2021 NCAA Women’s Tournament Projections
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Championship
Heavy Favorites
The favorite is expected to win at least 4 out of every 5 these teams play:
- Sat, 5/22 at 5:30 EDT #5 Pepperdine vs #2 Texas … TEX (4) / PEPP (3)
Semifinals
Heavy Favorites
The favorite is expected to win at least 4 out of every 5 these teams play:
- Fri, 5/21 at 5:30 EDT #5 Pepperdine vs #1 North Carolina … UNC (3) / PEPP (4)
- Fri, 5/21 at 11:00 EDT #6 NC State vs #2 Texas … TEX (4) / NCST (0)
Quarterfinals
Intriguing Matches
The various metrics disagree on the outcome of these matches:
- Wed, 5/19 at 5:30 EDT #5 Pepperdine vs #4 UCLA … UCLA (3) / PEPP (4)
Heavy Favorites
The favorite is expected to win at least 4 out of every 5 these teams play:
- Wed, 5/19 at 11:25 EDT #6 NC State vs #3 Georgia … UGA (2) / NCST (4)
- Wed, 5/19 at 2:00 EDT #7 Florida St. vs #2 Texas … TEX (4) / FSU (0)
- Wed, 5/19 at 7:30 EDT Duke vs #1 North Carolina … UNC (4) / DUKE (1)
Sweet Sixteen
Intriguing Matches
The various metrics disagree on the outcome of these matches:
- Sun, 5/16 at 7:15 EDT Duke vs #9 UCF … UCF (3) / DUKE (4)
- Sun, 5/16 at 10:00 EDT Southern California vs #6 NC State … NCST (4) / USC (1)
The metrics agree on the winner, but not by a lot:
- Sun, 5/16 at 1:00 EDT #10 Texas A&M vs #7 Florida St. … FSU (4) / A&M (2)
- Sun, 5/16 at 4:45 EDT Michigan vs #5 Pepperdine … PEPP (4) / MICH (0)
Heavy Favorites
The favorite is expected to win at least 4 out of every 5 these teams play:
- Sun, 5/16 at 4:50 EDT #13 Georgia Tech vs #4 UCLA … UCLA (4) / GT (0)
- Sun, 5/16 at 10:00 EDT #14 Virginia vs #3 Georgia … UGA (4) / UVA (1)
- Sun, 5/16 at 1:55 EDT #15 Ohio St. vs #2 Texas … TEX (4) / OSU (1)
- Sun, 5/16 at 7:35 EDT #16 California vs #1 North Carolina … UNC (4) / CAL (0)
Second Round
Intriguing Matches
The various metrics disagree on the outcome of these matches:
- Sat, 5/08 at 1:00 EDT Northwestern vs #10 Texas A&M … A&M (4) / NW (1)
- Sat, 5/08 at 5:00 EDT Miami (FL) vs #9 UCF … UCF (4) / MIA (1)
- Sat, 5/08 at 6:00 EDT Duke vs #8 Baylor … BAY (3) / DUKE (4)
- Sat, 5/08 at 2:00 EDT Michigan vs #12 LSU … LSU (3) / MICH (4)
- Sat, 5/08 at 4:00 EDT Southern California vs #11 Florida … FLA (1) / USC (4)
The metrics agree on the winner, but not by a lot:
- Sat, 5/08 at 4:00 EDT Tennessee vs #14 Virginia … UVA (4) / TENN (0)
- Sat, 5/08 at 4:00 EDT Kentucky vs #16 California … CAL (4) / UK (2)
Heavy Favorites
The favorite is expected to win at least 4 out of every 5 these teams play:
- Sat, 5/08 at 4:00 EDT Auburn vs #7 Florida St. … FSU (4) / AUB (1)
- Sat, 5/08 at 4:00 EDT Stanford vs #5 Pepperdine … PEPP (4) / STAN (2)
- Sat, 5/08 at 12:00 EDT Vanderbilt vs #15 Ohio St. … OSU (4) / VANDY (3)
- Sat, 5/08 at 3:00 EDT Texas Tech vs #4 UCLA … UCLA (4) / TTU (0)
- Sat, 5/08 at 2:00 EDT North Florida vs #13 Georgia Tech … GT (4) / UNF (0)
- Sat, 5/08 at 2:00 EDT Iowa St. vs #6 NC State … NCST (4) / ISU (2)
- Sat, 5/08 at 4:00 EDT Old Dominion vs #1 North Carolina … UNC (4) / ODU (0)
- Sat, 5/08 at 4:00 EDT Wake Forest vs #3 Georgia … UGA (4) / WAKE (1)
- Sat, 5/08 at 4:00 EDT Arizona St. vs #2 Texas … TEX (4) / AZST (0)
First Round
Intriguing Matches
