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After the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed on Sunday, some of the nation’s top coaches fumed. South Carolina’s Dawn Staley couldn’t believe her team wasn’t the No. 1 overall seed and implied that the selection committee will be to blame if they don’t make the Final Four. USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb felt “disrespected” as the last 1-seed.

Meanwhile, Geno Auriemma greeted the newly-minted field of 64 with a shrug.

“You go where they tell you and you play who they tell you,” he said. “It's been like that from day one.”

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