Women’s college basketball fans had a handful of complaints targeted toward the Selection Committee on Sunday — like North Carolina getting a No. 6 seed instead of a No. 4 — but, for the most part, oddsmakers don’t have a big problem with how the matchups shook out.
Aside from five games, the higher seed is favored over the lower one in the opening round of games.
But there are those five. And while upsets don’t happen in the women’s NCAA tournament as often as the men’s, they do happen. You remember Harvard over Stanford, right? And Creighton’s run to the Elite Eight last year?
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Let’s dive into the five first-round upsets oddsmakers think will happen. All odds are courtesy of DraftKings, and most of the stats referenced here can be found on HerHoopStats.