UConn, South Carolina, Stanford and Louisville earn top seeds in first 2021 committee reveal

POSTED: February 15, 2021 -- 11:29 p.m. CT

With a month of the season remaining before Selection Monday, the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee has tabbed UConn, South Carolina, Stanford and Louisville as the No. 1 seeds in the first top-16 early reveal.

If the season ended today, Texas A&M, NC State, Maryland and Arizona would be the No. 2 seeds. The nine through 16 seeds included UCLA, Baylor, Oregon and Georgia on the three-line, while Tennessee, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky tabbed as No. 4 seeds.

In addition, the committee provided region assignments for all 16 seeds. Region 1 included UConn, Arizona, Baylor and Tennessee. South Carolina would be joined by Maryland, UCLA and West Virginia in Region 2. Region 3 included top seed Stanford along with NC State, Georgia and Indiana. Louisville was the top team in Region 4, joined by Texas A&M, Oregon and Kentucky.

"This first reveal brought to the forefront the unusual scheduling circumstances of the current season that we as committee members must take into account during the selection and seeding process," said Nina King, senior deputy athletics director and chief of staff at Duke and chair of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee. "We know that what was announced today is just a snapshot in time with a month to play before selections. We along with all fans will be watching closely over the coming weeks."

Monday's reveal was the first of two being provided this season by the committee, with the second taking place on March 1, at halftime, of the Baylor-Texas game on ESPN2. The announcement of the 64-team, 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship bracket will take place on Monday, March 15 during the ESPN Selection Show (6 p.m. CT).

It was recently announced that San Antonio and the surrounding region will play host to the 2021 championship, with 64 teams competing from March 21 through April 4 to earn the right to hoist the national championship trophy at the Alamodome.

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For the 19th consecutive year, an ESPN channel will broadcast all 63 games of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. While specific game times and channels will be announced later for all preliminary-round games, viewers can expect games to be played in the traditional championship broadcast windows, with every game of all rounds carried in full national on ESPN networks. This year will mark the 26th straight year (since 1996) that ESPN has served as the championship's exclusive television home. All games will be available online via the ESPN app.

NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee – February 15 – Top-16 Ranking*

1. UConn (No. 1 seed – Region 1)
2. South Carolina (No. 1 seed – Region 2)
3. Stanford (No. 1 seed – Region 3)
4. Louisville (No. 1 seed – Region 4)
5. Texas A&M
6. NC State
7. Maryland
8. Arizona
9. UCLA
10. Baylor
11. Oregon
12. Georgia
13. Tennessee
14. West Virginia
15. Indiana
16. Kentucky

REGIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

National Semifinals:

Region 1 Winner vs. Region 4 Winner

Region 2 Winner vs. Region 3 Winner

Region 1
1. UConn
2. Arizona
3. Baylor
4. Tennessee

Region 2
1. South Carolina
2. Maryland
3. UCLA
4. West Virginia

Region 3:
1. Stanford
2. NC State
3. Georgia
4. Indiana

Region 4:
1. Louisville
2. Texas A&M
3. Oregon
4. Kentucky

*Ranking and regional assignments based on games played through Sunday, February 14.

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