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March Madness: Power ranking the 16 top contenders to win the NCAA tournament

Women's basketball reporter

In a season as deep as this, it was inevitable a handful of the top coaches would feel spurned by their NCAA tournament placement.

The top six to eight teams will likely cut down the nets next month in Tampa and most of them have already played each other this season. Conundrums abounded for the NCAA women’s basketball selection committee, which ultimately ordered the top four as UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and USC. The next major surprise was dropping Notre Dame to a No. 3 seed.

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Those decisions created tougher draws for some favorites.