Hoops and Huddles
2026 Women's NCAA Basketball Pool
Player Picks
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16thplace 122final points 54%picked right 111tiebreaker (off by 19)
Champion: (1) UCLA
10 of 24 picked them
Boldest right call
(10) Virginia over Georgia
Only 4 of 24 had it · 1st Round · Who picked it
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5 picks no one else made
(14) Howard, 1st Round; (14) Howard, 2nd Round; … · Who picked it
With the crowd
40 of 63
picks matched the pool’s most popular pick
Pool’s favorite champion
(1) Connecticut
10 of 24 picked them · UCLA, the champion, had 10 · Who picked it
Ana Bumgardner’s Bracket
Click or tap any pick to see who picked each team.
 1st Round2nd RoundSweet 16Elite 8Final FourChampionshipFinal FourElite 8Sweet 162nd Round1st Round 
REG 1(1) Connecticut 38-1(16) Texas-San Antonio 18-16(1) Connecticut+1100%(1) Connecticut+296%(1) Connecticut+496%(1) Connecticut+896%
Finalists
(1) Connecticut75%(1) UCLA+1683%
Champion
(1) UCLA +3242% of the pool
(1) UCLA+888%(1) UCLA+4100%(1) UCLA+2100%(1) UCLA+1100%(1) UCLA 37-1(16) Cal Baptist 23-11REG 2
(8) Iowa St 22-10(9) Syracuse 24-9(8) Iowa St88%(9) Princeton25%(8) Oklahoma St 24-10(9) Princeton 26-4
(5) Maryland 24-9(12) Murray St 31-4(5) Maryland+192%(5) Maryland38%(4) Minnesota+263%(12) Gonzaga8%(5) Mississippi 24-12(12) Gonzaga 24-10
(4) North Carolina 28-8(13) Western Illinois 26-6(13) Western Illinois8%(4) Minnesota+192%(4) Minnesota 24-9(13) Green Bay 25-9
(6) Notre Dame 25-11(11) Fairfield 28-5(11) Fairfield21%(14) Howard★(2) Vanderbilt63%(2) LSU50%(11) Nebraska★(11) Nebraska17%(6) Baylor 25-9(11) Nebraska 19-13
(3) Ohio St 27-8(14) Howard 26-8(14) Howard★(14) Charleston8%(3) Duke 27-9(14) Charleston 27-6
(7) Illinois 22-12(10) Colorado 22-12(10) Colorado17%(2) Vanderbilt+283%(2) LSU+288%(10) Villanova25%(7) Texas Tech 26-8(10) Villanova 25-8
(2) Vanderbilt 29-5(15) High Point 27-6(2) Vanderbilt+1100%(2) LSU+192%(2) LSU 29-6(15) Jacksonville 24-9
REG 4(1) South Carolina 36-4(16) Southern 20-14(1) South Carolina+1100%(1) South Carolina+296%(1) South Carolina+492%(1) South Carolina+879%(2) Michigan25%(4) West Virginia8%(1) Texas+2100%(1) Texas+1100%(1) Texas 35-4(16) Missouri St 22-13REG 3
(8) Clemson 21-12(9) USC 18-14(9) USC+138%(9) Virginia Tech50%(8) Oregon 23-13(9) Virginia Tech 23-10
(5) Michigan St 23-9(12) Colorado St 27-8(12) Colorado St25%(12) Colorado St★(4) West Virginia71%(12) James Madison17%(5) Kentucky 25-11(12) James Madison 26-9
(4) Oklahoma 26-8(13) Idaho 29-6(4) Oklahoma+1100%(4) West Virginia+196%(4) West Virginia 28-7(13) Miami (OH) 28-7
(6) Washington 22-11(11) South Dakota St 27-7(11) South Dakota St21%(11) South Dakota St★(2) Iowa63%(2) Michigan+467%(3) Louisville+279%(11) Rhode Island13%(6) Alabama 24-11(11) Rhode Island 28-5
(3) TCU 32-6(14) UC San Diego 24-9(3) TCU+1100%(3) Louisville+1100%(3) Louisville 29-8(14) Vermont 27-8
(7) Georgia 22-10(10) Virginia 21-12(10) Virginia+117%(2) Iowa100%(2) Michigan+292%(10) Tennessee38%(7) North Carolina St 21-11(10) Tennessee 16-14
(2) Iowa 27-7(15) Fairleigh Dickinson 30-5(2) Iowa+1100%(2) Michigan+1100%(2) Michigan 28-7(15) Holy Cross 23-10