Welcome back, oh great and wonderful college basketball fans. Yesterday we predicted the men’s Elite 8 and went 2-0 last night (10-0 including the Sweet 16). On the women’s side, the second half of the Sweet 16 saw Texas, Southern Cal, TCU, and UCONN join Duke, South Carolina, LSU, and UCLA in the Elite 8. The GCR is now 8-0 on the women’s side for a cool 18-0 so far. On Monday, we’ll predict the women’s NIT semifinals followed by a Tuesday prediction of the men’s NIT semis.
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An interesting stat for these 8 teams is how much they played each other this season. UCLA and South Carolina only lost to Elite 8 teams: UCLA (33-2) lost both regular season games to Southern Cal (31-3) before beating them for the Big Ten Championship, and South Carolina (33-3) lost at UCLA and Texas (34-3), although they beat them at home and for the SEC Championship, and at home to UCONN (34-3). UCONN only lost to Sweet 16 teams (Tennessee, Notre Dame, Southern Cal) as did Texas (South Carolina twice and Notre Dame). 3 teams lost only one game to a team not in the Sweet 16 (notated by *): TCU (South Carolina, Kansas St, Oklahoma St*), Southern Cal (UCLA, Notre Dame, Iowa*), and LSU (Texas twice, Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama*). Duke is the only Elite 8 team with multiple losses to non-Sweet 16 schools (NC St, Notre Dame, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Louisville* and South Florida*).
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Without further ado, here are the predictions for the Elite 8. Thank you for reading and sharing with others, G.
| Team (Conf) | Record/ Rank | GCR Score | Team (Conf) | Record/ Rank | GCR Score | Winner/ Pct to Win |
| Duke (ACC) | 29-7/8 | 57.11 | South Carolina (SEC) | 33-3/1 | 65.91 | SCAR 63.2% |
| LSU (SEC) | 31-5/7 | 59.28 | UCLA (B10) | 33-2/2 | 64.37 | UCLA 60.6% |
| TCU (B12) | 34-3/6 | 57.92 | Texas (SEC) | 34-3/3 | 62.95 | TEX 57.5% |
| UCONN (Big East) | 34-3/4 | 62.08 | Southern Cal (B10) | 31-3/5 | 61.60 | UCON 50.7% |
