Jeomi Maduka courtesy Cornell University Athletics
And now it's the women's turn: The field for the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship was announced Monday night.
The No. 1 seeds are:
Greensboro Region: Connecticut
New Orleans Region: North Carolina
Oklahoma City Region: Tennessee
Spokane Region: Maryland
The tournament gets underway Saturday with two games: No. 15 University of Texas San Antonio vs. No. 2 Texas A&M and No. 10 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 Iowa State (March 22, noon/ET, ESPN2).
Connecticut, the overall No. 1 seed, opens against No. 16 Cornell Sunday night (March 23, 7 pm/ET, ESPN2). Cornell is led by two-sport phenom Jeomi Maduka, the Ivy League player of the year. Redefining March Madness, Maduka finished eighth in the long jump last Friday at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (earning All-America honors), then flew to New York City, where she helped the Big Red defeat Dartmouth in a special playoff game on Sunday. (The Ivy League doesn't have a tournament.)
Defending national champion Tennessee begins its title defense on Sunday against No. 16 Oral Roberts University (March 23, 9 pm/ET, ESPN2).
ESPN has the full bracket posted here.
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