland nor Indiana.
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