No. 5 Seeds Advance in NCAA

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March Madness: Ranking the women's Sweet 16 from most to least likely to win it all

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The No. 5 seeds are the lowest to reach the second weekend of the tournament.

It's the first time since at least 2017 that the Sweet 16 field has not featured a team seeded sixth or lower.

The last field to include double-digit seeds was in 2022 , when Creighton and South Dakota State advanced.

Texas is one of the toughest of the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament.

The Lady Vols forced turnovers against South Florida and Ohio State at a high clip ( 24 and 23 turnovers) NC State scored a program-best 15 3 -pointers in a second -round win over Michigan State .

The Wolfpack has three years of experience with each other and is coming off a Final Four berth last year .

JuJu Watkins is a top-three contributor on the boards (7 rpg) and in blocks ( 1.8 ) The Trojans would become a Cinderella story if they made it past UConn .

Kansas State's win over Kentucky was the game of the tournament until the game between Maryland and Alabama .

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