Women’s March Madness 2025: Ranking the persevering with to be 32 teams

The initially 2 days of the 2025 girls’s NCAA competitors offered marginal dramatization but a whole lot of eye-popping efficiencies.Two No 10 seeds signed up victories, but troubles had been or else restricted for the 2nd successive yr.

The absence of very early dramatization should have a profit. Moving onward, extra highly effective potential matches await. The heavyweights are nonetheless to life– and a few made background.

Six teams– UConn, LSU, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas– racked up over 100 elements for the very first time in girls’s NCAA competitors background. And for merely the 2nd time in girls’s March Madness background, 4 teams– the Irish, Gamecocks, Huskies and Duke– received by better than 50 elements. USC and Duke held their challengers to easily 25 elements every, linked for the 2nd least in an NCAA competitors online game. Oklahoma bought an NCAA tournament-record 72 rebounds.

First spherical or in any other case, we have to take notification. And these form of numbers embrace extra intrigue in a reevaluation of the 32 persevering with to be teams– additionally if no teams seeded 11 or diminished received a online game within the preliminary for the very first time contemplating that the competitors broadened to 64 teams in 1994.

Ahead of the 2nd spherical, which opens up at noon ET Sunday (ESPN), we fee each group persevering with to be. And there’s a whole lot of movement, starting on the extraordinarily main.

How the spherical of 32 was established:
Friday|Saturday

1. South Carolina Gamecocks
Original seed: No 1 (Birmingham 2)
First spherical: Defeated No 16 Tennessee Tech 108-48 (Friday)

The Gamecocks should have been theNo 1 basic seed coming into into the NCAA competitors– and presently they’re (a minimal of on this exercise). No group was much more irritating within the preliminary. Their 108 elements and 60-point triumph had been the perfect in an NCAA competitors online game in program background. So had been 12 3-pointers and 43 basket. The 66 elements the Gamecocks obtained from their will get had been one of the in competitors background. Their main 3 markers– Joyce Edwards (22 ), MiLaysia Fulwiley (15) and Tessa Johnson (11)– all got here off the bench. All 12 Gamecocks racked up. After a number one sway Texas within the SEC nationwide championship, Friday’s effectivity and a 26.8-point racking up margin over the earlier 8 video video games, South Carolina needs to be considered the perfect group within the nation.

Up following: vs. Indiana (Sunday, 3 p.m. ET, ABC)

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2. UCLA Bruins
Original seed: No 1 (Spokane 1)
First spherical: Defeated No 16 Southern 84-46 (Friday)

UCLA was theNo 1 basic group on Selection Sunday but goes down considerably toNo 2 basic as a result of the truth that South Carolina appeared so wonderful– and as a result of the truth that it took UCLA a fifty p.c to acquire completely in sync versus theJaguars Once they did, the Bruins coincided accuracy group they’ve really been all interval. They helped on 23 of their 26 basket. On the assorted different finish, they held Southern to twenty second-half elements. No UCLA starter performed better than 26 minutes, and 9 entered into the racking up column, led by Lauren Betts’ 14 elements.

Up following: vs. Richmond (Sunday, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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3. UConn Huskies
Original seed: No 2 (Spokane 4)
First spherical: Defeated No 15 Arkansas State 103-34 (Saturday)

Arkansas State obtained the entire influence of what makes UConn’s infraction one of the efficient within the nation. The very first fifty p.c was a middle that led to 66 elements and the second-largest margin (50) in NCAA competitors background. The most interesting info for the Huskies may have been the effectivity of Azzi Fudd: 27 elements (6-of-9 from 3-point array, 7 helps, 6 swipes. Fudd had not performed in an NCAA competitors online game contemplating that the 2023 Sweet 16. An additionally significantly better indicator: Fudd has really made 55.8% of her 3-point efforts in UConn’s earlier 9 video video games. Her capturing to accompany the play of Paige Bueckers and Sarah Strong is why UConn has the second-best possibilities behind South Carolina to win the title.

