The 2024 Women's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 begins on Friday, March 29, as teams try to book their spot in the Elite Eight. Top overall seed South Carolina will be in action against No. 4 seed Indiana, while No. 1 seed Texas faces No. 4 seed Gonzaga. The other two matchups on the schedule are No. 2 seed Notre Dame vs. No. 3 seed Oregon State, and No. 2 seed Stanford vs. No. 3 seed NC State. 

Before you lock in any 2024 Women's NCAA Tournament picks or predictions for the Sweet 16 on Friday, you need to see what women's basketball expert Calvin Wetzel has to say.

Wetzel, HerHoopStats.com's lead betting writer, incorporates his mathematical background and strong knowledge of women's hoops to turn the site's prediction model into picks. Now Wetzel has turned his attention to women's college basketball after teaming up with Aaron Barzilai, a Ph.D. from Stanford.

Since the start of the 2021-22 women's college basketball campaign, Wetzel is 1,384-988 (+371.33 units)!

We can tell you that Wetzel is taking No. 1 seed Texas to cover the spread as a 5.5-point favorite against No. 4 seed Gonzaga in Portland Region 4. The Bulldogs are back in the Sweet 16 for the first time in nine years and are carrying their best record in program history at 32-3. However, they lost two of their three games against ranked teams in the regular season, while Texas is battle-tested after beating four ranked teams in the regular season. 

"With this game being played in Portland, Gonzaga will have a small location advantage here. However, that isn't enough to move the projection this low, as Texas is still the more dominant team," Wetzel said. "The Longhorns are relentless on the boards and may put Gonzaga's thin frontcourt to the test. The Bulldogs boast an elite starting lineup centered around Yvonne Ejim in the paint, but behind Ejim and stretch four Eliza Hollingsworth, they don't have a lot of options."

Wetzel has also released picks for two other games in the Sweet 16 of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Friday! You ABSOLUTELY need to see these picks before locking in any women's college basketball picks of your own.

So which Women's NCAA Tournament games should you be targeting on Friday? Join SportsLine right now to find out which picks you should be all over for the Sweet 16, all from the expert who is up 371 units since the 2021-22 season!