Oklahoma moving up in ESPN’s latest Women’s NCAA Tournament Bracketology
The Oklahoma Sooners’ win a week ago in Waco was something special. Down five with less than 30 seconds to play in regulation, the Sooners got huge buckets from Neveah Tot and Taylor Robertson to tie the game and force overtime.
In the extra five minutes, the Sooners battled with Baylor to come out on top in a place they hadn’t won back-to-back games since 2006-2007. It was a defining moment for this Oklahoma Sooners squad.
In just her second year at the helm, Jennie Baranczyk has her squad playing phenomenal basketball. At 20-4 and 10-3 in the Big 12 and boasting the second-best offense in the country, the Sooners have a chance to make a lot of noise come March. And they’re on the verge of hosting in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.
In ESPN’s latest Women’s Bracketology for the NCAA tournament, Charlie Creme has the Sooners as a five seed in Chapel Hill. Oklahoma, and would play the winner of the 12-seed play-in game between Nebraska and Mississippi State. On the other side of the Chapel Hill bracket, it would be North Carolina vs. Green Bay.
As for Texas, who’s one game ahead of Oklahoma in the Big 12 standings, they’re a four-seed and would be the hosts of the first two rounds of the tournament in Austin.
If the Sooners can finish the regular season strong and go on a run in Big 12 tournament play, hosting the start of the NCAA tournament is not out of the question.
That would be a huge feather in the cap of Jennie Baranczyk and the Oklahoma Sooners Women’s basketball program.
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