NCAA Committee Tabs MSU as No. 1 Seed in First Top 16 Ranking
February 11, 2019 | Women's Basketball
by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications
STARKVILLE – If the season ended today, Mississippi State would be a No. 1 seed in this year's NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. The selection committee revealed its top 16 teams tonight with State holding the top seed in the Albany region.
MSU (22-1, 10-0 SEC), which is ranked fifth in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll released today, found itself at No. 4 in the committee's mind behind Baylor (21-1), Louisville (23-1) and Oregon (23-1). UConn, defending champion Notre Dame, Stanford and NC State are currently No. 2 seeds.
The Bulldogs are fresh off an impressive victory over Tennessee, defeating the Lady Vols, 91-63. State boasts the fifth-longest active conference winning streak in the nation with 26 consecutive SEC victories. That mark is tied for sixth in SEC history.
MSU is No. 6 in the latest RPI with wins a 4-1 mark against top-50 teams.
The Bulldogs are tied with UConn for the most wins in the country (93) since the start of the 2015-16 season. The two programs last met in the 2017 Final Four when MSU snapped the Huskies 111-game win streak with a 66-64 victory in overtime.
The first and second rounds of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship will be played March 22-25 on the home courts of the top 16 seeds. Regional action will take place March 29-April 1, with Albany, New York (Times Union Center) and Portland, Oregon (Moda Center) hosting on March 29 and 31, while Greensboro, North Carolina (Greensboro Coliseum) and Chicago, Illinois (Wintrust Arena) will host regional games on March 30 and April 1.
The 2019 Women's Final Four will be held April 5 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, with the National Championship game to follow on April 7.
The second and final top-16 reveal by the committee will take place on Monday, March 4 at halftime of the UConn vs. South Florida game that tips at 6 p.m. CT that night and will be broadcast on ESPN2. The early reveals will have no bearing on the 64-team field for the 2019 championship that will be announced on Selection Monday, March 18 on ESPN at 6 p.m.
NCAA Committee Top 16 Reveal
1. Baylor (No. 1 seed – Greensboro Region)
2. Louisville (No. 1 seed – Chicago Region)
3. Oregon (No. 1 seed – Portland Region)
4. Mississippi State (No. 1 seed – Albany Region)
5. UConn
6. Notre Dame
7. Stanford
8. North Carolina State
9. Marquette
10. Iowa
11. Maryland
12. Oregon State
13. South Carolina
14. Gonzaga
15. Iowa State
16. Miami (FL)
Regional Assignments
Albany: 1. Mississippi State, 2. UConn, 3. Oregon State, 4. Miami (FL)
Chicago: 1. Louisville, 2. Stanford, 3. Marquette, 4. Iowa State
Greensboro: 1. Baylor, 2. Notre Dame, 3. Maryland, 4. South Carolina
Portland: 1. Oregon, 2. NC State, 3. Iowa, 4. Gonzaga
STARKVILLE – If the season ended today, Mississippi State would be a No. 1 seed in this year's NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. The selection committee revealed its top 16 teams tonight with State holding the top seed in the Albany region.
MSU (22-1, 10-0 SEC), which is ranked fifth in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll released today, found itself at No. 4 in the committee's mind behind Baylor (21-1), Louisville (23-1) and Oregon (23-1). UConn, defending champion Notre Dame, Stanford and NC State are currently No. 2 seeds.
The Bulldogs are fresh off an impressive victory over Tennessee, defeating the Lady Vols, 91-63. State boasts the fifth-longest active conference winning streak in the nation with 26 consecutive SEC victories. That mark is tied for sixth in SEC history.
MSU is No. 6 in the latest RPI with wins a 4-1 mark against top-50 teams.
The Bulldogs are tied with UConn for the most wins in the country (93) since the start of the 2015-16 season. The two programs last met in the 2017 Final Four when MSU snapped the Huskies 111-game win streak with a 66-64 victory in overtime.
The first and second rounds of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship will be played March 22-25 on the home courts of the top 16 seeds. Regional action will take place March 29-April 1, with Albany, New York (Times Union Center) and Portland, Oregon (Moda Center) hosting on March 29 and 31, while Greensboro, North Carolina (Greensboro Coliseum) and Chicago, Illinois (Wintrust Arena) will host regional games on March 30 and April 1.
The 2019 Women's Final Four will be held April 5 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, with the National Championship game to follow on April 7.
The second and final top-16 reveal by the committee will take place on Monday, March 4 at halftime of the UConn vs. South Florida game that tips at 6 p.m. CT that night and will be broadcast on ESPN2. The early reveals will have no bearing on the 64-team field for the 2019 championship that will be announced on Selection Monday, March 18 on ESPN at 6 p.m.
NCAA Committee Top 16 Reveal
1. Baylor (No. 1 seed – Greensboro Region)
2. Louisville (No. 1 seed – Chicago Region)
3. Oregon (No. 1 seed – Portland Region)
4. Mississippi State (No. 1 seed – Albany Region)
5. UConn
6. Notre Dame
7. Stanford
8. North Carolina State
9. Marquette
10. Iowa
11. Maryland
12. Oregon State
13. South Carolina
14. Gonzaga
15. Iowa State
16. Miami (FL)
Regional Assignments
Albany: 1. Mississippi State, 2. UConn, 3. Oregon State, 4. Miami (FL)
Chicago: 1. Louisville, 2. Stanford, 3. Marquette, 4. Iowa State
Greensboro: 1. Baylor, 2. Notre Dame, 3. Maryland, 4. South Carolina
Portland: 1. Oregon, 2. NC State, 3. Iowa, 4. Gonzaga
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