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WBB: A Bit More Into the NCAA's First Reveal.


The N. C. State Women's Basketball Team is 7th in the NCAA's first reveal of the top 16 seeds for the upcoming NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

Here are the top 16 seeds:

WBK Top 16

This from the linked article by Mitchell Northam (Mitchell Northam is a graduate of Salisbury University. His work has been featured at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Orlando Sentinel, SB Nation, USA Today, Bleacher Report, FanSided and the Delmarva Daily Times. He grew up on Maryland's Eastern Shore and is a member of APSE, USBWA and NASR. He's on Twitter at @primetimeMitch.):

Speaking of traveling, N.C. State and South Carolina won’t have to travel far if this top 16 holds up. The Gamecocks were ranked first by the committee and the Wolfpack seventh, making them the No. 1 and 2 seeds in Greenville, South Carolina.

For the Gamecocks, that’s only an hour-and-a-half down the road. For the Wolfpack, it's a little bit further, with drive time clocking in around four hours. Still, it's a venue that fans of both teams can get to easily. The same can’t be said for UCLA and Iowa, who are ranked third and fourth in that regional.

Should this top 16 hold, the Greenville Regional will feature three of the four teams who played in last year’s regional in Greensboro, North Carolina. N.C. State and South Carolina both bowed out in the Sweet 16 last year, while Iowa — powered by Megan Gustafson — lost to eventual champion Baylor in the Elite Eight.

As Charlie Creme stated in this post at ESPN Women's Basketball, there is still a lot of basketball to be played.

Also this from Creme in that same post:

But as with any inside look into decisions made by any committee, there are always questions and curiosities.

Maryland's a No. 2 seed

Most expected the Terrapins to be here when preseason rankings were released, but do they really deserve a No. 2 seed to this point? Maryland seemed to struggle with chemistry early in the season and suffered losses to South Carolina, NC State and Northwestern. Only recently have the Terps established themselves as a team to beat in the Big Ten, winning six consecutive games to remain in second place. Their RPI has shot up in the past three weeks. They were 24th on Jan. 13 but are now ninth.