Vanderbilt Commodores (22-10), No. 7 seed in East Area
The Commodores are led by freshman Mikayla Blakes, the nation’s seventh main scorer at 23.2 factors per sport. Blakes set the freshman scoring file with 55 factors in a sport in opposition to Auburn earlier this season.
Vanderbilt had two wins over ranked opponents in the course of the common season, one at residence in opposition to Tennessee and the opposite on the highway in opposition to Alabama. With the scoring skill of Blakes, Vanderbilt can beat anybody on any given day.
Florida State Seminoles (23-8), No. 6 seed in South Area
The Seminoles are third within the nation in points per game at 86.9. That’s led by Ta’Niya Latson, the nation’s main scorer at 24.9 factors per sport.
A key contributor to what the Seminoles hope will probably be a future is Carla Viegas. Florida State is 7-0 this season when Viegas scores 10-plus factors in a sport, together with a win in opposition to Notre Dame.
Grand Canyon Antelopes (32-2), No. 13 seed in South Area
The Antelopes might very properly be the most well liked staff in girls’s faculty basketball in the intervening time. They’ve gained 30 video games in a row and have finished so by holding opponents to simply 56.7 factors per sport whereas scoring 77.1. That 20.4-point differential is sweet for eighth in the nation.
Grand Canyon can shoot with any staff, as they’re sixth in three-point share (38.1%) and have the nation’s second greatest three-point shooter, Alyssa-Durazo Frescas, who’s capturing an excellent 47% from deep.
Murray State Racers (25-7), No. 11 seed in West Area
The Racers lead the nation in factors per sport at 87.9, simply forward of Tennessee’s 87.2 factors per sport. They’ve 4 gamers averaging 14-plus factors per sport, and 5 of their seven rotation gamers are capturing 35.6% or higher from three-point vary.
They have not misplaced a sport since Feb. 13 and with the flexibility to attain at will, they might be a harmful staff to get right into a excessive scoring sport with.
Montana State Bobcats (30-3), No. 13 seed in Midwest Area
This staff is all about protection. The Bobcats are the nation’s Thirteenth-best scoring protection, permitting simply 55.1 factors per sport.
Being matched up with an Ohio State staff that averages 78.9 factors per sport is a troublesome draw, however Montana State has allowed over 70 factors simply 4 instances all season.
