Who Won Big In The First Weekend Of The Women's NCAA Tournament?
If you had envisioned a 2023 women's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 without Grace Berger of Indiana, Haley Jones of Stanford and Celeste Taylor of Duke, well, congratulations: You predicted the future better than almost anyone. But for the rest of us, it's been a crazy tournament already, with massive swings in the odds and futures of the many stars who remain. So let's look at the big winners as we head to the regionals -- including some blue bloods of the sport with a dramatically improved chance of reaching the Final Four in Dallas as we head into the second weekend. LSU, Iowa and Louisville won big when the 1 seeds lost Largest change in Final Four probability (according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast model) since before the 2023 women's NCAA Tournament began Final Four % Region Seed Team Pre-Tourney Current Change Greenville 2 3 Louisiana State 25.3% 58.2% +32.9% Seattle 4 2 Iowa 28.2 52.9 24.6 Seattle 4 5 Louisville 2.0 22.0 20.0 Seattle 3 4 Tennessee 13.9 29.1 15.2 Greenville 2 4 Villanova 5.1 20.1 15.0 Seattle 4 8 Mississippi 0.3 13.0 12.6 Seattle 4 6 Colorado 0.8 12.2 11.3 Greenville 2 9 Miami (FL) 0.3 6.7 6.4 Greenville 2 2 Utah 9.0 15...