NCAA Ladies’s Basketball Event 2024: Odds, Picks for Candy 16 Bracket
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Albany and Portland would be the facilities of the ladies’s school basketball universe for the subsequent 4 days.
The most effective groups and people within the sport will on show at these websites beginning within the Candy 16 on Friday and Saturday.
Seven of the eight No. 1 and No. 2 seeds superior to the second weekend, led by the undefeated No. 1 general seed South Carolina Gamecocks.
South Carolina’s greatest challengers to the title might be groups with the highest stars, like Notre Dame freshman guard Hannah Hidalgo.
Hidalgo and Notre Dame kick off the Candy 16 slate on Friday, whereas different superstars Caitlin Clark and JuJu Watkins are a part of Saturday’s four-game schedule.
Candy 16 Schedule and Odds
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Friday, March 29
Albany 1: No. 3 Oregon State vs. No. 2 Notre Dame (-3.5) (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Albany 1: No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 1 South Carolina (-16) (5 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Portland 4: No. 3 NC State vs. No. 2 Stanford (-4.5) (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Portland 4: No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 1 Texas (-5.5) (10 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Saturday, March 30
Albany 2: No. 3 LSU (-3) vs. No. 2 UCLA (1 p.m. ET, ABC)
Albany 2: No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 1 Iowa (-7) (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Portland 3: No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 1 USC (-3.5) (5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Portland 3: No. 7 Duke vs. No. 3 UConn (-8.5) (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)
No. 3 Oregon State vs. No. 2 Notre Dame (-3.5)
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Hidalgo was one of many breakout stars of the common season.
The freshman guard averages 22.9 factors, 6.5 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 4.6 steals per sport.
She ought to be the middle of Oregon State’s defensive sport plan, however even when Hidalgo is slowed, Notre Dame can take down its Pac-12 foe.
Notre Dame has three gamers who common over 14 factors per sport. Sonia Citron scored 46 factors within the NCAA match’s first weekend, whereas Maddy Westbeld scored 20 factors within the second-round win over Ole Miss.
The Irish’s three-pronged scoring assault is best than the Oregon State trio averaging over 10 factors per contest, led by Raegan Beers.
Beers and Timea Gardiner mix to common 16.9 rebounds per sport, which might be a detriment to Notre Dame with out beginning heart Kylee Watson.
Nevertheless, the Irish outrebounded Ole Miss by one within the second spherical. Ole Miss is a barely higher rebounding crew than Oregon State, in order that absence shouldn’t harm Notre Dame at the very least within the Candy 16. It’d turn out to be a bigger challenge if the Irish face South Carolina within the Elite Eight.
No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 1 Iowa (-7)
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Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes will face each opponent’s finest efficiency due to their stature within the sport.
That was the case within the second spherical, when the Hawkeyes fended off a problem from the West Virginia Mountaineers, who have been inside single digits for many of the second half.
Colorado has the potential to supply the same take a look at on Saturday as a result of it owns wins over Stanford and USC from Pac-12 play.
Nevertheless, the Buffaloes want extra scoring to counter what Clark and Co. throw at them in Albany.
Colorado didn’t have anybody rating over 11 factors within the second-round win over Kansas State, and whereas that will have labored for that particular matchup, it’s inadequate to beat a high-scoring Iowa crew.
The Pac-12 aspect has three gamers who common over 12 factors per sport, however none of them common over 15 PPG.
There may be doubt that one member of that trio can match Clark’s scoring output if Iowa dictates the tempo as a result of they mixed for 3 25-plus-point performances all season.
If Iowa performs at its finest, Colorado will battle to maintain up and that would result in an emphatic Hawkeyes win.
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