March Madness 2026: First-round women's schedule, game times, TV networks; NCAA tournament printable bracket
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Game times and TV for the First Four and first round of NCAA women's basketball are set.
The First Four Games will be played Wednesday and Thursday night at on-campus sites. The first round of NCAA play will then be played on Friday and Saturday. There will be two games in each night of First Four play and 16 games in each day of the first round.
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All women's NCAA tournament games will be broadcast on the ABC and ESPN family of networks.
UConn is the No. 1 overall seed after an undefeated regular season and win in the Big East tournament championship. UCLA had a case for the No. 1 overall seed with a 31-1 record against a considerably tougher schedule the UConn's. It settled for the second No. 1 seed.
South Carolina and Texas round out the the No. 1 seeds out of the SEC.
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First Four: Wednesday, March 18
All times EDT
7 p.m.: No. 11 Nebraska vs. No. 11 Richmond (ESPN2), Durham, N.C.
9 p.m.: No. 16 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 16 Missouri State (ESPN2), Austin, Texas
Thursday, March 19
7 p.m.: No. 16 Samford vs. No. 16 Southern (ESPN2), Columbia, S.C.
9 p.m.: No. 10 Virginia vs. No. 10 Arizona State (ESPN2), Iowa City, Iowa
First round
Friday, March 20
11:30 a.m.: No. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 Charleston (ESPN2), Durham, N.C.
Noon: No. 3 TCU vs. No. 14 UC San Diego (ESPN), Fort Worth, Texas
1:30 p.m. ET: No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech (ESPN2), Austin, Texas
2 p.m.: No. 6 Baylor vs. No. 11 Nebraska/Richmond (ESPN), Durham, N.C.
2:30 p.m.: No. 6 Washington vs. No. 11 South Dakota State (ESPN News), Fort Worth, Texas
3 p.m.: No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 12 Murray State (ESPNU), Chapel Hill, N.C.
3:30 p.m.: No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 12 Gonzaga (ESPN2), Minneapolis
4 p.m.: No. 1 Texas vs. No. 16 Stephen F. Austin/Missouri State (ESPN), Austin, Texas
5:30 p.m.: No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 15 Holy Cross (ESPN2), Ann Arbor, Mich
5:30 p.m.: No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 13 Western Illinois (ESPN News), Chapel Hill, N.C.
6 p.m.: No. 2 LSU vs. No. 15 Jacksonville (ESPN), Baton Rouge, La.
6 p.m.: No. 4 Minnesota vs. No. 13 Green Bay (ESPNU), Minneapolis
7:30 p.m.: No. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Colorado State (ESPN News), Norman, Okla.
8 p.m.: No. 7 NC State vs. No. 10 Tennessee (ESPN), Ann Arbor, Mich.
8:30 p.m.: No. 7 Texas Tech vs. No. 10 Villanova (ESPNU), Baton Rouge, La.
10 p.m.: No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Idaho (ESPN), Norman, Okla.
Saturday, March 21
11:30 p.m.: No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 14 Howard (ESPN2), Columbus, Ohio
Noon: No. 3 Louisville vs. No. 14 Vermont (ESPN), Louisville
1 p.m.: No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 16 Samford/Southern (ABC), Columbia, S.C.
1:30 p.m.: No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 10 Virginia/Arizona State (ESPN2), Iowa City
2 p.m.: No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 11 Fairfield (ESPN), Columbus, Ohio
2:30 p.m.: No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 12 James Madison (ESPNU), Morgantown, W.Va.
2:30 p.m.: No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 11 Rhode Island (ESPN News), Louisville
3 p.m.: No. 1 UConn vs. No. 16 UTSA (ABC), Storrs, Conn.
3:30 p.m.: No. 8 Clemson vs. No. 9 USC, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2), Columbia, S.C.
4 p.m.: No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 15 Fairleigh Dickinson (ESPN), Iowa City
5 p.m.: No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 13 Miami (Ohio) (ESPNU), Morgantown, W.Va.
5:30 p.m.: Iowa State vs. No. 9 Syracuse (ESPN2), Storrs, Conn.
7 p.m.: No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 15 High Point (ESPN News), Nashville
7:30 p.m.: No. 8 Oklahoma State vs. No. 9 Princeton (ESPN2), Los Angeles
9:30 p.m.: No. 7 Illinois vs. No. 10 Colorado, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Nashville
10 p.m.: No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 16 California Baptist (ESPN) Los Angeles