The brackets are set, it’s time to dance. The women’s NCAA tournament gets underway this week and DraftKings is offering a special free-to-play tournament bracket!
That’s right, enter your picks in the DraftKings free-to-play tournament bracket at draftkings.com/womensbracket for your opportunity to win a share of $50K! DraftKings will also be teaming with the Women’s Sports Foundation beginning on March 21 to offer a second-chance bracket, where for every entry DraftKings will donate $1 to the Women’s Sports Foundation up to $25K. Stay tuned for more details to come on the second-chance bracket next week.
UCLA, South Carolina, USC and Texas are your 2025 No. 1 seeds, with teams like UConn (No. 2 seed) and Notre Dame (No. 3 seed) lurking to perhaps play spoiler en route to the Women’s Final Four in Tampa Bay.
Hall of Famer Rebecca Lobo joined Mike Golic Jr. and Mike Golic Sr. on Monday’s edition of GoJo and Golic to preview the tournament. Rebecca admitted to being a little surprised that UCLA was awarded the No. 1 overall seed, and not defending champ South Carolina, which is seeking to earn the first repeat since UConn won its fourth title in a row in 2016. But that being said, if you’re looking for a silver lining, she likes the path that awaits the Gamecocks.
Was it surprising to @RebeccaLobo that UCLA, not South Carolina, got the No. 1 overall seed in the Women’s NCAA tourney?
“Yeah, I think there was a surprise that that South Carolina wasn’t the No. 1 overall seed just because their strength of schedule was ridiculous and the… pic.twitter.com/qMFl9BUX9r
— DraftKings Network (@DKNetwork) March 17, 2025
Meanwhile, Rebecca said her biggest surprise — and perhaps disappointment — was the draw given to JuJu Watkins and USC. Their path to the Final Four could go through perennial powerhouse UConn and Paige Bueckers. Watkins and Bueckers are two of the premier names in women’s college basketball, so Rebecca definitely finds the notion that one of them is guaranteed not to make the Final Four a disappointment.
The selection committee did USC no favors putting them in the same region as resurgent UConn. What does @RebeccaLobo make of the Trojans’ path?
“This was frankly the biggest surprise to me when I saw the bracket and sort of the biggest disappointment. You know, Paige Bueckers… pic.twitter.com/NUr14jj3uA
— GoJo and Golic (@GoJoandGolic) March 17, 2025
So go to draftkings.com/womensbracket and enter your picks for a shot to win a share of $50K today!
