From Jonathan's blog onn the front page:
Here is your women's NCAA field.
The real drama out West came farther down the results. Oregon State women were projected to finish 4th in the region and qualify at-large. But OSU had an awful day and finished 9th. That opened up an extra at-large spot, which goes to...Harvard.
That means there were two differences from our pre-regional projections. One is that Boston College surprisingly auto-qualified in the Northeast. That meant Harvard needed an at-large spot, and they took the one that would have gone to Oregon State. The other surprise was Texas A&M taking 2nd in the South Central instead of Tulane. That means the Aggie women are going dancing for the first time in 23 years.
Full field below. Remember, these are unofficial projections based on Bo Waggoner's computer program -- which has traditionally been very accurate:
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Georgetown
Penn State
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
Northern Arizona
BYU
Syracuse
Boston College
Tennessee
Florida
Arkansas
Texas A&M
NC State
Furman
Stanford
Oregon
Washington
Michigan State
Virginia
CBU
Ole Miss
Alabama
Lipscomb
Utah
Colorado
Utah Valley
Colorado St.
Providence
Harvard
Oregon State misses out with 14 points
Here's the output for the final at-large spot on the women's side from Bo's program. Oregon State had 14 points -- an enormous number -- but because they finished so far down the field at the West Regional (9th), they were blocked by a bunch of teams without points and won't be going to NCAAs.
Teams under consideration by points:
4 Harvard
1 Michigan, New Mexico, Penn, Wake Forest
0 LSU, Gonzaga, Georgia Tech, Northwestern
Others with points: Oregon State (14), North Carolina (3), UCLA (2), Duke (2), Portland (2), Columbia (1), Boston University (1), Connecticut (1), SMU (1), Ohio State (1)
31: Harvard (#4 Northeast) is selected, has losses to (Nuttycombe Invite) Oregon State;
Published: 11/10/2023 01:39pm
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Women FINAL projections
Stanford has topped Oregon at the West regional which means all nine regionals are complete.