Iowa women's basketball makes big jump in latest ESPN Bracketology

After a week or two of some clunky wins, the Iowa Hawkeyes are starting to turn things up a notch and look like the team that many thought they could be capable of becoming. Loaded with experience and talent, Jan Jensen's squad might be turning a corner.

Iowa, which has been projected to retain a host site in most of the bracketology renditions, has seen quite the jump in this week's ESPN NCAA Women's Tournament bracketology update, with a jump of two seed lines and firmly in the driver's seat to host the first two rounds from Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa Hawkeyes' seed

• Seed: No. 2 seed
• Opponent: No. 15 Western Illinois

Bracket

• No. 1 UConn vs. No. 16 Binghamton / No. 16 Chattanooga
• No. 8 Syracuse vs. No. 8 Georgia
• No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 12 Rice
• No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 13 Oregon State
• No. 6 NC State vs. No. 11 North Dakota State
• No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 14 High Point
• No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 Minnesota
• No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 15 Western Illinois

Top Seeds

• No. 1 seeds: UConn, South Carolina, Texas, UCLA
• No. 2 seeds: Iowa, Louisville, LSU, Vanderbilt
• No. 3 seeds: Ohio State, TCU, Michigan, Kentucky
• No. 4 seeds: Baylor, Maryland, Tennessee, Michigan State

Bubble Watch

• Last Four Byes: Oregon, Utah, Minnesota, Arizona State
• Last Four In:Iowa State, Villanova, Virginia, Clemson
• First Four Out: Miami, Virginia Tech, BYU, South Dakota State
• Next Four Out: Seton Hall, Richmond, Davidson, Kansas State

Conference Breakdown

• Big Ten: 12
• SEC: 11
• ACC: 9
• Big 12: 8
• Big East: 2

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