The women’s NCAA Tournament is back for more exciting action in 2026! Top overall seed UConn is looking to repeat behind Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd, but there are worthy challengers out of the other regions.
All of our experts believe in fellow 1-seeds UCLA, Texas and South Carolina. Can any of them knock off the Huskies? Who will get sidetracked along the way?
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Read on to see all our expert predictions.
Natalie Esquire
Fort Worth 1 region: UConn
Sacramento 2 region: UCLA
Fort Worth 3 region: Texas
Sacramento 4 region: South Carolina
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Terrika Foster-Brasby
Fort Worth 1 region: UConn
Sacramento 2 region: UCLA
Fort Worth 3 region: Texas
Sacramento 4 region: South Carolina
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Zena Keita
Fort Worth 1 region: UConn
Sacramento 2 region: UCLA
Fort Worth 3 region: Texas
Sacramento 4 region: South Carolina
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Carolyn Manno
Fort Worth 1 region: UConn
Sacramento 2 region: UCLA
Fort Worth 3 region: Texas
Sacramento 4 region: South Carolina
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Meghan McKeown
Fort Worth 1 region: UConn
Sacramento 2 region: UCLA
Fort Worth 3 region: Texas
Sacramento 4 region: South Carolina
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Edona Thaqi
Fort Worth 1 region: UConn
Sacramento 2 region: UCLA
Fort Worth 3 region: Texas
Sacramento 4 region: South Carolina
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