The various metrics disagree on the outcome of these matches:
- Fri, 5/07 at 10:00 EDT Furman vs Wake Forest … WAKE (4) / FUR (2)
- Fri, 5/07 at 10:00 EDT Southern California vs Oklahoma … OKLA (3) / USC (4)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT Oklahoma St. vs Auburn … AUB (4) / OKST (2)
The metrics agree on the winner, but not by a lot:
- Fri, 5/07 at 4:00 EDT San Diego vs Texas Tech … TTU (4) / USD (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 10:00 EDT Arkansas vs Old Dominion … ODU (4) / ARK (2)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT Syracuse vs Kentucky … UK (4) / SYR (3)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT Mississippi St. vs Arizona St. … AZST (4) / MSST (0)
Heavy Favorites
The favorite is expected to win at least 4 out of every 5 these teams play:
- Fri, 5/07 at 11:00 EDT Iowa St. vs South Carolina … SCAR (2) / ISU (4)
- Fri, 5/07 at 12:00 EDT FIU vs Miami (FL) … MIA (4) / FIU (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT UC Santa Barbara vs Stanford … STAN (4) / UCSB (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 11:00 EDT North Florida vs Ole Miss … MISS (3) / UNF (4)
- Fri, 5/07 at 11:00 EDT Rice vs Michigan … MICH (4) / RICE (1)
- Fri, 5/07 at 3:00 EDT Alabama vs Duke … DUKE (4) / BAMA (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 12:00 EDT James Madison vs Tennessee … TENN (4) / JMU (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 11:00 EDT Ball St. vs Vanderbilt … VANDY (4) / BALL (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT South Carolina St. vs #1 North Carolina … UNC (4) / SCST (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT Grand Canyon vs #4 UCLA … UCLA (4) / GCU (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT Austin Peay vs #3 Georgia … UGA (4) / PEAY (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT Siena vs #11 Florida … FLA (4) / SIEN (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 1:00 EDT Drake vs #10 Texas A&M … A&M (4) / DRKE (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 2:00 EDT Boston U. vs #12 LSU … LSU (4) / BU (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 2:00 EDT Ga. Southern vs #13 Georgia Tech … GT (4) / GASO (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 2:00 EDT VCU vs #6 NC State … NCST (4) / VCU (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 2:00 EDT UIC vs #15 Ohio St. … OSU (4) / UIC (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 3:00 EDT Charleston So. vs #9 UCF … UCF (4) / CHSO (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 3:00 EDT LIU vs #14 Virginia … UVA (4) / LIU (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 4:00 EDT San Jose St. vs #16 California … CAL (4) / SJSU (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 4:00 EDT Alabama St. vs #7 Florida St. … FSU (4) / ALST (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 4:00 EDT Xavier vs Northwestern … NW (4) / XAV (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 4:00 EDT Denver vs #2 Texas … TEX (4) / DEN (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 5:00 EDT Northern Ariz. vs #5 Pepperdine … PEPP (4) / NAU (0)
- Fri, 5/07 at 6:00 EDT A&M-Corpus Christi vs #8 Baylor … BAY (4) / TAMCC (0)