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NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Show Open Thread

What is Cal's path back to the Final Four?

The net at which regional will the Golden Bears have the chance to cut down this year?
The net at which regional will the Golden Bears have the chance to cut down this year?
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The Bears will be dancing, but when and where? Conference tournament action has led ESPN's bracketology to lower our Bears to a 7 seed in the same pod as 2 seed South Carolina. That would be less than ideal and would seem perhaps unduly harsh on a few late-season losses influenced by injury. But at least Cal wouldn't face the higher seed on their home floor if it were USC (non-evil division).

What are the other options? How about College Station to take on Texas A&M? Lexington for Kentucky? Neutral site pods that include West Virginia or Nebraska or Louisville? I have no clue. We'll all find out shortly.

Expect to see Stanford garner another 1 seed, but for a nice change of pace, there should be some relatively new Pac-12 blood in the field. USC will certainly hear their name called, likely in the 10-11-12 seed range, while Arizona State and Oregon State should both also be safely in, albeit in the dreaded 8-9 range.

GO BEARS!