Who are top duos in the women's March Madness NCAA bracket? - ESPN

Star power has defined the 2023-24 women's college basketball season, and much of that focus has been on household names: Caitlin, JuJu, Paige, Angel.

But let's give it up for the duos that have helped shape the past five months of competition and will make their marks on the women's NCAA tournament.

ESPN considered many variations for this list of the top 10 duos playing in the Big Dance: guard-post tandems, backcourt brethren, post pairings — so many different ways teammates can make an impact in their own respective roles, but also when they work together.

These players have shared the floor together for varying amounts of time — Paige Bueckers and Aaliyah Edwards are seniors at UConn, while Angel Reese and Aneesah Morrow are in their first year playing together at LSU since Morrow transferred from DePaul.

How will that synergy pan out for the rest of March? The first round opens Friday. Before then, Charlie Creme, Alexa Philippou and Michael Voepel break down the best duos in the NCAA tournament field.

G Paige Bueckers and F Aaliyah Edwards, UConn Huskies

The Huskies' onslaught of injuries has put even more pressure on their senior duo to show up each night. Bueckers and Edwards have done just that, guiding UConn to an undefeated run through the Big East. Bueckers has shined in her first season back from an ACL injury, showing remarkable efficiency (61.1 effective field goal percentage). Edwards, who broke her nose in the Big East tournament but is expected to play moving forward, is also having a career season despite having more on her shoulders than ever with a depleted frontcourt rotation.

Something to note: Both have experience with deep March runs, as they were part of UConn's Final Four team in 2021 and