These UConn Huskies do not have a weakness.
I might talk myself into individual players and/or teams that could give them trouble, but I’m not going to pick any team in this field to upset the unbeaten Huskies. I penciled in this championship game matchup as soon as the teams were announced, and I do hope we get it. UConn and UCLA have been the two best teams in women’s college hoops by a good margin, and I’ll be shocked if the title game features anyone else.
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I went back and forth over my final two Final Four participants. I didn’t want to go all chalk with all four No. 1 seeds — and South Carolina is a lot more human than it was a few years back — so I went with Iowa and Michigan, two teams that I have seen play extraordinarily well. I believe in their ceilings, although I acknowledge both have tough No. 3 seeds in their regions in addition to their respective No. 1 seeds.
I didn’t pick a ton of upsets, but I do think there are a number of intriguing potential second-round games even if the first round is chalky. We’ll potentially get Audi Crooks and Iowa State against Sarah Strong and UConn in the second round! Notre Dame-Ohio State is another enticing matchup as is Kentucky-West Virginia. Here’s hoping we get some thrillers along the way, even if the two best teams all year end up doing what we expect them to do … in emphatic fashion!
Nicole Auerbach’s 2026 women’s NCAA Tournament bracket picks
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