Indiana women’s basketball a 4-seed in initial NCAA Tournament top-16 rankings reveal

With just a month left in the regular season, the NCAA revealed its first top-16 seeds this week, which included the Indiana women’s basketball program.

Indiana (21-3; 12-2) were tabbed as a 4-seed in the initial reveal, ranked at No. 15 overall. The top 16 seed all serve as tournament hosts for the first and second rounds of their respective regionals.

While every game matters come up — with just five regular season games remaining — there are two notable games that can significantly help Indiana move up. IU plays at home against Iowa next week and then the season-finale against Maryland. Iowa is in the running for a one-seed while Maryland is currently on the NCAA Tournament bubble.

The Hoosiers are currently a 4-seed in ESPN’s Bracketology as well.

Indiana has dealt with a significant injury to wing Sydney Parrish over the last month but she is nearing a return which will only bolster the Hoosiers’ roster.

Here are the top 16 teams in the rankings reveal:

1. South Carolina
2. Stanford
3. Ohio State
4. Colorado
5. Iowa
6. NC State
7. UCLA
8. Texas
9. Southern California
10. Virginia Tech
11. Oregon State
12. UConn
13. Kansas State
14. LSU
15. Indiana
16. Louisville

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