Everyone said it was a wide-open NCAA women's basketball tournament. The 2021 women's Elite Eight is set, and while the race to the national championship seemed like an eight-team affair throughout the regular season, few expected the regional finals would look like this group of eight.
That three of the four No. 1 seeds -- Stanford, UConn and South Carolina -- and No. 2 seeds Baylor and Louisville advanced isn't surprising. But third-seeded Arizona, No. 4 seed Indiana and sixth-seeded Texas crashed the party.
The Longhorns provided that biggest shocker, shutting down Maryland and the nation's top offense on Sunday to reach the regional final in Vic Schaefer's first season in Austin.