This last week of women’s college basketball saw some of the nation’s best teams hit some bumps in the road. No. 4 South Carolina lost an SEC game for the first time in 58 outings against No. 3 Texas. Then on Thursday, No. 1 UCLA dropped its first game of the year to rival No. 6 USC, led by a career performance from star sophomore JuJu Watkins.
Though the results obviously don’t discredit the Gamecocks or Bruins, they do stand to show that there’s still a handful of other programs that can contend for a national championship. An even clearer picture will emerge this week when the selection committee reveals its top 16 teams for the first time this season.
