The USC Trojans women’s basketball team earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. However, USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb was quite f

South Carolina is the defending champion after it beat Iowa last year in a title game watched by an audience of 18.7 million, record viewership for a women's college basketball game. South Carolina also won NCAA titles under coach Dawn Staley in 2022 and 2017.

The No. 1 USC Trojans, led by star JuJu Watkins, will open the women's NCAA tournament against No. 16 UNC Greensboro on Saturday at the Galen Center.

When we talk about increased parity in women’s college basketball, what we really mean is depth at the top of the sport. There are legitimately 6-8 teams good enough to cut down the nets this year, which means that it’s hard to pencil the No. 1 seeds all into the Final Four like we used to do without thinking twice.