Women's March Madness predictions and Final Four picks

The 2023 women's NCAA tournament bracket is in, the game schedule is set and a champion will be crowned at the Final Four in Dallas in just a few weeks.

The undefeated and defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks ride a 38-game winning streak into March Madness. ESPN analytics give the Gamecocks a 46.4% chance to win the title.

The UConn Huskies — which lost to the Gamecocks in the NCAA title game a year ago and are a No. 2 seed on the other side of the bracket this season — have the next best odds at 11.2%. The top-seeded Stanford Cardinal and Indiana Hoosiers both come in at 7.1%, and fellow No. 1 seeded Virginia Tech Hokies are next at 5.3%.

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We've already broken down the 68-team field by region. We've named the best players in the bracket. Now, ESPN's Charlie Creme, Alexa Philippou and M.A. Voepel assess the true championship contenders, whether anyone has a shot at dethroning South Carolina and join a handful of ESPN analysts in making Final Four and championship predictions.

Voepel: South Carolina has taken the Tennessee Lady Volunteers' place as the best program in what is still a very challenging SEC, even in a down year conference-wide. For everyone outside the UConn fan base, the Huskies are the Michael Myers of women's hoops: You can't get rid of them as they keep showing up in an endless series of sequels. Stanford is corporate law firm of college sports.

I don't think anyone will stop the Gamecocks from repeating; they have too many good players, they play well together and coach Dawn Staley has done an excellent job getting them to focus completely on the task at hand.