Women’s NCAA tournament 2022 – Top seeds roll, trio of double-digit seeds pull upsets on Day 1
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Iowa’s Monika Czinano admitted she was pretty hyped while trying to get to sleep the night before the Hawkeyes opened the 2022 NCAA women’s tournament on Friday.
“I stared at the ceiling for a while,” Czinano said.
But once she was on court, Czinano looked well-rested and ready to go, as she went 6-for-6 from both the field and foul line. The No. 2 seed Hawkeyes set a school record for points in an NCAA tournament game in their 98-58 victory over Illinois State. They were one of the top-16 seeds who stepped on the gas and didn’t let up to get the first round started, along with the top-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks, Louisville Cardinals and Stanford Cardinal, the No. 2-seeded Baylor Bears and Texas Longhorns and the fourth-seeded Maryland Terrapins.
But it wasn’t just an opening day of chalk; three double-digit seeds triumphed as the No. 10-seeded South Dakota Coyotes and Creighton Bluejays and the No. 12 seed Florida Gulf Coast Eagles moved on. And Stanford junior forward Fran Belibi threw down the third dunk in NCAA women’s tournament history.
Here’s a look at what stood out most on the first full day of women’s March Madness and a peek ahead at what to expect in Saturday’s games.
Follow this link for a complete look at Friday’s games, which are all on the ESPN family of networks. Visit this link to check your Women’s Tournament Challenge bracket. Through the first 16 games,…
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