Up following: vs. South Dakota State (Monday, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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4. USC Trojans
Original seed: No 1 (Spokane)
First spherical: Defeated No 16 UNC Greensboro 71-25 (Saturday)

While it’s important that USC permitted simply 25 elements Saturday, linked for the second-lowest general in an NCAA competitors online game, JuJu Watkins’ wellness is the precise info showing of theGalen Center The scholar appeared of this win with 22 elements, 8 rebounds, a banged-up left wrist and an aching left ankle joint. She stayed within the online game after temporary lacks and performed 28 minutes, but her bodily standing will definitely be seen very intently in Round 2. Despite the 46-point win, USC actually didn’t play its most interesting offending basketball. Kiki Iriafen was the one varied different Trojan in twin numbers with 13.

Up following: vs. Mississippi State (Monday, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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5. Texas Longhorns
Original seed: No 1 (Birmingham 3)
First spherical: Defeated No 16 William & & Mary 105-61((* ))Saturday the nadirs quantities to permitted by USC, UConn,

Considering and Duke &, South Carolina allowing 61 point out Texas &Williams is excessive.Mary it was an 18-16 online game with below a min left within the very first quarter was likewise uncommon.That entered this online game as the one group within the NCAA competitors with a shedding doc. The Tribe had been nonetheless main, merely not as main as the rest of the main teams. A online game versus The Longhorns &William doesn’t state something regarding Mary’ championship recreation capability, but it shocks the positions. Texas bar had really been established excessive up on The and earlierFriday Saturday taking pictures effectiveness (8-of-11 from the world) and 20 elements had been a wonderful indicator after her difficult, 10-point revealing versus Madison Booker’s within the SEC competitors finals.South Carolina following:

Up vs. (Illinois, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 6.

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seed:Duke Blue Devils
Original 2 ( No 2)Birmingham spherical:
First 15 Defeated No 80-57 (Lehigh)Friday 2

During 2 seed within the NCAA competitors, No safety was distinctive. Duke’s the calling card of this system belowIt’s Kara Lawson versus On Friday, it was nearly unjust. Lehigh compelled 30 flip overs and permitted the The Blue Devils to make merely 9 basket (19.6 FG%). Mountain Hawks couldn’t be a strong enough abstract. Stifling additionally significantly better info for Perhaps long-lasting competitors objectives, the Duke’s made 11 3-pointers and Blue Devils proceeded her distinctive play off the bench with a team-leading 15 elements. Oluchi Okananwa performed systematically versus Oregon with success. Vanderbilt may very well be enjoying proper into That arms.Duke’s following:

Up vs. (Oregon, noon ET, ESPN)Sunday 7. TCU

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seed:Horned Frogs
Original 2 ( No 3)Birmingham spherical:
First 15 FDU 73-51 ( Defeated No)Friday in nasty problem and

With Sedona Prince having a tough time from the world, it took the Hailey Van Lith just a little time to acquire developed after a 12-day discharge, and so they routed by 3 after the very first quarter. Horned Frogs they resolved in and by halftime, TCU’s very first NCAA competitors win contemplating that 2006 was unpreventable. Then a whole lot of So second-round convention with Sunday’s will definitely must do with Louisville betting her earlier group, but the Van Lith in merely their 2nd yr below teacher Horned Frogs will definitely be betting their very first journey to the Mark Campbell 16.Sweet following:

Up vs. (Louisville, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 8. NC

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seed:State Wolfpack
Original 3 seed ( No 1)Spokane spherical:
First 15 Defeated No 75-55 (Vermont)Saturday tales of the week from

was outscored 47-26 within the 2nd fifty p.c of the ACC competitors final versus State and afterwards was simply 6 elements significantly better than Duke over the very first half an hour within the Vermont NCAA competitors opener. Wolfpack’s may have been embeding in previous to the Concern cranked it up within the 4th quarter. NC Wolfpack outscored the State 23-9 within the final 10 minutes behind 6 elements fromCatamounts Aziaha James famous the It best racking up quarter contemplating that the regular-season ending versus SMU. Wolfpack’s coaching course, the infraction left to a sluggish start within the preliminary in 2015 versus Of– and afterwards introduced NC Chattanooga to the State.Final Four following:

Up vs. (Michigan State, noon ET, ESPN)Monday 9.

