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Here are the most common upset picks for the 2022 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament

Mar 16, 2022, 03:20 IST
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Princeton is a popular Cinderella pick.Rachel O'Driscoll/Getty Images
  • It is time to fill out your March Madness brackets.
  • We took a look at all the ESPN brackets to see which teams are popular Cinderella picks.
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March Madness is back, and it is time to fill out your brackets.

Read more: Here's your printable 2022 NCAA women's tournament bracket

We took a look at all the brackets that have been filled out in ESPN's Women's Tournament Challenge to see which teams fans are predicting will be this year's Cinderella.

The first number is the team's seed. Percentages represent how often people pick that team to win their game in that round.

Round of 64 (11-seeds or lower picked in at least 15% of brackets to advance to the second round; regional in parentheses)

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  • 11 Villanova (Wichita) — 31.9%
  • 12 Florida Gulf Coast (Spokane) — 20.8%
  • 11 Princeton (Bridgeport) — 20.7%
  • 11 Dayton/DePaul First Four winner (Greensboro) — 16.4%
  • 12 Belmont (Wichita) — 16.2%
  • 11 Florida State/Missouri State First Four winner (Spokane) — 15.7%
  • 12 UMass (Bridgeport) — 15.2%

Round of 32 (8-seeds or lower picked in at least 6% of the brackets to advance to the Sweet 16)

  • 11 Villanova (Wichita) — 8.8%
  • 10 Arkansas (Spokane) — 7.4%
  • 12 Florida Gulf Coast (Spokane) — 7.3%
  • 9 Gonzaga (Wichita) – 7.1%
  • 11 Princeton (Bridgeport) — 6.8%
  • 8 Nebraska (Wichita) — 6.2%
  • 9 Kansas State (Bridgeport) — 6.2%
  • 10 Creighton (Greensboro) — 6.1%
  • 10 Florida (Bridgeport) — 6.0%
  • 8 Kansas (Spokane) — 6.0%

Sweet 16 (7-seeds or lower picked in at least 3% of brackets to reach the Elite 8)

  • 7 Ole Miss (Wichita) — 3.8%
  • 7 Utah (Spokane) — 3.7%
  • 7 Colorado (Greensboro) — 3.7%
  • 9 Gonzaga (Wichita) — 3.4%
  • 8 Nebraska (Wichita) — 3.1%
  • 8 Kansas (Spokane) — 3.0%

Elite Eight (5-seeds or lower picked in at least 2% of brackets to reach Final Four)

  • 6 Kentucky (Bridgeport) — 3.7%
  • 5 Oregon (Wichita) — 3.6%
  • 5 Notre Dame (Bridgeport) — 3.3%
  • 5 North Carolina (Greensboro) — 3.1%
  • 5 Virginia Tech (Spokane) — 2.4%
  • 6 BYU (Wichita) — 2.3%
  • 6 Ohio State (Spokane) — 2.3%
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