No. 1 South Carolina has gone undefeated and appears to return to the Ultimate 4, the place final season the Gamecocks had been upset by Iowa within the semifinals. Iowa, additionally a No. 1 seed, has a more durable path to return to the Ultimate 4 with a doable matchup towards LSU within the regional last. LSU, the defending nationwide champion, is a No. 3 seed in its quest to repeat.
Ladies’s First 4 video games tip off Wednesday and Thursday, with the winners advancing to first-round video games on Friday and Saturday. The ladies’s event may have two “tremendous” regionals, which means there shall be 4 Candy 16 and two Elite Eight video games at every website (Albany, New York, and Portland, Oregon).
The Ultimate 4 shall be performed in Cleveland, with the nationwide semis tipping off at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, April 5.
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Our professional picks for the Ultimate 4:
Nancy Armour
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- Ultimate 4: Notre Dame, Texas, Iowa, USC
- Ultimate: Texas vs. USC
- Nationwide champion: USC
Scooby Axson
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- Ultimate 4: South Carolina, Stanford, Iowa, USC
- Ultimate: South Carolina vs. Iowa
- Nationwide champion: South Carolina
Ellen J. Horrow
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Ultimate 4: South Carolina, Stanford, Iowa, USC
Ultimate: South Carolina vs. USC
Nationwide champion: South Carolina
Lindsay Schnell
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- Ultimate 4: South Carolina, Texas, LSU, USC
- Ultimate: South Carolina vs. USC
- Nationwide champion: South Carolina