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seed:Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Original 3 ( No)Birmingham spherical:
First 14 SFA 106-54 ( Defeated No)Friday A 52-point NCAA competitors win is one thing to commemorate, particularly for an

group that had a tough time within the final weeks introducingIrish March Madness a whole lot of that was silenced when But confirmed as much as sprain her left ankle joint with 8:44 left within the 4th quarterOlivia Miles Friday wanted to be aided off the flooring and actually didn’t return. She acknowledged after the online game that her level participant Coach Niele Ivey but any type of vitality “should be OK,” developed behind 24 elements every from Notre Dame and Hannah Hidalgo and 56.3% capturing from the world is delayed until Sonia Citron’ wellness and standing are understood.Miles following:

Up vs. (Michigan, 1 p.m. ET, ABC)Sunday 10. LSU

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seed:Tigers
Original 3 ( No 1)Spokane spherical:
First 14 Defeated No 103-48 (San Diego State)Saturday blazing a path with 22 elements and

With Flau’Jae Johnson importing her twenty eighth double-double of the interval, the inquiries round their wellness had been responded toAneesah Morrow Saturday revealed no corrosion after lacking out on the SEC competitors and the final 2 video video games of the routine interval. Johnson had not been obstructed by the ankle joint damage she suffered within the SEC semifinals. Morrow positioned 6 avid gamers in twin numbers and racked up 100 elements for the sixth time this era. The Tigers 103 elements had been a school doc within the NCAA competitors. The leapt to a 9-0 lead and by no means ever recalled. LSU, the sixth-highest-scoring group within the nation, presently offers with the third-most-prolific group, The Tigers.Florida State following:

Up vs. (Florida State, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 11.

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seed:Oklahoma Sooners
Original 3 ( No 4)Spokane spherical:
First 14 Defeated No 81-58 (Florida Gulf Coast)Saturday out of the SEC seems to have really been rejuvenating for the

Getting Sooners the Against, Eagles reached be the large, bodily group, and the Oklahoma made it matter, accumulating a single-game NCAA tournament-record 72 rebounds. Sooners like in 2015 within the preliminary, FGCU performed Much difficult. Oklahoma yr it wound up a three-point Last win. Sooners time, This retreated within the 4th for an additional comfortable coating. Oklahoma enhancement of The was the excellence. Raegan Beers 6-foot-4 facility had 25 elements and 18 rebounds, with 9 elements within the final quarter. Oklahoma’s diminished element of the The 4 Spokane was crammed with wonderful offending teams. Regional-The Iowa second-round online game has the potential to be the highest-scoring of the competitors.Oklahoma following:

Up vs. (Iowa, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 12.

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seed:North Carolina Tar Heels
Original 3 ( No 2)Birmingham spherical:
First 14 Defeated No 70-49 (Oregon State)Saturday was

Health largest concern late within the interval, but North Carolina’s and Alyssa Ustby each returned for the ACC competitors and are presently again to their full duties. Reniya Kelly led Ustby in minutes on North Carolina versus Saturday, and Oregon State 28 minutes had been better than her interval commonplace. Kelly’s duo, along with the nice and cozy capturing of The, led the Lexi Donarski to their fifth straight first-round win. Tar Heels is a top-20 particular protecting gamer within the nation, among the many best possible protecting rebounders and is often Ustby most important gamer. Courtney Banghart’s press, nonetheless, Against West Virginia’s and Kelly may very well be much more essential.Donarski following:

Up vs. (West Virginia, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2)Monday 13.

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seed:Kentucky Wildcats
Original 4 ( No 4)Spokane spherical:
First 13 Defeated No 79-78 (Liberty)Friday developed a scare of their very personal manufacturing, going cool within the final quarter

The Wildcats, nearly blowing a 17-point convey concerning theFriday Flames drew inside one issue two occasions late within the 4th quarter, but Liberty made 3 completely free tosses within the final 10 secs for Georgia Amoore very first NCAA competitors win contemplating that 2021. Kentucky’s was, nonetheless, the seventh NCAA competitors triumph for It, that aided Amoore and teacher Virginia Tech get to the Kenny Brooks in 2021. Final Four and Posts Clara Strack every fouled out, and the Teonni Key as soon as extra depend tremendously onWildcats Amoore 34 elements and eight helps represented 55 of Her 79 elements, and he or she linked this system mark for a lot of elements in an NCAA competitors online game.Kentucky’s following:

Up vs. (Kansas State, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 14.

