South Carolina has work to do, UConn is back as a title contender and Texas might be the hottest team of all

ESPN 's Michael Voepel , Alexa Philippou and Charlie Creme discuss the national championship race.

The past four days cemented how wide open March and April are going to be.

UConn 's stunning upset in Columbia indicated for the first time this season that the Huskies are capable of beating anybody.

The Longhorns have defeated three consecutive ranked opponents, including LSU .

South Carolina bounced back from its recent loss at Texas with a 101 -63 blowout of the Gators .

The Gamecocks have more vulnerability than we have seen recently, and Texas and UConn exposed it in different ways.

The loss of forward Ashlyn Watkins (knee) in January didn't show up in South Carolina's results, but it did this past week .

The No. 1 seeds are the same today as they were a week ago , but that doesn't mean things haven't changed.

UCLA and South Carolina have weaker holds on a top seed than they did last week .

The gaps among all of these teams has been compressed, making games such as the second USC-UCLA matchup on March 1 and potentially every semifinal and final in the SEC and ACC tournaments.