Barring an upset, things right now are set up for the Oklahoma women's basketball team to make a run to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament this March.
In the most recent ESPN Bracketology, Charlie Creme gave the Sooners the No. 4 seed in the Birmingham Region. In this projection, OU would get No. 13 Grand Canyon in the first round, then the winner of No. 5 Michigan State and No. 12 Ball State.
This No. 4 seed for the Sooners is most important, though, because it would give them hosting rights in Norman. OU would get to play its first two games at Lloyd Noble Center if it holds on to a top-4 seed.
Notre Dame got the top seed in the Birmingham Region, followed by UConn and Maryland. The region also included another SEC team in No. 6 Ole Miss.
These projections and the Sooners' landing spot will obviously change with over a month of the season still left, but OU is firmly in the field of 68 teams. The key now is doing enough to maintain home-court advantage.
ESPN's currently projected field also includes 10 SEC teams, which is behind only the Big Ten with 13. The Big Ten got a major boost from its recent Pac-12 additions, with USC and UCLA as projected No. 1 seeds. The SEC's South Carolina has the other top seed with Notre Dame.
Selection Sunday will be March 16, with the NCAA Tournament tipping off on March 19 with the first set of First Four matchups. The first round will start on March 21.