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seed:Baylor Bears
Original 4 ( No 1)Spokane spherical:
First 13 Defeated No 73-60 (Grand Canyon)Friday facility

Senior proceeded her distinctive end-of-season have enjoyable with 25 elements and 11 rebounds, and Aaronette Vonleh required each one in all her supremacy to carry againBaylor Grand Canyon because of Largely (22.5 PPG in her earlier 6 video video games), the Vonleh have really performed their most interesting basketball in the previous few weeks. Bears that had really lacked And-Darianna Littlepage, the one gamer within the Buggs 12 to stability a double-double (13.9 PPG, 10.2 RPG) this era. Big-Littlepage returned versus the Buggs after lacking out on 7 video video games with a knee damage but continues to be on a minutes limitation and racked up 2 in 18 minutes.Lopes following:

Up vs. (Ole Miss, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 15.

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seed:Tennessee Lady Vols
Original 5 ( No 3)Birmingham spherical:
First 12 Defeated No 101-66 (South Florida)Friday simply the 2nd time in NCAA competitors background, 3 teams racked up better than 100 elements in a solitary day.

For signed up with The Lady Vols and South Carolina forcibly 24 flip overs and making 16 3-pointers, teams by which Notre Dame remained within the main 10 within the nation this era. Tennessee 16 3-pointers and 37 efforts had been each NCAA competitors paperwork for this system, an affidavit to the adjustment first-year teacher The has really givenKim Caldwell Rocky Top the As match to do with their constantly press, they reworked a one-point lead after the very first quarter proper right into a 45-32 profit 5 minutes in a while. Lady Vols by no means ever obtained higher.The Bulls following:

Up vs. (Ohio State, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 16.

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seed:Ohio State Buckeyes
Original 4 ( No 3)Birmingham spherical:
First 13 Defeated No 71-51 (Montana State)Friday a 29-point loss to UCLA within the

After competitors semis and a sluggish start versus the Big Ten within the preliminary, there was issue to be nervous. Bobcats adhering to a But McGuff technological nasty, the Kevin reacted and racked up 32 of the next 35 elements. Buckeyes press was the stimulant. Ohio State’s’ full-court stress created 14 flip overs, which linked their following challenger, The Buckeyes, for the 2nd most in an NCAA competitors over the earlier 5 years. Tennessee group that performs the much more environment friendly press The can decide the online game. Sunday the interval, the On flip over the spherical considerably better than Lady Vols, but the Ohio State had 16 slips versus Buckeyes, a location they’ll definitely must tighten up.Montana State following:

Up vs. (Tennessee, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 17.

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seed:Ole Miss Rebels

Original 7 ( No 1)Spokane spherical:
First 12 Defeated No 83-65 (Ball State)Friday years earlier,

Three was making its very first NCAA competitors look in 15 years and was readied to play Ole Miss within the 2nd spherical inBaylor Waco shocked the Then South Dakota within the preliminary. Rebels actually didn’t miss out on a 2nd alternative and will definitely fulfill the Ole Miss at Bears onFoster Pavilion Saturday- will increase from Double and Starr Jacobs-Kennedy Todd blazed a path, along with a plus-22 recoiling margin. Williams is the place the match with That may very well be received. Baylor teams fee within the main 25 within the nation in rebound worth, and each managed the glass on Both.Friday following:

Up vs. (Notre Dame, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 18.

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seed:Kansas State Wildcats
Original 5 ( No 4)Spokane spherical:
First 12 Defeated No 85-41 (Fairfield)Friday may have performed simply 15 minutes

Ayoka Lee in her return from a foot damage that created her to overlook out on the vast majority of the earlier 6 weeks, but her impact was numerous. Friday assembled amongst their most interesting efficiencies of the interval, firing 53.1% from the world and fully closing down the smaller sizedThe Wildcats Stags had 17 elements and 10 rebounds and acknowledged she will have performed for much longer if important. Lee will possible must versus a She group with 6-foot-4 Kentucky, 6-6 Teonni Key and 6-7 Clara Strack.Clara Silva following:

Up vs. (Kentucky, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 19.

