Baylor, Louisville, Notre Dame and UConn named top seeds in last 2019 NCAA DI Top 16 reveal

In the second NCAA top-16 reveal for 2018-19, UConn and Notre Dame replaced Oregon and Mississippi State in the list of projected No. 1 seeds for the 2019 NCAA tournament.

March 4 Reveal Baylor (No. 1 seed — Greensboro Region) Louisville (No. 1 seed — Chicago Region) Notre Dame (No. 1 seed — Portland Region) UConn (No. 1 seed — Albany Region) Oregon Mississippi State Stanford Iowa NC State Maryland Oregon State South Carolina Miami (FL) Iowa State Syracuse Texas A&M *Rankings based on games played through Sunday, March 3.

Feb. 11 Reveal Baylor (No. 1 seed – Greensboro Region) Louisville (No. 1 seed – Chicago Region) Oregon (No. 1 seed – Portland Region) Mississippi State (No. 1 seed – Albany Region) UConn Notre Dame Stanford North Carolina State Marquette Iowa Maryland Oregon State South Carolina Gonzaga Iowa State Miami (FL)

Baylor remained the overall No. 1 seed and projected to play in the Greensboro Region along with Iowa, NC State & Texas A&M. The Albany Regional includes No. 1 seed UConn as well as Mississippi State, Oregon State and Miami. Louisville leads the Chicago Regional as the No. 1 seed joined by Stanford, Maryland and Iowa State. The Portland Regional has Notre Dame as the No. 1 seed along with Oregon, South Carolina and Syracuse.

“Since our first reveal on February 11 there has been significant movement on all of the seed lines,” said Rhonda Lundin Bennett, chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee and senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at the University of Nevada. “We have two teams that have elevated from No. 2 seeds to the one line in Notre Dame and UConn and other teams moving up or attempting to play their way to higher seeds. We look forward to conference tournament play over the next two weeks that will go a long way to determining which teams are in contention for not only top-seed consideration but at-large bids as well.”

The annual selection show to decide the official tournament field is set for March 18 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Regional Assignments

Albany:
UConn
Mississippi State
Oregon State
Miami (FL)

Chicago:
Louisville
Stanford
Maryland
Iowa State

Greensboro:
Baylor
Iowa
NC State
Texas A&M

Portland:
Notre Dame
Oregon
South Carolina
Syracuse