:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/59003149/usa_today_9989442.0.jpg)
Muffet McGraw’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish earned the top seed in the Spokane Regional. They’ll take on Cal-State Northridge in the first round before meeting the winner of South Dakota State and Villanova for their Sweet 16 berth. This bracket has challenging second and third seeds in Oregon and Ohio State, who are both threats to make the Final Four.
South Bend, IN
No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 16 CSU Northridge
No. 8 South Dakota State vs. No. 9 Villanova
College Station, TX
No. 4 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 Drake
No. 5 DePaul vs. No. 12 Oklahoma
Columbus, OH
No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 14 George Washington
No. 6 LSU vs. No. 11 Central Michigan
Eugene, OR
No. 7 Green Bay vs. No. 10 Minnesota
No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 15 Seattle