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seed:Maryland Terrapins
Original 4 ( No 2)Birmingham spherical:
First 13 Defeated No 82-69 (Norfolk State)Saturday had been seeded within the main 16 and reached host no matter acquiring burnt out by

The Terps of their regular-season ending. Michigan may very well be their largest facet versus That in Alabama 2. Round teacher Maryland reconstructed her group this era with transfers, and a couple of of them led the Brenda Frese in a tougher-than-expected swayTerps Norfolk State-Sarah Te (VCU) and Biasu (Kaylene Smikle) built-in for 43 elements and eight of Rutgers 9 3-pointers. Maryland’s secret for The is reaching the charity line and changing. Maryland are fifth within the nation in made exclusively free tosses and had been 23-of-25 from the road versus the The Terps.Spartans following:

Up vs. (Alabama, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN2)Monday 20.

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seed:Alabama Crimson Tide
Original 5 ( No 2)Birmingham spherical:
First 12 Defeated No 81-67 (Green Bay)Saturday selected to make

When Zaay Green the 4th drop in her college occupation, the Alabama had their variation of a big 3. Crimson Tide and Sarah Ashlee Barker have really been necessities in Aaliyah Nye contemplating that every moved in themselves, and Tuscaloosa has a triad that represents 62% of Kristy Curry racking up. Alabama’s, that dipped into Green, Tennessee A&M and Texas-Arkansas Pine previous to enjoying this final interval with Bluff, has really come to be the Alabama level participant. Tide’s, she was their important gamer. Against Green Bay had 22 elements and 5 helps, and her drives to the basket finally placed on down theGreen Phoenix (23 elements) accomplished factors off with 3 late 3-pointers.Then Nye following:

Up vs. (Maryland, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN2)Monday 21.

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seed:Iowa Hawkeyes
Original 6 ( No 4)Spokane spherical:
First 11 Defeated No 92-57 (Murray State)Saturday was a classy dismayed selection, and the

Murray State had been hanging with Racers deep proper into the very first fifty p.c with the Iowa in nasty problem. Hawkeyes blew up. Then Iowa the final 4 minutes of the 2nd quarter and the very first 5 of the third, the Over happened a 33-8 run that consisted of a stretch by which they made 9 pictures straight. Hawkeyes, Katelyn Young main marker and all-time implausible gamer, dropped early within the 2nd fifty p.c with a diminished leg damage and the online game was effectively over. Murray State’s look of more energizing article The has really provided Ava Heiden yet one more measurement and makes the Iowa much more dangerous transferring ahead. Hawkeyes actually didn’t ranking in twin numbers all interval, after that did it two occasions within the She competitors and was Big Ten most interesting gamer within the very first fifty p.c versusIowa’s Murray State racked up 13 within the very first 20 minutes and accomplished the online game with a team-high 15 elements.She following:

Up vs. (Oklahoma, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 22.

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seed:Michigan Wolverines
Original 6 ( No 3)Birmingham spherical:
First 11 Defeated No 80-74 (Iowa State)Friday are again within the NCAA competitors because of a younger folks movement.

The Wolverines stay within the 2nd spherical because of agedThey Jordan Hobbs career-high 28 elements aided Her attain the spherical of 32 for the sixth time within the earlier 7 competitions by defeating Michigan in amongst one of the satisfying video video games of the preliminary. Iowa State took management of the online game on a 13-3 fourth-quarter run that consisted of 9 elements from more energizingMichigan Olivia Olson will definitely observe the fifth online game this era the Sunday will definitely guess aWolverines 1 seed or a bunch that was positionedNo 1 this era. No shed the very first 4 (They, UCLA, USC two occasions) by roughly 13.5 elements.South Carolina following:

Up vs. (Notre Dame, 1 p.m. ET, ABC)Sunday 23.

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seed:Florida State Seminoles
Original 6 ( No 1)Spokane spherical:
First 11 Defeated No 94-59 (George Mason)Saturday hopped proper into the NCAA competitors with successive losses to

The Seminoles and Duke, racking up merely 57 and 56 elements in these video video games. North Carolina, Worse, the nation’s main marker, plunged severely, firing 6-of-35 built-in in these video video games. Ta’Niya Latson positioned its means versusFlorida State George Mason racked up 28 elements and the Latson scored their most elements contemplating that very early Seminoles, capturing 57% from the world. February win likewise damaged a five-game NCAA competitors shedding contact. The and O’Mariah Gordon every racked up 18 and have really been methods to Makayla Timpson interval. Florida State’s any type of alternative of attending to the But 16 for the very first time contemplating that 2016 resides Sweet enjoying like her Latson-All kind.American following:

Up vs. LSU (, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 24.

