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Aliyah Boston and South Carolina Earn No. 1 Overall Seed in NCAA Tournament

On Sunday evening, Virgin Islander Aliyah Boston and South Carolina learned that they are the No. 1 overall seed in this year’s Women’s Basketball NCAA Tournament which will begin this weekend. South Carolina will open up against either Howard or Incarnate Word on Friday and will play in the Greensboro region. They will then face the winner between Miami and the University of South Florida on Sunday. The biggest threat to South Carolina making a return trip to the national semifinals will be the No. 2 seed in their region, Iowa. Iowa’s star player Caitlin Clark and Boston are both top contenders to be the national player of the year.   South Carolina may run into a team that USVI fans are familiar with: Arizona, which won the Island Division in this season’s Paradise Jam hosted at the University of the Virgin Islands in November. At time of writing, game times were not yet announced. The games of the NCAA Women’s tournament will be televised on the ESPN family of networks.  The o...