With Selection Sunday just two weeks away, the UConn women’s basketball team remains poised to earn its first No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament since 2018.
The selection committee revealed its top 16 teams for the second time on Sunday and once again gave the reigning national champions the top spot in the rankings. The Huskies (30-0) are the only undefeated team in Division I this season and will likely to enter the tournament without a loss amid a 66-game winning streak in the Big East.
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The last time UConn was No. 1 overall, it was also undefeated entering the tournament, but it came up short suffering a buzzer-beater loss to Notre Dame in the Final Four.
As the top overall seed, the Huskies would fall in the Fort Worth 1 region. Behind UConn, UCLA claimed the second 1-seed followed by South Carolina and Texas. The Longhorns were No. 5 in the first reveal but jumped Vanderbilt to rejoin the top line after the Commodores lost to Georgia.
In the Huskies’ region, Michigan is projected as the 2-seed, ranked No. 8 by the committee, setting up a potential Elite Eight meeting. UConn played its closest game of the regular season against the Wolverines on Nov. 21 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena, escaping the matchup with a 72-69 win behind 31 points from star guard Azzi Fudd and a 20-point double-double by All-American sophomore Sarah Strong. Michigan’s Syla Swords dropped 29 points, the most any opposing player has scored on the Huskies’ nation-leading defense this year.
UConn could get a rematch of last year’s Sweet 16 based on the current rankings with No. 12 Oklahoma as the projected 3-seed in Fort Worth 1. The Huskies beat the Sooners 82-59 en route to the 2025 national title behind a historic 40-point performance from former star Paige Bueckers. The projected 4-seed in UConn’s bracket is No. 16 Ohio State, who the Huskies dominated 100-68 in a non-conference matchup in Hartford on Nov. 16.
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UConn tips off the postseason next Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament after concluding the regular season Sunday night against St. John’s at Madison Square Garden.
