The first round of the 2024 Women's NCAA Tournament continues on Saturday, March 23. No. 1 seed USC faces No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, while No. 2 seeds UCLA and Notre Dame will be in action as well. Saturday's slate begins when No. 6 seed Tennessee faces No. 11 seed Green Bay at noon ET in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Before you lock in any 2024 Women's NCAA Tournament picks or predictions for the first round on Saturday, you need to see what women's basketball expert Calvin Wetzel has to say.
Wetzel, HerHoopStats.com lead betting writer, incorporates his mathematical background and strong knowledge of women's hoops to turn the site's prediction model into picks. Now Wetzel has turned his attention to women's college basketball after teaming up with Aaron Barzilai, a Ph.D. from Stanford.
Since the start of the 2021-22 women's college basketball campaign, Wetzel is 1,384-988 (+371.33 units)!
We can tell you that Wetzel is taking No. 3 seed UConn to cover the spread as a 33.5-point favorite against No. 14 seed Jackson State in Portland Region 3. The Huskies are always dangerous at this time of the year, and they enter the NCAA Tournament on a nine-game winning streak that includes a Big East Tournament title. In fact, their only losses since Dec. 3 came against Notre Dame and South Carolina. Jackson State was demolished in its two games against ranked teams this season, losing to then-No. 14 Kansas State by 42 points on Dec. 1 before falling to then-No. 5 Texas by 45 points on Dec. 27.
"UConn's historic Final Four streak may have ended last season, but they are still as sure of a bet in March as you'll find. Despite their injury struggles, former National Player of the Year Paige Bueckers has had her first fully healthy season since her freshman year, and she's carried this team no matter who else has been on the court with her," Wetzel told SportsLine.
Wetzel has also released picks for two other games in the first round of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Saturday! You ABSOLUTELY need to see these picks before locking in any women's college basketball picks of your own.
So which Women's NCAA Tournament games should you be targeting on Saturday? Join SportsLine right now to find out which picks you should be all over for the first round, all from the expert who is up 371 units since the 2021-22 season!
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