- Women’s March Madness is here! The 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket will be released on Selection Sunday.
- Follow along for live updates and news on the 68-team women’s basketball bracket, including time, TV channel and stream for the women’s selection show and a printable bracket with times and locations.
The women’s college basketball bracket reveal for the 2025 NCAA tournament starts tonight on the Selection Sunday show. It will determine which 68 teams will make it to March Madness. Poised to take the tops seeds are: Lauren Betts and UCLA, JuJu Watkins and USC, MiLaysia Fulwiley and South Carolina, Madison Booker and Texas are poised to take a top seed. Meanwhile, Paige Bueckers and UConn are in line for a No. 2 seed.
USA TODAY Sports will provide the latest bracket reveal updates, news, analysis and more throughout the day. Follow along.
When do March Madness brackets come out?
Selection Sunday for women’s college basketball is today, Sunday, March 16, 2025.
When is the NCAA women’s basketball tournament selection show?
The women’s selection show begins at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 16. ESPN is airing the show.
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NCAA women’s basketball tournament projections
Here are the latest women’s bracket projections from experts.
- USA Today staff (as of Saturday evening): South Carolina, UCLA, Texas, USC
- ESPN’s Charlie Creme (as of Saturday evening): South Carolina, UCLA, USC, Texas
- NCAA’s Autumn Johnson (as of Tuesday): UCLA, South Carolina, USC, Texas
- CBS’ Connor Groel (as of Tuesday): UCLA, South Carolina, Texas, USC
NCAA women’s tournament schedule schedule 2025
Here is the women’s schedule:
- Selection Sunday: 8 p.m. ET Sunday, March 16 on ESPN
- First Four: March 19-20
- First round: March 21-22
- Second round: March 23-24
- Sweet 16: March 28-29
- Elite Eight: March 30-March 31
- Final Four: Friday, April 4 at 7:30 and 9 p.m. ET on ESPN, hosted at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
- NCAA championship game: Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. ET on ABC, hosted at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
Blank printable March Madness bracket
Here’s a blank printable NCAA women’s tournament bracket.
NCAA Tournament bracket challenge 2025
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