Whether it’s the woman at Iowa who honored Caitlin Clark in the best way possible or the freshman at Fairleigh Dickinson who hit the ground running and hasn’t stopped, there’s local flavor in the women’s NCAA Tournament beyond Philly legend Dawn Staley at South Carolina.

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.

Peter Keating and Jordan Brenner look to the South Region for upset potential. San Diego State and UC San Diego could cause havoc.