A Look at the Potential One-Seeds in NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament

With Selection Sunday quickly approaching at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, here's a look at the potential one-seeds for the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

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Nothing is official until ESPN's selection Sunday, but here is a look at the potential one-seeds in the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

The NCAA does two top-16 prediction reveals, one on Feb. 9 and the final on Feb. 23. Keep in mind these predictions are not final and are based off of games that came before each team's end of the regular season and conference tournaments.

The NCAA's potential one-seeds:

South Carolina (one-seed, Greenville region)

Most people would probably agree this evaluation is highly accurate as the No. 1-ranked Gamecocks are a perfect 32-0 and just won the SEC Tournament in Greenville, S.C. on Sunday.

The only undefeated team left in the country is the reigning NCAA Tournament champion as it took down UConn 64-49 in the title game last year.

Led by senior guard Zia Cooke's 15.3 points and senior forward Aliyah Boston's 13.3 points and 9.7 rebounds, the Gamecocks are used to playing near Greenville and will travel only an hour and a half by bus for the Sweet 16 and Elite rounds.

Indiana (one-seed, Greenville region)

Indiana is also on the radar as it won its first Big Ten regular season title since 1983 this season and only totals three losses including a conference tournament semifinals defeat to Ohio State.

Currently the Hoosiers are ranked No. 3 in the nation and have been consistently near the top of the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for weeks as the leader of about five ranked Big Ten teams.

The Hoosiers are led by senior forward Mackenzie Holmes's 22.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Indiana also has the best defense in the conference limiting its opponents to 62.3 points per contest.

Last season, Indiana lost in the Sweet 16 round to UConn 75-58 as the Huskies eventually went on to to play the eventual champions, South Carolina.

Stanford (one-seed, Seattle region)

At the time the Cardinal was put in the one-seed projections by the NCAA, it only had three losses and was ranked No. 3 in the country. Now that looks a little different as Stanford dropped two games to No. 8 Utah in the regular season and later to UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament.

In Week 18, the Cardinal is still ranked No. 5 in the poll, which means it can still be considered as a one-seed when the whole season is taken into consideration.

Stanford is led by junior forward Cameron Brink's 14.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game and is second in the Pac-12 in scoring with 76.5 points per game and second in defense limiting its opponents to 58.6 points per game.

Last year, the Cardinal lost to UConn 63-58 in the Final Four in Minneapolis, Minn. With only five losses on the slate this season, expect some noise from Stanford in the NCAA Tournament, one-seed or not.

Utah (one-seed, Seattle region)

When the NCAA chose Utah as a potential one-seed, the Utes were ranked No. 8 in the country with just three losses. Then, they moved up five spots to No. 3 before falling to Washington State in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals, the first game the Utes appeared in in the tournament.

Utah is now back down to No. 8 in the AP Poll but still boasts one of the best season records on the whole list.

It's led by junior forward Alissa Pili's 20.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as the Utes are the Pac-12 offensive leader averaging 83.5 points per contest, a seven-point difference between second place Stanford.

Last season, Utah fell in the second round to Texas 78-56 as it looks to make a deeper tournament run in the following weeks.

Other possibilities:

LSU (28-2), Virginia Tech (27-4), Maryland (25-6), Iowa (26-6), UConn (28-5)

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