And then there were eight in the 2025 women's NCAA Tournament.
Despite the growing parity in women's college basketball, all No. 1 seeds — UCLA, South Carolina, USC and Texas — advanced to the Elite Eight, which tips off on Sunday and concludes Monday. The lowest seed to advance to the regional finals is No. 3 LSU, a seeding head coach Kim Mulkey says has been "good to us." (LSU won its first national championship in program history in 2023 as a No. 3 seed.)
No. 1 seeds have historically had the most success in the tournament, winning 32 national championships in the tournament's 42-year history. No. 2 seeds have won the tournament seven total times, while the lowest seed to ever win a title has been a No. 3 seed three times.
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