March 28, 2025
Locked On Women’s Basketball: Sweet 16 Birmingham preview
By The Next
What potential upsets could happen and why?
On Friday’s episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Jackie Powell is joined by SB Nation’s Mitch Northam where the two preview both Birmingham regionals. (For analysis prior to the Spokane regionals, watch yesterday’s show here.)
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First, Jackie asks Mitch about what potential upsets could happen and why specifically in the Birmingham 3 regional. Could No. 5 seed Tennessee under first-year head coach Kim Caldwell move onto the Elite Eight? Later Mitch explains the significance of Duke vs. UNC and how this is such an important moment for schools in the North Carolina research Triangle. And finally, Mitch and Jackie examine what path lies ahead for the defending champion South Carolina and their coach Dawn Staley as the Gamecocks try to return to yet another NCAA Tournament Final Four.
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