The doors to Dallas just blew wide open.
Two No. 1 seeds failed to reach the Sweet 16 for only the second time in the women’s NCAA tournament’s 42-year history after Indiana joined Stanford’s unfortunate ranks on Monday night. No. 9-seeded Miami never trailed to upset the Hoosiers, 70-68, in front of a hostile crowd at Indiana’s Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
The duo of top seeds joins the 1998 one of Texas Tech and Stanford, the very first No. 1 seed in men’s or women’s tournament history to lose to a No.