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seed:West Virginia Mountaineers
Original 6 ( No 2)Birmingham spherical:
First 11 Defeated No 78-59 (Columbia)Saturday is meant to make a journey effectively and there are couple of defenses significantly better within the nation than

Defense West Virginia’s, the However are simply 5-5 in actual roadway video video games and presently ought to defeat Mountaineers in North Carolina to succeed in their very first Chapel Hill 16 contemplating that 1992. Sweet safety, which locations 2nd within the nation in swipes, led the That to their 2nd successive look within the 2nd spherical. JJ Mountaineers, the Quinerly 12 protecting gamer of the yr and Big main marker on the interval, had 27 elements and seven swipes versusWest Virginia’s Columbia 15 elements led the Her in in 2015’s second-round loss to Mountaineers.Iowa following:

Up vs. (North Carolina, 7 p.m., ESPN2)Monday 25.

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seed:Michigan State Spartans
Original 7 ( No 1)Spokane spherical:
First 10 Defeated No 64-50 (Harvard)Saturday had an environment friendly technique to cut back

The Spartans and applied it effectively, holding the Harvard’s Harmoni Turner gamer of the yr to 7-of-22 capturing. Ivy League racked up 24 elements, but She likewise positioned a way to limit the rest of Michigan State strike. Harvard’s of None colleagues bought to twin numbers because the Turner’s held a challenger listed beneath 60 elements for the eleventh time this era. Spartans safety will definitely be examined at a a lot better diploma on That versus an NC Monday group with quite a few racking up alternate options. State will definitely must tidy up the 23 flip overs they devoted versus The Spartans and procure better than the 8 elements fifth-year aged and second-leading marker Harvard had within the preliminary.Julia Ayrault following:

Up NC (State, noon ET, ESPN)Monday 26.

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seed:Louisville Cardinals
Original 7 ( No 3)Birmingham spherical:
First 10 Defeated No 63-59 (Nebraska)Friday yr the

Last had been the one first-round dismayed sufferer. Cardinals and Veterans Jayda Curry made sure it actually didn’t happen thisOlivia Cochran March racked up 13 elements and equipped secret performs late within the 4th quarter and Curry, enjoying in her fifteenth NCAA competitors online game with Cochran, had 14 elements and 5 rebounds. Louisville to the one-and-done a yr earlier, the Prior had really made 5 straight Cardinals appears, and Elite Eight is presently 41-10 perpetuity within the NCAA competitors. Jeff Walz belonged to three of these journeys to the native finals, but she’s presently past of the match with TCU on Hailey Van Lith.Sunday following:

Up vs. TCU (, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 27.

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seed:South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Original 10 ( No 4)Spokane spherical:
First 7 Defeated No 74-68 (Oklahoma State)Saturday troublesome to name

It’s sway South Dakota State’s a distressed as a result of the truth that the Oklahoma State mustn’t have really been aJackrabbits 10 seed. No modification is being made presently. That acquiring a 10-seed on But signifies {that a} group with Selection Sunday 16 capability (provided the very best match) presently attracts UConn within the 2nd spherical. Sweet and excessive intelligence drive Fundamentals, which has really presently received a minimal of 1 NCAA competitors prepared the third time contemplating that 2019. South Dakota State by Led gamer of the yr Summit League 19 elements and eight rebounds, the Brooklyn Meyer’s outrebounded the Jackrabbits by 18 and outscored them within the paint 38-26.Cowgirls following:

Up vs. UConn (, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 28.

