It is UCLA that takes the overall No. 1 seed into this year’s tournament, as Cal represents the Bay Area as a No. 8 seed in the Spokane region.

As brackets get filled in by fans and perceived snubs settle in as motivation for teams, the madness is imminent for the women’s NCAA basketball tournament. With the First Four starting Wednesday and the round of 64 tipping off Friday morning,

Michigan was given a No. 5 seed, mainly because of a NET ranking of No. 23. The Wolverines had an eye-popping 12 Q1 victories this season, including 2 victories over No. 3 seed Wisconsin and wins over NCAA Tournament teams Maryland, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA and Xavier among others.