The USC women’s basketball team is about to participate in the 2024 Pac-12 Women’s Tournament in Las Vegas. The Trojans play their first game in the quarterfinal round on Thursday, March 7, against Arizona or Washington. USC is a No. 2 seed in the latest ESPN NCAA Tournament bracketology forecast from bracketologist Charlie Creme.
Notably, USC is placed behind UCLA. The Bruins are a projected No. 1 seed in Creme’s bracket for Monday, March 4. There is a chance that USC and UCLA could meet in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament. If both teams win their quarterfinal games on Thursday, they would meet in a Friday night semifinal game. The winner could very well get a No. 1 seed in the Women’s NCAA Tournament.
A good question is if the winner of a potential USC-UCLA semifinal would be a lock for a No. 1 seed. It’s probably too early to tell. The odds of the winner getting a No. 1 seed would go up if Iowa, Texas, or North Carolina State — teams battling USC and UCLA for top seeding positions — all lost in the next week. If USC or UCLA wins the Pac-12 Tournament, however, in addition to winning in Friday’s semifinal round, that team would very likely be a No. 1 seed, and it would be hard to see that team failing to reach a No. 1 seed.
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