The Sweet 16 is back in its usual form at the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament, after the 2020 tournament was canceled and last year’s event was based around a single city because of the pandemic.
The women’s regionals are in Greensboro, N.C.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Wichita, Kan.; and Spokane, Wash., with round-of-16 games on Friday and Saturday and round-of-8 games on Sunday and Monday.
Here’s what to watch entering Friday’s games.
All times are Eastern.
Two No. 10 seeds offer an extra dose of unpredictability.
Creighton and South Dakota, the two 10th-seeded teams making their first trips to the round of 16, are not alike beyond their bracket-breaking successes.