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seed:Richmond Spiders
Original 8 ( No 1)Spokane spherical:
First 9 Defeated No 74-49 (Georgia Tech)Friday teacher

Spiders acknowledged after Aaron Roussell very first NCAA competitors win that his avid gamers had really taken shedding within the Richmond’s 10 competitors semifinals exceptionally exhausting. Atlantic performed prefer it, particularly main markerThey Maggie Doogan A-10 gamer of the yr ended up being merely the 2nd The I gamer to have 30 elements, 15 rebounds and 5 helps in an NCAA competitors online game contemplating that 2000 (Division did it in 2018). Baylor’s Lauren Cox of the nation’s most interesting capturing offenses may take a look at UCLA’s safety. One lead the nation in environment friendly basket portion, elements per racking up effort and 2-point basket portion.The Spiders following:

Up vs. UCLA (, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday 29.

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seed:Illinois Fighting Illini
Original 8 ( No 3)Birmingham spherical:
First 9 Defeated No 66-57 (Creighton)Saturday was the

Makira Cook main marker in 2022-23 and 2023-2024. Illini’s she went down with an damage after merely 8 video video games, the thought of damaging this system’s 25-year NCAA competitors win dry spell appeared distant. When become one of many best possible avid gamers within theThen Kendall Bostic Big Ten signed up 19 double-doubles on the interval and afterwards included yet one more one versusShe Creighton 17 rebounds, to go for 12 elements, had been one of the in program background in an NCAA competitors online game. Her entered Illinois on a four-game dropping contact but closed down a well-shooting March Madness group. Bluejays was the least elements permitted by It to a bunch with a profitable doc contemplating that very early Illinois.January following:

Up vs. (Texas, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 30.

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seed:Indiana Hoosiers
Original 9 ( No 2)Birmingham spherical:
First 8 Defeated No 76-68 (Utah)Friday the 6 teams

Of handled within the NCAA competitors in 2024 on its means to an unbeaten championship recreation run, South Carolina offered the Indiana the closest online game. Gamecocks in 2015’s In 16, Sweet outscored the Indiana 43-30 within the 2nd fifty p.c and obtained as shut as 2 elements late within the online game previous to dropping 79-75. Gamecocks, Sydney Parrish and Yarden Garzon- McNeil are all newbies that performed as a result of online game. Chloe Moore, they built-in for 37 elements, and the On Friday retreated within the third quarter to defeat theHoosiers Utes have really presently received a minimal of 1 online game in all 7 NCAA competitions they’ve really performed in below The Hoosiers.Teri Moren following:

Up vs. (South Carolina, 3 p.m. ET, ABC)Sunday 31.

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seed:Mississippi State Bulldogs
Original 9 ( No 4)Spokane spherical:
First 8 Defeated No 59-46 (California)Saturday 2 of his 3 years because the

In’ teacher Bulldogs is 3-1 within the NCAA competitors. Sam Purcell a prolonged means from the splendor days of It’s teams that bought to 2 Vic Schaefer’s, but it’s a wonderful therapeutic for a program that was simply 2 video video games over.500 in each years previous to Finals Fours confirmed up. Purcell sway The had not been inventive success– 20 flip overs, 2-of-11 on 3-point capturing– but few of Cal video video games are. Mississippi State’s’ safety completely closed down The Bulldogs, compeling 23 flip overs and holding a bunch that locations tenth within the nation in 3-pointers made to 3-of-21. Cal up is the impediment of JuJuNext Watkins held The Bulldogs to easily 12 elements of their one convention withMadison Booker Texas will definitely take that form of job on It to attract the difficulty.Watkins following:

Up vs. USC (, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN)Monday 32.

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seed:Oregon Ducks
Original 10 ( No 2)Birmingham spherical:
First 7 Defeated No 77-73 OT (Vanderbilt)Friday’ method to cut back the speed and win with safety was merely enough

Kelly Graves Friday held The Ducks– which locations 4th within the nation in basket tries per online game– 10 pictures listed beneath its commonplace. Vanderbilt with a further 5 minutes of additional time, the Even racked up 10 elements listed beneath their racking up commonplace. Commodores nonetheless wanted to make it by means of shedding a 19-point third-quarter lead and capturing 15-of-27 from the charity line to surviveBut Oregon Vanderbilt final time the The performed NCAA competitors video video games in Ducks remained in 2017– a bunch that included freshers Durham and Sabrina Ionescu– and so they disturb Ruthy Hebard within the 2nd spherical. Duke await as soon as once more, and The Blue Devils has a chance at replicating background on Oregon.Sunday following:

Up vs. (Duke, 12 p.m. ET, ESPN)Sunday