DALLAS -- Two No. 1 seeds were bounced from the 2023 women's NCAA tournament before the Sweet 16. No top seeds reached the title game. The 2022-23 season was a wild ride, but don't take off the seat belt just yet. There's no time like the present to take an early look at next season.
Magical seasons like we got from the Iowa Hawkeyes and Virginia Tech Hokies this year are impossible to predict. Both were in last year's Way-Too-Early Top 25, but not in the top four. The LSU Tigers, who beat Iowa 102-85 for the national title Sunday, were nowhere to be found.