Last Eight In: Temple, Iowa, BYU, Duke, Tulane, Kansas State, Texas A&M, California
First Eight Out: Michigan State, Creighton, Michigan, South Florida, UTEP, St. John’s, Boise State, Northwestern
It was a quiet week across the nation to start off the 2016-17 women’s college basketball season as most teams had little trouble with their season openers. Kentucky upset the Miami Hurricanes on Friday night 82-66, led by the 29 points of Makayla Epps. The Wildcats controlled the defensive end of the court as well limiting Miami to just 41 percent shooting and 18 turnovers. Monday night will have several key matchups between top teams as UCLA, Texas, South Carolina, Connecticut go on the road to play Baylor, Stanford, Ohio State, and Florida State, respectively. The team that had the biggest scare of the weekend was Missouri as Abilene Christian pushed the Tigers to the limit but Missouri escaped with a 52-46 victory in the first round of the preseason WNIT.
ACC: Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Syracuse
American: Connecticut, Temple, Tulane
Big East: DePaul
Big 12: Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia
Big Ten: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers
Pac-12: Arizona State, California, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Washington
SEC: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
A-10: Saint Louis
CAA: James Madison
C-USA: Western Kentucky
Horizon: Green Bay
MAC: Ohio
MVC: Northern Iowa
MWC: Colorado State
WCC: BYU, Santa Clara
America East: Albany
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: North Dakota
Big South: Liberty
Big West: UC Riverside
Ivy League: Penn
MAAC: Quinnipiac
MEAC: North Carolina A&T
NEC: Sacred Heart
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: Army
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: Abilene Christian
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Arkansas-Little Rock
SWAC: Southern
WAC: New Mexico State