The Southeastern Conference has two teams with No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament: traditional power Tennessee (27-5) and Dawn Staley’s upstart South Carolina (27-4), a squad that surprised many with several big wins over ranked teams this past season. The nation’s top-ranked team Connecticut (34-0) and Notre Dame (32-0) join the SEC members in the ranks of top seeds.
There is the possibility that former Big East rivals Connecticut and Notre Dame could meet again at the Final Four in the last game of the tournament to determine the national champion. Undefeated Connecticut ended the season atop both the AP and the USA Today Coaches’ polls, positions the Huskies held all season, relinquishing the pinnacle to no one. Notre Dame is the only other undefeated team among Division I programs.
Connecticut begins play March 23 against Prairie View (14-17) in the Lincoln Regional at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs. South Carolina takes on Cal State Northridge (18-14) in the Stanford Regional earlier the same day.
Notre Dame plays Robert Morris (21-11) March 22 at Savage Arena in Toledo in the Notre Dame Regional. Tennessee follows with a game against Northwestern State (21-12) in the Louisville Regional on the Lady Vols’ home court in Knoxville.
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Automatic Qualifiers
CONFERENCE
SCHOOL
RECORD
APPS.
WON
LOST
LAST APP.
America East
Albany
28-4
2
0
2
2013
American Athletic
Connecticut
34-0
25
91
17
2013
Atlantic Coast
Notre Dame
32-0
20
41
19
2013
Atlantic Sun
Florida Gulf Coast
26-7
1
0
1
2012
Atlantic 10
Fordham
25-7
1
0
1
1994
Big East
DePaul
27-6
18
10
18
2013
Big Sky
North Dakota
22-9
FIRST APPEARANCE
Big South
Winthrop
24-8
FIRST APPEARANCE
Big Ten
Nebraska
25-6
11
7
11
2013
Big 12
Baylor
29-4
12
30
10
2013
Big West
Cal State Northridge
18-14
1
0
1
1999
Colonial
James Madison
28-5
9
7
9
2011
Conference USA
Middle Tennessee
29-4
16
5
16
2013
Horizon
Wright State
26-8
FIRST APPEARANCE
Ivy
Pennsylvania
22-6
2
0
2
2004
Metro Atlantic
Marist
27-6
9
5
9
2013
Mid-American
Akron
23-9
FIRST APPEARANCE
Mid-Eastern
Hampton
28-4
7
0
7
2013
Missouri Valley
Wichita State
26-6
1
0
1
2013
Mountain West
Fresno State
22-10
6
0
6
2013
Northeast
Robert Morris
21-11
2
0
2
2008
Ohio Valley
Tennessee-Martin
24-7
3
0
3
2013
Pac-12
Southern California
22-12
15
29
13
2006
Patriot
Army
25-7
1
0
1
2006
Southeastern
Tennessee
27-5
32
115
24
2013
Southern
Chattanooga
29-3
11
1
11
2013
Southland
Northwestern State
21-12
2
0
2
2004
Southwestern
Prairie View A&M
14-17
5
0
5
2013
Summit
South Dakota
19-13
FIRST APPEARANCE
Sun Belt
Western Kentucky
24-8
16
17
16
2008
West Coast
Gonzaga
29-4
6
8
6
2013
Western Athletic
Idaho
25-8
2
0
2
2013
At-Large Bids
SCHOOL
CONFERENCE
RECORD
APP.
WON
LOST
LAST APP.
Arizona State
Pac-12
22-9
11
13
11
2011
BYU
West Coast
26-6
9
3
9
2012
California
Pac-12
21-9
9
9
9
2013
Dayton
Atlantic 10
23-7
4
2
4
2013
Duke
Atlantic Coast
27-6
20
52
20
2013
Florida
Southeastern
19-12
13
11
13
2012
Florida State
Atlantic Coast
20-11
12
13
12
2013
Georgia
Southeastern
20-11
30
55
30
2013
Georgia Tech
Atlantic Coast
20-11
8
5
8
2012
Iowa
Big Ten
26-8
22
18
22
2013
Iowa State
Big 12
20-10
14
17
14
2013
Kentucky
Southeastern
24-8
10
15
10
2013
LSU
Southeastern
19-12
22
41
22
2013
Louisville
American Athletic
30-4
16
19
16
2013
Maryland
Atlantic Coast
24-6
21
33
20
2013
Michigan State
Big Ten
22-9
13
16
13
2013
North Carolina
Atlantic Coast
24-9
24
42
23
2013
NC State
Atlantic Coast
25-7
21
19
21
2010
Oklahoma
Big 12
18-14
16
30
16
2013
Oklahoma State
Big 12
23-8
11
8
11
2013
Oregon State
Pac-12
23-10
5
2
5
1996
Penn State
Big Ten
22-7
24
30
24
2013
Purdue
Big Ten
21-8
23
45
22
2013
St. John’s (N.Y.)
Big East
22-10
8
6
8
2013
Saint Joseph’s
Atlantic 10
22-9
12
6
12
2013
South Carolina
Southeastern
27-4
10
11
10
2013
Stanford
Pac-12
29-3
27
71
25
2013
Syracuse
Atlantic Coast
22-9
5
0
5
2013
Texas
Big 12
21-11
26
32
25
2012
Texas A&M
Southeastern
24-8
10
18
9
2013
Vanderbilt
Southeastern
18-12
26
39
26
2013
West Virginia
Big 12
29-4
9
7
9
2013