NCAA Women's Basketball Bracket 2017: Results, Seeds, Reaction and Analysis

The 2017 NCAA women's basketball tournament is set and every team now knows how many games it will take before a potential matchup against the Connecticut Huskies.

While there are 64 teams in the field, UConn is the top overall seed once again thanks to its 32-0 record. South Carolina, Baylor and Notre Dame are the other No. 1 seeds trying to advance to the Final Four in Dallas.

Here is the full seeding list for the tournament:

Seed	Bridgeport Region	Lexington Region	Oklahoma City Region	Stockton Region
1	Connecticut	Notre Dame	Baylor	South Carolina
2	Duke	Stanford	Mississippi State	Oregon State
3	Maryland	Texas	Washington	Florida State
4	UCLA	Kentucky	Louisville	Miami
5	Texas A&M	Ohio State	Tennessee	Marquette
6	West Virginia	North Carolina State	Oklahoma	Missouri
7	Temple	Kansas State	DePaul	Creighton
8	Syracuse	Green Bay	LSU	Arizona State
9	Iowa State	Purdue	California	Michigan State
10	Oregon	Drake	Northern Iowa	Toledo
11	Elon	Auburn	Gonzaga	South Florida
12	Pennsylvania	Western Kentucky	Dayton	Quinnipiac
13	Boise State	Belmont	Chattanooga	Florida Gulf Coast
14	Bucknell	Central Arkansas	Montana State	Western Illinois
15	Hampton	New Mexico State	Troy	Long Beach State
16	Albany	Robert Morris	Texas Southern	UNC Asheville

Full bracket available at ESPN.com.

Connecticut is once again the favorite as it tries to bring home its fifth championship in a row.

The Huskies have won 107 straight games and are coming off a 100-44 win over South Florida in the AAC championship game. While there are certainly talented teams who could make a game interesting, this isn't a squad that loses to inferior opponents. 

It wouldn't be surprising to see the group breeze through the first weekend and possibly more without breaking a sweat.

As ESPN Stats and Info noted, the program is used to being in this position:

It's safe to say that just about every team in the Bridgeport region is likely disappointed its path to the Final Four will have to go through the Huskies. This includes Syracuse, which lost to UConn in the national championship game last year.

Another team that could do damage is No. 3 Maryland, which finished the year with a 30-2 record. One of those losses came against Connecticut by a score of 87-81, which was one of only three Huskies games decided by single digits on the year.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post noted the disappointment in the seed:

As Jon Blau of the Herald-Times noted, head coach Brenda Frese wasn't pleased during her ensuing interview with ESPN:

A'Ja Wilson and South Carolina also have reason to be upset despite getting a No. 1 seed. The problem is the location as the top squad in the Stockton region.

As Mechelle Voepel of ESPNW.com noted, this is the third time in six years they will play in California, and they were forced to make a trip to South Dakota last season.

This is the exact opposite for fellow No. 1 seed Baylor, as Adam Grosbard of the Dallas Morning News argued:

Mississippi State, Louisville and Washington are a few teams that will try to challenge this easy path in the regional. Washington is a No. 4 seed, but the squad has arguably the top offensive player in the country in Kelsey Plum. She leads Division I with 31.7 points per game and will try to carry the Huskies on a deep run this month.

ESPN's Kara Lawson discussed the challenges involved in the region, via ESPN Women's Hoops:

Notre Dame has been one of Connecticut's biggest rivals in recent years, reaching the national title game in four of the past six seasons without winning any. The team will try to improve upon this performance behind Brianna Turner and Lindsey Allen. 

The team is a No. 1 seed once again and fortunately on the opposite side of the bracket from the top team in the country.

Of course, seeding isn't quite as important as simply being a part of the tournament. California was one of the last bubble teams in the field and was obviously excited:

A tough draw could pit the Golden Bears against Baylor in the second round, but they and Auburn are much happier than Virginia, which ended up on the outside looking in.

We also know anything can happen during March Madness, even to the tournament favorites. As well as Connecticut has played all season, there are no guarantees for the young team over the next three weeks of action.