Teams all around LSU women's basketball in the rankings and NCAA Tournament projections have been falling left and right. Virginia Tech, Iowa, Texas, USC, North Carolina State and Colorado have all lost at least once in the past 10 days, with some of those teams dropping multiple games.

But the Tigers (26-4, 13-3 SEC) have remained steady, winners of their last eight games and head into postseason play with more momentum than they've had all season.

It's been a bit of a rollercoaster campaign for Kim Mulkey and company, and there was a stretch where they were closer to dropping out of the of the top 16 overall seeds than earning a No. 2 seed for March Madness. But LSU has righted the ship at the perfect time, plowing full-steam ahead as the No. 2 seed in this week's SEC Tournament.

Last Thursday, the NCAA Tournament selection committee revealed its final Top 16, where LSU was No. 9 overall – a No. 3 seed – before Selection Sunday. Does that mean, after some teams getting upset, that the Tigers are a consensus No. 2 seed in the projectionists' eyes?

ESPN: 2 seed (Portland 2 regional)

ESPN women's basketball bracketologist Charlie Creme's latest projections came out Monday morning and he swiftly moved the Tigers up to the 2 line. He moved Virginia Tech down after its pair of losses. In Creme's bracket, LSU is in Portland 2 regional with No. 1 Stanford as the top seed. The Tigers would open up with No. 15 Norfolk State before meeting the winner of No. 7 West Virginia and No. 10 Miami. LSU would possibly play the Hokies in Portland in the Sweet 16.

The Athletic: 3 seed (Portland 2)

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In one of the wilder and unexplainable things I've seen in some time, In its bracketology released Tuesday morning, The Athletic dropped LSU from a No. 2 seed where the team was last week to a No. 3 seed this week.

The Tigers have won eight straight games but were somehow leapfrogged by Virginia Tech, which is on a two-game losing streak and contending with an injury to star forward Elizabeth Kitley. If Kitley can't play, the selection committee takes injuries into account in how it seeds teams. So this projection makes zero sense. LSU would face No. 14 North Texas in the first round and would play the winner of No. 6 Duke and whichever First Four team emerges from Michigan and Washington State. The Tigers would be in line to possibly meet the Hokies in the Sweet 16 in Portland.

Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers and Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers and Cajuns coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU/UL athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.

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